Viral Vectors 101: Gamma-Retroviral Packaging Systems
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Blog Post
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Aug. 6, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
...γ-retroviral packaging plasmids are not interchangeable. General envelope plasmids, such as VSV-G (Vesicular...in trans by specific plasmids. This method, therefore, reduces the number of plasmids that are required ...encoded by the transfer plasmid, but instead are provided in trans by other plasmids or the packaging cell...do many γ-retroviral plasmids have similar names?
The nomenclature of the plasmid backbone is meant to...components are needed:
γ-Retroviral transfer plasmid encoding a transgene, sgRNA, or shRNA of interest..., which facilitate integration of the transfer plasmid sequences into the host genome. Typically, it is... genome upon viral transduction. Most transfer plasmids available from Addgene were derived from MoMLV...