| CPC C07K 14/015 (2013.01) [A61K 48/0058 (2013.01); C12N 15/86 (2013.01); C12N 2750/14122 (2013.01); C12N 2750/14143 (2013.01); C12N 2750/14145 (2013.01)] | 30 Claims | 

| 
               1. A nucleic acid molecule encoding a variant adeno-associated virus (AAV) capsid polypeptide having at least 95% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO: 2 and comprising: 
            (a) an alanine at a position corresponding to W595 as compared to SEQ ID NO: 1 
                (b) a leucine at a position corresponding to V596 as compared to SEQ ID NO: 1; and 
                (c) a serine at a position corresponding to N598 as compared to SEQ ID NO: 1. 
               |