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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7358083 | Food-grade cloning vector and their use in lactic acid bacteria Novel food-grade cloning vectors comprising a nonsense mutation suppressor-encoding gene, which vector, when it is present in a lactic acid bacterial strain, permits such a strain to have an industrially appropriate growth rate and metabolic activity. The cloning ve... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7320882 | Process for L-amino acid production using enterobacteriaceae strain with enhanced ptsG expression The invention relates to a process for the preparation of L-amino acids, in particular L-threonine, which comprises overexpressing a ptsG gene coding for the glucose-specific IIBC component of the phosphotransferase system in Enterobacteriaceae. ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7125695 | Directed evolution of microorganisms The present invention provides methods for directing the evolution of microorganisms comprising the use of mutator genes and growth under conditions of selective pressure. The method discloses mutator genes which can be used in the methods of the present invention a... | 10/24/2006 |
| 6984514 | Bacterium having ability to produce L-glutamic acid, L-proline or L-arginine and method for producing L-glutamic acid, L-proline or L-arginine L-Glutamic acid, L-proline or L-arginine is produced by culturing a bacterium belonging to the genus Escherichia, which is L-isoleucine auxotrophic and has ability to produce L-glutamic acid, L-proline or L-arginine, in a medium containing L-isoleucine, to produce a... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6861220 | Genetic screening methods A method for screening molecule which have a synthetic lethal property when in combination with a gene of interest carrying a non-lethal mutation, said method comprising the steps of: transfecting a first reporter gene into mammalian cells having a genome comprising... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6762040 | Method for increasing gene copy number in a host cell and resulting host cell The invention relates to a method for increasing the copy number of a chromosomally integrated expression cassette in a microbial strain without leaving antibiotic resistance markers behind in the strain, the necessary genetic constructs, and the strains resulting f... | 07/13/2004 |
| 6706503 | Directed evolution of microorganisms The present invention provides methods for directing the evolution of microorganisms comprising the use of mutator genes and growth under conditions of selective pressure. The method discloses mutator genes which can be used in the methods of the present invention a... | 03/16/2004 |
| 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 |
| 6610529 | Recombinant bacterial system with environmentally limited viability Disclosed is an Environmentally Limited Viability System (ELVS) for microorganisms based on differences between permissive and non-permissive environments. Viability of the microorganisms are limited to a permissive environment by specifically expressing ... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6562576 | Yeast two-hybrid system and use thereof A method for detecting protein-protein interactions is provided, in which two fusion proteins are prepared and allowed to interact with each other in yeast cells. The interaction between the two fusion proteins leads to protein trans-splicing, generating ... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6551786 | Screen assay for selecting protein-protein interaction modulators A method for selecting compounds capable of modulating protein-protein interactions is provided, in which two fusion proteins are prepared and allowed to interact with each other in the presence of test compounds. The interaction between the two fusion pr... | 04/22/2003 |
| 6503712 | Methods and compositions for preparing a genomic library for knockout targeting vectors The present invention is directed to methods for producing gene targeting constructs by homologous recombination using mouse genomic libraries arrayed in yeast shuttle vectors. The invention is also directed to methods of using targeting constructs made b... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6451582 | Staphylococcus strains comprising an inducible gene encoding an RNA polymerase specificity factor The present invention relates to a recombinant organism, and a bacterial strain such as Staphylococcus, and S. aureus, in particular. The organism has a regulatable gene for encoding an RNA polymerase specificity factor required for expression of at least... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6423545 | Unmarked deletion mutants of mycobacteria and methods of using same Disclosed is a recombinant slow-growing mycobacterium comprising at least one mycobacterial gene containing an unmarked mutation, where an "unmarked mutation" is a mutated nucleotide sequence introduced into a mycobacterium where the introduced mutated nu... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6277625 | Transgenic strains of Pseudomonas for biocontrol of plant root diseases Transgenic fluorescent Pseudomonas spp. are described which have a biosynthetic locus which encodes for the production of the antibiotic phenazine-1-carboxylic acid stably introduced into the genome, have a locus which encodes for the production of the an... | 08/21/2001 |
