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US 8,956,873 B2Granted
Host cells with artificial endosymbionts
AssigneeBell Biosystems, Inc.
InventorsCaleb B. Bell, III, Alexey V. Bazarov
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Abstract
The present invention is directed generally to eukaryotic host cells comprising artificial endosymbionts and methods of introducing artificial endosymbionts into eukaryotic host cells. The invention provides artificial endosymbionts that introduce a phenotype to host cells that is maintained in daughter cells. The invention additionally provides eukaryotic host cells containing magnetotactic bacteria.
Claims10
A method of creating an artificial endosymbiont, comprising introducing a magnetotactic bacterium into a eukaryotic host cell.
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