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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5585271 | Yeast agglutination genes and yeast containing them An agglutination gene of 4.7&#b1;0.2 kb in yeast which codes for a polypeptide which exhibits agglutinative activity.... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5578463 | Heterologous polypeptides expressed in filamentous fungi, processes for making same, and vectors for making same Novel vectors are disclosed for expressing and secreting heterologous polypeptides from filamentous fungi. Such vectors are used in novel processes to express and secrete such heterologous polypeptides. The vectors used for transforming a filamentous fung... | 11/26/1996 |
| 5571697 | Expression of processed recombinant lactoferrin and lactoferrin polypeptide fragments from a fusion product in Aspergillus The subject invention provides for the production of lactoferrins and lactoferrin polypeptide fragments using the host cells Aspergillus in combination with novel plasmid constructs. More specifically, the subject invention provides novel vector construct... | 11/05/1996 |
| 5559005 | Bioprocess for preparing 7-ACA and 7-ADAC Important intermediates for preparing cephalosporin antibiotics, 7-amino-cephalosporanic acid (7-ACA) and 7-aminodeacetylcephalosporanic acid (7-ADAC), are prepared by a novel bioprocess in which a transformed Penicillium chrysogenum strain is cultured in... | 09/24/1996 |
| 5556953 | Allergen of dosporium herbarum IgE-mediated atopic diseases induced by airborne protein allergens afflict approximately 20% of the population who suffer from allergic systems such as conjunctivitis, rhinitis and asthma. Cladosporium herbarum is one of the major sources of inhalant fung... | 09/17/1996 |
| 5550045 | Cloning and expression of DNA encoding a ripening form of a polypeptide having rhamnogalcturonase activity The invention relates to isolation of an Aspergillus gene encoding rhamnogalacturonase (RG-ase) and the construction of recombinant Aspergillus strains with overexpression of RG-ase. These strains can be used for the commercial production of RG-ase. RG-as... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5545521 | Method for detecting bioindividuals by use of nonnatural type nucleic acid probe A method for detecting live individuals comprises a step of reacting a sample with a probe having a nonnatural type nucleic acid and a label substance linked with the nucleic acid, which nonnatural type nucleic acid contains a base sequence complementary ... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5538884 | Rhamnogalacturonase, corresponding DNA sequence, rhamnogalacturonase containing enzyme preparation and use of the enzyme preparation The present invention relates to rhamnogalacturonases derived from a strain of Aspergillus japonicus which (a) has a pH-optimum between 6.5 and 7.0; (b) retains at least 80% of the maximal activity throughout the pH range of 5.5-12; (c) has a temperature ... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5534439 | Isolated DNA of human papillomavirus type 55 (HPV55) The invention relates to papillomavirus probes derived from new DNA-HPVs deposited with the C.N.C.M. on May 6, 1988, under the following filing numbers: ______________________________________ PGEM 4 HPV49: I-754 PSP 65 HPV50: ... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5516655 | Multiple drug resistance gene of Aureobasidium pullulans The invention provides isolated nucleic acid compounds encoding the multiple drug resistance protein of Aureobasidium pullulans. Vectors and transformed host cells comprising the multiple drug resistance-encoding DNA of Aureobasidium pullulans are also pr... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5484724 | DNA encoding GLSI The DNA encoding glucan synthesis gene 1 (GLS1) is cloned and used in an in vitro assay to screen for compounds that modulate 1,3ଲ-D glucan synthase activity.... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5480805 | Composition for modulating sterols in yeast A structural gene encoding a polypeptide with Ɗ8-7 sterol isomerase activity is disclosed, Recombinant DNA molecules useful for transforming yeast and mutant yeast transformed with such recombinant DNA molecules are also disclosed. The structural gene is... | 01/02/1996 |
| 5475101 | DNA sequence encoding endoglucanase III cellulase The present invention is directed to purified EG III cellulase enzyme isolated from Trichoderma longibrachiatum and the amino acid sequence of the secreted (mature) and non-secreted (preprotein) forms. The present invention is further directed to the DNA ... | 12/12/1995 |
