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Dissecting positive selection events and immunological drives during the evolution of adeno-associated virus lineages.
PLoS pathogens - 1 Jun 2024
Li Lirong, Qin Runkuan, Liu Yunbo, Tseng Yu-Shan, Zhang Weihan, Yu Lin, Mietzsch Mario, Zou Xinkai, Liu Haizhou, Lu Guangwen, Hu Hongbo, Mckenna Robert, Yang Jinliang, Wei Yuquan, Agbandje-Mckenna Mavis, Hu Jiankun, Yang Lin
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Adeno-associated virus (AAV) serotypes from primates are being developed and clinically used as vectors for human gene therapy. However, the evolutionary mechanism of AAV variants is far from being understood, except that genetic recombination plays an important role. Furthermore, little is known about the interaction between AAV and its natural hosts, human and nonhuman primates. In this study, natural AAV...
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