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7390894 Glutathione S-transferase sequence variants  
Isolated GSTO2 nucleic acid molecules that include a nucleotide sequence variant and nucleotides flanking the sequence variant are described, as well as GSTO2 allozymes. Methods for determining if...
7390646 Bacterial vectors and methods of use thereof  
The present invention provides a live, attenuated, invasive bacterium that infects a mammalian host cell, and releases exogenous RNA into the cytoplasm of the host cell. The present invention...
7390645 Lactose repressor proteins with increased operator DNA binding affinity  
The present invention provides altered lac repressor proteins that recognize the lactose operator with increased affinity and have either normal or enhanced ligand responsivity. For example, the...
7390644 Production of exopolysaccharides unattached to the surface of bacterial cells  
The present invention is directed to a Sphingomonas bacteria and a method of producing exopolysaccharides by culturing a Shpingomonas bacteria in a fermentation broth for a time and temperature...
7390643 Geranyl diphosphate synthase molecules, and nucleic acid molecules encoding same  
In one aspect, the present invention provides isolated nucleic acid molecules that each encode a geranyl diphosphate synthase protein, wherein each isolated nucleic acid molecule hybridizes to a...
7390642 Salutaridinol 7-O-acetyltransferase and derivatives thereof  
This invention provides: (A) a protein the sequence of which is in FIG. 8 (SEQ. ID n° 14), or a fragment thereof having at least 15 amino acids, or a variant thereof, having at least 70%...
7390640 Circular permutant GFP insertion folding reporters  
Provided are methods of assaying and improving protein folding using circular permutants of fluorescent proteins, including circular permutants of GFP variants and combinations thereof. The...
7390639 Staphylococcal nuclease fusion proteins for the production of recombinant peptides  
Peptides are produced as fusions with a suitable carrier protein. The carrier protein disclosed herein are adapted from the N-terminal domain of staphylococcus nuclease. This novel carrier...
7388084 Promoter motifs in Candida tropicalis  
The present invention provides modified promoters from Candida troplicalis CYP and POX4 genes. The modified promoters have various sequence motifs added, deleted, or altered in order to modulate...
7388077 Polypeptides having antimicrobial activity and polynucleotides encoding the same  
The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having antimicrobial activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs,...
7387893 Vectors, cells and processes for pyrimidine deoxyribonucleosides production  
Novel DNA constructs and host cells comprising the same are disclosed. DNA constructs comprise a transcription unit (e.g. operon) comprising DNA sequences encoding for ribonucleotide reductase and...
7384776 Expression vectors for increasing protein yield from a cell culture and methods of use thereof  
Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for increasing protein production from a cell culture. By switching the cells from a replicative to a productive state (RP switch), protein...
7384775 Streptococcus pneumoniae open reading frames encoding polypeptide antigens and uses thereof  
The present invention relates to newly identified open reading frames comprised within the genomic nucleotide sequence of Streptococcus pneumoniae , wherein the open reading frames encode...
7384768 Nucleic acids and polypeptides specific for pathogenic strains of the Neisseria genus  
The invention concerns nucleic acids coding for polypeptides specific of the Neisseria genus pathogenic strains, the corresponding polypeptides, and their diagnostic and therapeutic applications.
7384766 Gene-substituted microorganisms, and production method of polyesters using the same  
The present invention provides a recombinant microbial strain capable of stably producing a polyhydroxyalkanoic acid (PHA) at a high production rate in an industrial fermentation process. The...
7384640 Mutant cholera holotoxin as an adjuvant  
A mutant cholera holotoxin featuring a point mutation at amino acid 29 of the A subunit, wherein the glutamic acid residue is replaced by an amino acid other than aspartic acid, is useful as an...
7381798 Recombinant antibody recognizing dioxin and gene encoding the antibody  
The present invention relates to a novel recombinant antibody having a binding activity to 2,3,4,7,8-pentachlorodibenzofuran (2,3,4,7,8-PeCDF), a gene encoding its amino acid sequence, a vector...
