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7629310 RhoB as a suppressor of cancer cell growth, cell transformation, and metastasis  
The present invention concerns the use of the protein RhoB and its variants to inhibit cancer cell growth, migration, invasion, metastasis, malignant cell transformation, and/or to modulate...
7629170 Evolution of whole cells and organisms by recursive sequence recombination  
The invention provides methods employing iterative cycles of recombination and selection/screening for evolution of whole cells and organisms toward acquisition of desired properties. Examples of...
7625550 Enhanced resolution of tumor metastasis using a skin flap model  
A enhanced method for observing tumor progression, angiogenesis and/or metastasis in animal models in real time is described. The invention employs a skin flap over the area to be observed that can...
7622289 Ornithine aminotransferase (OAT): a target for anticancer drugs  
Ornithine δ-aminotransferase (OAT) facilitates microtubule assembly in addition to its aminotransferase activity in mitochondria. An N-terminal proteolysis of the first 17 amino acids of OAT block...
7622287 Myceliophthora thermophila laccase variants  
The present invention relates to a method of designing laccase mutants with increased oxidation potential and/or changed pH optimum and/or altered mediator pathway and/or altered O 2 /OH −...
7622112 Anti-SARS monoclonal antibodies  
Monoclonal antibody reagents that recognize the SARS-coronavirus (SARS-HCoV) are needed urgently. In this report we describe the development and immunochemical characterization of mAbs against the...
7608445 Nitrilases, nucleic acids encoding them and methods for making and using them  
The invention relates to nitrilases and to nucleic acids encoding the nitrilases. In addition methods of designing new nitrilases and method of use thereof are also provided. The nitrilases have...
7608437 Method of constructing amino acid producing bacterial strains, and method of preparing amino acids by fermentation with the constructed amino acid producing bacterial strains  
A method of producing coryneform bacteria having an improved amino acid or nucleic acid-productivity comprises the steps of introducing a mutation in a promoter sequence of amino acid- or nucleic...
7608435 Microorganism producing 5′-xanthylic acid  
The invention relates to a microorganism, obtained by treating Corynebacterium ammoniagenes KCCM 10488 producing 5′-Xanthylic acid as parent strain with UV radiation and mutation Derivatives...
7604969 Mutant glucose dehydrogenase  
A mutant glucose dehydrogenase having an improved substrate specificity to glucose, which is a protein comprising the amino acid sequence depicted in SEQ ID NO:3 or an amino acid sequence having...
7598367 Early light-induced protein promoters  
The present invention is directed to promoter sequences and promoter control elements, polynucleotide constructs comprising the promoters and control elements, and methods of identifying the...
7598063 Process for producing ethanol by using recombinant coryneform bacterium  
The present invention provides a process for highly efficiently producing ethanol at a high productivity consisting of using a coryneform bacterium which has been transformed by a DNA containing a...
7598062 Process for the production of L-amino acids using strains of the family enterobacteriaceae that contain an attenuated fruR gene  
A process for the production of L-amino acids, in particular L-threonine, in which the following steps are carried out: (a) fermentation of the microorganisms of the family...
7588940 Apparatus and method for fabricating, sorting, and integrating materials with holographic optical traps  
An apparatus and method for manipulating, effecting interaction of, photochemically transforming and/or sorting small dielectric particles or other materials. The apparatus and method involves use...
7585645 Thioredoxin and thioredoxin reductase containing oil body based products  
The present invention provides novel emulsion formulations which comprise oil bodies. The invention also provides a method for preparing the emulsions and the use of the emulsions in a variety of...
7582460 3-phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase variants whose inhibition by L-serine is reduced, and genes encoding them  
A 3-phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase (PGD) which exhibits a susceptibility to inhibition by serine which is reduced a as compared with that of an Escherichia coli wild-type PGD and which possesses...
7579164 Optimization of coronatine production in a genetically improved strain of Pseudomonas syringae  
Stable genetically engineered bacterial strains that overproduce coronatine are provided. The stable strains can be successfully cultivated to overproduce coronatine at temperatures that are...
7575752 Chimeric infectious DNA clones, chimeric porcine circoviruses and uses thereof  
The present invention relates to infectious DNA clones, infectious chimeric DNA clones of porcine circovirus (PCV), vaccines and means of protecting pigs against viral infection or postweaning...
7572903 Method of regulation of bacterial persister status  
In one embodiment, the present invention is a method of controlling persister status in a bacterial cell population comprising the step of modulating the expression of native chromosomal sequences...
7572616 Alternative oxidase and uses thereof  
The invention relates to a method for combating disorders affecting the mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation system by allotopic expression of the cyanide-insensitive alternative oxidase (AOX)...
7572602 Nucleic acid encoding endolysin fusion protein  
The invention concerns a recombinant nucleic acid molecule encoding an antimicrobial fusion peptidoglycan endopeptidase. The recombinant nucleic acid molecule according to the invention is formed...
7569375 Alcohol dehydrogenases with increased solvent and temperature stability  
The invention relates to biocatalysts showing alcohol dehydrogenase activity obtainable from Rhodococcus ruber , their preparation, their use in the oxidation of secondary alcohols and/or the...
7563609 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...
7560613 Plant gene encoding trehalose metabolism enzymes  
This invention relates to isolated nucleic acid fragments encoding trehalose metabolism enzymes, more specifically, alpha, alpha-trehalase, alpha, alpha-trehalose-phosphate synthase or...
7556964 Transgenic cell and gene recombinant animal having a mutant SDHC gene derived from mammals  
It is an object of the present invention to provide a transgenic cell and gene recombinant animal having a mutant SDHC gene, which enables the examination of the action of reactive oxygen species...
7553667 Regulation of gene expression using chromatin remodelling factors  
The invention provides a method to regulate expression of a gene of interest in a plant comprising, introducing into the plant a first nucleotide sequence comprising, the gene of interest...