| 5447862 | Pectin lyase genes of aspergillus niger Recombinant DNA molecules coding for pectin lyase (PL) expression systems and derivatives thereof, such as the structural genes of PLA, PLB, PLC, PLD, PLE and PLF, and corresponding regulatory sequences, e.g. promoter, signal and terminator sequences, and... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5446138 | Recombinant DNA coding for a protein with endochitinase activity Recombinant DNA which codes for a protein with endochitinase activity or for a precursor thereof, comprising the sequence (a1) (SEQ ID NO. 1).... | 08/29/1995 |
| 5426026 | PCR identification of four medically important candida species using one primer pair and four species-specific probes The subject invention relates to A set of DNA primers which, when utilized in conjunction with the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay, can amplify and speciate DNA from four medically important Candida species. Furthermore, the PCR amplified products, ... | 06/20/1995 |
| 5422254 | Method to increase the trehalose content of organisms by transforming them with the structural genes for the short and long chains of yeast trehalose synthase Two nucleotide sequences encoding two different polypeptides found in yeast trehalose synthase have been isolated and cloned. The coding sequences can be inserted into suitable vectors and used to transform host cells. The transformed cells will produce i... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5393670 | DNA, vectors and transformed hosts encoding Trichoderma reesei endoglucanase I Methods and means for the construction of strains of yeast capable of producing cellulolytic enzymes, achieved by the transfer of chromosomal genes or cDNA copies of mRNAs coding for cellulolytic enzymes isolated from the fungus Trichoderma reesei to yeas... | 02/28/1995 |
| 5364770 | Heterologous polypeptides expressed in aspergillus Novel vectors are disclosed for expressing and secreting heterologous polypeptides from filamentous fungi. Such vectors are used in novel processes to express and secrete such heterologous polypeptides. The vectors used for transforming a filamentous fung... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5362640 | Ornithine carbamoyl transferase gene and utilization of the DNA This invention relates to a novel ornithine carbamoyl transferase (OCTase) gene, a recombinant DNA containing the OCTase DNA, a transformation system for a basidiomycete, and production of useful proteins using the system. More particularly, this invention rel... | 11/08/1994 |
| 5358866 | Cytosine deaminase negative selection system for gene transfer techniques and therapies The present invention relates to a system comprising a modified bacterial gene for cytosine deaminase that has been engineered into a eukaryotic expression vector and the expression of the gene by mammalian cells. The present invention further relates to metho... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5358864 | Cloning and expression of xylanase genes from fungal origin Methods and expression constructs are provided for the cloning and overexpression of xylanases of fungai origin in a selected microbial host cell. Xylanases of fungal origin generally have lower pH optima and remain stable over a broader pH range than do ... | 10/25/1994 |
| 5352579 | Nucleic acid probes to histoplasma capsulatum This invention discloses hybridization assay probes specific for Histoplasma capsulatum and no other fungi.... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5338678 | Expression of DNA sequences encoding a thermally stable cytosine deaminase from saccharomyces Thermally stable cytosine deaminase (CDase), and the gene coding therefor, is disclosed as well as methods of isolating, purifying, and recombinantly producing the same. The thermally stable CDase can be isolated from Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The yeast i... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5332660 | Gene encoding aspartic acid secretory proteinase of Candida albicans and a method of using the gene for the detection of Candida albicans This invention is directed to a gene sequence for secretory aspartic proteinase (SEQ ID No. 1) which is specific to pathogenic Candida yeast, to a highly sensitive method for detection of said gene in a sample solution and a kit used therefor.... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5302530 | DNA coding for an antigen of Blastomyces dermatitidis Disclosed herein is a c-DNA coding for an antigen of B. dermatitidis. The antigen can readily be expressed in quantity at high purity from the cDNA, and the antigen can then be used for assays for the disease. The unique sequence This invention was made w... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5288639 | Fungal stress proteins A polypeptide sequence from Candida albicans is described which has significant sequence homology with known stress proteins from other organisms, particularly the heat shock protein hsp 90 of Sacchromyces cerevisiae. Corresponding DNA sequences are also ... | 02/22/1994 |
