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6600089 Carotenoid biosynthesis enzymes  
This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a carotenoid biosynthetic enzyme. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of...
6600030 Delayed progression to aids by a missense allele of the CCR2 gene  
The present invention relates to a CCR2 deletion mutant, designated “CCR2-64I.” CCR2 is a C—C chemokine receptor and has been implicated as a co-receptor for HIV-1. It has been discovered...
6599744 Viral expression vectors comprising a ribosomal promoter sequence  
The present invention provides improved vectors, including viral vectors such as adenovirus vectors. The vectors comprise ribosomal promoters in operable combination with a gene of interest. The...
6596509 Recombinant constructs and systems for secretion of proteins via type III secretion systems  
One aspect of the present invention relates to a DNA construct that contains a first DNA molecule encoding a functional type III secretion system, a promoter, and a second DNA molecule encoding a...
6593461 Adherence gene from Helicobacter pylori and polypeptide coded thereby  
The present invention concerns an adherence gene from Helicobacter pylori , a polypeptide coded thereby and antibodies against the polypeptide.
6593108 Nucleic acid molecule encoding a melanin-concentrating hormone receptor 2 polypeptide  
The present invention features HG67 nucleic acids and HG67 polypeptides. HG67, also referred to herein as “MCH-R2”, is a G-protein coupled receptor having a high degree of sequence identity...
6589936 Pharmaceutical compositions comprising recombinant troponin subunits  
The present invention relates to pharmaceutical compositions comprising therapeutically effective amounts of recombinant troponin C, I or T subunits for the treatment of diseases or disorders...
6590072 Method for extractive refolding of scrambled single-chain polypeptides  
The present invention relates to a method for extractive refolding of scrambled and/or polymerised single-chain polypeptides or proteins into their native conformation directly from a microbial...
6590089 RVP-1 variant differentially expressed in Crohn's disease  
The invention provides a mammalian cDNA which encodes a mammalian an RVP-1 variant. It also provides for the use of the cDNA, fragments, complements, and variants thereof and of the encoded...
6582961 Methods of protecting plants from pathogens  
This invention provides novel methods for improving plant quality and yield in the presence of pathogens. The method increases the levels of pathogenesis-related proteins, such as PR1,...
6576751 FADD-like anti-apoptotic molecules, methods of using the same, and compositions for and methods of making the same  
Two FADD-like anti-apoptotic proteins that regulate Fas/TNFR1- or UV-induced apoptosis are disclosed. Nucleotide sequences encoding the proteins are disclosed as are methods of using the nucleic...
6573081 Method for growing circoviruses  
Methods for growing circoviruses, in particular porcine circoviruses, which are obtained from an infected cell culture after one or more passages in cultures of porcine, bovine or human cells are...
6573432 Regulation of anthocyanin pigment production  
A method for determining gene expression in transgenic plants is disclosed. This method includes providing expression vectors having the PAP1 or PAP2 gene linked to an expressed gene of interest....
6570062 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)...
6566512 ARV1, a protein involved in sterol uptake and sterol homeostasis in the budding yeast, S-cerevisiae, and a functional human ARV1  
This invention provides an isolated nucleic acid which encodes mammalian ACAT-Related Enzyme 2 Required for Viability protein (ARV1p), wherein the encoded ARV1p protein has the amino acid sequence...
6559298 Polypeptides that bind interleukin-18 (IL-18)  
Disclosed are a polypeptide (including that in soluble form) as receptor for a novel cytokine, i.e., interleukin-18, a DNA encoding the polypeptide, and the uses of the polypeptide including...
6558919 AmpS from Streptococus pneumoniae  
The invention provides ampS polypeptides and DNA (RNA) encoding ampS polypeptides and methods for producing such polypeptides by recombinant techniques. Also provided are methods for utilizing ampS...
6559294 Chlamydia pneumoniae polynucleotides and uses thereof  
The subject of the invention is the genomic sequence and the nucleotide sequences encoding polypeptides of Chlamydia pneumoniae, such as cellular envelope polypeptides, which are secreted or...
6558948 Permanent amniocytic cell line, its production and use for the production of gene transfer vectors  
The invention relates to a permanent amniocytic cell line comprising at least one nucleic acid which brings about expression of the gene products of the adenovirus E1A and E1B regions. The present...
6555346 Protein expression in baculovirus vector expression systems  
The invention relates to a method to increase protein expression in baculo vector virus expression systems. The invention provides a method to produce a recombinant protein in insect-cell culture...
6555373 Methods for identifying human cell lines useful for endogenous gene activation isolated human cell lines identified thereby, and uses thereof  
The invention concerns human cells which, due to an activation of the endogenous human EPO gene, are able to produce EPO in an adequate quantity and purity to enable a cost-effective production of...
6555347 Human minor vault protein p193  
A polynucleotide molecule encoding human minor vault protein p193, or its complementary strands. A purified and isolated polynucleotide molecule consisting essentially of a nucleotide sequence...
6555338 NrdF from Staphylococcus aureus  
The invention provides nrdF polynucleotides encoding nrdF polypeptides from Staphylococcus aureus and methods for producing such polypeptides by recombinant techniques. The invention also...
6548653 Erythropoietin analog-human serum albumin fusion  
Erythropoietin analog-human serum albumin (EPOa-hSA) fusion protein and methods of making and using the fusion protein.
6548276 Enhanced in vitro synthesis of active proteins containing disulfide bonds  
Compositions and methods are provided for the enhanced in vitro synthesis of polypeptides containing disulfide bonds. In order to improve the performance of in vitro protein synthesis reactions,...
