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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 10, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Signal Pharmaceuticals, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; C12Q / ; C12N / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-5 ; 435-6 ; 4352402 ; 4351723 ; 4352351 ; 435810 ;
Abstract
Cell lines and methods for detecting cytomegalovirus infection and identifying modulators of cytomegalovirus gene expression are disclosed. The cell lines carry an integrated plasmid that contains a reporter gene under the control of a cytomegalovirus promoter. Such cell lines may be used, for example, for specifically identifying HCMV infection in a biological sample.