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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 06, 2004
Applicants:
Stanley M. Lemon, Galveston, TX (US);
Minkyung Yin, Galveston, TX (US);
Inventors:
Stanley M. Lemon, Galveston, TX (US);
MinKyung Yin, Galveston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Board of Regents, The University of Texas System, Austin, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/70 (2006.01); C12N 15/63 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides a replication competent hepatitis C virus that includes a heterologous polynucleotide. The invention also includes methods for modifying a hepatitis C virus polynucleotide, selecting a replication competent hepatitis C virus polynucleotide, detecting a replication competent hepatitis C virus polynucleotide, and identifying a compound that inhibits replication of a hepatitis C virus polynucleotide.