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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7390641 | Production of peroxidase from plant cell and callus cultures A process for the production of peroxidase which comprises of establishing a plant cell culture producing cells from neem (Azardiracta indica) and nirgundi (Vitex negundo) wherein the peroxidase has higher enzymatic activity not reported earlier. ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7354390 | Seed coat specific nucleotide sequence encoding peroxidase A novel seed coat specific peroxidase genomic sequence is characterized and presented. The seed coat peroxidase is translated as a 352 amino acid precursor protein of 38 kDa comprising a 26 amino acid signal sequence which when cleaved results in a 35 kDa protein. P... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7354733 | Method for sorting and separating living cells We disclose methods of sorting or separating mixtures of living cells (e.g., eukaryotic, prokaryotic, mammalian, pathogenic, bacterial, viral, etc.). We perform our methods by activating cell-selective photophoric labels, which photosensitize and chemically reduce a... | 04/08/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7279564 | Expression in filamentous fungi of protease inhibitors and variants thereof Described herein are protease inhibitors, variants thereof and methods for their production. ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7247443 | Sensor constructs and detection methods Sensor constructs for detecting the presence of an analyte in a sample comprise a molecular scaffold, a pair of labels which interact via Förster resonance energy transfer, and at least one molecular recognition domain. When the analyte is bound by the molecular re... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7232808 | Methods of inhibiting manganese-containing superoxide dismutase 2 (MnSOD) The present invention provides RNA molecules (e.g., antisense, RNAi, or siRNA) specific for MnSOD, and further provides methods of reducing expression of MnSOD in cells (e.g., cancer cells). ... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7226769 | Dual oxidases as mitogenic and endocrine regulators The present invention relates to new genes encoding for the production of novel proteins involved in generation of reactive oxygen intermediates and in peroxidative reactions that affect biological functions including cell division, thyroid hormone biosynthesis and ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7211422 | Polypeptide having α-isomaltosylglucosaccharide synthase activity The object of the present invention is to provide a polypeptide which can be used to produce a saccharide having the structure of cyclo{→6)-α-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→3)-α-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→6)-α-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→3)-α-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→}, a DNA encodi... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7166290 | Methods for producing oocysts The present invention provides improved methods and compositions for producing oocysts. The oocysts produced according to the invention find use in the manufacture of vaccines. In preferred embodiments, the present invention provides methods and compositions for the... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7148054 | Evolution of whole cells and organisms by recursive sequence recombination The invention provides methods employing iterative cycles of recombination and selection/screening for evolution of whole cells and organisms toward acquisition of desired properties Examples of such properties include enhanced recombinogenicity, genome copy number,... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7132253 | Modified sarcosine oxidases, modified sarcosine oxidase genes, and methods for preparing the modified sarcosine oxidases A modified sarcosine oxidase having a lowered activity for N-ethylglycine. Such a modified oxidase may have the following physicochemical properties: (a) action: hydrolyzes 1 mol of sarcosine to produce 1 mol of glycine and 1 mol o... | 11/07/2006 |
| RE39352 | Creatine amidinohydrolase, production thereof and use thereof A creatine amidinohydrolase having the following physicochemical properties: Action: catalyzing the following reaction; creatine+H2O→sarcosine+urea ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7118904 | Nucleotide sequences which code for the eno gene The present invention is directed to nucleotide sequences coding for a bacterial enolase enzyme. These sequences may be used in improved methods for the fermentative preparation of amino acids using coryneform bacteria. ... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7058515 | Methods for making character strings, polynucleotides and polypeptides having desired characteristics “In silico” nucleic acid recombination methods, related integrated systems utilizing genetic operators and libraries made by in silico shuffling methods are provided. ... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7045351 | Mitogenic oxygenases The present invention relates to new genes encoding for the production of novel proteins involved in generation of reactive oxygen intermediates that affect cell division. The present invention also provides vectors containing these genes, cells transfected with the... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7041486 | Enzyme having decolorizing activity and method for decolorizing dyes by using the same The invention relates to a novel peroxidase enzyme with high dye degradation activity, the genetic information thereof and a method for degrading and decolorizing dye by using the same. The invention enables the degradation and decolorizing of a wide range of dye ty... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7024312 | Methods for making character strings, polynucleotides and polypeptides having desired characteristics “In silico” nucleic acid recombination methods, related integrated systems utilizing genetic operators and libraries made by in silico shuffling methods are provided. ... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7015022 | Mammalian catalase-dependent oxidation processes and methods for stimulating oxidative activities A catalase-dependent enzymatic oxidation process wherein a substrate to be oxidized is contacted with catalase in the absence of hydrogen peroxide is provided. Also provided are methods for using this process in a variety of biomedical, clinical and diagnostic appli... | 03/21/2006 |
