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...that it was melting ice cream that inspired the invention of the outboard motor? It was a lovely August day and Ole Evinrude was rowing his boat to his favorite island picnic spot. As he rowed, he watched his ice cream melt and wished he had a faster way to get to the island. At that moment the idea for the outboard motor was born!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7326782 | Metabolic engineering of viomycin biosynthesis The invention provides a nucleic acid molecule comprising at least a functional fragment of the viomycin biosynthetic gene cluster, functional proteins encoded by the cluster, expression cassettes and recombinant host cells comprising a functional fragment of the vi... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7323326 | Cellulases, the genes encoding them and uses thereof Genes encoding novel cellulases, and a gene encoding a protein that facilitates the action of such novel cellulases, the novel cellulases and a protein that facilitates the action of such cellulases, and enzyme preparations containing such proteins are described. Th... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7323327 | Genes encoding novel proteolytic enzymes The invention relates to newly identified gene sequences that encode novel proteases obtainable from Aspergillus niger. The invention features the full length gene sequence of the novel genes, their cDNA sequences as well as the full-length functional protein... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7323303 | Modified β-lactamases and uses thereof A tool that can screen bacteria for β-lactamases against a panel of various antibiotics is desirable. A biosensor incorporating an indicator molecule into β-lactamases may achieve this purpose, but it requires that the attached indicator molecule must not impair t... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7323335 | Mutant fatty acid desaturase and methods for directed mutagenesis The present invention relates to methods for producing fatty acid desaturase mutants having a substantially increased activity towards substrates with fewer than 18 carbon atom chains relative to an unmutagenized precursor desaturase having an 18 carbon chain length... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7323322 | Ethanol production from transformed microorganisms This invention provides transformed microorganisms which can produce ethanol from cellooligosaccharide, by introducing β-glucosidase gene by recombinant DNA method, into microorganisms belonging to genus Zymobacter which cannot utilize cellooligosaccharide. | 01/29/2008 |
| 7323336 | Enzymes having alpha amylase activity and methods of use thereof The invention relates to alpha amylases and to polynucleotides encoding the alpha amylases. In addition methods of designing new alpha amylases and methods of use thereof are also provided. The alpha amylases have increased activity and stability at increased pH and... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7323560 | Plastidic phosphoglucomutase genes An isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a plastidic phosphoglucomutase protein is disclosed. Also disclosed is the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a substantial portion of the plastidic phosphoglucomutase, in sense or antisense orientation, wherei... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7323545 | PRO1885 polypeptides The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides and to nucleic acid molecules encoding those polypeptides. Also provided herein are vectors and host cells comprising those nucleic acid sequences, chimeric polypeptide molecules comprising the polypeptides of ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7323558 | Nucleic acids encoding dendritic cell transmembrane serine protease Isolated Dendritic Cell Transmembrane Serine Proteases (DCTSPs), DNAs encoding such DCTSPs, and pharmaceutical and/or diagnostic compositions made therefrom, are disclosed. The isolated DCTSPs can be used to hydrolyze peptide bonds. The DCTSPs are also useful in scr... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7323324 | N-Acetylglucosamine transferase, nucleic acid encoding the same, antibody against the same and use thereof for diagnosing cancer or tumor Described are an enzyme having an activity to transfer N-acetylglucosamine to N-acetylgalactosaminyl group through a β1,3-linkage; nucleic acid coding for the enzyme; and method for diagnosis of a cancer and/or tumor, especially a cancer and/or tumor of a digestive... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7323325 | Shrimp alkaline phosphatase The present invention relates to a nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence as set forth in SEQ ID Nos. 1 or 20 or having at least 55% sequence identify therewith and/or capable of hybridising under medium stringency conditions to the complementary seq... