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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2011
Zhennan Lai, North Potomac, MD (US);
Jeffrey Galvin, Redwood City, CA (US);
Zhennan Lai, North Potomac, MD (US);
Jeffrey Galvin, Redwood City, CA (US);
American Gene Technologies International Inc., Rockville, MD (US);
Abstract
The present application discloses a lentiviral transfer system which includes: (i) a self-inactivating transfer vector comprising: multiple gene units, wherein each gene unit includes a heterologous nucleic acid sequence operably linked to a regulatory nucleic acid sequence; and (ii) a helper construct which lacks a 5' LTR, wherein the 5′ LTR has been replaced with a heterologous promoter, in which the helper construct further comprises: a lentiviral env nucleic acid sequence containing a deletion, wherein the deleted env nucleic acid sequence does not produce functional env protein; and a packaging signal contains a deletion, wherein the deleted packaging signal is nonfunctional.