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Substances causing differentiation

US8568972B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Medicyte GmbH · DE

Inventors

Jan-Heiner Kuepper · Tübingen, DE
Reinhard Kandolf · Hechingen, DE
Ralph Meyer · Bad Windsheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 6, 2009
Grant date	Oct 29, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 5, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC07K2319/60
WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A DNA construct is described which contains a fusion gene under the control of a promoter. The fusion gene comprises at least one resistance gene and at least one reporter gene and is slightly toxic to a host cell transfected with that DNA construct. That DNA construct can be encoded on a plasmid or a virus. Further, a method is described for using the DNA construct to identify substances that may cause a differentiation in eukaryotic cells.

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