| 6130085 | Recombinant vector containing a sequence of a lipoprotein gene for the expression of nucleotide sequences A recombinant vector for cloning a heterologous nucleotide sequence and/or expressing it and/or transferring it to a cell host. The vector includes, at a site which is not essential for replication, the gene coding for a lipoprotein other than E. coli lip... | 10/10/2000 |
| 6060249 | Method of selection for genes encoding secreted and transmembrane proteins The present invention relates to a novel method of identifying cDNA's which encode secreted and membrane-bound proteins. The present invention also relates to a novel method for preparing cDNA libraries enriched for signal sequences. The methods of the in... | 05/09/2000 |
| 5747308 | Recombinant DNA method There is described a method for obtaining a eukaryotic cell containing in its DNA multiple copies of a GS gene, comprising: transforming a eukaryotic glutamine auxotroph with a GS gene; selecting transformant cells containing the GS gene; and culturing th... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5595894 | Process for stably maintaining recombinant plasmids in serine auxotrophic microorganisms belonging to the genus Corynebacterium or Brevibacterium The present invention provides a process for producing substances such as L-tryptophan and L-threonine, which comprises transforming a serine-requiring microorganism belonging to the genus Corynebacterium or Brevibacterium by incorporation of a recombinan... | 01/21/1997 |
| 5435730 | Gal operon of streptomyces A recombinant DNA molecule comprising the Streptomyces gal operon galK gene; galE gene; galT gene; P1 promoter; P2 promoter; P2 promoter expression unit; P1 promoter regulated region; or the entire Streptomyces gal operon.... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5354667 | Process for the enzymatic preparation of 7-aminocephalosporanic acid A process for the production of an E. coli strain producing high yields of 7ଲ-(4-carboxybutanamido) cephalosporin acylase, comprises: (a) digesting the DNA of a microorganism whose DNA includes the sequence encoding 7ଲ-(4-carboxybutanamido) ce... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5348872 | Method for isolating mutant cells Disclosed is a method for isolating a mutant cell that secretes a desired compound at a level greater than that secreted by a starter cell from which the mutant cell is derived. The method includes contacting a plurality of auxotrophic feeder cells and au... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5296366 | Method for the isolation and expression of a gene which codes for streptokinase, nucleotide sequence obtained, recombinant DNA and transformed microorgnaisms The present invention relates to the field of biotechnology and genetic engineering and in particular a novel nucleotide sequence which codes for a streptokinase, as well as the recombinant DNA obtained therefrom which is used for the transformation of va... | 03/22/1994 |
| 5254466 | Site-specific modification of the candida tropicals genome The POX genes of C. tropicalis are disrupted resulting in the complete blockage of the beta-oxidation pathway in the strain. Fermentation of C. tropicalis cells having disrupted genes on alkane, fatty acid and fatty acid ester substrates produces substant... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5242809 | Gal operon of streptomyces A recombinant DNA molecule comprising the Streptomyces gal operon galK gene; galE gene; galT gene; P1 promoter, P2 promoter, P2 promoter expression unit; P1 promoter regulated region; or the entire Streptomyces gal operon.... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5204252 | Candida tropicalis transformation system A transformation system is provided for C. tropicalis, comprising constructs and microorganisms, as well as methods for preparing constructs and microorganisms, and transforming microorganisms. Particularly, a yeast transformation system comprising auxotr... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5110731 | System for biotin synthesis A system for the production of biotin wherein a biotin retention-deficient strain of a cell is transformed with plasmid bearing the biotin gene cluster bio (A, B, F, C and D). The media of cultures of the resulting cells contains enhanced amounts of bioti... | 05/05/1992 |
