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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. 25, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 01, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Noriyuki Kasahara, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Christopher Reid Logg, Studio City, CA (US);
W. French Anderson, San Marino, CA (US);
Assignee:
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07H 2/102 ; A61K 4/800 ; C12N 7/01 ; C12N 1/563 ; C12N 1/5867 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07H 2/102 ; A61K 4/800 ; C12N 7/01 ; C12N 1/563 ; C12N 1/5867 ;
Abstract
A recombinant replication competent retrovirus for gene deliver and gene therapy is provided. The recombinant retrovirus has a heterologous nucleic acid sequence, a sequence encoding a cell- or tissue-specific ligand or a sequence for transcriptional targeting, or a combination of both a cell- or tissue-specific ligand and a cell- or tissue-specific transcriptional targeting sequence.