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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 18, 1994
Freda Diane Miller, Montreal, CA;
Andrew Gloster, Montreal, CA;
Carrie Grace Causing, Montreal, CA;
Jean George Toma, Edmonton, CA;
McGill University, Montreal, CA;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a DNA expression vector comprising a T.alpha.1 .alpha.-tubulin promoter operatively linked upstream to a marker gene sequence relative to the direction of transcription in a eukaryotic expression vector adapted to be introduced into a mammal, or ancestor of the mammal at an embryonic stage and said promoter is controlling transcription of the marker gene. The present invention also relates to a method for testing material suspected of promoting neurogenesis and neuronal growth which comprises exposing a transgenic mammal according to the present invention said material and detecting said expressed marker gene as an indication of neurogenesis and neuronal growth.