DNA-protein fusions and uses thereof
Patent Information
- Authority / Receiving Office
- US ยท United States
- Patent Type
- Applications(United States)
- Current Assignee / Owner
- BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB CO
- Publication Date
- 2008-02-28
- Estimated Expiration
- Not applicable ยท inactive patent
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Abstract
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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
[0001] This application claims the benefit of the filing date of co-pending U.S. utility application, U.S. Ser. No. 09 / 453,190, filed Dec. 2, 1999, and U.S. provisional application, U.S. Ser. No. 60 / 110,549, filed Dec. 2, 1998, now abandoned, all hereby incorporated by reference.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0002] In general, the invention features DNA-protein fusions and their uses, particularly for the selection of desired proteins and their corresponding nucleic acid sequences.
[0003] Recently, a combinatorial method was developed for the isolation of proteins with desired properties from large pools of proteins (Szostak et al., U.S. Ser. No. 09 / 007,005; Szostak et al., WO98 / 31700; Roberts & Szostak, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA (1997) vol. 94, p. 12297-12302). By this method, the protein portion is linked to its encoding RNA by a covalent chemical bond. Due to the covalent nature of this linkage, selection experiments are not limited to the e...