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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 20, 1999
Joseph R. Bertino, New York, NY (US);
Emine A. Ercikan-Abali, New York, NY (US);
Debabrata Banerjee, New York, NY (US);
Shin Mineishi, New York, NY (US);
Michel Sadelain, New York, NY (US);
Sloan-Kettering Institute for Cancer Research, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
New mutant forms of human dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) which have properties superior to the previously disclosed mutants have mutations at both amino acid 22 and amino acid 31. Specific mutant forms are Ser31Tyr22, Ser31Phe22, Gly31Tyr22, Gly31Phe22, Ala31Tyr22 and Ala31Phe22. The mutant DHFR of the invention maybe used as a selectable marker, and to modify the genome of human cells, particularly bone marrow cells or peripheral blood stem cells, to render them resistant to chemotherapy using antifolate agents.