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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 1998
Filed:
Mar. 28, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Joseph C Glorioso, Cheswick, PA (US);
David J Fink, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Regents of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; C12N / ; C07H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4353201 ; 4352351 ; 536 241 ;
Abstract
A gene transfer vector for transferring genetic material to a host tissue and expressing a gene product therefrom includes a virus capable of establishing extra chromosomal viral latency in the host tissue. The strain includes at least one foreign gene recombined into the virus which is foreign to the viral genome and a promoter for initiating and driving transcription of the foreign gene during latency of the virus in the host tissue.