The AAVantages of AAV in CRISPR Screens
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...handled at BSL-1, while lentivirus requires a BSL-2 setup. This requires a less involved setup when working...infection rates in your experiment.
Figure 2: Visual representation of common AAV serotypes used..., 10(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12449-2
Pupo, A., Fernández, A., Low, S. H., François, A.,... This vastly increases the possibilities when designing screens. Each serotype has its own tropism, or...experiment.
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One of the downsides to using AAV is the limited packaging capacity...Adames, A. C., Saur, D., & Rad, R. (2022). Tutorial: design and execution of CRISPR in vivo screens. Nature...