Quick Guide to All Things Lentivirus
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Blog Post
...encoding the insert of interest as well as sequences necessary to encapsulate that insert into a viral... psi signal, the genes encoding the structural proteins could not be integrated into the new viral particles... one with the exception that the HIV accessory proteins that are not essential for the production of the...its activity. A CMV or an EF1α promoter has been inserted in this LTR so you don’t need Tat to transcribe...RCL)
Efficient gene transfer
Potential for insertional mutagenesis: Replication-incompetent lentiviruses...human tropism can still infect the researcher and insert into her/his genome - this is a biosafety risk
...dividing and non-dividing cells
No immunogenic proteins generated
Stable integration into host genome...