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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2010
Applicants:
Eiichi Akahoshi, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuko Ishihara, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Eiichi Akahoshi, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuko Ishihara, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); C12N 15/00 (2006.01); C12N 15/64 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a method of screening an enhancer and/or a promoter, includes culturing a host cell into which an amplifiable vector is introduced, extracting the vector from the host cell and obtaining the DNA fragment from the extracted vector, wherein the vector includes a DNA fragment to be determined, a gene that is functionally linked downstream of the DNA fragment and encodes a protein to initiate self-replication, and a gene that encodes a replication origin sequence.