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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7875454 | X-ray guided drug delivery A method of delivering an active agent to a target tissue, particularly neoplastic tissue, vascular anomaly or tumor tissue, in a vertebrate subject. The method includes the steps of exposing the target tissue to ionizing radiation; and administering a delivery vehi... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7259291 | Enucleation of avian eggs by gamma irradiation A method of enucleating an egg by exposing the egg to gamma irradiation. The dose of gamma irradiation used is sufficiently high to halt development of the egg or embryo derived therefrom directed by the nucleus of the irradiated egg, but sufficiently low to enable ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7208317 | In Vitro mutagenesis, phenotyping, and gene mapping Cellular libraries useful for in vitro phenotyping and gene mapping. In a representative approach, a method for preparing a homozygous cellular library includes the steps of providing a heterozygous cellular library comprising a plurality of isolated parent cells; i... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7083812 | Chemical library preparation method from natural product The present invention relates to a preparation method of a general library and a focused library from crude extracts of natural products including herbal drugs, said libraries, and the method for developing new drugs such as an anticancer drug and new substances usi... | 08/01/2006 |
| 6835867 | Allelic series of genomic modifications in cells The present invention relates to methods of producing an allelic series of modifications in genes of interest in a cell. In particular, the invention provides methods for using nucleic acid sequence-modifying agents (e.g., chemicals, electromagnetic radiation, etc.)... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6713289 | 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. ... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6696294 | Methods for generating and identifying mutant polyploid plants, and uses therefor The present invention provides methods for generating and identifying mutations in any target gene of a polyploid plant species. In a preferred aspect of the present invention, a plant is constructed and/or selected that has at least one copy of a functio... | 02/24/2004 |
| 6504834 | Wireless network A method of operating a wireless network comprising a plurality of wireless terminals and optionally a base station uses a transmission frame (300) including an association section (310) for use by wireless terminals wishing to join the network. A variabl... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6093571 | Method of gene transfer into pollen by ion beam irradiation A specific gene or DNA can be directly transferred into the pollen of a plant by selectively irradiating the shell of the pollen with ion beams without affecting the cell nucleus and thereafter immersing the irradiated pollen in a solution containing the ... | 07/25/2000 |
| 6083752 | DNA coding for decarbamylase improved in thermostability and use thereof A DNA fragment coding for a decarbamylase protein improved in thermostability as the result of replacement of at least one base of a DNA fragment coding for a decarbamylase protein derived from a microorganism with another base and the resultant replaceme... | 07/04/2000 |
| 5770581 | Gene transcription and ionizing radiation: methods and compositions The present invention provides a DNA molecule comprising a radiation responsive enhancer-promoter operatively linked to an encoding region that encodes at least one polypeptide. An encoding region can comprise a single encoding sequence for a polypeptide ... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5674724 | Salmonella virulence genes A vector capable of integrating into the chromosome of Salmonella including a first DNA sequence encoding a heterologous protein, a second DNA sequence encoding a marker, and a third DNA sequence encoding a phoP regulatory region regulated gene product ne... | 10/07/1997 |
| 5079154 | Mutant resistant to cell membrane synthesis inhibitor and process for preparing the same A mutant of an extracellular enzyme-producing microorganism belonging to genus Bacillus, which is resistant to a cell membrane synthesis inhibitor, including vancomycin and ristocetin, is disclosed. The cell membrane synthesis inhibitor-resistant mutant c... | 01/07/1992 |
| 4851348 | Biologically pure escherichia coli cell line which is a deoR- mutant and which is more transformation efficient with foreign plasmids than deoR+ escherichia coli cell lines, processes for obtaining these cell lines, methods of use A method for obtaining E. coli cell lines which carry the deoR mutation is described, as well as the cell lines themselves. These cell lines are useful in cell transfection and transformation, as they transfect transform at much higher frequencies than th... | 07/25/1989 |
| 4263403 | Method of extracting uranium from sea water A method of producing a matrix of micro-organisms for extracting and gaining uranium from sea water, according to which the matrix is made of micro-organisms occurring in nature that are exposed to x-ray irradiations. These predetermined micro-organisms a... | 04/21/1981 |
| 4039445 | Matrix of algae and method of making same and method of obtaining uranium from sea water by said matrix A matrix of algae mutants and method of obtaining thereby uranium from sea water, according to which a matrix is prepared of uranium compatible algae mutants suitable for picking up uranium dissolved in sea water, which matrix is then placed in an area of... | 08/02/1977 |
| 3986933 | Method of preparing yeasts enriched in L-lysine and capable of excreting organic acids A method of preparing a yeast enriched in L-lysine and capable of excreting an organic acid, such as citric acid, and possibly also isocitric and glutamic acids, when cultivated on a hydrocarbon-containing medium comprises subjecting a yeast of the specie... | 10/19/1976 |
