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6140114 Defective viral vaccine particles obtained in vivo or ex vivo  
The present invention relates to a vaccine consisting of defective viral particles as are obtained in vivo or ex vivo, in individuals infected or capable of being infected with a virus, after...
6140087 Adenovirus vectors for gene therapy  
The invention comprises a series of adenovirus-based vectors having deletions in the E1 and/or E3 regions, and also insertions of pBR322 sequences, which can be used to deliver nucleic acid inserts...
6140103 Regulated protein expression in stably transfected mammalian cells  
The invention is in the field of recombinant genetic materials, especially for use in gene therapy. Vectors used for transferring additional genetic information to cells in the field of gene...
6136528 Multiple sclerosis virus  
The present invention provides a polynucleotide in substantially isolated form comprising a sequence of nucleotides which is capable of selectively hybridizing to the genome of the human multiple...
6136322 Hepatitis A virus deletion mutants and vaccine formulations containing the same  
Disclosed are live hepatitis A virus deletion mutants having a deletion mutation in the 5' nontranslated region of the viral genome. The deletion mutation may be selected from the group consisting...
6136527 Polypeptides derived from proteins of the hepatitis C virus, test kits containing these polypeptides and vaccines against infections of hepatitis C viruses  
The cloning and sequencing of different polypeptides from the genome of a hepatitis C virus is disclosed. The polypeptides are prepared as non-fusion proteins in good yield. The polypeptide...
6132731 Murine leukemia virus vectors  
A proteinaceous particle comprises a capsid enveloped by ecotropic Murine Leukemia virus envelope proteins characterized in that a heterologous peptide which binds to a non-murine cell is inserted...
6133025 Compact Epstein-Barr virus replicons  
Disclosed herein are nucleic acid sequences which support episomal replication in a mammalian cell. These nucleic acid sequences, which have a length of less than 3 kb, include (a) an OriP sequence...
6129922 Methods for adjuvant free hepatitis A virus vaccination  
The invention provides the use of Hepatitis A virus capsid, or a mucosally immunogenic fragment or epitope thereof, for the manufacture of a mucosal vaccine composition for administration to a...
6130066 Vectors having enhanced expression and methods of making and uses thereof  
Disclosed and claimed are vectors having enhanced expression and methods for making and using them. Enhancement of expression is from substantially co-temporal expression of at least one first...
6127112 Avian herpesvirus-A antigen precursor gene  
A gene encoding for A antigen precursor, derived from a Avian herpesvirus, is described. The gene is preferably isolated from a Marek's disease herpesvirus virus (MDHV) and is approximately 1.8-1.9...
6127164 Human papilloma virus type 57, diagnosis of HPV 57 infections and method therefor  
The invention describes the isolation for the first time of human papilloma virus (HPV) 57, the partial characterization of its genome and its cloning in pUC 19. This opens up a way of diagnosing...
6127175 Cells for the production of recombinant adenoviruses  
The invention relates to cells usable for the production of defective adenoviruses comprising, inserted into their genome, a portion of the region E4 of an adenovirus genome carrying the reading...
6127601 Plants resistant to C strains of cucumber mosaic virus  
6123948 Polypeptides useful as immunotherapeutic agents and methods of polypeptide preparation  
Fusion polypeptides and aggregates of polypeptides comprising papillomavirus-derived antigens, and compositions thereof and their use e.g. with adjuvants for immunogenic and vaccine purposes in...
6120773 Recombinant herpes simplex viruses vaccines and methods  
A recombinant herpes simplex virus genome having modified γ 1 34.5 genes incapable of expressing an active ICP34.5 gene product, vaccines comprising the recombinant herpes simplex virus genome...
6120989 Isolated human cytomegalovirus polypeptides and uses thereof  
Diagnostically relevant polypeptides and fusion proteins comprising an amino acid sequence which originates from cytomegalovirus and corresponds to a region of the major DNA-binding protein or of...
