title: Retroviral vectors.
abstract: The most widespread use of retroviral vectors is a general purpose expression vectors for experimental researches, in eukaryotic cell culture. Some retroviral vectors have several more specialized applications in genetics and possibly in medicine. The principles of the design and construction of retroviral vectors are presented, as well as their applications and limits.
authors.affiliation: Stefan S. Nicolau Institute of Virology, Bucharest, Romania.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Anton
mesh_terms: D005822:Genetic Vectors / Q000145:classification; D012190:Retroviridae / Q000235:genetics*