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  1. Viral Vectors 101: Integrase-Deficient Lentiviral Vectors

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    May 13, 2025, 1:15 p.m.
    ...integrase-deficient lentiviral vectors, let’s briefly revisit the basic biology of lentiviral vectors (for a more...check out Addgene's Lentiviral Guide). To produce lentiviral vectors, the lentiviral genome is distributed...how to package lentiviral vectors, check out Addgene’s Lentiviral Guide and our lentiviral production protocol...integrase-deficient lentiviral vectors, how they work, and why you might choose them over integrating lentiviral vectors...of the life cycle of a lentiviral vector with an integrase-deficient viral vector. Created with BioRender.com...integrase-deficient lentiviral vectors? There are several reasons why you might choose an IDLV over a lentiviral vector...regular lentiviral vectors. This is because most titering methods rely on isolating genomic DNA from transduced...
  2. Lentiviral Vector Uses and Overview

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    May 19, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...Lentiviral vectors are one of the most popular and useful viral vectors in the lab. Advantages of lentivirus...systems, see our Lentiviral Plasmid FAQs. Lentiviral vectors in the lab Lentiviral vectors are incredibly...screening.   Lentiviral vectors in the clinic Since lentiviral vectors can deliver a large amount of DNA (~8 kb...current (and future) applications of lentiviral vectors! Lentiviral vector history and components In the early... are also working to make lentiviral vectors safer. Since lentiviral vectors integrate into the genome... dividing and non-dividing cells. Lentiviral vectors are the vector of choice for many CRISPR applications...adeno-associated viral vectors can also target non-dividing cells, lentiviral vectors can carry much more...
  3. Tips for Titering Your Lentiviral Preps

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    March 15, 2016, 2:30 p.m.
    ...viral vector backbones; once validated these universal primers can be used to titer any lentiviral prep... and titration of pseudotyped HIV-1-based lentiviral vectors."Nature protocols 4.4 (2009): 495-505. PubMed... Geraerts, Martine, et al. "Comparison of lentiviral vector titration methods."BMC biotechnology 6.1 (... significance of controlled conditions in lentiviral vector titration and in the use of multiplicity of...Production at Addgene Read Our Lentiviral Guide Check out All of Our Viral Vector Resources ...cared for your packaging cell line, prepped your DNA, transfected and harvested your lentivirus. Now it...defective viral particles. Direct measurement of lentiviral RNA is one alternative to direct p24 measurement...
  4. Overcoming the Challenges of Lentiviral Production

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    Aug. 7, 2018, 12:31 p.m.
    ... While lentiviral vectors are popular gene delivery tools, producing lentivirus, can pose certain challenges...different generations of lentiviral packaging systems please see Addgene’s Lentiviral Guide. While the third...more tips on lentiviral titering please see our blog post. Between choosing the best lentiviral system, producing...Systematic determination of the packaging limit of lentiviral vectors. Hum Gene Ther. 2001 Oct 10;12(15):1893-905...Blog Your lentiviral FAQs answered Tips for titering your lentivirus Visit the viral vector featured topic...Resources on Addgene.org Lentiviral Guide Find lentivirus plasmids Browse all viral vectors ... overcoming these hurdles. Talking 'bout my (lentiviral) generation The first step in delivering genes...
  5. Hot Plasmids - June 2020 - Barcoded CRISPR Library, Sparse Cell Labeling, Calcineurin Reporter, and DNA Staining Dye Alternative

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    June 2, 2020, 1:15 p.m.
    ...infecting cells with sgRNAiBAR library containing lentiviral vectors the iBARs can be detected by next generation... as a DNA staining dye Article contributed by Jennifer Tsang Figure 4: Double stranded DNA bound... fusions with tTALE to “stain” DNA. TALE proteins can bind specific DNA sequences which brings the attached...4X CDRE repeat. In addition to showing that this vector is suitable for flow cytometry and fluorescence...alternative to intercalating fluorescent dyes for DNA-protein interaction studies? Kyubong Jo's lab generated...attached fluorescent protein to the DNA. They created plasmids for purification of tTALE-eGFP and tTALE-mCherry...intercalating fluorescent dyes which can cause photo-induced DNA breakage and structural deformation, these probes...
  6. Viral Vectors 101: The Retroviral Lifecycle