7553648 Cytochrome P450 monooxygenases consisting of thermophilic bacteria  
The invention relates to novel cytochrome P450 monooxygenases from thermophilic bacteria, in particular the genus Thermus sp., to nucleotide sequences encoding them, to the recombinant production...
7547549 Method to produce a hybrid cell having a single mitochondrial genotype  
The present invention relates to a method of producing a viable hybrid cell having a single functional mitochondrial population. The method comprises the step of introducing genomic DNA from a...
7547513 Mutants of deoxycytidine kinase having extended enzymatic activity  
The invention relates to a method for artificial in vivo evolution of proteins, said method making it possible to bring about the evolution of a protein X by complementation of a relative protein...
7544512 Method of producing insulinotropic GLP-1 (7-36) polypeptide and/or GLP-1 analogs  
The present invention discloses a method of producing polypeptides, including insulinotropic GLP-1 (7-36) polypeptide and/or GLP-1 analogs, by ligating genes in a tandem way. Also disclosed are the...
7541139 Tryptophan as a functional replacement for ADP-ribose-arginine in recombinant proteins  
A method is disclosed for producing a polypeptide with a modified activity or stability, by replacing an arginine residue capable of being ADP-ribosylated with a tryptophan or a phenylalanine. In...
7538210 Sucrose-inducible promoter from sweetpotato  
Disclosed herein are a novel sucrose-inducible promoter sequence and a 5′ untranslated region which are derived from sweetpotato ADP-glucose pyrophosphorlyase gene (ibAGP1) (SEQ ID NO: 1). Also...
7537919 Cytochrome P450RAI-2 and related proteins  
The present invention provides a novel all-trans-RA inducible all-trans-RA metabolizing cytochrome P450, P450RAI-2, that is predominantly expressed in the brain, cerebellum in particular. Human...
7531348 Recombinant yeast for lignocellulose raw materials  
The present invention relates to a method for obtaining a recombinant yeast of Saccharomyces cerevisiae , which ferments lignocellulose raw materials to ethanol, including introducing DNA into a...
7531335 Modified cytochrome p450 monooxygenases  
The present invention relates to modified cytochrome P450 monooxygenases with an altered substrate profile, to nucleic acid sequences coding therefor, to expression constructs and vectors, to...
7527958 Truncated 1,3-1,4-β-D-glucanase  
A truncated 1,3-1,4-β-D-glucanase. Also disclosed are related nucleic acid, vector, host cell, and preparation method.
7527956 Modified human acid sphingomyelinase having increased activity, and methods for making the same  
Deficiencies in the enzymatic activity of acid sphingomyelinase (ASM) result in Niemann-Pick disease. A variety of modifications which eliminate the activity of the free thiol on the C-terminal...
7527950 Method for producing an L-amino acid by enhancing expression of the yfiK gene in an Escherichia bacterium  
A bacterium belonging to the genus Escherichia which has an ability to produce an L-amino acid, wherein the ability to produce the L-amino acid is increased by increasing expression of the yfiK...
7527943 Compositions of orthogonal glutamyl-tRNA and aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase pairs and uses thereof  
Compositions and methods of producing components of protein biosynthetic machinery that include glutamyl orthogonal tRNAs, glutamyl orthogonal aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, and orthogonal pairs of...
7524667 Mutated 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase  
The present invention relates to a polypeptide having a modified amino acid sequence of 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase (hereinafter abbreviated as GND) derived from a microorganism belonging to...
7524666 Reductase gene and use thereof  
Provided are genes coding a protein having an ability of asymmetrically reducing a 2-oxo-4-phenylbutyrate to produce a (R)-2-hydroxy-4-phenylbutyrate advantageously from the industrial standpoint,...
7524664 Regio- and enantioselective alkane hydroxylation with modified cytochrome P450  
Cytochrome P450 BM-3 from Bacillus megaterium was engineered using a combination of directed evolution and site-directed mutagenesis to hydroxylate linear alkanes regio- and enantioselectively...
7524660 Utilization of fructose in microbial production strains  
A process has been developed for the utilization of fructose by PTS − microorganisms. Providing the microorganisms with increased fructokinase activity, and optionally with increased fructose...
7524647 Site specific incorporation of keto amino acids into proteins  
Compositions and methods of producing components of protein biosynthetic machinery that include orthogonal tRNAs, orthogonal aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, and orthogonal pairs of tRNAs/synthetases,...
7521216 Nitrilases and methods for making and using them  
The invention relates to nitrilases and to nucleic acids encoding the nitrilases. In addition methods of designing new nitrilases and method of use thereof are also provided. The nitrilases have...
7514210 Compartmentalised self replication method for in vitro evolution of molecular libraries  
We describe a method of selecting an enzyme having replicase activity, the method comprising the steps of: (a) providing a pool of nucleic acids comprising members each encoding a replicase or a...
7510851 Compositions and methods for diagnosing and treating diabetes, insulin resistance and dyslipidemia  
The present invention provides compositions and methods for diagnosing and treating diabetes, insulin resistance and dyslipidemia. In particular, the invention provides methods of identifying...
7504244 Process for constructing strain having compactin hydroxylation ability  
The present invention is directed to methods and compositions for microbial based production of pravastatin. The compositions of the invention include novel strains of microorganisms that are...
7494793 21686, dehydrogenase  
The invention provides isolated nucleic acids molecules, designated DHDR nucleic acid molecules, which encode novel DHDR-related dehydrogenase molecules. The invention also provides antisense...
7491524 Human RNase III and compositions and uses thereof  
The present invention provides polynucleotides encoding human RNase III and polypeptides encoded thereby. Methods of using said polynucleotides and polypeptides are also provided.