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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6168940 | Protein having ethylenediamine-N,N'-disuccinic acid:ethylenediamine lyase acitivity and gene encoding the same The present specification relates to a DNA comprising a nucleotide sequence coding for a polypeptide having ethylenediamine-N,N'-disuccinic acid:ethylenediamine lyase activity, the polypeptide having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 which may have ... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6093687 | Detergent composition A detergent composition comprising an alkaline metal hydroxide, an alkaline metal salt of L-aspartic-N,N-diacetic acid, optionally a scale inhibitor and/or an alkaline metal salt of gluconic acid. This detergent composition is used for removing soils, sta... | 07/25/2000 |
| 5872000 | Nitrilase gene The invention relates to a DNA coding for a polypeptide having nitrilase activity with an amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO:1. As compared with conventional processes, the hydrolysis of nitriles by a nitrilase gene cloned by genetic recombination ... | 02/16/1999 |
| 5851970 | Detergent composition A detergent composition comprising an alkaline metal hydroxide, an alkaline metal salt of L-aspartic-N,N-diacetic acid, optionally a scale inhibitor and/or an alkaline metal salt of gluconic acid. This detergent composition is used for removing soils, sta... | 12/22/1998 |
| 5830693 | Gene encoding a regulatory factor involved in activating expression of the nitrilase gene promoter The invention relates to a regulatory factor substantially containing an amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO:1 and having the action of activating a nitrilase gene promoter, a regulatory factor gene containing DNA coding substantially for said re... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5804354 | Composition for forming conductivity imparting agent and pattern forming method A composition for forming a conductivity imparting agent comprising: (a) 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of sulfonated polyaniline having a content of a sulfonic acid group of 20 to 80% with respect to an aromatic ring of the sulfonated polyaniline; (b) 100 parts by... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5776659 | Ionizing radiation exposure method utilizing water soluble aniline antistatic polymer layer A composition for irradiation with an ionizing radiation, characterized by comprising: (a) 0.01 to 30 parts by weight of a soluble aniline polymer which comprises one or both of the repeating units represented by the following general formulae (1) and (2)... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5776771 | Kanamycin resistance gene derived from microorganisms of the genus rhodococcus The present invention relates to a DNA derived from microorganisms of the genus Rhodococcus and conferring kanamycin resistance on hosts with a DNA sequence coding for the amino acid sequence of Sequence No. 1 or a polypeptide containing a partial sequenc... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5756306 | Process for producing a-hydroxy acid or a-hydroxyamide by microorganism A process for producing an -hydroxy acid or an -hydroxyamide which comprises treating an aldehyde and prussic acid or an -hydroxynitrile with a microorganism having nitrilase or nitrile hydratase activity in an aqueous medium and main... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5736385 | Method for producing optically active -hydroxy acid or -hydroxyamide using a cyano ion detector and substrate concentration regulator A reaction system, wherein a cyanohydrin is converted into an optically active -hydroxy acid or -hydroxyamide via a treatment with a microorganism, is provided with an automatic cyanohydrin controller comprising a cyano ion detector, a regul... | 04/07/1998 |
| 5721091 | Composition for forming an electrically conductive layer to be used in patterning A composition for forming an electrically conductive layer which is used in patterning of a resist with electric charge beam, which comprises: (a) 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of sulfonated polyanilines with a sulfonic group content ranging from 20 to 80% based o... | 02/24/1998 |
| 5714357 | Process for producing optically active -hydroxycarboxylic acid having phenyl group A biological process for predominantly producing an optically active -hydroxycarboxylic acid having a phenyl group directly from a racemic -hydroxynitrile or a mixture of an aldehyde corresponding to the nitrile and prussic acid as a substra... | 02/03/1998 |
| 5707836 | Production of alkylene or phenylenediamine disuccinic acid from fumaric acid and a diamine using lyase from microbes A method of producing an optically active amino acid is disclosed which comprises converting a mixture of an amino group-containing compound, e.g., an alkanediamine, and fumaric acid into an optically active amino acid by the action of a microorganism. Th... | 01/13/1998 |
