Viral Vectors 101: Pseudotyping
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Lowering cytotoxicity. Different envelope proteins have different levels of cytotoxicity and the mechanisms...mechanisms behind the cytotoxicity can vary. For example, the popular VSV-G envelope protein causes cells... form syncytias that cause the cells to die. Cytotoxicity can also be cell type dependent: if a cell has...before reaching the target cells. VSV-G is also toxic at high concentrations as described above and is...connectivity. However, because of rabies virus’s toxicity, it made more sense to pseudotype another virus...