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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 07, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 08, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
William A Haseltine, Cambridge, MA (US);
Ernest Terwilliger, Boston, MA (US);
Assignee:
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4353201 ; 4352351 ;
Abstract
A vector comprising an HIV segment and a heterologous gene segment, which produces a replication competent and an infective HIV virus is disclosed. When the heterologous gene is a marker gene, the spread of the virus can be observed in both in vitro and in vivo systems. The use of this vector in establishing methods for screening anti-viral compounds is also disclosed.