AAVs CREATed for Gene Delivery to the CNS and PNS
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Blog Post
Published
Sept. 28, 2017, 2:01 p.m.
...inversion creates a template that’s suitable for PCR amplification using pre-designed primers.
By using this ...infected the cell type of interest. Repeat rounds of infection and screening by PCR enrich for capsid variants...those that cross the barrier can be identified by PCR later. The PNS presents a different problem: it’s...infect an animal expressing Cre in a cell type of interest, a scientist can isolate DNA from the infected...with increased ability to infect the cell type of interest, which, in the case of Chan et al, was neurons...of a transgenic mouse.
2. Cell-type-specific restricted transgene expression in the CNS and PNS
Previously...promoter or enhancer now allows for cell-type-restricted expression in both the CNS (figure 5 in Chan ...