7381557 Compositions and methods for bacterial immunity and secretion of proteins  
Attenuated strains of Gram negative bacteria carrying a mutation in one or more ysc genes or homologs are provided, as are methods of use for immunization against infection with a pathogenic strain...
7381555 Lactobacillus N-deoxyribosyl transferases, corresponding nucleotide sequences and their uses  
The invention concerns novel polypeptides and their fragments, isolated from Lactobacillus , having at least a N-deoxyribosyl transferase activity, the polynucleotides encoding said polypeptides,...
7381554 UDP-N-acetylglucosamine: galactose-β1,3-N-acetylgalactosamine-α-R/N-acetylglucosamine-β1,3-N-acetylgalactosamine-α-R (GlcNAc to GalNAc) β1,6-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase, C2/4GnT  
A novel gene defining a novel human UDP-GlcNAc: Gal/Gl cNAcβ 1-3GalNAc αβ1, 6GlcNAc-transferase, termed C2/4GnT, with unique enzymatic properties is disclosed. The enzymatic activity of C2/4GnT...
7381548 Method for producing L-amino acid using bacterium of Enterobacteriaceae family having expression of yafA gene attenuated  
The present invention provides a method for producing an L-amino acid using a bacterium of the Enterobacteriaceae family, particularly a bacterium belonging to genus Escherichia or Pantoea ,...
7381544 Nucleic acid that encodes a fusion protein  
This invention provides fusion polypeptides that include a glycosyltransferase catalytic domain and a catalytic domain from an accessory enzyme that is involved in making a substrate for a...
7381542 Nucleic acids encoding a biogenic amine receptor  
The present invention relates to novel mammalian biogenic amine receptor proteins and genes that encode such proteins. The invention is directed toward the isolation and characterization of...
7378573 Snow1: interacts with Ice1 and regulates CBF expression and freezing tolerance in Arabidopsis  
The present invention relates to a protein (Snow1), mutants thereof, and nucleic acids encoding said protein, that interacts with Ice1 and which activates CBF3 promoter activity thus regulating...
7378506 Synthetic genes for plant gums and other hydroxyproline-rich glycoproteins  
A new approach in the field of plant gums is described which presents a new solution to the production of hydroxyproline(Hyp)-rich glycoproteins (HRGPs), repetitive proline-rich proteins (RPRPs)...
7378274 Regulatory nucleic acid for the ABC1 gene, molecules modifying its activity and therapeutic uses  
The present invention concerns a nucleic acid which is capable of regulating the transcription of the ABC1 gene, which is a causal gene for pathologies linked to a dysfunctioning of cholesterol...
7378263 In vivo site-specific incorporation of N-acetyl-galactosamine amino acids in eubacteria  
Methods and compositions for making glycoproteins, both in vitro and in vivo, are provided. One method involves incorporating an unnatural amino acid having a N-acetylgalactosamine moiety into a...
7378261 Method for preparing para-hydroxystyrene by biocatalytic decarboxylation of para-hydroxycinnamic acid in a biphasic reaction medium  
A biocatalytic method for preparing para-hydroxystyrene from para-hydroxycinnamic acid is described. The method uses an enzyme source having para-hydroxycinnamic acid decarboxylase activity to...
7378257 Bacterial superantigen vaccines  
The present invention relates to genetically attenuated superantigen toxin vaccines altered such that superantigen attributes are absent, however the superantigen is effectively recognized and an...
7378080 Methods for identifying compounds for motion sickness, vertigo and other disorders related to balance and the perception of gravity  
The present invention provides a method of identifying a compound that modulates a mammalian vestibular system. The method consists of administering a test compound to an invertebrate, and...
7375259 Solanum tuberosum sterol alkaloid glycosyltransferase (SGT) a novel solanidine glucosyltransferase SGT2 and uses thereof  
Nucleic acid sequences from potato that encode the enzyme UDP-glucose:solanidine glucosyltransferase (SGT2) are disclosed. Recombinant DNA molecules containing the sequences, and use thereof, in...
7375207 Galanin receptor 2 proteins and nucleic acids  
The present invention is directed to galanin receptor 2 (GAL-R2) proteins and nucleic acids.
