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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7332596 | Antifungal proteins and methods for their use A novel protein was isolated from Fusarium culmorum and characterized. The protein, termed FCWP1, demonstrated significant antifungal activity against several fungal species. Mutations in proteolytic consensus sequences contained within FCWP1 improved the sta... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7332341 | Methods for producing heterologous polypeptides in trichothecene-deficient filamentous fungal mutant cells The present invention relates to mutants cells comprising a marker-free modification of a gene, and methods for obtaining and using such mutant cells. ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7163804 | Non-toxic non-toxigenic non-pathogenic fusarium expression system The present invention relates non-toxic, non-toxigenic, non-pathogenic recombinant Fusarium host cells of the section Discolor or a teleomorph or synonym thereof, comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a heterologous protein operably linked to a promoter... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7122176 | Mycoattractants and mycopesticides The present invention utilizes the pre-sporulation (preconidial) mycelial stage of entomopathogenic fungi as insect attractants and/or pathogens. The fungus can be cultivated on grain, wood, agricultural wastes or other cellulosic material, attracting the insect and... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7011962 | Method of producing lipids by growing microorganisms of the order thraustochyriales Disclosed is a process for growing the microflora Thraustochytrium, Schizochytrium, and mixtures thereof, which includes the growing of the microflora in fermentation medium containing non-chloride containing sodium salts, in particular sodium sulfate. In a p... | 03/14/2006 |
| 7005280 | Method of producing lipids by growing microorganisms of the order thraustochytriales Disclosed is a process for growing the microflora Thraustochytrium, Schizochytrium, and mixtures thereof, which includes the growing of the microflora in fermentation medium containing non-chloride containing sodium salts, in particular sodium sulfate. In a p... | 02/28/2006 |
| 6939704 | Enhanced expression of proteins in genetically modified fungi The present invention relates to increasing the production of a protein of interest from a fugal host. The invention discloses nucleotide sequences comprising, a regulatory region in operative association with xylanase secretion sequence and a gene of interest. The ... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6913916 | Elongase genes and uses thereof The subject invention relates to the identification of several genes involved in the elongation of polyunsaturated acids (i.e., “elongases”) and to uses thereof. At least two of these genes are also involved in the elongation of monounsaturated fatty acids. In p... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6903193 | Methods for producing heterologous polypeptides in trichothecene-deficient filamentous fungal mutant cells The present invention relates to methods for producing a polypeptide, comprising: (a) cultivating a mutant of a parent filamentous fungal cell under conditions conducive for the production of the polypeptide, wherein (i) the mutant cell comprises a first nucleic aci... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6893839 | Methods for producing polypeptides in cyclohexadepsipeptide-deficient cells The present invention relates to methods for producing a heterologous polypeptide, comprising: (a) cultivating a mutant of a parent filamentous fungal cell under conditions conducive for the production of the heterologous polypeptide, wherein (i) the mutant cell com... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6696282 | Fusarium sporotrichioides strains for production of lycopene The instant invention is drawn towards transformed strains of Fusarium sporotrichioides effective for the production of lycopene. The transformed strains comprise an expression cassette having three genes encoding, respectively, geranylgeranyl-pyrophospha... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6617163 | Polynucleotides for mutagenesis in fungus comprising a functional gene in magnaporthe and an impala transposon The invention concerns a new tool for efficient mutagenesis enabling the generation of a collection of mutants in fungi by random insertion of a characterized Fusarium oxysporum Impala transposon in the genome of said fungi. The invention also concerns th... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6573361 | Antifungal proteins and methods for their use A novel protein was isolated from Fusarium culmorum and characterized. The protein, termed FCWP1, demonstrated significant antifungal activity against several fungal species. Mutations in proteolytic consensus sequences contained within FCWP1 improved the... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6518042 | Process for making DNA libraries in filamentous fungal cells using a novel cloned gene involved in the mismatch repair system of filamentous fungal cells A process for making DNA libraries in filamentous fungal cells using a novel cloned gene involved in the mismatch repair system of filamentous fungal cells.... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6511837 | Lipolytic enzymes The present invention relates to lipolytic enzymes and DNA sequences encoding same. More specifically, the present invention relates to the lipolytic enzyme and DNA encoding same isolated from Fusarium culmorum CBS 513.94 and analogues thereof.... | 01/28/2003 |
| 6500644 | Method for in vivo production of a mutant library in cells A method for in vivo production of a library in cells comprising a multitude of mutated genetic elements, wherein an error-prone polymerase is used in each ancestral cell to replicate all or a part of a genetic element independently of the host chromosoma... | 12/31/2002 |
| 6461837 | Methods for producing a polypeptide using a consensus translational initiator sequence The present invention relates to methods for producing a polypeptide, comprising: (a) cultivating a fungal host cell in a medium conducive for the production of the polypeptide, wherein the fungal host cell comprises a first nucleic acid sequence encoding... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6436643 | Process for site-directed integration of multiple copies of a gene in a mould A process for site-directed integration of multiple copies of a gene in a mould is provided, which comprises transforming a mould cell containing in its chromosomal DNA a restriction site for a rare-cutting endonuclease, e.g., I-Scel, preferably introduce... | 08/20/2002 |
| 6432672 | Gene conversion as a tool for the construction of recombinant industrial filamentous fungi The present invention relates to filamentous fungi that comprise in their genomes at least two substantially homologous DNA domains which are suitable for integration of one or more copies of a recombinant DNA molecule and wherein at least two of these DN... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6406898 | D-pantolactone hydrolase and gene encoding the same A novel enzyme which is useful in the optical resolution of D,L-pantolactone via D-selective asymmetric hydrolysis and a gene encoding the the same are provided. The invention discloses the gene coding for a natural D-pantolactone hydrolase (for example, ... | 06/18/2002 |
