... brain where many different cell types, or even different phenotypes of the same cell type, are intermingled...: Flow chart depicting a) steps for selecting serotypes and promoters to test in your AAV system and b... b) steps for testing and optimizing your serotypes, titer, and promoter. Note that several steps in testing...are effected by multiple AAV variables.
Serotypes
Serotype refers to the different protein compositions...determine how a virus enters the cell. Different serotypes utilize a number of different receptors, co-receptors...usually recommend testing more than one.
Most AAV serotypes have broad tropism (the ability of a virus to ...your AAV.
Figure 2: Comparison of AAV serotypes 1, 2, 5, 6, 8, and 9 in two different brain regions...