Adeno-associated Viruses (AAVs) for Genome Editing
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...fantastic gene delivery vehicles for episomal gene expression and are particularly useful for gene delivery...downstream of a functional promoter (gene traps). The resultant gene targeting system could be used to routinely...tumor suppressor genes in human cells (Kim et al 2008). They have also used AAV gene editing to introduce...your gene of choice. These vectors are very similar, both with polylinkers for the addition of gene-specific...acceptor-IRES-neoR gene, which enhances the efficiency of homologous integration via gene trap enrichment...promoter-driven TK-neoR gene.
To modify these tagging vectors for your specific gene, the lab recommends ...experiments, the floxed neoR gene is removed via infection with adeno-cre.
AAV-based gene editing compared to ...