Adeno-associated virus (AAV) Guide
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...potential formation of replication-competent viruses. While AAV themselves are replication incompetent, there...production of replication-competent viruses that would be able to infect cells and replicate autonomously...organism to target large or diffused biological structures. Specifically, researchers were interested in creating...research, and other biomedical fields. Gene Therapy One of the major applications of rAAV vectors is in... actively causing symptoms or replicating. Lytic cycle Viral replication process where the virus uses ...into cells. Replication-competent rAAV Mutated rAAV vector that has the ability to replicate and reproduce.... The Rep region encodes four non-structural replication proteins (Rep78, Rep68, Rep52, and Rep40), which...