Lentigen is the exclusive manufacturer for Invitrogen's Lentiviral vectors including the Virapower and HiPerform™ family of Lentiviral vector systems.

The ViraPower™ Lentiviral Expression System facilitates highly efficient, in vitro or in vivo delivery of a target gene to dividing and non-dividing mammalian cells using a replication-incompetent lentivirus. Based on the lentikat™ system developed by Cell Genesys (Dull et al., 1998), the ViraPower™ Lentiviral Expression System possesses features which enhance its biosafety while allowing high-level gene expression in a wider range of cell types than traditional retroviral systems.

Invitrogen's ViraPower™ HiPerform™ Lentiviral vectors are an enhanced pLenti vector containing two key elements: the woodchuck posttranscriptional regulatory element (WPRE) for increased expression, and the central polypurine tract (cPPT) sequence from the HIV-1 integrase gene for increased lentiviral integration into the host genome.

For more information on custom lentiviral vector manufacture contact custom.services@invitrogen.com.