AAVs CREATed for Gene Delivery to the CNS and PNS
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...capsids (i.e. the part of the virus that determines tropism) have been developed that increase transduction...expressing plasmids is generated. Diversity is introduced into the cap plasmid library by inserting short...which, in the case of Chan et al, was neurons and astrocytes.
Why screen for IV deliverable AAVs?
Typically... AAV vectors expressing RGB proteins under the control of an inducer, i.e. tet-off transactivator (tTA...expression in the CNS and PNS
Previously to broadly introduce a transgene into a specific cell type in the brain...fluorescent tag-then-express system that allows for controlled induction of multi-color labeling of neurons ...