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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 24, 2006
Filed:
May. 24, 2001
Applicants:
Robert J. Powell, Baltimore, MD (US);
David Hone, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Inventors:
Robert J. Powell, Baltimore, MD (US);
David Hone, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Assignee:
University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, Baltimore, MD (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/88 (2006.01); C12N 15/85 (2006.01); C12P 21/06 (2006.01); A61K 9/127 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method for introducing and expressing genes in animal cells, in which the animal cells are transfected with bacterial blebs containing a eukaryotic expression cassette encoding the gene. Bacterial blebs comprising a eukaryotic expression cassette, wherein the bacterial blebs are derived from gram negative bacteria.