Viral Vectors 101: Integrase-Deficient Lentiviral Vectors
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The packaging plasmid contains Gag, Pol, Rev, and Tat genes. Specifically for our knowledge here...integration, and how researchers have modified them to prevent this integration.
Lentiviruses evolved to integrate... continue. They rely on a viral protein called reverse transcriptase to convert their RNA genomes into...viral genome is then part of the cellular DNA… forever!
This can be an advantage for researchers looking...integrase-deficient lentiviral vectors, let’s briefly revisit the basic biology of lentiviral vectors (for a ...processed from the larger protein: PR (protease), RT (reverse transcriptase), and IN (integrase). These viral... viral life cycle initially proceeds as usual. Reverse transcription of the transgene occurs in the cytoplasm...