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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 15, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 15, 2012
Sanford Jay Silverman, Roosevelt, NJ (US);
Robert Scott Mcisaac, Princeton, NJ (US);
Marcus Noyes, Monmouth Junction, NJ (US);
David Botstein, Princeton, NJ (US);
Sanford Jay Silverman, Roosevelt, NJ (US);
Robert Scott McIsaac, Princeton, NJ (US);
Marcus Noyes, Monmouth Junction, NJ (US);
David Botstein, Princeton, NJ (US);
Other;
Abstract
A system allows for rapid and specific induction of individual genes in eukaryotic cells using a chimeric transcriptional activator that is responsive to hormone inducer. Upon addition of the hormone, cytoplasmic transcriptional activator localizes to the nucleus and subsequently binds to promoters containing sequences that bind to its DNA-binding domain. Genetic modifications allow for rapid and specific degradation of a targeted protein upon addition of hormone by means of a regulated degron method that utilizes a protease variant. This system is useful for discovering new compounds by high throughput screening when introducing compound libraries to these protein-depleted cells.