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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 29, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2000
Douglas R. Lowy, Bethesda, MD (US);
John T. Schiller, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Richard B. Roden, Washington, DC (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Department of Health & Human Services, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
The invention provides an infectious papillomavirus pseudoviral particle useful in gene transfer comprising: (a) a papillomavirus vector DNA which comprises an E2 binding site and an expression cassette comprising a gene and a sequence controlling expression of said gene; and (b) a papillomavirus capsid which comprises L1 and L2 structural proteins, such that said capsid encapsidates said vector DNA, wherein said gene is derived from a first biological species and said L1 structural protein is derived from a second biological species and said first biological species is different from said second biological species.