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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 06, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 30, 2000
Robin Clark, Benecia, CA (US);
Joanna Albala, Stockton, CA (US);
Ian McConnell, Danville, CA (US);
Ken Franke, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Onyx Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Richmond, CA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a novel method for producing recombinant baculoviruses expressing genes of interest by inserting a selectable marker gene, specifically the puromycin resistance (pac) gene, adjacent to the gene of interest into the baculovirus genome, and selecting for viruses that express the selectable marker. Selection of the recombinant virus in the presence of a selection condition, such as puromycin-containing cell culture media, simplifies virus production by eliminating the need for cloning, and testing the virus for gene expression. Such expression systems are readily adapted to an automated method for expression foreign genetic material in a high throughput manner.