Quick Guide to All Things Lentivirus
Type
Blog Post
Published
March 21, 2017, 2:30 p.m.
...(tTA, also expressed by your transfer vector) binds to the TRE and activates the expression of your gene...the different vectors used, lentiviral vector constructs have proven very useful due to their ability ...vectors fantastic options for delivering shRNA, CRISPR/Cas9 components, and fluorescent sensors.
Retroviral...generation, the HIV Tat gene (previously used to drive expression from the LTRs) has been removed, Rev (which facilitates... facilitates nuclear export) is expressed from a separate plasmid, and the promoter of the 5’LTR has been...Stable integration into host genome and stable expression of the transgene
Transfer plasmids
The transfer...a simple set-up where the gene of interest is expressed together with a marker (Fluorescent protein or...