| CPC C12N 15/86 (2013.01) [A61K 35/766 (2013.01); C07K 14/4702 (2013.01); C12N 7/00 (2013.01); C12N 2310/141 (2013.01); C12N 2760/20021 (2013.01); C12N 2760/20032 (2013.01); C12N 2760/20043 (2013.01)] | 10 Claims |

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1. A recombinant viral vector comprising a nucleic acid encoding a Second Mitochondria-derived Activator of Caspases (SMAC) protein inserted within the genome of a vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV),
wherein the SMAC protein consists of the amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:1 or 2, or a conservative variant thereof having an IAP-binding motif comprising the amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:3 and that specifically binds to at least a portion of an Inhibitor of Apoptosis Protein (IAP),
wherein the virus genome comprises at least a nucleoprotein (N or NP) gene, a phosphoprotein (P) gene, a glycoprotein (G) gene, and a matrix protein (M) gene,
wherein the G gene encodes a modified G protein that consists of the amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:5 with a peptide sequence six amino acids or less comprising an RGD sequence inserted after amino acid position 190 of SEQ ID NO:5, and
wherein the nucleic acid encoding SMAC protein is inserted between the M gene and glycoprotein (G) gene.
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