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7320886 | BGL4 beta-glucosidase and nucleic acids encoding the same The present invention provides a novel β-glucosidase nucleic acid sequence, designated bgl4, and the corresponding BGL4 amino acid sequence. The invention also provides expression vectors and host cells comprising a nucleic acid sequence encoding BGL4, recombinant ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7321828 | System of components for preparing oligonucleotides Interative, preferably computer based iterative processes for generating synthetic compounds with desired physical, chemical and/or bioactive properties, i.e., active compounds, are provided. During iterations of the processes, a target nucleic acid sequence is prov... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7320877 | Dihydroorotase extracted from plants The present invention relates to a DNA encoding a polypeptide with dihydroorotase (EC 3.5.2.3) activity. Also, the invention relates to the use of this nucleic acid for the generation of an assay system. ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7320883 | Process for producing coenzyme Q The invention aims at providing a process for producing coenzyme Q10 efficiently in microorganisms by utilizing a coenzyme Q10 side chain synthesis gene derived from a fungal species belonging to the genus Aspergillus and genus Leucos... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7320876 | Phytase-containing animal food and method A method is described for improving the nutritional value of a foodstuff comprising a source of myo-inositol hexakisphosphate by feeding the foodstuff in combination with a phytase expressed in yeast. The method comprises the step of feeding the animal the foodstuff... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7319027 | Thermostable Omega-Transaminases Thermostable omega-transaminases, particularly thermostable omega-transaminases which have a high reaction rate and which are tolerant to high concentrations of donor amine, can be used to enrich enantiomerically a mixture of chiral amines or to synthesize stereosel... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7319024 | C. elegans p21-activated kinase (PAK) gene and associated loss-of-function phenotypes that facilitate screening for small molecule modulators of PAK activity in the nematode, caenorhabditis elegans The invention refers to a novel C. elegans p21-activated kinase gene, the pak-3 gene, and associated loss-of-function phenotypes. These phenotypes can be used to elucidate PAK signaling pathways in C. elegans and to screen compounds that modulate PAK s... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7319013 | Serine hydroxymethyltransferase as a target for herbicides The present invention relates to serine hydroxymethyltransferase (E.C. 2.1.2.1) as novel target for herbicides, and to nucleic acid sequences encoding a polypeptide with the biological activity of a serine hydroxymethyltransferase, which, when not present, bring abo... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7319033 | Adenovirus vectors specific for cells expressing androgen receptor and methods of use thereof Replication-competent adenovirus vectors specific for cells which allow a probasin transcriptional response element (PB-TRE) to function, such as cells which express the androgen receptor (AR), and methods of use of such viruses are provided. These viruses comprise ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7316920 | Serine proteases from gram-positive microorganisms The present invention relates to the identification of novel serine proteases in Gram-positive microorganisms. The present invention provides the nuclei acid and amino acid sequences for the Bacillus subtilis serine proteases SP1, SP2, SP3, SP4 and SP5. The p... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316928 | Plant fatty acid amide hydrolases The invention provides plant fatty acid amide hydrolase (FAAH) coding sequences. Also provided are constructs comprising these sequences, plants transformed therewith and methods of use thereof. The invention allows the modification of plants for FAAH activity and N... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316912 | Tyrosylprotein sulfotransferases and methods of use thereof Tyrosylprotein sulfotransferases and nucleic acids encoding the tyrosylprotein sulfotransferases are described. Dual isotopes of the enzyme and of the nucleic acids encoding said enzymes have been identified in human, mouse and C. elegans. The polypeptides an... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7317095 | Mutant glycoproteins The inventors have designed novel FSH mutants with increased glycosylation and longer half-lives for use in inducing folliculogenesis in human patients. The use of a FSH mutant preparation of the invention permits the use of lower cumulative doses of FSH to achieve ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316916 | DNA for encoding D-hydantoin hydrolases, DNA for encoding N-carbamyl-D-amino acid hydrolases, recombinant DNA containing the genes, cells transformed with the recombinant DNA, methods for producing proteins utilizing the transformed cells and methods for producing D-amino acids DNA for encoding a protein having D-hydantoinase activity which has a base sequence represented by Sequence ID No. 1 in the Sequence Listing. DNA for encoding a protein having D-carbamylase activity which has a base sequence represented by Sequence ID No. 3 in the S... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7317138 | Thermotolerant phytase for animal feed The invention provides a synthetic phytase polynucleotide which is optimized for expression in plants and which encodes at thermotolerant phytase, as well as isolated thermotolerant phytase enzyme. Also provided are feed or food products comprising a thermotolerant ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7314710 | Method for replicating the hepatitis C virus The invention concerns the use of cells capable of carrying out a process of prenylation of proteins coded by the hepatitis C virus (HCV) genome, such as prenylation of the NS5A protein, for replicating and, if required, the production of HCV or derivative viable mu... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7314730 | Regulation of human transmembrane serine protease Reagents that regulate human transmembrane serine protease activity and reagents that bind to human transmembrane serine protease gene products can be used to regulate extracellular matrix degradation. Such regulation is particularly useful for treating COPD, metast... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7314970 | Method for plant breeding Methods and compositions relating to glyphosate resistant maize plants, including the GA21, GG25, GJ11 and FI117 transformation events, are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of using herbicide resistance transformation events in plant breeding procedures. The in... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7314973 | Production of oligosaccharides in transgenic plants The invention relates to a method for producing oligosaccharides, comprising selecting a gene which codes for an enzyme which is capable of converting sucrose into an oligosaccharide; linking the gene to suitable transcription-initiation and transcription-terminatio... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7314739 | Lipase variants The invention relates to a lipase variant which can be prepared by carrying out, on the amino acid sequence of a starting lipase selected from the lipase homologous family I.1 or I.2, at least one amino acid substitution in those positions which correspond to the po... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7314742 | Lipoprotein associated phospholipase A2, inhibitors thereof and use of the same in diagnosis and therapy The enzyme Lp-PLA2 in purified form, an isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding Lp-PLA2, the use of an inhibitor of the enzyme Lp-PLA2 in therapy and a method of screening compounds to identify those compounds which inhibit the enzym... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7314743 | Modified enzymes, methods to produce modified enzymes and use thereof The invention is directed to modified xylanases having increased stability in harsh industrial environments, such as increased pH and/or temperature. ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7314744 | Hyperthermostable protease gene There are provided hyperthermostable proteases having an amino acid sequences represented by SEQ ID Nos. 1, 3 and 5 of the Sequence Listing or functional equivalents thereof and hyperthermostable protease genes encoding those hyperthermostable protease. There is als... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7314745 | Protein and DNA encoding the same An objective of the present invention is to provide a new protein derived from the silkworm middle silk gland and a DNA encoding said protein. The present invention relates to a protein of the following (a) or (b): (a) a protein comprising the amino acid sequence re... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7314738 | DNA for encoding D-hydantoin hydrolases, DNA for encoding N-carbamyl-D-amino acid hydrolases, recombinant DNA containing the genes, cells transformed with the recombinant DNA, methods for producing proteins utilizing the transformed cells and methods for producing D-amino acids DNA for encoding a protein having D-hydantoinase activity which has a base sequence represented by Sequence ID No. 1 in the Sequence Listing. DNA for encoding a protein having D-carbamylase activity which has a base sequence represented by Sequence ID No. 3 in the S... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7314758 | Nucleotide sequences encoding RAMOSA3 and sister of RAMOSA3 and methods of use for same The invention relates to the isolation and characterization of a maize gene, RAMOSA3 (RA3), responsible for meristem development and inflorescence development including branching. The gene, gene product, and regulatory regions may be used to manipulate branching, me... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7312079 | Variants of FAM3C Polynucleotide and polypeptide sequences that encode novel variant FAM3C proteins are disclosed that can be used in therapeutic, diagnostic, and pharmacogenomic applications. ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7311935 | Carboxypeptidase of cocoa The present invention relates to a novel carboxypeptidase gene and the polypeptide encoded thereby. In particular, the present invention relates to the use of the present carboxypeptidase and polypeptide in the manufacture of cocoa flavor and/or chocolate. ... | 12/25/2007 |
