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5908767 Non-reducing saccharide and its production and use  
Non-reducing saccharides including alpha-glycosyl trehaloses, alpha-glycosyl alpha-glycosides and trehalose are easily produced by cultivating microorganisms capable of producing non-reducing...
5908766 Method of the production of saccharides containing sialic acid  
Described is a method of production of saccharides containing sialic acid, wherein β-galactoside-α-2,6-sialyltransferase is used for linking sialic acid to the 6-position of a galactose residue...
5906926 Method for modified manufacture of cellulose carbamate  
A method for the manufacture of cellulose carbamate, whereby cellulose pulp is preliminarily activated by alkaline, hydrothermal and/or enzymatic treatment, then the activated cellulose pulp is...
5905035 Fungus useful for chitin production  
The present invention relates to Mucoriopsis ellipsoidus fungus. The invention also provides methods of extracting chitin from Mucoriopsis ellipsoidus and the chitin produced by this process.
5888757 Cell wall assay  
Disclosed are methods that can be used to (1) measure the level of polysaccharide in a sample; (2) measure the ability of a compound to degrade a polysaccharide; (3) measure the ability of a...
5886168 Low D.E. starch conversion products having a sharp differentiation in molecular size  
Starch containing amylopectin is hydrolyzed with an alpha-amylase, preferably derived from Bacillus stearothermophilus, under conditions which cause a non-random cleavage of the starch molecules to...
5876981 Transglycosylation reactions employing β-galactosidase  
β-Galactosides are synthesized using a transglycosylation reaction catalyzed by β-galactosidase. The reaction employs a carbohydrate donor having a glycosidic leaving group attached to its...
5876982 Strain of Klebsiella pneumoniae, subsp. pneumoniae, and a process for the production of a polysaccharide containing L-fucose  
The present invention discloses a new strain of Klebsiella pneumoniae subsp. pneumoniae BEC1000 CNCMI-1507 which produces industrially useful quantities of a polysaccharide containing L-fucose....
5874261 Method for the purification of glycosyltransferases  
A reiterative method for obtaining the glycosyltransferases useful for glycosyltransferase-catalyzed synthesis of a saccharide composition by serially bonding preselected saccharide units onto an...
5871978 Method of producing reticulated cellulose having type II crystalline cellulose  
A method and media are provided for producing bacterial cellulose under agitated culture conditions resulting in sustained production over an average of 70 hours of at least 0.1 g/liter per hour...
5871772 Sodium hyaluronate viscous solutions for use as masking fluid in therapeutic photokeratectomy by means of excimer laser  
Sodium hyaluronate viscous aqueous solutions of molecular weight from 1,200,000 to 2,200,000 Daltons at concentrations from 0.10% to 0.40% by weight are proposed for use as masking fluid in...
5869297 Nanofiltration process for making dextrose  
A nanofilter membrane is used to filter the outflow of a food processing stream which begins with a starch slurry and ends with a glucose syrup which in its preferred form is about 95% dextrose and...
5866378 Process for the synthesis of nucleotide-6-deoxy-D-xylo-4-hexuloses  
The present invention relates to processes for the enzymatic synthesis of nucleotide-6-deoxy-D-xylo-4-hexuloses starting from a nucleoside monophosphate (NMP). These processes comprise simultaneous...
5866146 Compositions for fair-skin  
This invention provides compositions for fair-skin containing the phosphorylated polysaccharides produced by lactic acid bacteria as an effective ingredient. The phosphorylated polysaccharides are...
5863771 Saccharide composition comprising maltooligosylturanose and maltooligosylpalatinose, its preparation and uses  
A saccharide composition comprising maltooligosyl derivatives of turanose and palatinose which can be readily produced, separated, and purified in a relatively-high yield from maltooligosylsucrose...
5859333 Plants and processes for obtaining them  
Plants with an altered starch synthesizing ability are produced by incorporating into the genome of the plant at least one donor gene encoding a starch primer. The starch primer is an enzyme...
5854030 Sugar-based polymers  
Sugar-containing poly(acrylate)-based hydrogels and methods of preparing these hydrogels are disclosed. Poly(sugar acrylate)s are chemeoenzymatically prepared and crosslinked to form hydrogels,...
