USE OF A NON-MAMMALIAN DNA VIRUS TO EXPRESS AN EXOGENOUS GENE IN A MAMMALIAN CELL

摘要

Disclosed is a method of expressing an exogenous gene in a mammalian cell, involving infecting the cell with a non-mammalian virus, such as a baculovirus, whose genome carries an exogenous gene, and growing the cell under conditions such that the gene is expressed. Exogenous genes are delivered to mammalian cells by use of a transfer vector such as that described in the figure. Also disclosed is a method of treating a gene deficiency disorder in a mammal by providing to a cell a therapeutically effective amount of a virus whose genome carries an exogenous gene and growing the cell under conditions such that the exogenous gene is expressed in the mammal.