| 5705386 | Circular plasmids The specification relates to circular plasmids derived from microorganisms of the genus Rhodococcus, which have sizes of about 3.6 kb and restriction site numbers of BamHI:1, BglII:1, ClaI:1, PstI:1, PvuII:2 and SacI:1. The circular plasmids of the presen... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5705382 | Method for preserving nitrile hydratase or nitrilase activity of microbial cells with inorganic salts Cells having enzyme activity, and the enzyme activity thereof, are preserved for a prolonged period of time, as a suspension of microbial cells or as a suspension of immobilized cells in particles, in an aqueous medium that is a neutral or weakly basic aq... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5700399 | Soluble alkoxy-group substituted aminobenzenesulfonic acid aniline conducting polymers A soluble aniline conducting polymer characterized in that said conductive polymer comprises as a repeating unit an alkoxyl group-substituted aminobenzenesulfonic acid, its alkali metal salts, ammonium salts and/or substituted ammonium salts, and is a sol... | 12/23/1997 |
| 5698629 | Process for the preparation of a water-in-oil type high-molecular-weight polymer emulsion A process for the preparation of a water-in-oil type polymer emulsion which comprises polymerizing an acrylamide-containing monomer in a water-in-oil type emulsion. The acrylamide is prepared by hydrating acrylonitrile in the presence of a catalytic amoun... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5698730 | Method for preparing cyanoacetic acid higher ester A cyanoacetic acid higher ester represented by the general formula: NCCH2 COOR', wherein R' represents an alkyl group having 4 to 20 carbon atoms, is prepared by subjecting a cyanoacetic acid ester represented by the general formula: NCCH2... | 12/16/1997 |
| 5684186 | Process for production of phenyllactic acid derivative A process for producing a phenyllactic acid derivative comprises hydrogenating a phenylpyruvic acid derivative in the presence of a catalyst containing at least one element selected from the Group VIII elements of the periodic table. The process provides ... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5683913 | Regulatory gene for the expression of nitrile hydratase gene The invention relates to a regulatory gene coding for a polypeptide having the ability to activate a promoter for a nitrile hydratase gene, a recombinant DNA containing said regulatory gene, and a transformant transformed with said recombinant DNA. The in... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5679817 | Alkylenediamine-N,N'-disuccinic acid iron (III) complex salts and process for production thereof (S,S)-ethylenediamine-N,N'-disuccinic acid iron (III) ammonium salt represented by the formula: ##STR1## wherein C* is an asymmetric carbon atom. This compound has a very high biodegradability and it is not accumulated in the environment even when ... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5637752 | Method for preparing cyanoacetic acid higher ester A cyanoacetic acid higher ester represented by the general formula: NCCH2 COOR', wherein R' represents an alkyl group having 4 to 20 carbon atoms, is prepared by subjecting a cyanoacetic acid ester represented by the general formula: NCCH2... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5630945 | Method for recovering uncrosslinked synthetic resin waste A method for recovering an uncrosslinked synthetic resin waste including dissolving the uncrosslinked synthetic resin waste in a solvent containing, as an active ingredient, one or more oxyisobutyric acid esters selected from an alkyl -alkoxyisobut... | 05/20/1997 |
| 5612303 | Solvent composition A solvent composition containing at least one of an alkyl -alkoxyisobutyrate, an alkyl ଲ-alkoxyisobutyrate, and an alkyl -hydroxyisobutyrate as an active component is disclosed. The solvent composition is of low toxicity and harmless t... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5612388 | Polyfunctional cationic monomer and process for producing the same A polyfunctional cationic monomer produced by reacting a tertiary amine having a polymerizable vinyl group with a compound having two or more oxirane groups. The polyfunctional cationic monomer of the present invention shows a very high curing rate and a ... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5602014 | Regulatory system for expression of nitrilase gene The invention relates to a regulatory factor or system composed of 2 components of a polypeptide having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No:1 and a polypeptide having the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID No:2 to activate a nitrilase gene promoter, as well a... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5589108 | Soluble alkoxy-group substituted aminobenzenesulfonic acid aniline conducting polymers A soluble aniline conducting polymer characterized in that said conductive polymer comprises as a repeating unit an alkoxyl group-substituted aminobenzenesulfonic acid, its alkali metal salts, ammonium salts and/or substituted ammonium salts, and is a sol... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5580765 | Process for producing optically active a-hydroxycarboxylic acid having phenyl group using gordona terrae A biological process for predominantly producing an optically active -hydroxycarboxylic acid having a phenyl group directly from a racemic -hydroxynitrile or a mixture of an aldehyde corresponding to the nitrile and prussic acid as a substra... | 12/03/1996 |
