Patents Assigned to Toshio Kitamura
  • Patent number: 6995009
    Abstract: A virus-producing cell sustaining the ability to produce viruses at high titer is successfully constructed by expressing the virus structural gene under the regulation of EF1? promoter. In this virus-producing cell, the virus structural gene is ligated to a selection marker gene via IRES and domains other than the protein coding domain are eliminated from the DNA encoding virus structural proteins. Thus, reduction of the titer due to cell passages can be prevented and emergence of wild type viruses caused by unfavorable recombination of the virus genome can be inhibited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2006
    Assignees: Chugai Seiyaku Kabushiki Kaisha, Toshio Kitamura
    Inventors: Toshio Kitamura, Sumiyo Morita