stability of lentiviral stock - (May/19/2010 )

hi all, just joined this wonderful site....... anyone has an idea about how stable the viruses ....... Lentivirus derived from HIV are at different temperatures... at 4 degress at RT etc/

vashishths on May 19 2010, 09:56 AM said:

Lentivirus is stored best at 4C when you will be using it in a short term, say 2 weeks
any longer than that I would say -20C

Keep in mind though that every freezing / thawing cycle reduces the potency by ~20% so be sure to prepare proper alliquots