6121043 Recombinant herpesvirus of turkeys comprising a foreign DNA inserted into a non-essential region of the herpesvirus of turkeys genome  
The present invention provides a hybrid, nonprimate herpesvirus comprising DNA which includes a sequence essential for viral replication of the hybrid, nonprimate herpesvirus, at least a portion of...
6117640 Recombinant vaccine made in E. coli against dengue virus  
A recombinant protein encompassing a C-terminal protion from the structural envelope glycoprotein and an N-terminal portion from non-structural protein one of dengue type 2 virus was expressed in...
6118048 Trans-dominant inhibition of geminiviral DNA replication by geminivirus rep gene mutants  
A genetic construct comprising a trans-dominant inhibitor of geminiviral replication is disclosed. When expressed in a plant cell, this inhibitor is able to dramatically reduce replication of...
6113950 Process for coating biological pesticides and compositions therefrom  
A pesticidal composition comprising particles of biological pesticides and particles of durable TiO 2 in an amount sufficient to substantially coat the particles of biological pesticides and...
6107022 Hop mosaic virus gene and method for detecting hop mosaic virus  
The hop mosaic virus (HMV) gene has been isolated and purified, and the base sequence thereof elucidated. HMV can be detected by simple and accurate methods using nucleic sequences from the...
6107021 Synthetic peptide vaccines for foot-and-mouth disease  
The present invention relates to the use of a peptide composition as an immunogen, with each peptide contained therein comprising a target antigenic site derived from the VP1 capsid protein of...
6107062 Antisense viruses and antisense-ribozyme viruses  
Antisense viruses and antisense ribozyme viruses are disclosed. The novel artificial viruses, their synthesis and their use in preventing and treating viral infections are presented.
6103519 Antigens and methods therefor  
A composite particle comprising at least two polypeptides corresponding to all or part of a protein having the biological activity of one of the hepatitis B surface antigens, wherein the particle...
6103878 Antibody to carboxy-terminus of human herpesvirus 6 immediate early protein  
An antibody raised against an epitope of a peptide having an amino acid sequence selected from a group consisting of Leu Asp Gly Tyr Pro Ser Asp Tyr Asp Pro Phe Val Glu Asn Ala Gln Ile Tyr (SEQ ID...
6100064 Secreted viral proteins useful for vaccines and diagnostics  
The present invention relates generally to modified secreted viral proteins, to the genes which express these proteins and to antibodies produced against such proteins, and to the use of these...
6100088 Viral vaccines  
A vaccine effective against Marek's disease virus (MDV) comprises (a) an MDV attenuated by virtue of being TK- or (b) a host expressing an MDV antigen, namely the respective MDV homologues of the...
6099847 Chimeric Gag pseudovirions  
The present invention provides, inter alia, recombinant chimeric nucleic acids encoding a Gag-fs-fusion partner fusion protein; a pseudovirion comprising a retroviral Gag protein and a fusion...
6093553 Immortalized brain endothelial cells  
A brain microvessel endothelial cell having a Middle-T antigen gene from papovirus is disclosed. The brain microvessel endothelial cell exhibits normal cell phenotype, maintains the phenotype in...
6090590 Reducing nontemplated 3' nucleotide addition to polynucleotide transcripts  
Non-template 3' nucleotide addition to a transcript is reduced by transcribing a transcript from a template comprising an ultimate and/or penultimate 5' ribose having a C'2 substituent such as...
6090584 Baculovirus artificial chromosomes and methods of use  
An baculovirus artificial chromosome is disclosed which has the lef-8 gene inactivated. The baculovirus artificial chromosome allows the cloning and expression of heterologous genes in insect and...
6087162 Transgenic plants resistant to geminivirus infection  
A method for producing genetically transgenic plants exhibiting resistance to a geminivirus such as tomato yellow leaf curl virus. In another aspect, the invention embraces chimeric plant genes,...
