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Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2000

Filed:

Jul. 23, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:

Akihiko Saiga, Katano, JP;

Satoshi Orita, Kobe, JP;

Hisanaga Igarashi, Osaka, JP;

Kouichi Okumura, Takatsuki, JP;

Gaku Sakaguchi, Takatsuki, JP;

Assignee:
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; C07K / ; C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514 12 ; 530350 ;
Abstract

A DNA molecule having a gene expression repressing function derived from human T-cell leukemia virus type I (HTLV-I) existing in a region which is missing in a mutant provirus that is expressing p21Xm RNA but exists in the genome of a complete provirus, and a plasmid including the DNA molecule are provided. Furthermore, a novel protein (TRP-1) which specifically binds to U5RE and a structural gene for the protein is provided, which can be useful for elucidation of the transcription repression activity and elucidation of the oncogenesis mechanism of neurocytes, in which a transcriptional repressive region (U5RE) existing in the U5 region of human T-cell leukemia virus type I gene LTR is involved. Furthermore, an expression vector including the gene, a transformant into which the expression vector is introduced, and a process for producing the TRP-1 protein using the transformant are provided.


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