Transgenic organisms having tetracycline-regulated transcriptional regulatory systems

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PATENT NO 6252136
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09163269

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Transgenic animals carrying two transgenes, the first coding for a transactivator fusion protein comprising a tet repressor and a polypeptide which directly or indirectly activates in eucaryotic cells, and the second comprising a gene operably linked to a minimal promoter operably linked to at least one tet operator sequence, are disclosed. Isolated DNA molecules (e.g., targeting vectors) for integrating a polynucleotide sequence encoding a transactivator of the invention at a predetermined location within a second target DNA molecule by homologous recombination are also disclosed. Transgenic animals having the DNA molecules of the invention integrated at a predetermined location in a chromosome by homologous recombination are also encompassed by the invention. Methods to regulate the expression of a tet operator linked-gene of interest by administering tetracycline or a tetracycline analogue to an animal of the invention are also disclosed. The regulatory system of the invention allows for conditional inactivation or modulation of expression of a gene of interest in a host cell or animal.

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TET SYSTEMS HOLDING GMBH & CO KGIM NEUENHEIMER FELD 582 HEIDELBERG D-69120

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Bujard, Hermann Heidelberg, DE 37 1100
Gossen, Manfred El Cerrito, CA 27 1004
Salfeld, Jochen G North Grafton, MA 74 6321
Voss, Jeffrey W West Boylston, MA 40 1081

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