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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 14, 2000
Applicants:
Masayuki Yanagi, Rockville, MD (US);
Jens Bukh, Bethesda, MD (US);
Suzanne U. Emerson, Rockville, MD (US);
Robert H. Purcell, Boyds, MD (US);
Inventors:
Masayuki Yanagi, Rockville, MD (US);
Jens Bukh, Bethesda, MD (US);
Suzanne U. Emerson, Rockville, MD (US);
Robert H. Purcell, Boyds, MD (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 39/12 (2006.01); A61K 30/70 (2006.01); A61K 39/295 (2006.01); C12N 15/00 (2006.01); C12N 5/00 (2006.01); C12N 5/08 (2006.01); A61K 39/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention discloses nucleic acid sequences which encode infectious hepatitis C viruses and the use of these sequences, and polypeptides encoded by all or part of these sequences, in the development of vaccines and diagnostics for HCV and in the development of screening assays for the identification of antiviral agents for HCV.