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6448082 DNA sequences containing a conjugative transfer mechanism  
The invention relates to a DNA sequence capable of being transferred by conjugation, which comprises the sequence SEQ ID No: 2. The invention further relates to the use of this DNA sequence and to...
6448471 Nematode-feeding structure specific gene and its application to produce nematode resistant plants  
The invention provides a regulatory DNA sequence obtainable from Arabidopsis thaliana that is capable of promoting root knot and cyst nematode-inducible transcription of an associated DNA sequence...
6448047 Sample processing to release nucleic acids for direct detection  
The present invention describes compositions and methods for releasing nucleic acids from cells in a form that is suitable for labeling/capture, amplification, or detection in a single reagent...
6444787 Method of isolating a peptide which immunologically mimics microbial carbohydrates including group B streptococcal carbohydrates and the use thereof in a vaccine  
This invention relates to new vaccines against microorganisms based on antigenically mimetic peptides. The invention also relates to methods of discovering such mimetic peptides by first screening...
6444445 Live vaccine against Brucellosis  
Live Brucella vaccines and methods for preparing the live vaccines protective against brucellosis are described. The vaccines are prepared by introducing a deletion in the rfbU gene of a strain of...
6444459 Apparatus having pitted or cratered inner surface for culturing biological material and methods thereof  
An apparatus for culturing biological material such as cells and methods of using the apparatus are disclosed. The apparatus may comprise a rough or uneven growth surface. The growth surface may be...
6440713 Methods and compositions for suppressing growth of pathogenic microbes  
Compositions comprising a plurality of yeast cells, wherein said plurality of yeast cells have been cultured in the presence of an alternating electric field having a specific frequency and a...
6436694 Regulable gene expression in gram-positive bacteria  
A system has been constructed which is suitable for tetracycline-inducible gene expression in Gram-positive bacteria such as Staphylococcus aureus and Bacillus subtilis . The replicon/host gene...
6436639 Bak promoter expression system  
Polynucleotides which regulate the expression of a gene involved in apoptosis is described. Also provided are methods for identifying agents that modulate expression of a gene involved in apoptosis.
6436399 Nucleic acid encoding the major outer membrane protein of the causative agent of human granulocytic ehrlichiosis and peptides encoded thereby  
The present invention relates to diagnostic tools for serodiagnosing HGE. The diagnostic tools are structurally related proteins, the “Group 44 proteins”, and to antibodies to such proteins....
6432691 High-yield dual-buffered bacterial growth medium  
A novel growth medium called “H15” is disclosed that supports much higher E. coli cell densities and, concomitantly, a much higher yield of plasmid than previously reported for small-scale...
6432468 Domestic fowl eggs having a high content of highly unsaturated fatty acid, their production process and their use  
The present invention provides domestic fowl eggs having a high content of arachidonic acid and optionally docosahexaenoic acid obtained by feeding egg-laying domestic fowls ω6 highly unsaturated...
6429002 Reticulated cellulose producing acetobacter strains  
Acetobacter strains are identified as stable under agitated culture conditions and exhibit substantially reduced gluconic and keto-gluconic acids production. A method and media for producing...
6428975 Methods for determining the presence or absence of microorganisms in lipid-containing compositions  
The present invention provides methods of validating the sterility of compositions which contain large quantities of lipids, and especially those lipid compounds which contain quantities of...
6426195 Method for silver staining a pathologic sample  
A method of silver staining a pathologic sample is disclosed. The method involves the reduction of silver diamine complexes bound to components of the sample by a reducing agent released from a...
6423529 Composition useful for the early diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis and a process for preparing the same  
This invention is relation to a composition useful for the early diagnosis of visceral leishmaniasis comprising trypsinised and commassie brilliant blue stained Leishmania promastigotes and a...
6423512 Fusion polypeptides  
Fusion polypeptides and salts thereof comprising at least one IgE-binding domain fused to at least one human serum albumin component, optionally via a peptide linker, and in particular, dimeric...
6420146 Process for the preparation of stable yeast crystals for enhanced production of ethanol  
The invention provides a process for the preparation of stable yeast crystals for enhanced production of ethanol, said process comprising the steps of culturing yeast Sacchromyces spp. in a growth...
6420138 Expression control sequences  
Expression control sequences are provided for the expression of proteins from a gene of interest. The gene may express viral, prokaryotic, or eukaryotic proteins. These control sequences are...
6413763 Method of removing gas from a site using gas vesicles of cells  
A method for removing a gas compound from a site comprising placing cells having gas vesicles under conditions that induce the cells to float to a surface of an aqueous medium, harvesting the cells...
6410281 Reducing corrosion in a fermentor by providing sodium with a non-chloride sodium salt  
A process is provided for growing the microflora Thraustochytrium, Schizochytrium, and mixtures thereof, which includes the growing of the microflora in fermentation medium containing non-chloride...
6410041 Culturing cells in presence of amphipathic weak bases and/or cations and multiple drug resistance inhibitor containing reserpine  
Methods are provided relating to the enhanced cytoplasmic accumulation of amphipathic weakly basic or amphipathic cationic molecules in prokaryotes and eukaryotes under conditions of high...
6410244 Method for preparing plasmids, and uses related thereto  
The invention relates to methods of preparing plasmid pools by growing colonies in discrete wells of a semi-solid or gelatinous medium. This method may facilitate colony collection, reduce colony...
6410508 Glucose-dependent insulinotropic peptide for use as an osteotropic hormone  
The examples demonstrate that GIP receptor mRNA and protein are present in normal bone and osteoblastic-like cell lines, and that high-affinity receptors for GIP can be demonstrated by 125 I GIP...