6544785 Helper-free rescue of recombinant negative strand RNA viruses  
The present invention relates methods of generating infectious negative-strand virus in host cells by an entirely vector-based system without the aid of a helper virus. In particular, the present...
6541619 Fusion protein of hEGF and human angiogenin and process for preparing the same  
The present invention provides a genetically engineered fusion protein consisting of hEGF that is internalized inside of the cells after tracing down the cancer cells expressing hEGF receptors and...
6541224 Tumor necrosis factor delta polypeptides  
The invention relates to human TNF delta and TNF epsilon polypeptides, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, methods for producing the polypeptides, in particular by expressing the...
6537548 Antibodies specific for ungulate PrP  
The present invention provides antibodies that specifically bind with a high degree of binding affinity to a native ungulate PrP C and/or a denatured ungulate PrP Sc , but not to a native ungulate...
6537754 Association of kinesin with sensitivity to chemotherapeutic drugs  
The invention provides diagnostic assays for assessing the sensitivity or resistance to DNA damaging agents and microtubule-directed chemotherapeutic drugs of malignant cells in a tumor or tissue....
6537769 Purified and recombinant antigenic protein associated with abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) disease, and diagnostic and therapeutic use thereof  
This invention provides an isolated protein of approximately 40 kDa which is purified from human aortic tissue and immunoreactive with AAA-associated immunoglobulin. Also provided are a method of...
6537760 Receptor binding assay for detecting TSH-receptor auto-antibodies  
In a competitive receptor binding assay for detecting TSH-receptor auto-antibodies in a biological sample, the sample is reacted in a reaction mixture which contains (i) a TSH-receptor or...
6537782 Media for culturing animal cells and process for producing protein by using the same  
A culture medium for culture of an animal cell, characterized by containing an enzymatic degradation product of fish meat or a fish meat extract, and a method for producing a desired protein with...
6537594 Vaccina virus comprising cytokine and/or tumor associated antigen genes  
Attenuated recombinant viruses containing DNA coding for a cytokine and/or a tumor associated antigen, as well as methods and compositions employing the viruses, are disclosed and claimed. The...
6537777 Human porphobilinogen deaminase sequences  
A method for treatment or prophylaxis of disease caused by deficiency, in a subject, of an enzyme belonging to the heme biosynthetic pathway, the method comprising administering, to the subject, an...
6534284 MurD protein and gene of Staphylococcus aureus  
This invention provides the murD gene of Staphylococcus aureas. Purified and isolated MurD recombinant proteins are also provided. Nucleic acid sequences which encode functionally active MurD...
6528702 Plant genes and uses thereof  
Homologues of the Arabidopsis NIM1 gene, which is involved in the signal transduction cascade leading to systemic acquired resistance (SAR), are isolated from Nicotiana tabacum (tobacco), ...
6528283 Members of the D52 Gene family  
The present invention relates to a murine homolog and a novel isoform of hD53, and a novel member of the D52 gene family, hD54. The genes and gene fragments of the present invention are themselves...
6528635 Tumor antigen protein, gene thereof, and utilization thereof  
A DNA consisting of the base sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1 or a DNA hybridizing with a DNA consisting of the base sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1 under stringent conditions and encoding...
6528286 Mammalian cell culture process for producing glycoproteins  
The present invention relates to novel process for the preparation of glycoproteins by mammalian cell culture wherein the sialic acid content of the glycoprotein recovered is optimized by...
6525173 Process for expression and production of recombinant protein hybrid protein (p24/p17) derived from human immunodeficiency viruses (HIV-1)  
The present invention describes recombinant p24/p17 hybrid protein derived from the human immunodeficiency virus, their corresponding encoding recombinant DNA molecule and the process of production...
6525244 Plant histidinol-phosphate aminotransferase homologs  
This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a histidine biosynthetic enzyme. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of...
6521426 Preparation of recombinant adenovirus carrying a rep gene of adeno-associated virus  
Adenoviral particles are produced by incubating cells containing a helper adenovirus vector and a helper-dependent adenoviral vector including an Adeno-Associated Virus (AAV) rep gene, such as rep...
6521423 Intracellular production of Hepatitis C E2 polypeptides  
Methods for obtaining recombinantly produced, C-terminally truncated, E1 and E2 polypeptides from cell lysates are disclosed. The intracellularly expressed truncated molecules display improved...
6518011 Method for screening compounds to identify beta-amyloid production modulators  
The present invention is directed generally to methods and composition for monitoring the processing of epitope-tagged beta-APP. More specifically, the present invention relates to the use of such...
6509163 Methods of screening modulators of mammalian P2X7 purinergic receptors  
The present invention relates, in general, to a purinergic receptor and, particular, to a P2X 7 (also designated P2Z) receptor. The invention further relates to a nucleic acid encoding the P2X 7 ...
6509447 G protein chimeras and methods of screening compounds  
A chimeric G α protein having yeast G α (Gpa1p) amino acid sequences modified by a minimum of 3 amino acids positions within the C-terminal 10 amino acids by substitution by alternative amino...
6500642 Molecule associated with apoptosis  
The invention provides a mammalian cDNA which encodes a mammalian MAPOP-3. It also provides for the use of the cDNA, fragments, complements, and variants thereof and of the encoded protein,...
6491921 Avian polyomavirus vaccines in psittacine birds  
The invention provides a nucleic acid vaccine which is protective against avian polyomavirus infection in a bird which is classified as being a member of the Psittaciformes order comprising a...
6492507 Polynucleotides encoding human eosinophil-derived basic protein  
The present invention provides a human eosinophil-derived basic protein (EBPH) and polynucleotides which identify and encode EBPH. The invention also provides genetically engineered expression...