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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2014
The Pirbright Institute, Woking, Surrey, GB;
Mark Fife, Woking, GB;
Mark Gibson, Woking, GB;
THE PIRBRIGHT INSTITUTE, Woking, Surrey, GB;
Abstract
The present Invention provides as avian cell in which the expression or activity of one or more of the following genes, or a homologue thereof: Chicken IFITM 1 (SEQ ID No. 1); Chicken IFITM2 (SEQ ID No. 2) and Chicken IFITM3 (SEQ ID No. 3) is reduced. The invention also provides methods for passaging viruses in avian cells, embryos and/or avian cell lines which have reduced expression of one or more IFITM genes and methods which involve investigating the sequence of one or more of the following genes, or a homologue thereof: Chicken IFITM1 (SEQ ID No. 1); Chicken IFITM2 (SEQ ID No. 2) and Chicken IFITM3 (SEQ ID No. 3).