Patent ID: 11891618
Assignee: REGENERON PHARMACEUTICALS, INC.
Field: Biotechnology (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC A  C | IPC A  C

Claim 0:
1. A non human animal mouse comprising in its genome a genetically modified endogenous Ttr locus, wherein a region of the endogenous Ttr locus comprising both Ttr coding sequence and non-coding sequence has been deleted and replaced with a corresponding human TTR sequence comprising both TTR coding sequence and non-coding sequence, and wherein the genetically modified endogenous Ttr locus comprises a mutation that causes a shift in beta-strand D of the encoded transthyretin protein,
wherein the mutation is a triple mutation corresponding to G53S/E54D/L55S in the human transthyretin protein when the encoded transthyretin protein is optimally aligned with the human transthyretin protein.