| abstract |
Novel adeno-associated virus (AAV) isolates in nucleotide and amino acid forms and uses thereof are provided. The isolates show tropism for certain target tissues, such as blood stem cells, liver, heart and joint tissue, and may be used to transduce stem cells for introduction of genes of interest into the target tissues. Discrete modified portions of the cap gene, VP1, VP2, and VP3, may be used alone or in combination in the present methods. |