| 5567608 | Biocatalysts immobilized in a storage stable copolymer gel Biocatalysts such as cells and enzymes are immobilized in a polymer gel by forming a mixture containing a biocatalyst, an N,N-dialkylacrylamide monomer, a cationic acrylamide monomer and a water-soluble cross-linking monomer, and copolymerizing the monome... | 10/22/1996 |
| 5560870 | Composition for forming an electrically conductive layer to be used in patterning A composition for forming an electrically conductive layer which is used in patterning of a resist with electric charge beam, which comprises: (a) 0.1 to 20 parts by weight of sulfonated polyanilines with a sulfonic group content ranging from 20 to 80% based o... | 10/01/1996 |
| 5543566 | Process for preparing amino-polycarboxylic acids or salts thereof Aspartic acid is reacted with prussic acid and formaldehyde to give an amino-polycarboxylic acid or a salt thereof represented by-the following formula: ##STR1## wherein each of R1 and R2 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkali ... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5508181 | Process for producing alpha-hydroxy acid or alpha-hydroxyamide by microorganisms A process for the production of -hydroxy acids or -hydroxyamides in which an -hydroxynitrile compound or a mixture consisting of an aldehyde and prussic acid, which corresponds to the nitrile compound, is allowed to undergo a microbia... | 04/16/1996 |
| 5487425 | Composition and method for recovery of petroleum and gas The present invention provides a composition for recovery of petroleum and gas, which comprises (a) a copolymer having a molecular weight of 100,000 or more, composed of 30-75 mole % of N-vinylpyrrolidone unit, 5-70 mole % of (meth)acrylamide unit and 0-2... | 01/30/1996 |
| 5352828 | Process for stabilizing aqueous acrylamide solution A process for the stabilization of an aqueous acrylamide solution is described which includes adding at least one compound selected from water-soluble monocarboxylic acid salts having at least two carbon atoms to an aqueous solution of acrylamide in an am... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5326702 | Biological process for producing -hydroxyamide or -hydroxy acid A process for biologically producing an -hydroxyamide or an -hydroxy acid represented by formula (III) ##STR1## wherein R represents a substituted or unsubstituted alkyl group, a substituted or unsubstituted alkenyl group, a substituted... | 07/05/1994 |
| 5296373 | Process for producing R(-)-mandelic acid or a derivative thereof from a mandelonitrile using rhodococcus A process for treating R,S-mandelonitrile or a derivative thereof or a mixture of benzaldehyde or a derivative thereof, and; hydrogen cyanide, with a microorganism belonging to the genus Rhodococcus sp. HT29-7 (FERM BP-3857) in an almost neutral or basic ... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5296577 | Process for producing acrylamide polymer There is disclosed a process for producing an acrylamide polymer which comprises polymerizing acrylamide monomer alone or a monomer mixture composed of 50 mole % or more of acrylamide monomer and a monomer capable of copolymerizing with acrylamide monomer... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5238827 | Process for preparing glycine from glycinonitrile A process for preparing glycine from glycinonitrile by reacting glycinonitrile with a hydrolase produced by a microorganism, wherein the microorganism is a member of a genus selected from the group consisting of Rhodococcus, Arthrobacter, Caseobacter, Pse... | 08/24/1993 |
| 5234826 | Biological process for preparing optically active lactic acid A process for preparing an optically active lactic acid comprising subjecting DL-lactonitrile or acetaldehyde and prussic acid to the action of a microorganism belonging to the genus Enterobacter, Arthrobacter, Caseobacter, Brevibacterium, Aureobacterium,... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5232728 | Processed food made of iodine-enriched wheat flour Processed foods made of iodine-enriched wheat flour contain 0.05 mg to 40 mg of iodine per 100 g of wheat flour. The iodine is provided by blending small quantities of residues of extracts from sea weeds in the Laminaria group into wheat flour used for th... | 08/03/1993 |