5849720 Enhancement of non-specific immune defenses by administration of underivatized, aqueous soluble glucans  
A method for producing soluble preparations of neutral glucan polymers is disclosed. The method involves treating whole glucan particles with a unique sequence of acid and alkaline treatments to...
5849722 Oligosaccharide having affinity for fibroblast growth factor and process for producing same  
An oligosaccharide having an affinity for fibroblast growth factor, which is composed of 8 to 18 monosaccharide residues, wherein a principal disaccharide unit comprising L-iduronic acid 2-sulfate...
5847112 Process for making capsular polysaccharides from Streptococcus pneumoniae  
Type-specific capsular polysaccharide preparations from Streptococcus pneumoniae, having on average less than about 1000 oligosaccharide repeat units per molecule, polydispersities between 1.0 and...
5846788 Process for preparing a lignocellulose-based product, and product obtainable by the process  
A process for the manufacture of a lignocellulose-based product from a lignocellulosic material comprises treating the lignocellulosic material and a phenolic polysaccharide having substituents...
5846789 Process for preparing nontoxic lipopolysaccharides from acidiphilium species  
A process for preparing a nontoxic lipopolysaccharide, which comprises (i) cultivating in a culture medium bacteria of the genus Acidophilium having accession No. MTCC 1979, (ii) separating the...
5846213 Cellulose membrane and method for manufacture thereof  
Cellulose films useful as wound and bum dressings are prepared from a solution of cellulose produced by Acetobacter xylinum in a stirred tank. The materials of this invention comprise a film of...
5834282 Heparan sulfate 6-O-sulfotransferase  
The present invention provides a heparan sulfate 6-O-sulfotransferase for selectively introducing sulfate group into hydroxyl group at C-6 of glucosamine of heparin and heparan sulfate, having the...
5834043 Lactobacillus sake like strains, production and use of their exopolysaccharides  
New Lactobacillus sake like strains are provided obtainable from meat products, which strains are capable of producing an exopolysaccharide having shear-thinning properties, even at low...
5834257 α-agarase and production process of oligosaccharides and monosaccharides  
The present inventions relate to novel α-agarase which selectively hydrolyzes the 1,3-bond of an oligosaccharide derived from agarose; a process for producing oligosaccharides and/or...
5831042 Chemically modified succinoglycans and industrial compositions comprised thereof  
Chemically modified succinoglycan polysaccharides, e.g., acidic or enzymatic hydrolysates, have a reduced content of pyruvic acid and succinic acid structural units relative to the unmodified such...
5827697 Process for preparing glucans having a cyclic structure  
The present invention provides glucans and derivatives thereof which are useful as raw materials in the starch processing industries, food and drink compositions, food additive compositions, and...
5824862 DNA encoding ATP-dependent fructose 6-phosphate 1-phosphotransferase originating from plant, recombinant vector containing the same and method for changing sugar content in plant cells under low temperature  
A DNA encoding cold stable PFK, a recombinant vector which can express a cold stable PFK in a host cell, and a method for changing sugar content in plant cells under low temperature using the...
5821358 Methods and compositions for modification of polysaccharide characteristics  
Methods and compositions are provided for the modification of polysaccharide structures using polysaccharidase binding or catalytic domains either alone or in tandem to modify the structure of...
5807844 Production of toxin binding biopolymers, use thereof  
A method for production of toxin-binding, non-toxic, modified, biopolymers and the use thereof for the treatment of septic shock, infections and toxic states and to the use of them as carriers for...
5792630 Cellulose-producing microorganism transformed with a gene for an enzyme involved in sucrose metabolism  
A method for the production of a cellulosic product, which comprises: culturing a cellulose-producing microorganism transformed with a gene for an enzyme involved in sucrose metabolism in a...
5792920 Plants with altered ability to synthesize starch and process for obtaining them  
Plants, particularly cereal plants, which have altered ability to synthesise starch are produced by inserting into the genome of the plant a gene encoding an enzyme of the starch biosynthetic...
