AAV Titers: Where Do They Come From And What Do They Mean?
Type
Blog Post
Published
Nov. 15, 2017, 3 p.m.
... viral genomes. Physical titers are measured by quantifying the concentration of viral genomes (by qPCR...structure of the AAV genome, caused by repeats and self-complementarity of the AAV genome and the ITRs.
...each viral particle typically contains one viral genome. Other than a theoretical maximum value, physical...Ratio of full to empty viral capsids: the ratio of genome-containing viral particles relative to the total...include empty capsids that are devoid of a viral genome). Empty viral capsids can be formed during viral...showed that approximately 50% of viral capsids were genome-containing (“full”) (Zeltner et al., 2010), while... stocks (Grimm et al., 1999). The percentage of genome-containing viral capsids is typically quantified...