Recombinant viral vectors have been used to deliver antigens from specific pathogens for over forty years 1. The first viral vector expressing a foreign gene was created from the SV40 virus in 1972 2; ...
The viral life cycle can be divided into two temporally distinct phases: infection and replication. Infection results in the introduction of the viral genome into the cell. This leads to an early ...
There are several types of viral vectors that can be used to deliver nucleic acids into the genetic makeup of cells, including retrovirus, lentivirus, adenovirus, adeno-associated virus and herpes ...