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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 18, 1998
Applicants:
Velpandi Ayyavoo, Monroeville, PA (US);
Thanadavarayan Nagashunmugam, Monroeville, PA (US);
David B. Weiner, Merion Station, PA (US);
Inventors:
Velpandi Ayyavoo, Monroeville, PA (US);
Thanadavarayan Nagashunmugam, Monroeville, PA (US);
David B. Weiner, Merion Station, PA (US);
Assignee:
The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07H 21/04 (2006.01); C07K 1/00 (2006.01); C12N 15/00 (2006.01); C12N 5/10 (2006.01); C12P 21/06 (2006.01); A61K 31/70 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention is directed to nucleic acid molecules encoding attenuated, non-functional virion infectivity factor (vif) proteins. The nucleic acid molecules of the invention are inserted into recombinant expression vectors and administered to mammals in order to induce a cellular and humoral immune response to the encoded protein product.