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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:
Dec. 31, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 07, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
David M. Hone, Ellicott City, MD (US);
George Lewis, Baltimore, MD (US);
Robert Powell, Baltimore, MD (US);
Assignee:
University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, Baltimore, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 4/800 ; C12N 1/21 ; C12N 1/587 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 4/800 ; C12N 1/21 ; C12N 1/587 ;
Abstract
The invention pertains to a method for introducing RNA molecules into eukaryotic cells, wherein the RNA molecules are capable of being translated in the eukaryotic cells or is an antisense RNA or a catalytic RNA, as well as to such bacteria, compositions comprising such bacteria, and nucleic acids which can be introduced into bacteria for practicing the method of the invention. Examples of products the RNA molecule may encode include vaccine antigens, therapeutic agents, immunoregulatory agents or anti-sense RNA molecules or catalytic RNA molecules.