pLVX-Puro is an HIV-1-based, lentiviral expression vector. Lentiviral particles derived from the vector allow you to express your gene of interest in virtually any cell type, even primary cells. Expression of your gene is driven by the constitutively active human cytomegalovirus immediate early promoter (PCMV IE), located just upstream of the multiple cloning site (MCS), allowing constitutive, high level expression of your protein of interest.