Viral Vectors 101: Gamma-Retroviral Packaging Systems
Type
Blog Post
Published
Aug. 6, 2024, 1:15 p.m.
...The widespread use of γ-retroviruses (gamma-retroviruses) in cancer and stem cell research has prompted...MoMLV and MSCV for γ-retrovirus; HIV for lentivirus). Additionally, γ-retroviruses can only transduce dividing...
Are γ-retroviruses self-inactivating (SIN)?
They can be. Plasmids that encode SIN γ-retrovirus lack most...infect.
Note: While both lentiviruses and γ-retroviruses use the same gene products for packaging (Gag...provides the greatest flexibility to pseudotype γ-retrovirus using different envelopes to modify tropism. .... For example, Phoenix, a second generation γ-retrovirus packaging cell line developed by Garry Nolan ...
Figure 1: Genome of a prototypical gamma-retrovirus.
Frequently asked questions about γ-retroviral...