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7632667 Mutan endonuclease with substrate-specific cleavage activity  
A novel mutant endonuclease V not exhibiting a nonspecific nucleic acid cleavage activity but showing a specific activity. The present invention relates to a mutant endonuclease V not exhibiting a...
7632652 Enzyme-catalyzed metal deposition for the enhanced in situ detection of immunohistochemical epitopes and nucleic acid sequences  
The invention is directed to novel compositions of matter and methods of detecting in situ an immunohistochemical epitope or nucleic acid sequence of interest in a biological sample comprising...
7598053 Plant gene and uses thereof  
A novel gene isolated from Deschampsia antarctica coding for a lipase like protein is disclosed. A system for production of recombinant enzyme is also disclosed as well as uses for the enzyme.
7592140 2′, 5′-oligoadenylate phosphodiesterase  
Polypeptides having 2′,5′-oligoadenylate phosphodiesterase activity, antibodies against the polypeptides, polynucleotides coding for the polypeptides, recombinant plasmid DNAs into which the...
7575884 Test piece for measuring high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol  
The present invention relates to a test piece having a simple structure, by which HDL cholesterol can be measured easily using a small amount of specimen. A reagent layer ( 2 ) is formed on a...
7576070 Method for producing pectin hydrolysis products  
The present invention relates to methods for the production of pectin hydrolysis products, the pectin hydrolysis products produced in this manner, as well as their use.
7572598 Preparation comprising albumin esterified with a labeled substance for diagnosis of pancreatic exocrine function  
A preparation for the diagnosis of pancreatic exocrine function by determining the amount in which a substance administered to a subject or a degradation product or metabolite thereof migrates into...
7572617 Thermostable ribonuclease H obtained from Archeoglobus profundus  
An isolated polypeptide having a thermostable ribonuclease H activity from Archaeoglobus profundus is highly useful in genetic engineering, as well as a gene encoding this polypeptide and a...
7560261 Nucleic acid sequences encoding CEL II endonuclease  
The present invention relates to isolated nucleic acid sequences encoding CEL II endonuclease and vectors and host cells for producing a protein encoded thereby.
7550272 Method for diagnosis of pancreatic exocrine function  
A preparation for the diagnosis of pancreatic exocrine function by determining the amount in which a substance administered to a subject or a degradation product or metabolite thereof migrates into...
7550262 PTPN11 (SHP-2) mutations and cancer  
Diagnostic and therapeutic applications for certain types of cancer and precancerous conditions, including those deriving from hematologic cells, are described. Of particular interest are those...
7537912 Methods of measuring luminogenic activity with a protected coelenterazine  
A method of measuring the enzymatic activity of a luciferase includes contacting a luminogenic protein, such as a luciferase, with a protected luminophore to form a composition; and detecting light...
7527924 Method and apparatus for viable and nonviable prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell quantitation  
A rapid method for the quantitation of various live cell types is described. The method may include a variety of steps including: 1) suspending the cells in a detergent-like compound, 2) isolating...
7521546 Branched and multi-chain nucleic acid switches for sensing and screening  
Embodiments of the invention relate to a branched or multichain nucleic acid switch adapted to switch from a first conformation to a second conformation upon ligand binding. The switch includes a...
7514234 Rapid diagnostic method for distinguishing allergies and infections and nasal secretion collection unit  
A method and device for rapidly, non-invasively and inexpensively differentiating between allergic rhinitis, upper respiratory tract viral infection and bacterial sinusitis, comprising a support...
7507395 Methods of using fluorescent pH indicators for intracellular assays  
Systems, including compositions and methods, for measuring pH, particularly in cells, organelles, and other samples. The compositions include pH-sensitive fluorescent and fluorogenic...
7507551 Multiple quantification method for cholesterol in low-density lipoproteins  
The present invention is intended to provide a method for simultaneously measuring cholesterol in low density lipoprotein and total cholesterol as test components in blood. Specifically, a method...
7504235 Enzyme detection technique  
A diagnostic test kit for detecting the presence or absence of an enzyme (e.g., leukocyte esterase) within a test sample is provided. The test kit comprises a substrate that is capable of being...
7491542 Test device for determining the concentration of LDL-cholesterol in a sample  
The present invention provides a test device for determining the concentration of LDL-cholesterol in a sample. The test device has a continuous solid surface with at least one reaction area on the...
7473542 Cysteinized ribonuclease and targeting moiety conjugated thereto  
A cysteinized variant of an RNase disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 6,239,257 B1 is disclosed. A targeting moiety can be conjugated to the cysteine residue.
7459285 Compounds and methods of use thereof for assaying lysophospholipase D activity  
Fluorogenic lysophosphatidic acid derivatives which can be used as substrates in a continuous, fluorogenic assay that can be performed in microtiter plates. The assays permit measuring LysoPLD...
7452706 Recombinant bacterial phytases and uses thereof  
A purified recombinant phytase enzyme derived from Escherichia coli B. The enzyme has a molecular weight of about 47.1 kilodaltons and has phytase activity. The enzyme can be produced from native...
7442535 Fusion protein incorporating a cysteinized ribonuclease  
A fusion protein contains a cysteinized variant of an RNase disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 6,239,257 B1.
7432097 Phytases, nucleic acids encoding them and methods of making and using them  
In one aspect, the invention provides a purified and modified phytase enzyme from Escherichia coli K12 appA phytase. The enzyme has phytase activity and improved thermal tolerance as compared...
7416703 Polymer based lanthanide luminescent sensors for the detection of organophosphorus compounds  
A device for measuring and detecting the organophosphonis compounds, such as a pesticides or a nerve agents is provided. The devices function by selectively binding an organophosphorous compound to...
