Viral Vectors 101: Integrase-Deficient Lentiviral Vectors
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Blog Post
...2010). However, IDLV genomes are transcriptionally active, leading to transient expression of gene products...vectors tend to integrate into transcriptionally active regions of the genome (Schröder et al., 2002), ... 1 integrase mutants retain in vitro integrase activity yet fail to integrate viral DNA efficiently during...). HIV-1 integration in the human genome favors active genes and local hotspots. Cell, 110(4), 521–529...have been developed with different mechanisms to inactivate the integrase.
The IDLV life cycle
When IDLVs...expression of the transgene. This makes IDLVs an attractive choice for certain types of clinical or basic...performing quantitative PCR titration of vector DNA in samples harvested 24 hours post-transduction (Wanisch and...