Viral Vectors 101: Pseudotyping
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...three plasmids: (1) The transfer plasmid, (2) the envelope plasmid, and (3) the packaging plasmid. These...pseudotyped protein is encoded on the envelope plasmid which contains a promoter, the envelope gene, and...These are transfected into target cells which produce lentiviral particles.
Why pseudotype?
Lentiviruses...scientists encode the spike protein on the envelope plasmid. Image from Crawford et al., 2020.
Broad tropism...