Primary cultures are cells derived directly from tissues following enzymatic dissociation or from tissue fragments referred to as explants.

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Adeno-associated vectors (AAV) Adeno-associated viruses (AAVs) are a group of small, single-stranded DNA viruses. The insert size for AAV is 4.5 kb, with the advantage of long-term gene expression as they integrate into chromosomal DNA.

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Retroviral Vectors Retroviruses have RNA genomes that are used as templates for reverse transcriptase to synthesize a DNA copy that can be inserted into the host cell genome.

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The genomes of all retroviruses contain the three genes gag, pol and env.

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