Platinum Retroviral Packaging Cell Lines
Our Platinum Retroviral Packaging Cells have been optimized to produce retroviruses with higher titers for superior infection of a variety of cell types. Average titers achieved with Platinum Retroviral Packaging Cells are 10^6 to 10^7 IFU/mL with transient transfection. Cells are available to make amphotropic, ecotropic, or pantropic (VSVG-pseudotyped) retrovirus, each of which are designed to infect cells of certain species:
| Amphotropic | Ecotropic | Pantropic | |
| Human | +++ | N.S. | +++ |
| Mouse | +++ | +++ | +++ |
| Rat | +++ | +++ | +++ |
| Monkey | +++ | N.S. | +++ |
| Cat | +++ | N.S. | +++ |
| Dog | +++ | N.S. | +++ |
| Hamster | + | N.S. | +++ |
| Bird | N.S. | N.S. | +++ |
| Fish | N.S. | N.S. | +++ |
| Frog | N.S. | N.S. | +++ |
| Insect | N.S. | N.S. | +++ |
| Mollusk | N.S. | N.S. | +++ |
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N.S. = Not Suitable |
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NOTE: Platinum Retroviral Expression Systems are available for sale to academic, government and non-profit research laboratories. All other purchasers require a commercial license for all fields including research use. Please contact our Business Development department for license information.