Viral Vectors 101: Viral Vector Elements
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...discussed are compiled for reference below. Happy virus making!
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Kulanayake,...the delivered cargo (often a gene) is called the transfer plasmid while the other plasmids with packaging... or something similar, and is contained on the transfer plasmid. If expression is the goal, a promoter...promoter and terminator regions and are slightly different in sequence. Both LTRs do share common repeat ...Adeno-associated virus
AAV’s elements are quite different from gamma-retrovirus, but they perform very similar...delivered and expressed in the host cell from the transfer plasmid.
Viral packaging and entry
The viral packaging...which allows for altered tropism of AAV to target different tissue or cell types. AAV also requires some back...