| 5286638 | Peroxidase gene of microbial origin A peroxidase gene derived from Arthromyse ramosus and its cloning and expression in E. coli and yeast is disclosed. The peroxidase encoded by this gene is not-specific and does not contain isozymes and hence is suitable as a diagnostic reagent or as a mar... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5272085 | Sodium tolerance genes derived from schizosaccharomyces pombe A gene, sod2, which is capable of conferring sodium and lithium tolerance in Schizosaccharomyces pombe has been identified and characterized. A plasmid, psod2, consisting of about 5.8 kb of S. pombe wild type genomic DNA inserted in a plasmid vector pFL20... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5268273 | Pichia pastoris acid phosphatase gene, gene regions, signal sequence and expression vectors comprising same The present invention discloses the Pichia pastoris acid phospbatase gene, which includes the 5' regulatory region, signal sequence, structural gene, and 3' transcription termination sequence. Also disclosed are methods of using these fragments, which inc... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5258502 | Immobilization and purification of fusion proteins using chitin-binding ability A gene fusion construction encoding a protein of interest and the chitin binding domain of a chitinase enzyme and the encoded fusion protein, which is the protein of interest and a protein capable of binding chitin. A plasmid vector containing the gene fu... | 11/02/1993 |
| 5234830 | DNA encoding a KEX2 endoprotease without a C-terminal hydrophobic region A KEX2 endoprotease produced by a recombinant DNA technique, a KEX2 endoprotease shortened at the C-terminal of a native enzyme and still containing a C-terminal hydrophobic region, a soluble KEX2 endoprotease without a C-terminal hydrophobic region; DNA'... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5217891 | DNA constructs containing a kluyveromyces factor leader sequence for directing secretion of heterologous polypeptides DNA constructs that are useful for providing secretory expression of heterologous polypeptides in yeast comprising a DNA sequence that includes a Kluyveromyces -factor leader sequence linked to the heterologous polypeptide by a yeast processing sig... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5212087 | ARS sequence which is efficacious in yarrowia lipolytica The present invention relates to ars sequences which are efficacious in Yarrowia lipolytica, as well as to plasmids carrying these sequences. The strains of Y. lipolytica transformed with the said plasmids may be used in fermentation processes enabling protein... | 05/18/1993 |
| 5194600 | Genes which participate in ଲ-glucan assembly and use thereof The present invention relates to DNA sequences coding for genes which participate in a yeast cell wall ଲ-glucan assembly pathway. These genes are essential for normal cell growth and are tools whicn enable the `in vitro` or `in vivo` screening for d... | 03/16/1993 |
| 5187079 | Glucose-repressible gene for the regulated expression of proteins and expression vector therefor A glucose-repressible gene comprising amino acid coding sequences of a desired protein and also an upstream regulatory region. An efficient expression vector comprising the regulatory region may be constructed to direct in a controlled manner, the product... | 02/16/1993 |
| 5094951 | Production of glucose oxidase in recombinant systems The present invention provides recombinant polynucleotides which encode glucose oxidase (GO). It also provides recombinant expression systems which produce, and when desired, secrete active GO and GO analogs into the extracellular medium.... | 03/10/1992 |
| 4870008 | Secretory expression in eukaryotes Methods and compositions are provided for producing polypeptide sequences in high yield by employing DNA constructs, wherein the DNA sequence encoding from the polypeptide of interest in preceded by a leader sequence and processing sequence for secreting ... | 09/26/1989 |
| 4818700 | Pichia pastoris argininosuccinate lyase gene and uses thereof Novel DNA sequences which code for the production of the Pichia protein argininosuccinate lyase are provided. Novel constructs including these sequences, as well as organisms transformed therewith are provided. In addition, novel strains of Pichia defecti... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4772556 | Genetically stable allopolyploid somatic fusion product useful in the production of fuel alcohols The present invention relates to a stable, allopolyploid, somatic fusion product useful in the fermentation arts and especially in the production of fuel alcohols. More particularly, the present invention relates to a novel allopolyploid yeast strain, Sac... | 09/20/1988 |
