Abstract:
:The inability to reliably express foreign proteins in postmitotic neurons has hampered numerous studies in the field of neurobiology. Within the past several years, a number of viral vectors that overcome this problem under controlled conditions in vitro have been developed. In particular, recombinant adenoviruses have proved to be efficient, non-cytotoxic vectors for manipulating neurons in dissociated and organotypic cultures, when used at low viral titres. In contrast, vectors derived from herpes simplex virus 1 still suffer from concerns regarding cellular cytotoxicity, in spite of several generations of vector development; however, recent advances in amplicon technology may solve this problem. Finally, several new-generation vectors, including those generated from adeno-associated virus, show great promise as neuronal gene-transfer vectors in vivo.
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Curr Opin Neurobioljournal_title
Current opinion in neurobiologyauthors
Slack RS,Miller FDdoi
10.1016/s0959-4388(96)80088-2subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1996-10-01 00:00:00pages
576-83issue
5eissn
0959-4388issn
1873-6882pii
S0959-4388(96)80088-2journal_volume
6pub_type
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