Selection Guide for Retroviral Packaging Cells by Target Cell Species

 

  Plat-A Cells
(Amphotropic)
Plat-E Cells
(Ecotropic)
Plat-GP Cells
(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. +++

*Retrovirus must be packaged with a pantropic envelope protein such as VSVG
N.S. = Not Suitable