Viral Vectors 101: Parts of the AAV Packaging Plasmid
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...Rep78/68 play a key role in AAV genome replication. Replication initiates from the AAV genome ITRs on ...Srivastava A (2019) Capsid Modifications for Targeting and Improving the Efficacy of AAV Vectors. Molecular...contains the proteins needed for the virus to replicate,
and the transfer plasmid which contains the ...aka the RepCap plasmid encodes two genes: the replication (rep) gene and the capsid (cap) gene. In wild-type...its products. Created with BioRender.com
Replication (rep) gene
The rep gene encodes four proteins...proteins that are required for viral genome replication and packaging: Rep78, Rep68, Rep52, and Rep40. Rep gene... domains, all four Rep proteins share a common helicase and ATPase domains. To function, the Rep proteins...