Viral Vectors 101: The Retroviral Lifecycle
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... particle — and of the normal, replicative life cycle — can help you understand these seemingly odd choices...vectors. Key to the wild-type virus’ reproductive cycle is the fact that the virus must have its structural...as the viral particle emerges.
Retrovirus life cycle
Retroviruses go against the grain of the Central...will discuss several aspects of the viral “life cycle” in order to understand what these vector particles... cells (Fig. 3).
Figure 3: The life cycle of a retrovirus. Image courtesy of Jeremy Luban,...Luban, MD.
Figure 3 depicts the viral life cycle. One should ponder this figure often, especially the ...particles.
And there you have it, the full “life cycle” of expression of selfish, lazy genes of a non-living...