摘要:
The invention relates to gene therapy for enhancing and/or inducing angiogenesis, wherein use is made of a nucleic acid sequence encoding Nitric Oxide Synthase (NOS). In particular, the nucleic acid sequence is administered in a systemic treatment, preferably comprising isolated tissue perfusion.
摘要:
An object of the present invention is to provide a vector which can be integrated into a yeast chromosome in a high number of copies. Another object of the present invention is to provide a modified vector which can be integrated into the yeast chromosome in a high number of copies and of which expression units stably maintain on the chromosome. The vector according to the present invention comprises a marker gene for selecting transformants, a shortened promoter sequence which is operably linked to the marker gene and a sequence homologous to the chromosomal DNA of Candida utilis , and optionally a heterologous gene or a gene derived from C. utilis , wherein the vector is linearized by cleaving within said homologous DNA sequence or at both ends of the homologous DNA sequence with restriction enzymes, and wherein the heterologous gene or the gene derived from C. utilis can be integrated into the chromosomal DNA of C. utilis by homologous recombination.
摘要:
A bacterial cell which in its genone carries an integrated non-replicative DNA construct comprising (1) a DNA sequence of interest, (2) a DNA sequence which is homologous with a region of the genome of the cell, and (3) an origin of replication, said DNA construct lacking a functional gene coding for a factor required to initiate replication from said origin of replication.
摘要:
The invention relates to vectors which include an inducible selection gene and a sequence which codes for a heterologous polypeptide. In a particular example the selection gene comprises the tet A and tet R genes. The vector may also include a sequence which is capable of conferring stability on the vector, such as the cer sequence, a transcription terminator, such as gene 32 from bacteriophage T4, a ribosome binding site, and a multi-cloning site. Hosts transformed with the vector, processes for preparing these hots, and processes for preparing polypeptides using these hosts.
摘要:
This invention provides a method of conferring structural stability upon an expression vector which enables the production of a heterologous polypeptide from a host cell. The method comprises lowering the copy number of the expression vector within he host cell to a copy number at which the vectors are structurally stable.
摘要:
The stable maintenance of a replicon in a population of growing cells is ensured by providing the replicon with a sequence which encodes a product capable of killing the cell harbouring the replicon or the progeny of the cell (or encodes a precursor for the product) and a sequence encoding an antagonist for the killing product (or a precursor for the antagonist). The antagonist is one which suppresses the killing product (or a precursor for the killing product) in cells harbouring the replicon, whereas the antagonist activity decays when the replicon is lost from the cell so that the antagonist (or its precursor) is no longer continuously expressed. This means that the killing product (or its precursor) present in the now replicon-free cell is no longer suppressed by the antagonist, resulting in cell death. Cells containing the thus stabilized replicon may be grown on a large scale without any significant loss of the replicon from the cell population even when no selection pressure is applied.
摘要:
A vaccine is described for prevention of gastroenteric disease caused in a mammalian species by a pathogenic microorganism and which avoids, in its manufacture, the use of pathogens (which must be attenuated or killed) and the attendant risks, costs and complexity. The present vaccine comprises a nonpathogenic microorganism strain containing stable replicative plasmids, each having one or more genes non-indigenous to the plasmid. The non-indigenous genes are either genes for an adhesin necessay for adherence of the pathogenic microorganism in the mammalian species or are genes for toxoids of toxins causative of the disease. Both types of genes may also be included in the same plasmid. The invention includes the method of manufacture of such vaccines and their use in stimulating the production of antibodies.