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6395502 Method and means for modulating PGE synthase activity  
Isolated PGE synthase, provided from encoding nucleic acid. Methods of production and use. Assays for modulators, especially inhibitors, of PGE synthase activity.
6391577 Rapid electrochemical assay for antibiotic and cytotoxic drug susceptibility in microorganisms  
This invention presents rapid methods for evaluating the effects of antimicrobial compounds on microorganisms based upon the microorganism's ability to transport electrons to an external chemical...
6387647 Cytochrome P-450 reductase screen for ergosterol biosynthesis inhibitors  
A method for screening for potential fungicides identifies biochemical or chemical agents that inhibit the formation of the fungal sterol ergosterol by inhibiting cytochrome P450 reductase or...
6383819 Method for determining cholesterol and sensor applicable to the same  
The present disclosure relates to a method for determining cholesterol in low density lipoprotein comprising the steps of (a) measuring total cholesterol level in a sample containing at least high...
6383771 Enzyme-based assay for determining effects of exogenous and endogenous factors on cellular energy  
Disclosed herein is a method for determining the effect of either endogenous and exogenous factors on the energy producing capacity of cells comprising the steps of obtaining a sample of whole...
6379883 Microfabricated aperture-based sensor  
A chemical sensor includes an enzyme layer, a diffusion layer and an analyte barrier layer positioned over the diffusion layer. Apertures are formed by microfabrication in the analyte barrier layer...
6379914 Method and apparatus for measuring use of a substrate in a microbially catalyzed reaction  
A sample substrate in a microbially catalysed biochemical reaction is measured by incubating the substrate with an excess of a microorganism and an excess of a co-substrate until the substrate is...
6380380 Use of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD) and nicotinamide adenine dinucliotide phosphate (NADP) analogs to measure enzyme activities metabolites and substrates  
Kits and methods for measuring enzyme activities and metabolites using NAD analogs and NADP analogs are disclosed. The analogs can be used as replacements for NAD and NADP cofactors in analytical...
6379915 Diagnostic compositions and devices utilizing same  
A dry chemistry dye indicator composition provides improved shelf life, stable color indication end point and capability for a system at near normal pH. The novel dry chemistry dye indication...
6376212 Polypeptide compounds and nucleotide sequences promoting resistance to eutypa dieback in plants  
The subject of the invention is a nucleotide sequence coding for an enzyme with eutypine reductase activity, capable of metabolizing the eutypine synthesized in plants by a fungus of the Eutypa...
6365363 Method of determining skin tissue cholesterol  
A method of determining skin tissue cholesterol includes preparing a section of skin surface, applying a dosed amount of an enzyme-containing mixture onto the skin, exposing, evaluating the...
6361960 Method and test kit for measuring concentration of a cleaning agent in a wash liquor  
A method of determining the concentration of a surfactant-based neutral cleaner in a wash liquor, a hand-held apparatus, and a test kit for carrying out the method are provided. According to the...
6361961 Gravity responsive NADH oxidase of the plasma membrane  
A method and apparatus for sensing gravity using an NADH oxidase of the plasma membrane which has been found to respond to unit gravity and low centrifugal g forces. The oxidation rate of NADH...
6358754 (Bio)chemical reagent solid phases, process for their production and their applications  
Novel solid phase reaction supports are disclosed. The solid phase reaction supports include (a) a solid phase carrier having a multiplicity of NH 2 functional groups; (b) a coupling compound...
6350601 Enzyme composition for use as a clinical diagnostic reagent  
Disclosed is a stabilized enzyme composition for use in clinical examination, comprising: (a) an enzyme component comprising at least two enzymes selected from the group consisting of alkaline...
6350577 Plasmids originating in ammonia oxidizing bacteria and use of the same  
There are provided a plasmid characterized by having the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, a plasmid characterized by having the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2, a plasmid characterized by...
6344332 Methods for the rapid detection of actively respiring microorganisms  
A method for the rapid detection of actively respiring microorganisms comprises the steps of detecting the presence of microorganisms utilizing microbial enzymatic conversion of tetrazolium salts...
6342364 Cholesterol sensor and method of determining cholesterol  
The present invention provides a sensor that electrochemically determines cholesterol in low density lipoprotein by only one feed of a sample. The sensor has: an electrode system that is mounted on...
6340597 Electrochemical biosensors and process for their preparation  
The present invention concerns new electrochemical biosensors for the determination of analytes concentration in sample solutions or suspensions, based on composite transducers containing an...
6326160 Microprocessors for use in a device for predicting physiological values  
The invention relates generally to methods, systems, and devices for measuring the concentration of target analytes present in a biological system using a series of measurements obtained from a...
6326164 Methods for determining deoxyxylulose 5-phosphate synthase activity  
The invention is directed to methods and compositions for the determination of deoxyxylulose 5-phosphate synthase (DXPS) activity. The methods and compositions of the invention are amenable to...
6316214 ETM-775 metabolite of ecteinascidin 743  
The purification and structure elucidation of several products of the metabolism of Et 743 by human cytochrome CYP3A4 have been accomplished. These compounds are abbreviated herein as "ETM"...
6312917 Method of screening candidate compounds for susceptibility to oxidative metabolism  
A method of screening a candidate compound for susceptibility to metabolism by a selected enzyme. The method includes the steps of reacting the candidate compound, an indicator compound precursor...
6309851 Method for producing a recombinant protein  
A method to inhibit the function of a class of bacterial periplasmic oxidoreductase enzymes, exemplified by TcpG of Vibrio cholerae, DsbA of E. coli, and Por of Haemophilus influenzae, is...
6300092 Methods of use of a novel lysyl oxidase-related protein  
Novel Lor-2 polypeptides, proteins, and nucleic acid molecules are disclosed. In addition to isolated, full-length Lor-2 proteins, the invention further provides isolated Lor-2 fusion proteins,...
