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6479464 Compositions and methods for highly efficient transfection  
The invention encompasses a transfection complex comprising a polypeptide comprising the contiguous 29 amino acids: 6G's, 2F's, 2L's, 1W, 4R's, 2E's, 2N's, 3K's, 1T, 1S, 1A, 1Y, 1M, 1C, and 1I, and...
6475757 Plasmids for construction of eukaryotic viral vectors  
The present invention provides a dual selection cassette (DSC) comprising first and second DNA segments having homology to a eukaryotic viral vector, positive and negative selection genes, each...
6475781 Trans-dominant suppressor genes for oligomeric proteins  
The invention features two methods for making eucaryotic trans-dominant suppressor genes encoding polypeptide translation products capable of suppressing the activity of a growth factor that...
6475994 Method and articles for transfection of genetic material  
A gene transfection particle includes a polymer, a support particle conjugated with the dendritic polymer, and genetic material conjugated with the dendritic polymer. The gene transfection...
6475770 Processes for preparation of Marek's Disease using continuous mammalian cell lines  
The present invention relates to mammalian cell lines which efficiently support the growth and productive infection of Marek's Disease Virus at high titers. The present invention also relates to...
6468771 Adeno-associated virus and adenovirus chimeric recombinant viruses useful for the integration of foreign genetic information into the chromosomal DNA of target cells  
The present invention provides chimeric viral vectors which have both the capacity to infect host cells efficiently and the capacity to integrate their genomic material into the host cell's genome....
6468745 Method for expressing a library of nucleic acid sequence variants and selecting desired traits  
The present invention relates to a method for using viral vectors to bear populations of sequence variants and using plant hosts to select the sequences that exhibit the desired traits.
6465246 Oncogene- or virus-controlled expression systems  
Nucleic acid constructs for expressing an effector gene, with the nucleic acid construct comprising a promoter I (component a) which controls the expression of a transcription factor gene...
6458939 Compositions and methods for the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of neoplastic cell growth and proliferation  
The present invention relates to methods and compositions for the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of tumors and cancers (e.g., colon cancer) in mammals, e.g., humans. The invention is based on...
6451769 Compositions and methods for administering Borrelia DNA  
Disclosed is a vaccine against Lyme Disease or its causative agent Borrelia burgdorferi (sensu stricto or sensu lato) containing a plasmid a DNA encoding a promoter for driving expression in a...
6447769 Compositions and methods for enhanced tumor cell immunity in vivo  
The invention provides a method of preventing or reducing the severity of a cancer in a subject by stimulating the subject's immune response against the cancer. The invention provides, for example,...
6444421 Methods for detecting intermolecular interactions in vivo and in vitro  
Methods for assessing intermolecular interactions in vivo and in vitro are provided. Methods are provided for detecting protein-DNA interactions in vivo, in which a cell having a chimeric guide...
6436410 DNA encoding neospora dihydrofolate reductase-thymidylate synthase  
The present invention provides isolated polynucleotide molecules comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding the DHFR-TS protein of Neospora which polynucleotide molecules are useful in preparing...
6436694 Regulable gene expression in gram-positive bacteria  
A system has been constructed which is suitable for tetracycline-inducible gene expression in Gram-positive bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus subtilis . The replicon/host gene...
6436638 Cryptosporidium detection method  
A method for selectively detecting the presence of C. parvum organisms in a sample. A method for selectively detecting the presence of C. parvum organisms and for detecting the presence of G....
6432699 Viral vectors having chimeric envelope proteins containing the IgG-binding domain of protein A  
The invention involves viral vectors that can be used to transduce a target cell, i.e., to introduce genetic material into the cell. The targets of interest are eukaryotic cells and particularly...
6432927 Compositions and methods for inducing gene expression  
The present invention provides recombinant nucleic acid molecules encoding a chimeric transactivator protein including a DNA binding domain of a DNA binding protein and a protein domain capable of...
6428953 Method and means for producing high titer, safe, recombinant lentivirus vectors  
Lentiviral vectors modified at the 5′ LTR or both the 5′ and 3′ LTR's are useful in the production of recombinant lentivirus vectors. Such vectors can be produced in the absence of a...
6428988 Methods using cre-lox for production of recombinant adeno-associated viruses  
Methods for efficient production of recombinant AAV are described. In one aspect, three vectors are introduced into a host cell. A first vector directs expression of cre recombinase, a second...
6410314 Episomally replicating vector, its preparation and use  
The present invention relates to stably episomally replicating vectors, comprising at least one scaffold/matrix attached region (S/MAR) and at least one viral or eukaryotic origin of replication...
6403336 Process for the production of α-human atrial natriuretic polypeptide  
DNA fragments which contain a sequence of DNA which encodes a protective peptide-fused α-hANP in which the protective peptide has a C-terminus lysine residue which is directly fused to the...
6395473 Adenoviral based promoter assay  
Adenoviral vectors are used to transfer a promoter/reporter gene construct to mammalian cell cultures. The promoter/reporter gene construct is used to determine if a candidate inducing agent has...
6395519 Means and methods for nucleic acid delivery vehicle design and nucleic acid transfer  
Cells capable of at least, in part, complementing adenovirus E2A function of an adenovirus defective in E2A function. Such cells include a nucleic acid encoding adenovirus E2A or a functional part,...
6392124 Infectious vectors and clones of plants derived from the turnip mosaic virus (TUMV)  
The infectious clone comprises: a) a complete copy of the complementary DNA (cDNA) to the genomic RNA of the turnip mosaic virus (TuMV), in the form of double stranded DNA, b) a transcription...
