Lentiviral Products and Services
What is Lentivirus?
Lentivirus is a genus of retroviruses that express reverse transcriptase and integrase. These two enzymes are used to integrate viral DNA into host DNA, allowing for the exploitation of host machinery to express viral genes. Lentiviral vectors are modified from HIV-1, with many of the viral genes removed. The lentiviral vector only contains the LTRs and the packaging signal, Ψ. In addition, lentiviral packaging genes are provided on separate plasmids, so the pseudo lentiviral particles are replication deficient. Using lentiviral vectors to deliver genes into targeted cells has proven to be a dependable, efficient, and safe method for research.
Benefits of Using Lentivirus
- Broad cell spectrum: Lentivirus can infect many cells including dividing & non-dividing, easy-to-transfect, and hard-to-transfect cells.
- High transduction efficiency.
- Convenience: Minimal need for optimization.
- Safety: 3rd generation system with improved biosafety.
What makes our lentiviral particles special?
- Pre-titered, ready-to-use
- Titer guaranteed, >107 TU/mL
- Provided in the proprietary Lenti Stabilizer Solution with >1 year infectivity
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To learn more about how to make lentivirus, watch our video on lentivirus production. This video has all the information you need to produce high quality lentiviral particles, from lentivirus packaging, virus titration, and virus concentration to particle stabilization.