Your Lentiviral Plasmid FAQs Answered
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Blog Post
Published
April 23, 2014, 1:08 p.m.
...the potential generation of replication competent virus [usually HIV-1]; and 2) the potential for oncogenesis...lentiviral plasmids created for a variety of applications including cDNA expression, shRNA-mediated knockdown... looking for some additional information or clarification on these vectors. Read on to find the answers... thus decreasing the probability of creating replication-competent lentivirus (RCL) in your target cells...type or tissues; this is useful in gene therapy applications where a distinct subset of the cellular population...needs to be targeted.
Q6: Are transfer plasmids replication competent? What is SIN?
A6: Most (if not all)...all) Addgene transfer plasmids are replication-deficient meaning they can be used to create virus that is...