7375205 Elongase genes and uses thereof  
The subject invention relates to the identification of several genes involved in the elongation of polyunsaturated fatty acids (i.e., “elongases”) and to uses thereof. At least two of these...
7375190 Recombinant protein and method of screening for agents that modulate polypeptide aggregation  
This invention provides recombinant protein comprising formula as follows: A-B ...
7374939 Method of inactivation of an end product of energy metabolism in Zymomonas mobilis  
The present invention briefly provides a method of site-specific insertion in Zymomonas , comprising, providing a Zymomonas gene fragment, interrupting a DNA sequence the fragment, and...
7374932 Human kinases and polynucleotides encoding the same, and uses thereof  
Novel human polynucleotide and polypeptide sequences are disclosed that can be used in therapeutic, diagnostic, and pharmacogenomic applications.
7374923 Polypeptide  
A screening tool and a screening method for a therapeutic agent for type II diabetes, particularly an agent for alleviating insulin resistance are disclosed. A novel polypeptide, a polynucleotide,...
7374918 Modified sarcosine oxidases, genes and recombinant DNAs thereof, and methods for preparing the same  
An isolated DNA molecule encoding modified sarcosine oxidases having optimal pH, high activity in the slightly acidic range and improved stability and a method for preparing the modified sarcosine...
7374917 Mutant 2.5-diketo-L-gluconic acid reductases  
Described herein are novel nucleic acids, proteins and methods that can be used to provide new catalysts with desirable traits for industrial processes. In particular, novel reductases isolated...
7374909 Modulators of intracellular inflammation, cell death and cell survival pathways  
A B1 protein, its isoforms, analogs, fragments and derivatives, DNA encoding it and recombinant production are provided. The protein is useful in the modulation of intracellular inflammation, cell...
7374899 Sucrose-6-phosphate phosphatase as target for herbicides  
The present invention relates to the use of a polypeptide with the biological activity of a sucrose-6-phosphate phosphatase which, if not present, brings about growth retardation symptoms and...
7374896 GFP-SNAP25 fluorescence release assay for botulinum neurotoxin protease activity  
The present invention provides a nucleic acid molecule which contains a nucleotide sequence encoding a SNAP-25 substrate which includes (i) a green fluorescent protein; (ii) a first partner of an...
7371844 Nucleic acids encoding parathyroid hormone (PTH) derivatives  
Parathyroid hormone(PTH) polypeptide derivatives are disclosed, as are pharmaceutical compositions containing said polypeptides, and synthetic and recombinant methods for producing said...
7371838 Nucleic acids encoding β 1,4-N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferases from C. jejuni  
This invention provides prokaryotic β1,4-N-acetylglucosaminyl (GalNAc) traosferases involved in synthesis of lipooligosaccharide (LOS). The β1,4-GalNAc transferases can be obtained from, for...
7371571 Recombinant mycobacteria overexpressing D-alanine ligase gene and uses therefore  
Recombinant mycobacterial strains which overproduce essential biosynthetic enzymes of pathogenic mycobateria are provided. These strains overproduce enzymes involved in the synthesis and...
7371560 Photosynthetic hydrogen production  
A process for the production of hydrogen, comprising the steps of: (i) providing a photosynthetic microorganism having electron transfer capability through a photosynthetic light reaction pathway...
7371557 Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains for hyper-producing glutathione and γ-glutamylcysteine and processes of use  
The present invention provides a biologically pure culture of Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain YA02032 or YA03083, which culture has a characteristic nature capable of producing glutathione and...
7371551 Feedback-resistant homoserine transsuccinylases  
The invention concerns a homoserine transsuccinylase having at least one mutation compared to a wild-type homoserine transsuccinylase and reduced sensitivity towards a L-methionine or SAM, compared...
7371549 Aldolase, and method for producing optically active IHOG and monatin  
The present invention relates to a method for producing optically active IHOG, which can in turn be used for the production of monatin. The present invention further relates to a method for...
7371548 Avermectin aglycon synthase genes  
The present invention relates to an isolated DNA which comprises a DNA sequence encoding avermectin aglycon synthase domains that corresponds to multifunctional enzyme proteins involved in the...