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7005130 Avian hepatitis E virus, vaccines and methods of protecting against avian hepatitis-splenomegaly syndrome and mammalian hepatitis E  
The present invention relates to a novel isolated avian hepatitis E virus having a nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1 or its complementary strand. The invention further concerns...
7001765 Adeno-associated virus vector for boosting immunogenicity of cells  
The present invention provides an Adeno-Associated Virus (AAV) vector having a foreign DNA coding for a protein that boosts immunogenicity of cells. The invention also provides a vaccine containing...
7002057 Thioredoxin H homologs  
This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a thioredoxin protein. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the...
7001764 Compositions comprising tissue specific adenoviral vectors  
Compositions comprising host cell specific adenovirus vehicles are provided for transfecting target host cells. The compositions comprise replication competent adenovirus having an adenovirus gene...
6998263 Methods of preparing and using a viral vector library  
The present invention provides a library of viral vectors, wherein each member comprises a first heterologous DNA encoding a first gene product and a second heterologous DNA encoding a second gene...
6998252 Recombinant poxviruses having foreign DNA expressed under the control of poxvirus regulatory sequences  
Recombinant poxviruses, such as vaccinia, are provided that comprises a segment comprised of (A) a first DNA sequence encoding a polypeptide that is foreign to poxvirus and (B) a poxvirus...
6995006 Methods for generating high titer helper-free preparations of released recombinant AAV vectors  
This invention provides methods and compositions for producing high titer, substantially purified preparations of recombinant adeno-associated virus (AAV) that can be used as vectors for gene...
6995009 Packaging cell  
A virus-producing cell sustaining the ability to produce viruses at high titer is successfully constructed by expressing the virus structural gene under the regulation of EF1α promoter. In this...
6991929 Hepatitis A vaccines  
A process for the production of inactivated Hepatitis A virus substantially free of host cell contamination is described, the process comprising: a) culturing Hepatitis A virus and harvesting a...
6991935 Target cell-specific adenoviral vectors containing E3 and methods of use thereof  
The invention provides adenoviral vectors (preferably replication competent) comprising both an E3 sequence and at least one adenoviral gene under transcriptional control of a target cell-specific...
6991899 Cells for detection of influenza and parainfluenza viruses  
The invention provides cell lines which are useful for the rapid detection and production of influenza and parainfluenza viruses. In particular, the invention relates to transgenic mink lung cells...
6984517 AAV5 vector and uses thereof  
The present invention provides an adeno-associated virus 5 (AAV5) virus and vectors and particles derived therefrom. In addition, the present invention provides methods of delivering a nucleic acid...
6984490 Identification of genes  
A method for identifying a microorganism having a reduced adaptation to a particular environment comprising the steps of: (1) providing a plurality of microorganisms each of which is...
6982087 Vectors derived from South African Arbovirus No. 86  
Provided herein are alphavirus vectors derived from South African Arbovirus No. 86 (S.A.AR86) comprising attenuating mutations and methods of making the same. Also provided are improved viral...
6982160 Immunogenic compositions that include SIRS virus  
The invention includes kits for producing and using immunogenic compositions that include swine infertility and respiratory virus. The invention also includes vaccines and sera for treatment of...
6979534 Compositions and methods for detection of antibody binding to cells  
The invention relates to methods of agglutinating or capturing cells comprising providing a mixture comprising a population of cells and a population of bacteriophage expressing a first antibody on...
6979568 Vector for the expression of two foreign genes  
A vector expressing two foreign genes by using RRE sequence and controlling the ratio of the expression doses of these genes owing to the modification is provided. This vector, which can be...
6979732 Polynucleotide compositions encoding S-adenosyl-L-methionine:phosphoethanolamine N-methyltransferase and methods for modulating lipid biosynthesis in plants  
Disclosed are compositions and methods for increasing the nutritional value of plants and plant parts. In illustrative embodiments PEAMT and ΔPEAMT polynucleotide and polypeptide compositions are...