| 6967093 | Glycosyl sulfotransferase-3 A novel human glycosylsulfotransferase expressed in high endothelial cells (GST-3) and polypeptides related thereto, as well as nucleic acid compositions encoding the same, are provided. The subject polypeptides and nucleic acid compositions find use in a variety of... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6942973 | Methods for isolating genes from microorganisms The present invention relates to methods for isolating a gene encoding an enzyme, comprising: (a) adding a mixture of labeled first nucleic acid probes from a microbial strain cultured on medium without the substrate, and labeled second nucleic acid probes from a mi... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6936438 | Method of producing a polypeptide using oxaloacetate hydrolase deficient fungal host cells The present invention relates to methods of producing a polypeptide comprising culturing a mutant of a parent cell, wherein the mutant produces less oxaloacetate hydrolase than the parent cell, wherein the oxaloacetate hydrolase (i) has an amino acid sequence that h... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6921655 | Endoglucanases and cellulase preparations containing the same It is an object of the present invention to provide enzymes that have high endoglucanase activity and yet exhibit high activity even under alkaline conditions, and genes encoding the same. The enzyme according to the invention has the following properties: a) exhibi... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6917882 | Methods for making character strings, polynucleotides and polypeptides having desired characteristics “In silico” nucleic acid recombination methods, related integrated systems utilizing genetic operators and libraries made by in silico shuffling methods are provided. ... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6911328 | Method for producing 2,3-dimethyl-2,3-dinitrobutane and product thereby The present invention includes a method for producing 2,3-dimethyl-2,3-dinitrobutane, particularly in high yields, using a peroxidase enzyme site and reacting propane-2-nitronate at the enzyme under appropriate conditions. Peroxidases such as chloroperoxidase, soybe... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6884416 | Stable PQQ-dependent glucose dehydrogenase composition The present invention provides a stable lyophilized PQQ-dependent glucose dehydrogenase composition comprising a PQQ-dependent glucose dehydrogenase together with (i) at least one compound selected from the group consisting of aspartic acid, glutamic acid, α-ketogl... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6872558 | Heparanase-2 a member of the heparanase protein family Heparanase-2 polypeptides and polynucleotides and methods for producing such polypeptides by recombinant techniques are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for utilizing heparanese-2 polypeptides and polynucleotides and diagnostic assays. ... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6864077 | Membrane-bound desaturases This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a delta-6 desaturase or sphingolipid desaturase. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the delta-6 desaturase or sphingolipid desaturase, in... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6846656 | Process for producing N-acetylneuraminic acid The present invention provides a process for economically producing N-acetylneuraminic acid without using expensive materials such as pyruvic acid and phosphoenolpyruvic acid. The process comprises: allowing (i) a culture of a microorganism having N-acetylneuraminic... | 01/25/2005 |
| RE38687 | Creatine amidinohydrolase, production thereof and use thereof A creatine amidinohydrolase having the following physicochemical properties: Action: catalyzing the following reaction; creatine+H2O→sarcosine+urea ... | 01/11/2005 |
| 6828133 | Recombinant vanadium haloperoxidases and their uses The present invention provides new recombinantly produced vanadium bromoperoxidases. The enzymes are useful in a number of industrial applications. ... | 12/07/2004 |
| 6818212 | Antimicrobial composition containing a haloperoxidase, a hydrogen peroxide source, a halide source and an ammonium source An enzymatic antimicrobial composition comprising a haloperoxidase, a hydrogen peroxide source, a halide source, and an ammonium source, in particular an ammonium salt or an aminoalcohol, in which there is a hitherto unknown synergistic effect between the halide and... | 11/16/2004 |
| 6767717 | Method and kit for the detection of explosives The present invention provides a method of detecting a peroxide-based explosive in a sample suspected of consisting of or comprising such explosive, which method comprises dissolving said sample in a suitable organic solvent, contacting the solution with an aqueous ... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6696058 | Aqueous enzymatic denture adhesives Hydro-activated and/or oxygen activated aqueous, enzymatic, antimicrobials denture adhesive compositions are stabilized against enzymatic action prior to oral application of the adhesive by incorporating a thickener into the adhesive formulation so as to ... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6670159 | Preparing monomeric metal ion chelator containing diacetyl glycine group linked to proteinaceous molecule A precursor for the construction of chelated metal conjugates which demonstrate improved assay performance and utility in minimizing non-specific binding while maintaining specificity for target molecules is disclosed. The precursor has tridentate functio... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6630582 | Treatment and prevention of helicobacter infection An antigenic preparation for use in the treatment or prevention of Helicobacter infection in a mammalian host, comprises the catalase enzyme of Helicobacter bacteria, particularly the catalase enzyme of H. pylori or H. felis, or an immunogenic fragment th... | 10/07/2003 |
| 6620603 | Human mitogenic oxidase The present invention relates to new genes encoding for the production of novel proteins involved in generation of reactive oxygen intermediates that affect cell division. The present invention also provides vectors containing these genes, cells transfect... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6592867 | Antimicrobial composition containing an oxidoreductase and an enhancer of the N-hydroxyanilide-type The present invention relates to an enzymatic composition capable of killing or inhibiting microbial cells or micro-organisms, e.g. in laundry, on hard surfaces, in water systems, on skin, on teeth or on mucous membranes. The present invention also relate... | 07/15/2003 |
| 6586215 | Polypeptides having peroxidase activity and nucleic acids encoding same The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having peroxidase activity and isolated nucleic acid sequences encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the nucleic acid seq... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6579707 | Stabilization of enzymes during freezing A method for stabilizing an enzyme during freezing, wherein the enzyme is in a zwitterionic buffer solution. The zwitterionic buffer is able to maintain the activity of the enzyme during freezing and thawing.... | 06/17/2003 |
