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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:
May. 30, 2000
Filed:
Apr. 05, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Rachel Decor, Strasbourg, FR;
Charles Mioskowski, Strasbourg, FR;
Marc Schmutz, Dingsheim, FR;
Alain Wagner, Strasbourg, FR;
Assignee:
Rhone-Poulenc Agro, Lyon Cedex, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-6 ; 435458 ; 435459 ; 435470 ; 435471 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a method of transforming cells in which an appropriate quantity of nucleic acid fragments is introduced into the cells. The nucleic acid fragments are introduced in the form of a nucleic acid composition comprising a nitrogen-containing silicone, useful for compacting the nucleic acid fragments; the compositions comprise aggregates of nucleic acid fragments and silicones according to the invention.