7416875 Cytotoxic ribonuclease variants  
This invention relates to altered forms of members of the RNase A superfamily. An RNase A can be modified to be cytotoxic by altering its amino acid sequence so that it is not bound easily by the...
7416856 High sensitivity assay for detection of nucleoside diphosphate production  
The present invention provides assays for detecting ADP, GDP and inorganic phosphate. These assays can be used directly to detect the presence of ADP, GDP and inorganic phosphate or can be used as...
7407785 Human DNase I hyperactive variants  
The present invention relates to amino acid sequence variants of human DNase I that have increased DNA-hydrolytic activity. The invention provides nucleic acid sequences encoding such hyperactive...
7402310 Deoxyribonuclease, gene encoding same and use thereof  
This invention provides a novel acid DNase (DLAD) which is an endonuclease capable of cleaving DNA independently from divalent cations, under acidic conditions, which retains its activity in acidic...
7396669 Mammalian endonucleases and methods of use  
Isolated mammalian Mus81-Eme endonuclease complexes comprise an Mus81 protein portion and an Eme protein portion. A method of identifying a chemical compound that modulates mammalian cellular...
7378254 Compositions and assays utilizing ADP or phosphate for detecting protein modulators  
Described herein are methods which identify candidate agents as binding to a protein or as a modulator of the binding characteristics or biological activity of a protein. Generally, the methods...
7374898 Peptide inhibitors against seprase  
The invention generally relates compositions and methods for the treatment of patients with melanoma and other malignant cancers. The compositions of the present invention are novel peptide...
7368237 Cell death-related nucleases and their uses  
An assay uses apoptotic nucleases to screen for apoptosis modulators, in a method of modulating apoptosis, and in a method of aiding in a diagnosis of a disease, among other methods. materials for...
7351542 Methods of modulating tubulin deacetylase activity  
The present invention provides methods for identifying agents that modulate a level or an activity of tubulin deacetylase polypeptide, as well as agents identified by the methods. The invention...
7344703 Mycobacterial sulfation pathway proteins and methods of use thereof  
Novel mycobacterial sulfation pathway proteins and polypeptides related thereto, as well as nucleic acid compositions encoding the same, are provided. The subject polypeptide and nucleic acid...
7335483 Method of pretreatment of sample for quantitating cholesterol and method for quantitating cholesterol in specific lipoproteins by using the same  
A method of a pretreatment of a sample for quantitating cholesterol characterized by, before measuring cholesterol contained in specific lipoproteins, treating the sample containing lipoproteins...
7319029 Lipase from Geobacillus sp. strain T1  
A biologically pure culture of Geobacillus Strain T1 bacteria isolated from Palm Oil Mill Effluent capable of producing thermostable lipase T1 gene. The production of thermostable lipase T1 gene...
7309596 Isolated monomers of a type II serine proteinase inhibitor  
The present invention relates generally to proteinase inhibitors, a precursor thereof and to genetic sequences encoding same. More particularly, the present invention relates to isolated monomers...
7309580 Chromogenic plating medium for the rapid presumptive identification of Bacillus anthrasis, Bacillus cereus, and Bacillus thuringiensis  
A plating medium for the presumptive identification of Bacillus cereus, Bacillus thuringiensis and/or Bacillus anthrasis that includes a nutrient base to facilitate growth of Bacillus cereus,...
7291478 Rapid screening and analysis of present and potential nerve agents and their degradation products  
Methods are described for detecting organophosphorus compounds in a sample.
7285385 Methods for analyzing animal products  
The present invention provides methods for analysing animal products. In particular methods for differentiating animal products on the basis of breed origin or validating an animal product are...
7282347 Method for extracting quantitative information relating to interactions between cellular components  
A method is described to assay for protein interactions in living cells, e.g. by the introduction of two heterologous conjugates into the cell. The method uses the measurement of cellular...
7279277 Methods for clinical diagnosis  
A method for the identification of human foetal cell nuclei is provided wherein the method involves subjecting chromosomes of cell nuclei to exonucleolytic digestion by an enzyme so as to remove...
7273739 Nucleic acid molecules encoding endonucleases and methods of use thereof  
We describe here an in vitro method of increasing complementarity in a heteroduplex polynucleotide sequence. The method uses annealing of opposite strands to form a polynucleotide duplex with...
7270974 Rapid diagnostic method for detecting bacterial sinusitis  
A method and device for rapidly, non-invasively and inexpensively differentiating between allergic rhinitis, upper respiratory tract viral infection and bacterial sinusitis, comprising a support...
7271198 Method of treating autoimmune diseases  
A method of treating an autoimmune disease comprising administering to the subject a treatment effective amount of a histone hyperacetylating agent, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
7270975 Methods for regulating bud-hypha transitions and cAMP levels in Candida albicans  
The infection of a mammalian host by a microorganism can be prevented or treated through the alteration of the C. albicans homologue of the high affinity phosphodiesterase, PDE2, gene and/or the...
7250267 Cross-reactive sensors  
The present invention provides a novel cross-reactive sensor system utilizing cross-reactive recognition elements. In the inventive system, each of said one or more cross-reactive recognition...
7247445 2-O sulfatase compositions and methods of hydrolyzing therewith  
The invention relates to 2-O sulfatase and uses thereof. In particular, the invention relates to recombinantly produced 2-O sulfatase, functional variants and nucleic acid molecules that encode...
7244603 Purified HpyC1I and its use as a restriction endonuclease  
Disclosed is a novel type II restriction endonuclease. Such enzyme recognizes a particular non-palindromic sequence of 5 oligonucleotides and cleaves DNA downstream of the DNA recognition sequence...