5789209 Rapid screening method to select microorganism strains that produce a high proportion of alternan to dextran  
A rapid screening procedure to select microorganism strains that produce a high proportion of alternan to dextan and a high proportion of alternansucrase to dextransucrase is described. Strains...
5789579 Acidic polysaccharide  
The invention provides an acidic polysaccharide by culturing acidic polysaccharide-producing germ belonging to Aureobasidium sp. isolated from soil, which has no toxicity and is applicable to...
5786184 Lactic bacteria producing exopolysaccharides  
DNA fragment of genomic origin coding for at least one enzyme involved in the biosynthesis of an EPS, and capable, following the transformation of a lactic bacteria, of restoring the production of...
5780620 Non-reducing oligosaccharides and their production and use  
Novel non-reducing oligosaccharide having a structure represented by the formula of alpha-D-oligoglucosyl alpha-D-oligoglucoside is obtained by exposing either an aqueous solution which contains...
5773693 Pea ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase subunit genes and their uses  
Polynucleotides encoding Pea ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase subunits are provided that are useful for changing the phenotype of higher plants, especially the garden pea (Pisum sativum L.) and other...
5772646 Absorbent structure comprising a microbial polysaccharide and a process of making the same  
Disclosed is an absorbent structure comprising a microbial polysaccharide having improved porosity and a process of making the same. The absorbent structure may be adapted for use in an absorbent...
5759823 Ogligosaccharide enzyme substrates and inhibitors: methods and compostions  
Oligosaccharide compounds that are substrates and inhibitors of glycosyltransferase and glycosidase enzymes and compositions containing such compounds are disclosed. A method of glycosylation is...
5756317 Production of heteroplysaccharide biopolymers with xanthomonas in oil-in-water emulsion  
Heteropolysaccharide biopolymers well adopted as thickening agents are improvedly produced by microbially fermenting a carbohydrate nutrient medium, said nutrient medium comprising an oil-in-water...
5756318 Polysaccharides and preparation thereof  
A novel polysaccharide comprising (1->4) bonded α-D-glucose units represented by the following formula ##STR1## wherein R is a hydrogen atom or an acetyl group in a ratio of 7:3 is extracted...
5750876 Isoamylase gene, compositions containing it, and methods of using isoamylases  
A method of producing plant products containing modified starch content, including higher ratios of amylose to amylopectin, increase in intermediate material, or amylopectin having fewer branches...
5747297 Industrial pharmaceutical and cosmetics applications for cultured plant cell gums  
Methods of using cultured plant cell gums in the paper, adhesive, oil and gas, ink, lithography, textile, paint, ceramics, cleaning detergent, cosmetics, photography, explosive, firefighting,...
5739015 Biotransformation of chitin to chitosan  
An Alcaligenes bacterium has been isolated from municipal sewage that contains a chitin deacetylase that can deacetylate chitin to chitosan.
5739014 Polysaccharide, process for production thereof, use thereof, and agrobacterium radiobacter TNM2 strain  
A polysaccharide having a molecular weight of about 5×10 3 to 10×10 6 as measured by gel permeation chromatography and composed of 5 saccharides, viz. D-glucose, D-galactose, D-glucuronic acid,...
5733750 Process for chemical finishing of insoluble polymers  
Disclosed is a process for chemical finishing of fabrics, fibers or yarns wherein insoluble cellulosic polymers are reacted with carboxylic acids or esters thereof in the presence of a lipase. The...
5728554 Enzymatic synthesis of glycosidic linkages  
The present invention provides improved methods for the formation of glycosidic linkages. These methods are useful for the preparation of compounds of formula: NeuAcα(2➝3)Galβ(1➝4)(Fucα...
5728225 Viscous liquid compositions of xylitol and a process for preparing them  
The invention relates to viscous liquid compositions of xylitol which are noncrystallizable or which exhibit retarded crystallization, characterized by the fact that they contain: from 51% to...
5723764 Cellulose synthesis in the storage tissue of transgenic plants  
The present invention provides methods of synthesizing cellulose in the storage tissue of transgenic plants by introducing the cellulose biosynthetic enzymes into the storage tissue. Specifically,...