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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 12, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 05, 2002
Applicants:
Robert Lachlan Crombie, Cheshire, GB;
Steven Geraint Williams, Cheshire, GB;
Inventors:
Robert Lachlan Crombie, Cheshire, GB;
Steven Geraint Williams, Cheshire, GB;
Assignee:
Millipore Corporation, Billerica, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07H 21/02 (2006.01); C07H 21/04 (2006.01); A01N 65/00 (2009.01); A01N 43/04 (2006.01); A61K 31/70 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Polynucleotides and vectors comprising an expressible nucleic acid flanked by a 5' extended methylation-free CpG island and a 3′ selectable marker element are disclosed. Such polynucleotides and vectors provide a means for obtaining high levels of expression of the flanked expressible nucleic acid. Preferred embodiments include combinations of 5′ extended methylation-free CpG islands and 3′ antibiotic resistance genes.