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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2000
Jens Bukh, Kensington, MD (US);
Masayuki Yanagi, Kanazawa, JP;
Suzanne U. Emerson, Kensington, MD (US);
Robert H. Purcell, Boyds, MD (US);
Jens Bukh, Kensington, MD (US);
Masayuki Yanagi, Kanazawa, JP;
Suzanne U. Emerson, Kensington, MD (US);
Robert H. Purcell, Boyds, MD (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to nucleic acid sequence which comprises the genome of an infectious GB virus B clone. The invention also relates to the use of the nucleic acid sequence of the infectious GB virus B clone to indirectly study the molecular properties of HCV, and in the production of HCV/GBV-B chimeras. The invention further relates to the use of the infectious nucleic acid sequence of GB virus B clone and the HCV/GBV-B chimeras in the development of vaccines and therapeutics for HCV.