Question

why human cell is called packaging cell?

Answer 1

The human cell has a very complex set-up.Every human cell has nucleotides which has around 2-3 metres of DNA wound around the histone proteins,when stretched and attached end-to-end . This is contained in a nucleus which has a very small diameter.So this arrangement is very complex and a large amount of matter gets stored in a small unit.

Hence , the Human cell can be called a packaging cell.

Answer 2

why human cell is called packaging cell?

Packaging cell lines provide all the viral proteins required for capsid production and the virion maturation of the vector.

These packaging cell lines have been made so that they contain the gag, pol and env genes.