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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 1997
Filed:
May. 17, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Flossie Wong-Staal, San Diego, CA (US);
Mang Yu, San Diego, CA (US);
Osamu Yamada, Kobe, JP;
Joshua O Ojwang, Spring, TX (US);
Markley C Leavitt, La Jolla, CA (US);
Anthony Ho, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; C12N / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4352402 ; 4352401 ; 4353201 ; 536 231 ;
Abstract
This invention provides an infectious retrovirus having inserted between the 5' and 3' long terminal repeat sequences of the retrovirus a nucleic acid encoding an anti-HIV-type specific agent under the control of a pol III promoter. Host cells containing the retroviral vectors of this invention also are provided. Further provided are methods of interfering with or preventing HIV viral replication in a cell infected with HIV or likely to be infected with HIV.