Question

Which Vector Is Used To Deliver Gene In Animal Cell?

Answer 1

Disarmed retroviruses

1. They are the widely used viral vector in delivering a gene in the animal cell and gene therapy.
2. Gene therapy involves the replacement of corrective genes in place of defective genes in human.
3. Disarmed reterovirus are created by removing the genes that are responsible for virulence and adding genes of our interest instead so that when the disarmed pathogen is used to infect the host, it does not cause disease but transfers the recombinant DNA into the host.