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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:
Oct. 03, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 04, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Charles M Rice, University City, MO (US);
Alexander A Kolykhalov, St. Louis, MO (US);
Assignee:
Washington University, St. Louis, MO (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07H / ; C07H / ; C12N / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-6 ; 4353201 ; 435325 ; 536 237 ; 536 241 ; 536 243 ; 536 245 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to the determination of an authentic HCV genome RNA sequences, to construction of infectious HCV DNA clones, and to use of the clones, or their derivatives, in therapeutic, vaccine, and diagnostic applications. The invention is also directed to HCV vectors, e.g., for gene therapy of gene vaccines.