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Production of AAV vectors requires the introduction of several elements into a cell, including the AAV vector and gene of interest, AAV rep and cap genes and genes provided from a helper virus.
In general, AAV2 requires association with a helper virus in order to replicate.
The helper virus carries the instructions for fabricating new virus outer coats, but cannot make copies of the virus' own genes.
 
 
 
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