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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 01, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Vincent Racaniello, New York, NY (US);
Joanne Marie Tatem, Lincoln Park, NJ (US);
Carolyn L Weeks-Levy, Valhalla, NY (US);
Assignee:
The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435236 ; 4352351 ; 4351721 ; 4351723 ; 435 9151 ; 536 2372 ; 4242171 ; 935 77 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to methods for producing RNA virus cDNA, methods for producing viable, RNA virus and viable, RNA virus produced by those methods. The invention also related to a novel RNA virus cDNA, recombinant DNA molecules containing that cDNA and hosts transformed with those recombinant cDNA molecules. This invention further related to novel methods for screening for variants of a strain 3 poliovirus. This invention also related to methods for increasing the attenuation of a strain poliovirus.