Lentivirus
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Retrovirus providing stable integration in both dividing and nondividing cells, used for the production of permanent cell lines and long-term modifications for in vivo and ex vivo applications.

Lentiviral Services

Standard turn-around time is 2 weeks unless otherwise noted.

Service Yield/Amount Internal Price* External Price
Lentiviral shRNA tester samples (5 × 3 ml of supernatant) Tester samples are a “quick and dirty” product tailored toward screening several shRNA products. Each 3 ml tester prep requires  2.5 μg of purified proviral plasmid DNA. The cost is for a set of five. However, if you do not have 5 constructs, multiple 3 ml preps of the same construct can be performed (2 of one construct and 3 of another, etc.). $309.00

$463.50

Concentrated Lentiviral/Retroviral Production (small scale, VSVG) 100 mls of supernatant concentrated to 10 mls of 10X (or as requested) in DMEM (or as requested); 80 μg of proviral plasmid required. $678.00 $1,017.00
Concentrated Lentiviral/Retroviral Production (large scale, VSVG) 1 liter of supernatant concentrated to 80 mls of 10X (or as requested) in DMEM (or as requested); 650 μg of proviral plasmid required. $1,627.00 $2,440.50
Concentrated Lentiviral/Retroviral Stock (10 ml at 10X concentration) Pre-made stocks of popular viral vectors at 1E+07 TU/ml (pLL3.7dsRED, pLLEV GFP, pGipZ Scrambled). Each sample is 10 mls of 10X concentrated virus in DMEM. $366.00 $549.00
Lentiviral/Retroviral Titer with Fluorescence 200 μl of virus is required. 1-2 weeks

$369.00

$553.50

Lentiviral/Retroviral Titer with Antibiotic Selection   200 μl of virus is required. 2-3 weeks $417.00 $625.50
Lentiviral/Retroviral Transduction Transduction of lentiviral constructs onto cells provided by the customer, or on A549 lung carcinoma cells provided by the Vector Core. $310.00

$465.00

* Discounts may be available for members of Centers that support the Vector Core (UMCGR – 20%)

Lentivirus Available
NameSpeciesDescription
Lenti GFP-luciferaserHIVpLentilox vector containing dual expression cassettes in which CAG promoter drives dscGFP-2A-firefly luciferase and EFc promoter expressing puromycin.
Lenti-GFP rHIVReporter vector that allows experimental model infection conditions to be optimized through a GFP marker. Expression is driven from a CMV promoter. The proviral plasmid is pLLEV-GFP.
Lenti-pGipZ scrambled control rHIVModel control for pGipZ constructs containing an shRNAmir. The construct has a CMV promoter with GFP-IRES-Puro-shRNAmir expression cassette. The proviral plasmid is pGipZ scrambled control (non-silencing). The non-silencing shRNAmir sequence is expressed under the control of the CMV promoter and contains no homology to known mammalian genes.
Lenti 3.7 dsRED rHIVModel control for pLL3.7 dsRed in which U6 promoter (empty) was used to drive expression of shRNA. The dsRed marker contained in the vector is expressed through a separate CMV promoter downstream of the U6-siRNA expression cassette. The proviral plasmid is pLL 3.7-dsRED.

 

Viewable files of maps and sequences for each type.

NameSpeciesDescription
pLentilox GFP-luciferaserHIVpLentilox vector containing dual expression cassettes in which CAG promoter drives dscGFP-2A-firefly luciferase and EFc promoter expressing puromycin.
pLentilox 3.7 GFPrHIVProviral plasmid used in shRNA construction in which shRNA expression is driven through a U6 promoter. GFP marker contained in the vector is expressed through a separate CMV promoter downstream of the U6-siRNA expression cassette. This allows simultaneous expression of both shRNA and fluorescent marker. GFP is co-integrated into host cell genome with shRNA which allows for convenient tracking of viral uptake in the cell and selection through fluorescent visualization.
pLentilox 3.7 dsRedrHIVProviral plasmid used in shRNA construction in which shRNA expression is driven through a U6 promoter. The dsRed marker contained in the vector is expressed through a separate CMV promoter downstream of the U6-siRNA expression cassette. This allows simultaneous expression of both shRNA and selectable marker. dsRed is co-integrated into host cell genome with shRNA which allows for convenient tracking of viral uptake in the cell and selection through fluorescent visualization.
pLentilox 3.7 PurorHIVPro-viral plasmid used in shRNA construction containing a puromycin selectable marker. U6 promoter is upstream of CMV-Puromycin expression cassette for simultaneous production of shRNA and selectable marker. Puromycin co-integrates into host cells genome which allows for convenient, stable selection.
pLentilox RSV GFPrHIVTransgene expression of this proviral plasmid is driven by an RSV promoter. Vector also contains separate expression cassette for GFP marker utilizing a CMV promoter. GFP is co-integrated into host cell genome and allows for convenient tracking of viral uptake in the cell and selection through fluorescent visualization.
pLentilox RSV2dsRedrHIVTransgene expression of this proviral plasmid is driven by an RSV promoter. Vector also contains separate expression cassette for dsRed marker utilizing a CMV promoter. dsRed is co-integrated into host cell genome and allows for convenient tracking of viral uptake in the cell and selection through fluorescent visualization.
pLentilox RSV purorHIVTransgene expression of this pro-viral plasmid is driven by an RSV promoter. Vector also contains separate expression cassette for puro marker utilizing a CMV promoter. Puro is co-integrated into host cell genome and allows for convenient tracking of viral uptake in the cell and puromycin selection.
pLentilox IRES GFPrHIVProviral plasmid containing a bicistronic element to express both a transgene and GFP marker driven by one CMV promoter through the use of an IRES element. IRES elements tend not to be as strong as typical promoter expression cassettes and therefore could result in a weaker GFP signal.
pLentilox IRES PurorHIVProviral plasmid containing a bicistronic element to express both a transgene and a puromycin selectable marker driven by one CMV promoter through the use of an IRES element. IRES elements tend not to be as strong as typical promoter expression cassettes and therefore could result in a weaker puromycin response.
pLentilox EVrHIVProviral plasmid in which transgene expression is driven by a CMV promoter. Vector contains no selectable marker. The use of the CMV promoter is ideal for transgene over-expression in a wide range of cell types.
pLenti6/V5-DESTrHIVThis Invitrogen expression system utilizes the Gateway Technology of gene transfer. This vector is ideal for multiple expression systems. Contains blasticidin resistance gene for stable selection. This plasmid is fully compatible with Vector Core system for custom lentivirus production.
pLenti6/V5-GW/LacZrHIVThis Invitrogen expression system utilizes the Gateway Technology of gene transfer. This vector allows simple subcloning of transgene. Blasticidin resistance gene for stable selection. This plasmid is fully compatible with Vector Core system for custom lentivirus production.
pLentilox EV-GFPrHIVProviral plasmid in which transgene expression is driven by a CMV promoter. Vector contains the GFP marker. The use of the CMV promoter is ideal for transgene over-expression in a wide range of cell types.
pLentilox EV-LucrHIVProviral plasmid in which transgene expression is driven by a CMV promoter. Vector contains the luciferase (firefly) marker. The use of the CMV promoter is ideal for transgene over-expression in a wide range of cell types.
Lenti-FIV-GFPrFIVRecombinant Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV) reporter vector expressing the GFP marker. Expression is driven from an RSV promoter.
Lenti-FIV-LacZrFIVRecombinant Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV) reporter vector expressing the β-gal marker. Expression is driven from an RSV promoter.

 

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