6087115 Methods of identifying negative antagonists for G protein coupled receptors  
The present invention is directed to a constitutively active G protein coupled receptor of human herpesvirus 8, as well as a method of identifying negative antagonists of a constitutively active G...
6087127 Marek's disease herpesvirus DNA segment encoding glycoproteins, gD, gI and gE  
DNA encoding glycoproteins gD, gI and gE from Marek's disease herpesvirus is described. The DNA is useful for probes to detect the DNA in the herpesvirus, for expression to produce the...
6083716 Chimpanzee adenovirus vectors  
A recombinant vector comprises chimpanzee adenovirus sequences and a heterologous gene under the control of regulatory sequences. A cell line which expresses chimpanzee adenovirus gene(s) is also...
6080408 Human immunodeficiency virus type 1 nucleic acids devoid of long terminal repeats capable of encoding for non-infectious, immunogenic, retrovirus-like particles  
Non-infectious, retrovirus-like particles contain mutations to reduce gag-dependent RNA-packaging of the gag gene product, eliminate reverse transcriptase activity of the pol gene product,...
6080578 Cytopathic adenoviral E1B mutated viruses for therapy and prophylaxis of neoplasia  
Methods and compositions for treating neoplastic conditions by viral-based therapy are provided. Mutant virus lacking viral proteins which bind and/or inactivate p53 or RB are administered to a...
6077662 Virus-like particles, methods and immunogenic compositions  
The present disclosure provides retrovirus-like particles which comprise retrovirus env proteins, immunogenic compositions comprising retrovirus-like particles, methods for the production of...
6074649 Recombinant composition containing feline herpes virus type 1, particularly for treating feline infectious peritonitis  
The recombinant live vaccine comprises, as vector, a feline herpesvirus comprising and expressing at least one nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide, this sequence being inserted into the ORF5...
6074816 NANBV diagnostics: polynucleotides useful for screening for hepatitis C virus  
A family of cDNA sequences derived from hepatitis C virus (HCV) are provided. These sequences encode antigens which react immunologically with antibodies present in individuals with non-A non-B...
6066324 Carboxyl terminal of papilloma virus L1 region is not required for formation of virus-like particles  
Recombinant papilloma virus-like particles result from the expression of viral structural protein L1 and/or L2 in which one or several sections of the L1 and/or L2 protein are deleted. The ability...
6063627 Methods and vectors for site-specific recombination  
The present invention provides methods for site-specific recombination in a cell, as well as vectors which can be employed in such methods. The methods and vectors of the present invention can be...
6060595 Inhibition of viral replication  
The invention relates to methods and compositions for inhibition of viral replication in animal cells. In particular, inhibition of viral replication in a target cell is achieved by introducing...
6057095 Screening procedure for inhibitors of HIV Rev function  
This invention provides a method of screening for inhibitors of HIV Rev function, comprising introducing into a cell a nucleic acid construct comprising a reporter gene positioned in the construct...
6057492 Plants resistant to tospoviruses  
Plant transformation vectors comprising a polynucleotide effective to render resisitance or tolerance to infection by a tospovirus, and a microbiological process for making virus tolerant or...
6057152 Recombinant viral vector system  
The present invention relates to a system for replication and encapsidation of recombinant DNA fragments into virus particles comprised of adenovirus associated viral (AAV) capsid proteins. The...
6054281 Binding assays  
Disclosed is a method of testing a substance for the ability to affect the formation or oligomerization of a complex comprising members of a specific binding pair, a first member of the binding...
6054573 Highly infectious rubella virus clones and methods of production  
Highly infectious rubella virus cDNA clones that are chimeric constructs of an infectious cDNA clone having a low specific infectivity and nucleic acid molecule fragments from a second rubella...
6051428 Rapid production of autologous tumor vaccines  
An autologous vaccine to tumor cells is produced by transducing the tumor cells with a herpes simplex virus amplicon containing the gene for an immunomodulatory protein to provide transient...