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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:
Jun. 04, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 31, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
David M Knipe, Auburndale, MA (US);
Travis J. Taylor, Brookline, MA (US);
Elizabeth E. McNamee, Brighton, MA (US);
Assignee:
President and Fellows of Harvard College, Cambridge, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 7/01 ; C12N 1/562 ; C12N 5/10 ; C12N 1/538 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 7/01 ; C12N 1/562 ; C12N 5/10 ; C12N 1/538 ;
Abstract
The claimed invention embodies a replication competent virus that expresses a detectable fusion protein. Any viral protein can be used to construct the fusion protein and fused with a detectable protein, such as a fluorescent protein. The claimed invention also relates to method for screening viral resistant cells and methods for identifying anti-viral agents or agents the block expression of the viral protein.