Evidence for Packaging of rep-cap Sequences into Adeno-Associated Virus (AAV) Type 2 Capsids in the Absence of Inverted Terminal Repeats: a Model for Generation of rep -Positive AAV Particles

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Abstract
We previously reported that a 350-bp region of the adeno-associated virus (AAV) type 2 rep gene contains a cis -acting element responsible for the Rep-dependent replication of a transiently transfected rep-cap plasmid. In this study, we further report that replicated rep-cap sequences can be packaged into AAV capsids in the absence of the inverted terminal repeats.