Nucleic acid transfer vector for the introduction of nucleic acid into the DNA of a cell

US7160682B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Regents of the University of Minnesota · US

Inventors

• Perry Hackett · Saint Paul, US
• Karl J. Clark · Rochester, US
• Zoltan Ivics · Berlin, DE
• Zsuzsanna Izsvak · Berlin, DE
• Scott C. Fahrenkrug · Minneapolis, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 9, 2002
• Grant date: Jan 9, 2007
• Expiry date: Dec 12, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12N2840/44
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention provides for transposon vectors encoding expression control region-traps and gene-traps. Also provided are dicistronic vectors. Certain embodiments of the invention contain internal ribosome entry sites.