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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 07, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
David Edward Onions, Glasgow, GB;
Lesley Nicolson, Glasgow, GB;
Assignees:
University Court of the University of Glasgow, Glasgow, GB;
Equine Virology Research Foundation, Suffolk, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; C12N / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4352351 ; 4353201 ; 435325 ; 4241991 ; 4242051 ; 4242291 ; 424820 ;
Abstract
An Equine herpesvirus-4 (EHV-4) mutant which does not produce a functional thymidine kinase due to a deletion and/or insertion in the gene encoding thymidine kinase, the deletion and/or insertion made at a position within the thymidine kinase gene such as to not substantially alter expression of the UL24 gene. Recombinant DNA comprising DNA of the EHV-4 mutant, host cells containing the recombinant DNA, and a process for the preparation of the EHV-4 mutant.