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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2018
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2013
Applicant:
Mice with Horns, Llc, Delray Beach, FL (US);
Inventor:
James West, Nashville, TN (US);
Assignee:
AGGENETICS, INC., Nashville, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01K 67/00 (2006.01); A01K 67/033 (2006.01); C12N 15/85 (2006.01); A01K 67/027 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/8509 (2013.01); A01K 67/0275 (2013.01); A01K 2217/05 (2013.01); A01K 2217/203 (2013.01); A01K 2217/206 (2013.01); A01K 2227/10 (2013.01); A01K 2267/02 (2013.01); A01K 2267/03 (2013.01);
Abstract
Disclosed are materials and methods for creating customizable traits in animals. In the demonstration of the principle of the subject invention, a keratin-14 specific promoter is used with, red fluorescent protein in the loxp cassette, dominant black (ΔG23) beta defensin 103 in the pigment cassette, and an SV40 (with intron) polyadenylation sequence. When Cre recombinase (or HTNCre) is applied to the animal's skin in a carrier base (e.g., lipid bilayers), fur is permanently genetically modified to turn black in the shape in which it was applied.