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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2012
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2003
Stefan Werner, Halle/Saale, DE;
Sylvestre Marillonnet, Halle/Saale, DE;
Yurii Dorokhov, Moscow, RU;
Victor Klimyuk, Halle/Saale, DE;
Yuri Gleba, Halle/Saale, DE;
Stefan Werner, Halle/Saale, DE;
Sylvestre Marillonnet, Halle/Saale, DE;
Yurii Dorokhov, Moscow, RU;
Victor Klimyuk, Halle/Saale, DE;
Yuri Gleba, Halle/Saale, DE;
Icon Genetics GmbH, München, DE;
Abstract
A method of controlling a genetically-modified multi-cellular organism or a part thereof, comprising the following steps: (a) providing a multi-cellular organism or a part thereof, whereby cells of said multi-cellular organism or said part contain a heterologous nucleic acid, (b) causing expression of a I protein from said heterologous nucleic acid in at least some of said cells, wherein said protein is capable of (i) leaving a cell and entering other cells of said multi-cellular organism or a part thereof, (ii) causing expression of said protein in cells containing said heterologous nucleic acid, and optionally (iii) controlling a cellular process of interest.