Table 1

Relative vector titers as measured by HIV-1 p24 gag protein.

Construct
ng p24/ml

a. eGFP
383 ± 261
b. MGMT
243 ± 92
c. MGMT-2A-eGFP
385 ± 270
d. MGMT-IRES-eGFP
368 ± 92
e. HOXB4-2A-MGMT-IRES-eGFP
238 ± 126
f. MGMT-2A-HOXB4-IRES-eGFP
380 ± 91

We transiently transfected each one of the above mentioned transfer vector plasmids with pCMVΔR8.91 and pMD.G into 293T cells as described in methods. Vector supernatants were harvested 72 h post transfection and concentrated by ultracentrifugation. HIV-1 gag protein (p24) was estimated in the concentrated vector preparations by ELISA. Values are expressed as nanograms of p24 (mean ± SD) from 4 independent experiments. Statistical analysis was performed using analysis of variance and Tukey's studentized range test. No statistically significant difference in titer (p24) was observed between the vectors tested.

Chinnasamy et al. Virology Journal 2006 3:14   doi:10.1186/1743-422X-3-14