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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 1992
Filed:
Jan. 06, 1989
Robert C Ladner, Ijamsville, MD (US);
Sonia K Guterman, Belmont, MA (US);
Rachel B Kent, Wilmington, MA (US);
Arthur C Ley, Newton, MA (US);
Protein Engineering Corporation, Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
Novel DNA-binding proteins, especially repressors of gene expression, are obtained by variegation of genes encoding known binding protein and selection for proteins binding the desired target DNA sequence. A novel selection vector is used to reduce artifacts. Heterooligimeric proteins which bind to a target DNA sequence which need not be palindromic are obtained by a variety of methods, e.g., variegation to obtain proteins binding symmetrized forms of the half-targets and heterodimerization to obtain a protein binding the entire asymmetric target.