Adeno-associated virus (AAV) Guide
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...Rep68, Rep52, and Rep40. Cap in trans The cap gene encodes three AAV viral capsid proteins VP1, VP2, and...Packaging plasmid (also known as Rep/Cap plasmid) — containing the Rep and Cap regions necessary for the production...replication and viral packaging. The Cap region encodes three structural capsid proteins or viral proteins (VP1...production, as it carries the Cap region responsible for the production of capsid proteins. AAV2 is the most...to create and test capsid libraries with random mutations or insertions in the Cap region. Several methods...and consists of two open reading frames, Rep and Cap, flanked by two 145 bp inverted terminal repeats ...constructs are designed by replacing the Rep and Cap regions between the two ITRs with a gene expression...