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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Apr 25.
Published in final edited form as: Sheng Li Xue Bao. 2008 Oct 25;60(5):610–616.

Table 1.

Characteristics of vectors commonly used for gene transfer

Vector Size (nm) Genome (kb) Type Insert (kb)
Lippspme DNA
Retrovirus 100 8 ss-RNA 8
Adenovirus 100 36 ds-RNA 8, 30
AAV 20 5 ss-RNA 5
Lentivirus 100 10 ss-RNA 8
HSV 200 152 ss-RNA 50