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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 22, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard Drake, Little Rock, AR (US);
Trenton Hinds, Portsmouth Commonwealth of Dominica West Indies, AG;
Cesar Compadre, Little Rock, AR (US);
Barry Hurlburt, Little Rock, AR (US);
Tammy Rechtin, Birmingham, AL (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 9/12 ; C07K 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 9/12 ; C07K 1/00 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides new site-specific HSV-thymidine kinase mutants with improved nucleoside analog metabolizing activity due to low or no thymidine phosphorylation ability. Also provided is a method of killing target cells using such mutants combined with a prodrug.