6406889 509HK  
The invention provides 509HK polypeptides and polynucleotides encoding 509HK polypeptides and methods for producing such polypeptides by recombinant techniques. Also provided are methods for...
6406883 Lmb gene of Streptococcus agalactiae  
The present invention provides polynucleotides coding for the mature Lmb streptococcal adhesion mediator polypeptides. The polynucleotides were obtained from a genomic library obtained from Group B...
6406840 Cell arrays and the uses thereof  
The present invention provides cell arrays comprising a plurality of tubes containing populations of cells that are immobilized therein. The arrays are particularly useful for conducting...
6406879 Device and method for testing biocidal efficacy of a liquid  
A test device and a method for assessing the biocidal efficacy of a liquid are disclosed. The device includes: a vessel, an inlet in communication with said vessel, means for introducing a...
6403376 Ultra rapid freezing for cell cryopreservation  
A method for preserving biological material includes the steps of placing the biological material in thermal contact with a cryogenically coolable environment, cooling the surrounding environment...
6399385 Methods for rapid PEG-modification of viral vectors, compositions for enhanced gene transduction, compositions with enhanced physical stability, and uses therefor  
A rapid method for modifying a viral capsid or envelope protein with a polyethylene glycol (PEG) is described. Also provided are methods of delivering a molecule using the PEG-modified viruses of...
6399370 Compositions and methods for use of defensin  
The invention relates to mammalian beta defensin and methods of use thereof for treatment of microbial infection.
6395533 Recovering microorganisms from soil by suspending soil in a citrate buffer  
Microorganisms are recovered from soil by suspending a soil sample containing the microorganisms in a buffer solution comprising an organic acid of 3 or more carbon atoms, and then separating the...
6391586 Nucleic acid molecules encoding a secreted neural adhesion protein  
The invention features a method for identifying a cDNA nucleic acid encoding a mammalian protein having a signal sequence, which method includes the following steps: (a) providing library of...
6391588 Nucleic acid molecules encoding truncated insulin-like growth factor binding-5 proteins  
Purified compounds comprising truncated insulin-like growth factor binding protein (IGFBP) capable of binding to an antibody specific for the compound or to an insulin-like growth factor wherein...
6391591 Biotechnological process for preparing N-acetylmannosamine  
Novel microorganisms, which can be obtained by the following selection method: (a) microorganisms which grow using N-acetylglucosamine as the sole carbon source are cultivated in a customary...
6387657 WISP polypeptides and nucleic acids encoding same  
Wnt-1-Induced Secreted Proteins (WISPs) are provided, whose genes are induced at least by Wnt-1. Also provided are nucleic acid molecules encoding those polypeptides, as well as vectors and host...
6383745 Methods of screening for anti-microbial utilizing aarC and compositions thereof  
The present invention provides an oligonucleotide (aarC) which encodes a novel bacterial polypeptide (AarC) that is essential for the viability of bacteria. The invention provides recombinant...
6384018 Polynucleotide tuberculosis vaccine  
Genes encoding Mycobacterium tuberculosis ( M.tb ) proteins were cloned into eukaryotic expression vectors to express the encoded proteins in mammalian muscle cells in vivo. Animals were...
6383798 Method for selecting desiccation tolerant strains of bacteria  
The present invention pertains to a method of identifying and selecting desiccation tolerant strains of bacteria and a method of producing a desiccated formulation of the identified strains.
6379945 Gene switch  
The invention relates to an insect steroid receptor protein which is capable of acting as a gene switch which is responsive to a chemical inducer enabling external control of the gene.
6379925 Angiogenic modulation by notch signal transduction  
This invention provides methods of modulating angiogenesis, including promoting or inhibiting angiogenesis, e.g., in connection with treating abnormalities including hemangiomas, hemangiosarcomas,...
6376228 Heterophil-adapted poultry vaccine  
A method for vaccinating poultry to prevent salmonellosis and other microbial-related health problems in humans is described. The method involves isolation of a poultry heterophil-adapted strain of...
6372897 Mimotopic polypeptides of toxoplasma gondii and applications  
The invention relates to a polypeptide capable of reacting specifically with an anti- Toxoplasma gondii P30 protein antibody, and comprising a peptide sequence, in which any succession of 6...
6368838 Adhering cells to cytophilic islands separated by cytophobic regions to form patterns and manipulate cells  
Methods and a device are provided for adhering cells in a specific and predetermined position. The device comprises a plate defining a surface and a plurality of cytophilic islands that adhere...
6365392 Filariid nematode cysteine protease nucleic acid molecules and uses thereof  
The present invention provides for filariid nematode cysteine protease proteins; to filariid nematode cysteine protease nucleic acid molecules, in particular, Dirofilaria immitis L3 larval...
6358724 Isolation and composition of novel glycosidases  
Substantially pure glycosidases capable for cleaving selected glycosidic bonds have been described including glycosidases isolated from Xanthomonas and recombinant glycosidases. Substrate...
6358702 Polynucleotides encoding human Hox C10  
This invention relates to newly identified polynucleotides, polypeptides encoded by such polynucleotides, the use of such polynucleotides and polypeptides, as well as the production of such...
6358704 M protein  
The invention provides M Protein polypeptides and DNA (RNA) encoding M Protein polypeptides and methods for producing such polypeptides by recombinant techniques. Also provided are methods for...
6355474 Immunostimulatory and metastasis inhibiting fermented vegetal material  
The invention concerns an immunostimulatory and metastasis inhibiting fermented, dried vegetal material, pharmaceutical compositions containing the latter, the production process and the use of the...
6350587 Bacillus strain and antibiotic screening method  
A Bacillus strain has a chromosome with the following modifications: a mutation of a spoIIIE gene which blocks transfer of the prespore chromosome; a mutation which prevents loss of SpoOJ function...