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    July 27, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...blog Viral Vectors 101: Viral Vector Elements Viral Vectors 101: Types of Viruses Viral Vectors 101: Viral...like HIV-1) — that have been developed into lentiviral vectors. Lentiviruses are sometimes referred to ...from a reverse-transcribed piece of DNA called a “provirus.” This DNA is synthesized inside of what is called...would not be great for a gene therapy vector! For viral vectors, only the protein for reverse transcriptase...components of the vector particle, some of the RT protein gets packaged inside of the vector particle, along...includes RNA → DNA (Cooper & Temin, 1974), as one of its first steps! However, retroviral vectors can still...double stranded DNA is integrated into the host chromosome, and this is where viral vectors and natural viruses...
  7. Viral Vectors 101: Viral Vector Elements

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    July 25, 2023, 1 p.m.
    ...of viral vectors here! Need Virus? Check out Addgene's Viral Service! Types of viral vectors Of the many...cargo from RNA to DNA and permanently insert the cargo into the host genome. Lentiviral-specific components...of use. Our lentiviral guide outlines these components.     Fig. 1 - Viral vector components of...types, but most vectors are based on adenovirus 5 (Ad5).     Fig. 3 - Viral vector components of...of adenovirus Building viral vectors Addgene has many viral vectors and helper plasmids for all the...adeno-associated virus (AAV). The components of these vectors are also split across several plasmids (often three...called helper plasmids. Below, we’ll breakdown the vector components first by virus and then by function....
  8. Viral Vectors 101: Viruses as Biological Tools

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    March 21, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...use a virus? Viruses are essentially DNA (or RNA) delivery vectors, so what makes them better than the ...Cronin J, et al. “Altering the tropism of lentiviral vectors through pseudotyping.” Curr. Gene. Ther. ...from Your Lentiviral Transduction Additional Resources on Addgene.org Browse Our Viral Vector Pages Learn...Learn About Viral Vector Biosafety Deposit Your Viral Vectors ... cycle. Depending on the type of virus used, the DNA (or RNA) cargo will either permanently integrate ...infect cells with a high efficiency and deposit a DNA/RNA cargo into their targets makes them attractive...measures in a separate, upcoming post. If a viral vector seems like the right approach for your experiment...
  9. Getting Started with Behavioral Neuroscience: Standardizing Experiments and Using Viral Vectors

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    Aug. 20, 2019, 12:31 p.m.
    ...choosing AAV or lentiviral vectors in our previous blog posts.  Viral vector injection Viral vectors allow a ...required. On the other hand, lentiviral vectors are superior packaging vectors for larger genes - they can...around 1012-1013 vg/ml (vector genomes per milliliter) and lentiviral vectors around 108 IU/ml (infectious...is cloned into a viral shRNA expression vector and the vector particles are delivered into the brain region...interest. AAV or lentivirus?  Both AAV and lentiviral vectors are used for intracerebral injections. AAV...astrocytes, and AAV4 targets mostly astrocytes. Lentiviral vectors are pseudotyped in most cases with VSV-G ...using viral vectors By modulating neuronal gene expression and activity, you can use viral vectors to study...
  10. Viral Vectors 101: Gamma-Retroviral Packaging Systems

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    Aug. 6, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
    ...Addgene blog Viral Vector Elements The Retroviral Life Cycle Popular Retroviral Vectors and Their Use in... well as the viral LTRs, differ. As a result, lentiviral and γ-retroviral packaging plasmids are not interchangeable...using 293T cells This method is very similar to lentiviral packaging methods. The three components described...  Frequently asked questions about γ-retroviral vectors How do engineered γ-retroviruses differ from lentiviruses... polypurine tract; recognition site for proviral DNA synthesis. Increases transduction efficiency and ...found within both the 5' and 3' LTRs of retro/lentiviral plasmids. U5; Unique 5'; region at the 5' end...was originally published in 2018, in the Viral Vectors 101 eBook, 1st edition.  References and resources...
  11. Viral Vectors 101: Types of viruses