| 6387375 | Methods and compositions for controlling coleopteran infestations Species of fungi have been identified, which can be used to control coleopteran infestations of host plants. The fungi are particularly useful for controlling infestations of Diaprepes abbreviatus.... | 05/14/2002 |
| 6372479 | Fusarium sporotrichioides strains for production of B-carotene The instant invention is drawn towards transformed strains of Fusarium sporotrichioides effective for the production of B-carotene. The transformed strains comprise an expression cassette having four genes encoding, respectively, geranylgeranyl-pyrophosph... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6352841 | Host cells and methods of producing proteins The present invention relates to novel host cells and to methods of producing proteins. More specifically the invention relates to a host cell useful for the expression of heterologous proteins, in which the host cell has been genetically modified in orde... | 03/05/2002 |
| 6127138 | Method of enzymatically measuring glycated protein A sample containing a glycated protein is treated with Protease XIV or a protease from Aspergillus genus, thereafter (or while treating the sample with the above protease) FAOD (fructosyl amino acid oxidase) is caused to react with the sample so as to mea... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6087149 | Starch conversion process The present invention relates to a starch conversion process of the type which includes a debranching step wherein an isoamylase being active at the process conditions prevailing is used for debranching the starch and to the use of thermostable isoamylase... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6069000 | Enzyme with pectin esterase activity The present invention relates to an enzyme with pectin esterase activity, a DNA construct encoding the enzyme with pectin esterase activity, a method of producing the enzyme, an enzyme composition comprising said enzyme with pectin esterase activity, and ... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6060305 | Non-toxic, non-toxigenic, non-pathogenic Fusarium expression system The present invention relates non-toxic, non-toxigenic, non-pathogenic recombinant Fusarium host cells of the section Discolor or a teleomorph or synonym thereof, comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding a heterologous protein operably linked to a prom... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6015703 | Genetic constructs and genetically modified microbes for enhanced production of beta-glucosidase This invention relates to the genetic modification of a microbe to enhance its production of an enzyme, beta-glucosidase, that is important in the cellulose conversion process. The inventors have discovered genetic constructs that, when expressed in recom... | 01/18/2000 |
| 5994117 | Use of Bacillus Subtilis as an endophyte for the control of diseases caused by fungi Agricultural methods of biological control and organisms useful in such methods are disclosed, such as novel endophytic symbiotic Bacillus subtilis and methods of biologically controlling fungal diseases of plants. These strains are useful vectors for the... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5958727 | Methods for modifying the production of a polypeptide The present invention relates to methods for modifying the production of a polypeptide, comprising: (a) introducing a nucleic acid construct into a cell, wherein the cell comprises a DNA sequence encoding a polypeptide, under conditions in which the nucle... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5958747 | Aspergillus oryzae 5-aminolevulinic acid synthases and nucleic acids encoding same The present invention relates to Aspergillus oryzae 5-aminolevulinic acid synthases and isolated nucleic acid fragments comprising nucleic acid sequences encoding the 5-aminolevulinic acid synthases as well as nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and recombi... | 09/28/1999 |
| 5935841 | Microbiological process Filamentous microorganisms of improved properties, for example growth rate, may be obtained by culturing a sample of desired morphology until a substantial proportion of the culture diverges from that morphology, selecting an organism from the culture at ... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5879921 | Recombinant expression of a glucose oxidase from a cladosporium strain The invention is directed to alkaline glucose oxidases comprising novel peptide sequences. Furthermore, the invention relates to methods for producing and using said glucose oxidases.... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5821102 | Nucleic acids encoding polyeptides having absidia lipase activity The present invention relates to isolated nucleic acid sequences encoding polypeptides having Absidia lipase activity. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the nucleic acid sequences as well as methods ... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5776757 | Fungal cellulase composition containing alkaline CMC-endoglucanase and essentially no cellobiohydrolase and method of making thereof A cellulase preparation useful for reducing the harshness of cotton-containing fabrics and for reducing the rate at which such fabrics become harsh comprises about 40% or more (based on the total protein content) of an endoglucanase component with a pH op... | 07/07/1998 |
| 5759543 | Application of a cell culture of a fusarium fungus strain producer for medical uses The invention describes utilization of a cell culture of the strain of fungus Fusarium sambucinum Fuckel var. ossicolum (Berk. et Curt.) Bulai VSB-917 (All-Union Collection of Industrial Microorganisms of the VNIIgenetika Institute, collection code VKPM F... | 06/02/1998 |
| 5702934 | Processes for producing an enzyme The present invention is related to a process for producing an active enzyme comprising fermenting the proform of the active enzyme in the present of a proteolytic enzyme different from the active enzyme and capable of converting the proenzyme into an act... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5693520 | Recombinant trypsin-like protease An active recombinant trypsin-like protease enzyme comprising the amino acid residues 25-224 of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2, as well as a DNA construct encoding the enzyme and comprising the sequence of SEQ ID NO:1. The enzyme may be used as a ... | 12/02/1997 |
| 5601817 | Controlling oomycete-caused diseases in plants using Fusarium proliferatum Oomycete-caused plant disease, e.g., downy mildew, is controlled using Fusarium proliferatum, and biologically pure cultures of Fusarium proliferatum strains G6, M3, C51 and C173 respectively having accession numbers ATCC 74149, ATCC 74273, ATCC 74274 and... | 02/11/1997 |
| 5516679 | Penicillin V amidohydrolase gene from Fusarium oxysporum Nucleic acids coding for penicillin V amidohydrolase (PVA) from Fusarium oxysporum. Also, expression vectors, host cells and a method for production of PVA.... | 05/14/1996 |
