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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2004
Filed:
May. 06, 1998
Other;
Abstract
The invention relates to constructs capable of infecting mammalian cells comprising at least one semi-purified or pure SV40 capsid protein and a constituent selected from the group consisting of an exogenous DNA, a vector comprising an exogenous DNA, an exogenous RNA, a vector comprising an exogenous RNA, an exogenous protein or peptide product, and antisense RNA, ribozyme RNA or any RNA or DNA which inhibits or prevents the expression of undesired protein(s) in the mammalian cell and optionally further comprising operatively linked regulatory elements sufficient for the expression and/or replication of the exogenous protein in a mammalian cell. The invention further relates to a method for the in vitro construction of SV40 virus or pseudovirus constructs according to the invention.