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    June 6, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...Viral Vectors 101: Viral Vector Elements Viral Vectors 101: An Introduction to AAV Viral Vectors 101:...synthesize complementary DNA copies of their genome upon infecting a host cell. This viral DNA (also called proviral...proviral DNA) is then inserted into the host's genome and is used to make more virus. The most studied ...most well-studied lentivirus is HIV, which many lentiviral tools have been derived from. Lentiviruses have...Adeno-associated virus (AAV) is a small, single-stranded DNA parvovirus. AAV can infect humans and some other ...can replicate and divide along with the endogenous DNA. AAV also has low immunogenicity, meaning it does...Adenovirus Adenovirus has a linear, double stranded DNA genome which is non-enveloped. It can infect humans...
  12. Viral Vectors 101: Preparing Pooled Libraries

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    July 13, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ... for using pooled lentiviral libraries. A) Amplification, validation, and lentiviral generation of a pooled... in the pooled library lentiviral prep. B) Usage of a pooled library lentiviral prep for experiments. ...the pooled library DNA, allow the bacteria to grow and replicate, then purify the DNA.     Figure...Producing Your Lentiviral Library Once you've amplified–and verified!–your pooled library DNA, the next step.... Most of the pooled libraries at Addgene are lentiviral pooled libraries, though other types exist.  ...pooled library from Addgene, you can either order a DNA pooled library, which contains a collection of plasmids...library. Addgene’s pooled libraries are typically DNA preps, but we do distribute several of our most popular...
  13. Quick Guide to All Things Lentivirus

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    March 21, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
    ...generation of lentiviral vectors consisted of three plasmids encoding 1) the lentiviral vector genome which...Research Lentiviral Vector Uses and Overview Resources on Addgene.org Find Lentiviral Vectors for Your...If you are interested in using lentiviral vectors to introduce your favourite gene into your favourite...plan your experiment using the lentiviral vector system. Viral vectors have been increasingly popular ...primary cells. Amongst the different vectors used, lentiviral vector constructs have proven very useful ...attractive choice for a gene transfer vector. Lentiviral vectors Although retroviruses are still in use...transfer vectors The most widely used inducible lentiviral vector system is the tetracycline (Tet)-regulated ...
  14. Viral Production at Addgene

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    Oct. 24, 2023, 1:15 p.m.
    ...for in our reported titers. Lentiviral vectors are titered using a lentiviral droplet digital PCR (ddPCR...serial dilutions of a lentiviral vector, incubated for 72 hours, and genomic DNA is extracted. Primers... with viral vector manufacturing facilities, such as the University of Pennsylvania Vector Core. Transfections...Pennsylvania Vector Core. In general, titering is performed by the facility that produced the viral vector lot....Empty vector particles can be identified after negative staining and appear darker than full vector particles...Electron micrograph of AAV vector preparation shows that the vast majority of the vectors consist of full particles...protocols. Browse our AAV vector collection. Lentivirus Production Lentiviral preparations ("-LV” catalog...
  15. Three Tips for Preventing Viral Plasmid Recombination in Your Samples

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    Sept. 14, 2021, 1:15 p.m.
    ...plasmids are formed. Viral vectors are prone to recombination In lentiviral vectors, recombination often occurs...noticed that in Stbl3 bacterial cultures with lentiviral vectors, the flat white colonies contained the full...Remarkable stability of an instability-prone lentiviral vector plasmid in Escherichia coli Stbl3. 3 Biotech...Improved recombinational stability of lentiviral expression vectors using reduced-genomeEscherichia coli...problems that I help troubleshoot involves viral vectors and plasmids with repeating sequences. Repeating...sequences within a plasmid can undergo intramolecular DNA recombination. This naturally occurring process is.... Over time, bacteria containing the recombined vector backbone will also outgrow bacteria that contain...
  16. Delivery Methods for Generating iPSCs