6391580 Ras proteins  
The invention provides seven human Ras proteins (RASP) and polynucleotides which identify and encode RASP. The invention also provides expression vectors, host cells, antibodies, agonists, and...
6391594 Modified modular PKS with retained scaffold  
Combinatorial libraries of polyketides can be obtained by suitable manipulation of a host modular polyketide synthase gene cluster such as that which encodes the PKS for erythromycin. The...
6391552 Enhancing transfection efficiency of vectors by recursive recombination  
The invention provides a number of strategies for transferring and/or evolving gene(s) associated with cellular DNA uptake so that they confer or enhance DNA-uptake capacity of a recipient cell....
6388170 Bidirectional promoters and methods related thereto  
The present invention comprises artificial nucleic acid constructs comprising a bidirectional promoter having minimal promoter and a common promoter, wherein said minimal promoters is operably...
6387368 Hybrid adenovirus-AAV virus and methods of use thereof  
The present invention provides a hybrid vector construct which comprises a portion of an adenovirus, 5′ and 3′ ITR sequences from an AAV, and a selected transgene. Other hybrid vectors form a...
6387620 Transcription-free selex  
Methods are provided for the production of nucleic acid ligands against target molecules using a procedure known as Transcription-free Systematic Evolution of Ligands by EXponential enrichment...
6368589 Use of autologous promoters to express gene products in Bordetella  
Autologous promoters are used to effect expression of gene products in Bordetella strains. Hybrid Bordetella genes are constructed comprising a Bordetella gene, particularly one encoding a...
6358702 Polynucleotides encoding human Hox C10  
This invention relates to newly identified polynucleotides, polypeptides encoded by such polynucleotides, the use of such polynucleotides and polypeptides, as well as the production of such...
6355412 Methods and compositions for directed cloning and subcloning using homologous recombination  
The present invention is directed to methods and compositions for DNA subcloning using bacterial recombinase-mediated homologous recombination. The invention relates to methods for cloning,...
6350866 Streptococcus pneumoniae gene sequence FtsZ  
The invention provides isolated nucleic acid compounds encoding FtsZ of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Also provided are vectors and transformed host cells for expressing the encoded protein, and a...
6344446 Cationic lipid:DNA complexes for gene targeting  
This invention herein describes pharmaceutical compositions and methods for targeted delivery of functional genes into cells and tissues in vivo. The invention discloses DNA:lipid complexes,...
6335185 Bacteriophage vectors generated by bacteriophage/plasmid recombination  
The present invention relates to methods for the generation of lambda (λ) or P1 bacteriophage vectors useful in targeted mutagenesis of eukaryotic cells and the expression of genes and proteins,...
6332897 Assay methods  
The present invention relates to an automated format for the yeast two hybrid assay for protein-protein interactions.
6331397 Method for producing long DNA constructs in agarose  
The invention relates to a method for producing a DNA construct, whereby two or several DNAs are recombined in melted agarose. The invention also relates to vectors which can be used therefor, in...
6329190 Targetting adenovirus with use of constrained peptide motifs  
The present invention provides a chimeric adenovirus fiber protein, which differs from the wild-type coat protein by the introduction of a nonnative amino acid sequence in a...
6329181 Helper functions for recombinant vector production  
The present invention provides methods and compositions for preparations of recombinant parvovirus virions with a reduced number of replication competent particles. The compositions of the present...
6322781 Production of recombinant baculoviruses  
This invention pertains to methods that facilitate production of recombinant baculoviruses that have been engineered for use as biological control agents. More specifically, this invention pertains...
6323019 Design of novel highly efficient HIV based packaging systems for gene therapy  
By transducing cells with an HIV-1-MN molecular clone deleted in the major packaging sequence, a stable HIV-1 packaging cell line, ψ422 was produced. ψ422 cells form syncytia with CD4 positive...
6319692 Methods for transferring gene into chromosome  
Methods for transferring a foreign gene into a host chromosome by integrating the foreign gene into a vector by utilizing a lysogenic phage, for the purpose of deleting unnecessary genes derived...
6312925 Methods and compositions to facilitate D-loop formation by oligonucleotides  
Methods and compositions for efficient targeting and modification of target sequences in duplex DNA are provided, utilizing oligonucleotides or oligonucleotide compositions containing two domains....
6303345 Use of a virus DNA as promoter  
Described is the characterization and the use of strong viral promoters for expressing genes, in bacteria and fungi, in particular yeasts. The invention is based on the surprising finding that CFDV...
6303116 Genetically engineered retroviral vector particles capable of infecting non-dividing cells  
The present invention is a method of generating retroviral vector particles derived from retroviruses and capable of transducing therapeutic genes into non-dividing cells.
6303362 Adenoviral vector and methods for making and using the same  
In vitro methods for making a recombinant adenoviral genome, as well as kits for practicing the same and the recombinant adenovirus vectors produced thereby, are provided. In the subject methods,...
6297030 Human Wnt-7a polynucleotides  
Wnt-7a polypeptides and polynucleotides and methods for producing such polypeptides by recombinant techniques are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for utilizing Wnt-7a polypeptides and...
6291214 System for generating recombinant viruses  
The present invention provides a system for simple generation of recombinant animal viruses. The system includes a virus homing vector and can further comprise a transfer vector. These components...
6287557 Methods of gene therapy using herpes viral vectors expressing GM-CSF  
A genetically disabled mutant virus has a genome which is defective in respect of a selected gene that is essential for the production of infectious new virus particles, and which carries...
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