CPC C12N 15/86 (2013.01) [A61K 48/0008 (2013.01); C07K 14/47 (2013.01); C07K 16/28 (2013.01); C12N 15/8645 (2013.01)] | 18 Claims |
1. A helper-free population of infectious recombinant adeno-associated virus (AAV) with altered tropism, comprising: infectious recombinant AAV comprising a modified AAV capsid having an insertion that includes one or more single stranded nucleic acid binding domains and a modified heparin binding domain, and a viral genome, wherein the insertion is bound to a molecule capable of providing the altered tropism which is altered relative to a corresponding AAV without the modification in the viral capsid, wherein the modified heparin binding domain has decreased binding to heparin relative to a corresponding AAV capsid having an unmodified heparin binding domain, wherein the one or more single stranded nucleic acid binding domains are HUH endonuclease domains.
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