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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:
May. 25, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 04, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Teruo Akuta, Kumamoto, JP;
Haruhiko Yokoi, Tokyo, JP;
Hajime Okuyama, Hyogo, JP;
Katsuo Takeda, late of Tokyo, JP;
Mamoru Hasegawa, Ibaraki, JP;
Mahito Nakanishi, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
DNAVEC Research, Inc., , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/586 ; C12N 1/562 ; C12N 1/21 ; C12N 5/10 ; C07K 1/900 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/586 ; C12N 1/562 ; C12N 1/21 ; C12N 5/10 ; C07K 1/900 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a novel phage expressing in its head a bi-functional protein that has nuclear translocation and cell adhesion activities. The phage is used to package a foreign substance such as a gene. As a bi-functional protein, TAT protein of HIV can be used. The phage is useful in gene therapy.