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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 05, 2001
Filed:
Dec. 30, 1999
John Polo, Hayward, CA (US);
Barbara Beli, San Diego, CA (US);
Thomas W. Dubensky, Jr., Piedmont, CA (US);
Stephen F. Hardy, San Francisco, CA (US);
Silvia Perri, Castro Valley, CA (US);
Chiron Corporation, Emeryville, CA (US);
Abstract
Nucleic acid molecule are provided comprising a nucleic acid sequence which encodes, in order, an alphavirus capsid, a signal peptide, and an alphavirus E1 or E2 glycoprotein. Also provided are vectors encoding such nucleic acid molecules, and use of such vectors or expression cassettes to generate recombinant alphavirus particles and alphavirus packaging cell lines. In addition, modified alphavirus vector constructs are provided that permit reduced transgene expression during vector packaging, as well as methods of using such vector constructs for the production of alphavirus vector particles.