6274565 Inhibitor of activation of β-glucan recognition protein  
The present invention relates to an inhibitor of an activation of β-glucan recognition protein in a body fluid of an insect comprising a sugar compound comprising plural member of sugar residues,...
6268192 Delta 1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate reductase homolog  
The invention provides a human delta 1-pyrroline-5-carboxylate reductase homolog (P5CRH) and polynucleotides which identify and encode P5CRH. The invention also provides expression vectors, host...
6268161 Biosensor  
A biosensor (10) has a pH-sensitive polymeric hydrogel (30) in a rigid and preferably biocompatible enclosure (20). The hydrogel (30) includes an immobilized oxidoreductase enzyme such as glucose...
6268166 Method of quantitative assay for 1,5-anhydroglucitol  
There is provided an enzymatic method of rapid quantitative assay for 1,5-anhydroglucitol which is also applicable to an automated analysis device. The enzymatic method of quantitative assay for...
6265178 Assay for determining oxazolidinone antibiotics having minimum monoamine oxidase inhibitory activity  
Anti-microbial oxazolidinone antibiotics are provided having formula I and formula II wherein R 1 is methyl, ethyl, cyclopropyl, or dichloromethyl; R 2 and R 3 are independently hydrogen or...
6265179 Detection of phosphate using coupled enzymatic reactions  
Inorganic phosphate may be detected and optionally quantified via the coupling of a phosphate-dependent enzymatic reaction with an enzyme system that generates hydrogen peroxide in the presence of...
6255063 Disease conditions by measuring lysophosphatidic acid  
The present invention is an enzymatic method and diagnostic kits for detecting and quantifying the presence of one or more lysophospholids in a sample of bodily fluid taken from a test subject. The...
6251622 Screening methods for presqualene diphosphate analogs  
The present invention is directed to presqualene diphosphate (PSDP) analogs having an active region of natural PSDP and a metabolic transformation region resistant to rapid intracellular...
6248553 Enzyme method for detecting lysophospholipids and phospholipids and for detecting and correlating conditions associated with altered levels of lysophospholipids  
The present invention is an enzymatic method and diagnostic kits for detecting and quantifying the presence of one or more lysophospholids in a sample of bodily fluid taken from a test subject. The...
6235495 Methods for the quantitation of oxidized glutathione  
The present invention is directed to a method for determining the level of oxidized glutathione, or the ratio of reduced glutathione to oxidized glutathione, in a biological sample utilizing the...
6235491 Assay utilizing magnetic particles  
6232060 Assay system for anti-stress agents  
Methods and compositions are provided for screening compounds for anti-stress activity. A rat hepatoma-derived cell line is employed, which is particularly responsive to mitochondrial function...
6225078 Method for quantitative measurement of a substrate  
The invention provides a method for quantitative measurement of a substrate with high accuracy by electrochemically oxidizing an electron mediator which has been reduced by enzyme reaction thereby...
6210895 Ho-1 as a diagnostic and prognostic test for dementing diseases  
The invention relates to a method for predicting the onset of, diagnosing, and/or prognosticating dementing diseases. The method comprises determining the concentration of heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1)...
6210918 Non-invasive method for detection, diagnosis or prediction of term or pre-term labor  
Methods for diagnosis, detection and prediction of preterm labor by detecting levels of nitric oxide in myometrium using non-invasive non-surgical methods for detection of nitric oxide in blood,...
6207404 Coumarin-based CYP3A fluorescent assay reagents  
Novel fluorescent substrates of human cytochrome P450 enzymes are provided. Also provided are methods for their manufacture and use. These substrates are useful in assessing cytochrome P450 enzyme...
6204001 Methods for determining compounds capable of inhibiting the activities of the Ha-Ras oncongene  
This invention provides a method for determining whether a compound is capable of suppressing ras functions comprising: (a) contacting an effective amount of the compound with Ha-ras transformed...
6204039 Plant isocitrate dehydrogenase homologs  
This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding an isocitrate dehydrogenase. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the...
6200772 Modified polyurethane membrane sensors and analytical methods  
Sensor devices, and analytical methods using them, employing a detector protected from direct contact with samples being examined by a membrane made of a polyurethane modified with a non-ionic...
6200771 Method of using a novel phosphodiesterase in pharmaceutical screeing to identify compounds for treatment of neoplasia  
A method for identifying compounds useful for the treatment of neoplasia involves acertaining whether such compounds exhibit an ability to inhibit a PDE that is characterized by cGMP specificity,...
6197534 Engineered proteins for analyte sensing  
Disclosed are methods and sensors for detecting the presence or concentration of an analyte in a sample, preferably a sugar such as glucose, which preferably utilizes a labeled engineered protein,...
6194164 Method for quantitating cholesterol present in low density lipoproteins  
A method for quantifying LDL cholesterol, by which LDL cholesterol is separately quantified simply without requiring complicated centrifuge operation is disclosed. The method for quantifying...
6194222 Methods for monitoring the status of assays and immunoassays  
The invention relates in part to the use of independent assay controls (IACs) for the optical communication between an assay device and an instrument in monitoring and performing assays, preferably...
6183981 Diagnostic assay for late-onset Alzheimer's disease  
The present invention provides a quantitative assay for early diagnosis of late-onset sporadic AD in living individuals using peripheral tissue biopsy. The assay may also be used for post-mortem...
6177260 Measurement of antioxidant (reducing) power and/or antioxidant concentration  
A method for measuring the antioxidant capacity and/or the amount of a specific antioxidant in a sample, which comprises: a) at least two samples (A) and (B) to be assayed in parallel; b)...