Equine herpesviruses (EHV) which contain foreign DNA, process for the preparation thereof and the use thereof in vaccines
AssigneeBayer Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsGholamreza Darai, Peter Thein, Walter Strube, Hanns Ludwig
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Abstract
The invention relates to equine herpesviruses (EHV) which contain foreign DNA elements in addition to the genome sequences necessary for the replication thereof, to process for the preparation thereof and to the intermediates employed therein, and to the use thereof in vaccines against EHV infections.
Claims9
A replication-competent equine herpesvirus-2, which comprises genome fragment EcoRI-B or EcoRI-C, and wherein a foreign DNA sequence has been inserted into a restriction site within said genome fragment EcoRI-B or EcoRI-C which is capable of the foreign DNA uptake.
A shuttle vector comprising a foreign DNA sequence inserted into a restriction site within genome fragment EcoRI-B or EcoRI-C of a replication-competent equine herpesvirus-2.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.