6977079 Avian pneumovirus vaccine  
Compositions and methods for ameliorating the clinical signs of an avian pneumovirus (APV) infection in a bird are disclosed. The compositions include immunologically effective amounts of an...
6974866 Retrovirus from the HIV type O and its use (MVP-2901/94)  
A novel HIV type O immunodeficiency virus is disclosed which has the designation MVP-2901/94 and which has been deposited with the European collection of animal Cell Cultures (ECACC) under No. V...
6969610 Methods of modifying cell structure and remodeling tissue  
Disclosed is a method of modifying cell structure which includes: increasing the intracellular concentration of biliverdin reductase, or a fragment or variant thereof, in a mammalian cell under...
6969583 Method for detecting variant HBV  
The present invention relates generally to an assay for detecting variant Hepatitis B viruses (HBVs) which exhibit altered sensitivity to agents. The variant HBVs are delivered to cells using a...
6967075 HCV replicase complexes  
This invention provides efficient HCV replicase complexes comprising novel RNA template and primer pair. Assay systems are also provided, which use such complexes, for detecting replicase activity,...
6967076 Method for producing recombinant cells for detecting HIV  
Recombinant expression vectors and methods are provided for detecting HIV and monitoring HIV drug resistance. The method comprises: taking a culture of cells; adding a recombinant viral vector into...
6964845 Thermostable phage lambda operator mutants for regulating gene expression  
The present invention concerns a method for selecting New P R or P L operator sequences from lambdoid phages which have different thermostability compared to the wild-type sequence with regard to...
6964852 Antigenic structural peptide, antigenic and immunogenic compounds, and uses for detecting, preventing and treating an HCV infection  
The invention concerns a structural peptide, identified by antibodies directed against a polypeptide, comprising the 2-45 amino acid sequence of the N-terminal end of the Core or nucleocapsid (p21)...
6962777 IN VITRO METHOD FOR DISASSEMBLY/REASSEMBLY OF PAPILLOMAVIRUS VIRUS-LIKE PARTICLES (VLPS), HOMOGENEOUS VLP AND CAPSOMERE COMPOSITIONS PRODUCED BY SAID METHODS; USE THEREOF AS VEHICLE FOR IMPROVED PURIFICATION, AND DELIVERY OF ACTIVE AGENTS  
A method of disassembly/reassembly of papillomavirus VLPs is provided. The resultant VLPs have enhanced homogeneity, present conformational, neutralizing PV epitopes, and therefore are useful...
6962708 Chimeric flavivirus vaccines  
A chimeric live, infectious, attenuated virus containing a yellow fever virus, in which the nucleotide sequence for a prM-E protein is either deleted, truncated, or mutated, so that functional...
6958237 Highly infectious rubella virus DNA constructs and methods of production  
Highly infectious rubella virus cDNA clones derived from infectious cDNA clone having a low specific infectivity and methods of obtaining highly infectious rubella virus cDNA clones. Togavirus...
6958235 Recombinant protein containing a C-terminal fragment of plasmodium MSP-1  
The invention relates to a recombinant protein fabricated in a baculovirus system, of which the essential constitutive polypeptide sequence is that of a C-terminal fragment of 19 kilodalton (p19)...
6958226 Packaging cells comprising codon-optimized gagpol sequences and lacking lentiviral accessory proteins  
Novel packaging cell lines useful for generating viral accessory protein independent HIV-derived retroviral vector particles, methods of constructing such packaging cell lines and methods of using...
6956113 Bioluminescent assays and bacterial strains useful therein  
The present invention relates to novel assays for assessing the degree to which a cell is metabolically active. Also provided, are mutagenicity assays and, more specifically, methods for...
6953579 Chimeric virus-like particle or chimeric capsomers from BPV  
The present invention relates to chimeric virus-like particles (cVLPs) or chimeric capsomers (cCs) from BPV, fusion proteins and DNAs coding for said proteins and to the use of cVLPs or cCs for the...
