Viral Vectors 101: The Retroviral Lifecycle
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...Resources on addgene.org
Addgene's Lentiviral Guide
Most popular lentiviral plasmids
γ-Retrovirus Guide
References... (like HIV-1) — that have been developed into lentiviral vectors.
Lentiviruses are sometimes referred... 1: Gamma-retrovirus genome (left) and an HIV lentiviral genome (right.)
HIV seems an unlikely candidate...viral reproduction, and for causing contagious infection; however this would not be great for a gene therapy... side. These steps are common between natural infection by wild-type viruses and transduction by vectors...vectors (which we sometimes still call “infection” as a shorthand, although it is not quite the correct word...Addgenie Rebecca Hutcheson for her assistance with lentiviral replication.
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