Transgenic animals expressing a multidrug resistance cDNA
AssigneeUnited States of America
InventorsMichael M. Gottesman, Ira Pastan, Kazumitsu Ueda, Hanan Galski, Glenn Merlino
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Abstract
The present invention provides for vectors carrying a cDNA containing the entire coding region of the human multidrug resistance gene (MDR1) and for a method for introducing MDR1 cDNA into cells thereby inducing a multidrug resistant phenotype.
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A non-human transgenic mouse having cells that carry and express a human MDR1 cDNA wherein said cells constituitively express a multidrug resistant phenotype.
An immunodeficient mouse comprising implanted cells which are transfected with and constitutively express a human MDR1 CDNA and are multidrug resistant.
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