Lentiviral Vector Uses and Overview
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Blog Post
...Lentiviral vectors are one of the most popular and useful viral vectors in the lab. Advantages of lentivirus...dividing and non-dividing cells. Lentiviral vectors are the vector of choice for many CRISPR applications,...and future) applications of lentiviral vectors!
Lentiviral vector history and components
In the early ...viral vector systems based on retroviruses like Moloney murine leukemia virus (MMLV). The vectors could...transgene expression, but they could only infect actively dividing cells. Another type of vector, based ... but without sustained transgene expression. To design a viral vector system that could do both, Addgene...showed that expression persisted for at least thirty days. Although adeno-associated viral vectors can also...