| 5094945 | Inhibition resistant 5-enolpyruvyl-3-phosphoshikimate synthase, production and use Enhanced resistance to glyphosate, an inhibitor of the aromatic amino acid biosynthesis pathway, is imparted to a glyphosate sensitive host. A mutated aroA gene is employed which expresses 5-enolpyruvyl-3-phosphoshikimate synthase (EC: 2.5.1.19) (ES-3-P ... | 03/10/1992 |
| 5047340 | LAC+ saccharomyces cerevisiae The invention relates to novel, transformed strains of Lac+ Saccharomyces cerevisiae, capable of utilizing lactose as a sole carbon source, produced by inserting into the Saccharomyces cerevisiae a plasmid containing a lactose permease and a be... | 09/10/1991 |
| 4931373 | Stable DNA constructs for expression of -1 antitrypsin Methods are provided for producing -1-antitrypsin in host cells and for selecting transformed cells comprising the step of transforming the host cell with a DNA molecule comprising a gene which complements a deficiency in the host cell. The host ce... | 06/05/1990 |
| 4929555 | Pichia transformation The present invention provides a method for making whole cells of methylotrophic species of genus Pichia competent for transformation by DNA and a method for transforming with DNA whole cells of such species.... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4885242 | Genes from pichia histidine pathway and uses thereof Novel DNA sequences which code for the production of Pichia histidinol dehydrogenase, phosphoribosyl-ATP-cyclohydrase and phosphoribosyl-ATP-pyrophosphohydratase are provided. Novel constructs including these sequences, as well as transformed organisms th... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4879231 | Transformation of yeasts of the genus pichia Process for transforming yeast strains of the genus Pichia is disclosed. Novel yeast strains of the genus Pichia which can be transformed with recombinant DNA material are also disclosed. In addition, a method for isolating functional genes and other func... | 11/07/1989 |
| 4798791 | Vector for high level gene expression Methods and vectors for high level expression of genes in bacteria are disclosed. A terminal mRNA sequence from a gene coding for a stable bacterial protein mRNA is ligated to a gene coding for the desired protein adjacent the translation termination codo... | 01/17/1989 |
| 4703004 | Synthesis of protein with an identification peptide A hybrid polypeptide composed of an identification peptide and a desired functional protein are produced by recombinant DNA techniques. A DNA expression vector is constructed that includes segments of DNA coding for the identification peptide and the desi... | 10/27/1987 |
| 4657857 | Yeast of the genus kluyveromyces modified for the expression of preprothaumatin or its various allelic and modified forms or their maturation forms, and the proteins obtained by that expression The invention relates to yeasts of the genus Kluyveromyces, in particular K. lactis, acting as hosts for the expression of preprothaumatin or its various allelic and modified forms or their maturation forms, which yeasts contain an rDNA plasmid comprising... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4594323 | Hybrid DNA conferring osmotic tolerance Non-conjugative episomes characterized by having a mutated proBA region are provided for conferring osmotic tolerance on osmotically sensitive hosts. The mutated DNA sequence overproduces at least one enzyme in the biosynthetic pathway for an amino acid w... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4508824 | Pseudomonas degradation of hydrocarbons Selected new bacteria of the genus Pseudomonas, particularly the species Pseudomonas putida and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, which have the ability to utilize organic compounds from the generic groups aliphatic, cyclo aliphatic, aromatic and/or polynuclear aro... | 04/02/1985 |
| 4495280 | Cloned high signal strength promoters Method for preparing high signal strength promoters and terminators and DNA compositions employing such promoters and terminators. T5 phage is cleaved to provide for DNA sequences having intact promoters. These promoters are inserted into vectors separate... | 01/22/1985 |
| 4440748 | Strain of Escherichia coli by bacterial conjugation A new strain of Escherichia coli which is enteropathogenic to both calves and piglets is produced by bacterial conjugation of two parents, one enteropathogenic solely to calves and one enteropathogenic solely to piglets. The new strain is useful in the pr... | 04/03/1984 |