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    April 17, 2018, 1:37 p.m.
    ... Cre-lox lentiviral vectors: This approach is the same as using a standard lentiviral vector, but transient...safe for clinical applications.     LentiviralLentiviral vectors infect dividing and nondividing cells...reprogramming vectors available from Addgene. Another drawback is that lentiviral vectors insert in different...of minicircle RNA Delivery DNA-Free High High Transgene-free and vector-free Multiple transfections ... required Protein Delivery DNA-Free Low High Transgene-free and vector-free. Slow and inefficient Difficult...so either a single polycistronic vector or multiple single-gene vectors can be used to package reprogramming...a “cut and paste” mechanism between a vector and chromosomal DNA. PB has a cloning capacity of ~9-14 kb...
  17. Plasmids 101: Gateway Cloning

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    Jan. 12, 2017, 3:30 p.m.
    ... of Gateway cloning vectors Vector type  Vector features Purpose Donor vector attP sites for recombination...move DNA sequences into multiple vector systems. With the appropriate entry and destination vectors, one...multiple DNA fragments into many vectors at once in the same tube. You can clone up to 4 DNA fragments...frame When you move a DNA fragment from one Gateway vector to another, the inserted DNA fragment stays in ...clone with the DNA of interest flanked by attB sites is generated. As in the BP reaction, a DNA fragment containing...ccdB gene is present in the donor vectors and the destination vectors prior to recombination, and it is...donor vector.   Method B: TOPO-cloning of the desired insert into an attL-entry-TOPO vector. TOPO...
  18. Plasmids 101: Transformation, Transduction, Bacterial Conjugation, and Transfection

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    June 25, 2019, 12:54 p.m.
    ... lysed bacteria and can include plasmid DNA or fragmented DNA released into the environment. Various factors...foreign DNA or RNA is introduced into bacterial or eukaryotic cells via a virus or viral vector. One example...bacterial DNA can be accidentally packaged into the newly created phages. Transfer of this DNA to another...Transferred DNA once inside the infected bacterium can either exist as transient extrachromosomal DNA, like ...this scientists commonly use phagemids, a DNA cloning vector that contains both bacteriophage and plasmid...foreign DNA into eukaryotic cells, like mammalian cell lines. This can be done with lentiviral and Adeno... information on viral vectors, including transduction download our Viral Vectors 101 eBook. Bacterial ...
  19. Plasmids 101: Common Lab E. coli Strains

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    Nov. 7, 2014, 2:56 p.m.
    ...Unmethylated DNA not degraded, cell still can methylate DNA   hsdS(rk-,mk-) Unmethylated DNA not degraded...cytosine DNA Allows for uptake of foreign (methylated) DNA recA, recA1, recA13 Mutation in a DNA-dependent...cloning and storage of unstable DNA and lentiviral/retroviral vectors. Used by Addgene for pooled library... routine cloning, cloning unstable DNA, preparing unmethylated DNA, and more. Many mutations that make... Consequence dam DNA adenine methylase mutation (GATC) Preparing unmethylated DNA, important when trying...ClaI or XbaI) dcm DNA cytosine methylase mutation (CCWGG) Preparing unmethylated DNA, important when trying...cleaves methylated cytosine DNA Allows for uptake of foreign (methylated) DNA mrr, Δ(mcrC-mrr) Inactivation...
  20. With Our New Viral Service, We're Taking CRISPR Further!

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    Dec. 6, 2016, 3:30 p.m.
    ...titering, testing, and providing lentiviral preps of select lentiviral vectors from the repository for you.... an easy process. The cloning capacity of lentiviral vectors (~8.5 kb of insert) and the reduced titer...also receive transfer plasmid DNA that you can use along with lentiviral packaging plasmids to create ...re very excited to provide ready-to-use CRISPR lentiviral preps to researchers across the globe. Why provide...frustrating - a researcher can complete an entire lentiviral production protocol only to find that the low...with a variety of Cas9 activators available in lentiviral format. Finally, while we can’t currently produce... gRNA-containing lentivirus, we are providing lentiviral preps containing highly requested gRNAs including...
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