6953661 Method of preventing transport of a neurotropic virus and identifying agents for achieving same  
A method of preventing transport of a Herpes simplex virus within a neuron, comprising preventing interaction between a structural tegument protein US11 of the virus and a motor protein, Kinesin in...
6951753 Helper-free stocks of recombinant adeno-associated virus vectors  
A method for producing helper-free stocks of recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) which can be used to efficiently and stably transduce foreign genes into host cells or organisms. The method...
6951752 Method for large scale production of virus antigen  
The present invention provides improved methods of production of viral antigen on a culture of adherent cells bound to a microcarrier, wherein the methods provide for increased viral antigen yield...
6951755 Vectors and methods for gene transfer  
The present invention provides a recombinant adenovirus comprising coat proteins that lack native binding. In particular, the present invention provides a recombinant adenovirus comprising a penton...
6949353 Capping enzyme of flavivirus and utilization of this protein in a process to test drugs with antiviral properties  
This invention concerns an isolated and purified polypeptide capable of acting as a guanylyltransferase and methyltransferase comprising capping enzyme of flavivirus (CEF). The invention also...
6949512 Therapeutic agent for the treatment of septicaemia its preparation and use  
A therapeutic agent for the treatment of septicemia, its preparation and use, with application in the pharmaceutical industry and medicine. This therapeutic agent contains essential element, the...
6946126 Replicating adenovirus vectors  
The present invention provides replicating [100K−] adenovirus vectors that have an impairment in 100K activity. In particular preferred embodiments, the impairment is the result of a deletion in...
6943012 Helper dependent adenoviral vector system and methods for using the same  
A helper dependent adenoviral vector system is provided. The subject helper dependent adenoviral vector system is made up of: (1) a “gutless” adenoviral vector that include cis-acting human...
6943019 Methods and vector constructs useful for production of recombinant AAV  
Methods for efficient production of recombinant AAV employ a host cell containing a first nucleic acid molecule comprising from 5′ to 3′, a parvovirus P5 promoter, a spacer, an AAV rep sequence...
6942864 Leporipox-based vector vaccines  
The present invention is directed to the use of a live, recombinant leporipox virus comprising exogenous DNA, which is operably linked to at least one expression control element and which is...
6940003 Plan lecithin: cholesterol acyltransferases  
This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a plant lecithin: cholesterol acyltransferases. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all...
6936466 Transcriptionally-activated AAV inverted terminal repeats (ITRs) for use with recombinant AAV vectors  
This invention provides transcriptionally-activated AAV ITRs (inverted terminal repeats) which are small and transcriptionally active and uses thereof to optimize the expression of relatively large...
6933108 Methods and compositions for use in the treatment of filovirus mediated disease conditions  
Methods and compositions are provided for at least slowing the progression of a filovirus mediated disease condition in a host. In the subject methods, an effective amount of an agent that at least...
6933377 Compositions comprising multiple immunodeficiency virus subunits for inducing an immune response  
The present invention relates to prophylactic and therapeutic acquired immunodeficiency syndrome vaccines. In particular, the present invention provides methods and compositions utilizing...
6930095 Hepatitis C virus constructs characterized by high efficiency replication  
The present invention relates to recombinant hepatitis C virus (HCV)-derived nucleic acids and to stable rapidly growing cell clones derived from human hepatoma Huh-7 cell line and supporting high...
6924415 Transgenic mice comprising a constitutively-activated MEK5 and exhibiting cardiac hypertrophy and dilated cardiomyopathy  
The present invention relates to compositions and methods relating to MEK5 and its role in heart disease. This protein has now been identified as a target for therapeutic intervention due to its...
6924137 Method for virus propagation  
The present invention relates to a process for producing poxvirus, in particular Chordopoxvirus, wherein the poxvirus is cultivated at a temperature below 37° C. The process leads to increased...