Match Document Document Title
7001757 Protein  
This invention relates to polynucleotides, polypeptides encoded by these polynucleotides, to the production of such polynucleotides and polypeptides, and to the uses of such polynucleotides and...
7001759 Compositions and methods for delivery of genetic material  
Methods of introducing genetic material into cells of an individual and compositions and kits for practicing the same are disclosed. The methods comprise the steps of contacting cells of an...
6994860 Neisseria meningitidis antigenic polypeptides, corresponding polynucleotides and protective antibodies  
The invention provides Neisseria meningitidis BASB030 polypeptides and polynucleotides encoding BASB030 polypeptides and methods for producing such polypeptides by recombinant techniques. Also...
6995254 Polynucleotide encoding the enoyl-acyl carrier protein reductase of Staphylococcus aureus, FAB I  
Prokayrotic FAB I polypeptides and DNA (RNA) encoding such FAB I and a procedure for producing such polypeptides by recombinant techniques is disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for utilizing...
6995004 UDP-N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE: GALACTOSE-β 1,3-N-ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE-α-R / N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE-β 1,3,-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...
6995003 Method to localize expandase in the cytosol  
The invention provides DNA, heterologous host cells capable of transcribing, translating or expressing said DNA and methods employing such host cells and cultures thereof for an improved in vivo...
6995255 Cellular delivery agent  
One aspect of the present invention relates to a nucleic acid construct which includes a first nucleic acid and a second nucleic acid operatively coupled to the first nucleic acid. The first...
6995250 Thermophilic amino acid biosynthesis system enzyme gene of thermotolerant coryneform bacterium  
A plurality of primer sets are designed based on a region where conservation at the amino acid level is observed among various microorganisms for known gene sequences corresponding to a gene coding...
6987026 Vector for the transformation of Phaffia rhodozyma and process of transformation thereby  
The present invention is directed to a recombinant vector for transforming yeast and a process for transforming yeast thereby, more particularly to a recombinant vector comprising a gene encoding a...
6987176 Combinant polypeptide for use in the manufacture of vaccines against Campylobacter induced diarrhea and to reduce colonization  
This invention comprises a recombinant protein comprising the maltose binding protein (MBP) of Escherichia coli fused to amino acids 5–337 of the FlaA flagellin of Campylobacter coli VC167...
6982159 Trichoderma β-glucosidase  
The present invention provides a novel β-glucosidase nucleic acid sequence, designated bgl3, and the corresponding BGL3 amino acid sequence. The invention also provides expression vectors and host...
6977176 Plasmid maintenance system for antigen delivery  
The present invention relates generally to a Plasmid Maintenance System for the stabilization of expression plasmids encoding foreign antigens, and methods for making and using the Plasmid...
6974687 β1,3-galactosyltransferase and DNA encoding the enzyme  
The present invention provides a protein having β1,3-galactosyltransferase activity, a DNA encoding the protein, a transformant comprising the DNA, a process for producing the protein using the...
6972351 Methods for producing carotenoid compounds and specialty oils in plant seeds  
Methods are provided for producing plants and seeds having altered carotenoid, fatty acid and tocopherol compositions. The methods find particular use in increasing the carotenoid levels in oilseed...
6969595 Carotenoid production from a single carbon substrate  
A method for the production of carotenoid compounds is disclosed. The method relies on the use of microorganisms which metabolize single carbon substrates for the production of carotenoid compounds...
6967246 Microbial swollenin protein, DNA sequences encoding such swollenins and method of producing such swollenins  
A novel microbial protein is described which appears to have significant homology to plant expansin proteins and has the ability to weaken filter paper and swell cellulose. A DNA is described which...
6964770 Recombinant plasmid and a method of controlling the effects of Yersinia pestis  
Described is a plasmid prepared by recombinant techniques which is used to prepare a vaccine against Y. pestis.
6964858 Processes for producing sugar nucleotides and complex carbohydrates  
This invention relates to a process for producing a sugar nucleotide, in which a) a culture broth of a microorganism capable of producing NTP from a nucleotide precursor, or a treated product of...
6960705 Nucleic acid encoding a hypersensitive response elicitor from Xanthomonas campestris  
The present invention is directed to an isolated DNA molecule encoding a Xanthomonas campestris hypersensitive response elicitor protein or polypeptide. The DNA molecule that encodes such protein...
6960453 Hybrid polyketide synthases combining heterologous loading and extender modules  
A hybrid type I polyketide synthase gene typically containing a starter module and a plurality of heterologous extender modules is used to synthesize novel polyketides. It is preferably under the...
6960461 Gene coding for cyclodextrin glucanotransferase chiefly producing γ-cyclodextrin and use thereof  
The invention provides a gene (isolated nucleic acid molecule) encoding the cyclodextrin glucanotransferase which produces a considerable amount of γ-cyclodextrin (γ-CD) from the substrates...
6958235 Recombinant protein containing a C-terminal fragment of plasmodium MSP-1  
The invention relates to a recombinant protein fabricated in a baculovirus system, of which the essential constitutive polypeptide sequence is that of a C-terminal fragment of 19 kilodalton (p19)...
6955907 Alkaline, protease VapK suitable for laundry detergent, VapK gene, recombinant expression vector, and transformed microorganisms  
A novel alkaline protease VapK suitable for a laundry detergent is disclosed. The gene vapk coding for the protease VapK, the recombinant plasmids containing said gene, and the transformed V....
6956116 Pesticidal toxins and genes from Bacillus laterosporus strains  
Disclosed and claimed are novel toxins and genes obtainable from Bacillus laterosporus isolates disclosed herein. In preferred embodiments, the subject genes and toxins are used to control...
6955902 High throughput DNA sequencing vector  
High throughput DNA sequencing vectors for generating nested deletions using enzymatic techniques and/or transposition-based techniques are disclosed. Methods of constructing contigs of long DNA...
6953684 Method for the recombinant production of 1,3-propanediol  
The present invention provides a microorganism for the production of 1,3-propanediol from a variety of carbon sources in an organism capable of 1,3-propanediol production and comprising a) at least...
6953680 Mitofusins, Fzo Homologs and functional derivatives thereof  
Mitofusin genes and encoded polypeptides are provided, including the Drosophila Fzo protein and its homologs from insects, other invertebrates, yeast, and vertebrates including mouse and humans....
RE38825 Glyphosate tolerant plants  
Genes encoding a glyphosate oxidoreductase enzyme are disclosed. The genes are useful in producing transformed bacteria and plants which degrade glyphosate herbicide as well as crop plants which...
6953677 Recombinant L-N-carbamoylase from Arthrobacter aurescens and method of producing L-amino acids therewith  
A novel rec-L-N-carbamoylase from Arthrobacter aurescens and its method of use for producing L-amino acids. The recombinantly produced L-carbamoylase is unexpectedly stable, so that an industrial...
6951714 High-throughput microbial culturing  
Methods for isolating microbial species, particularly previously uncultured species, from non-laboratory source environments (such as soil, freshwater, seawater, etc.) are disclosed. These methods...
6951744 Amplification process  
A method for conducting a nucleic acid amplification reaction, said method comprising forming an amplification reaction mixture in the presence of sufficient of a pyrophosphate salt to prevent...
6951925 Processes and agents for detecting Listerias  
The invention relates to agents and processes for detecting bacteria of the genus Listeria, in particular L. monocytogenes. The agents according to the invention include primers whose sequence...
6951732 Virulence genes, proteins, and their use  
A series of genes from Streptococcus pyogenes are shown to encode products which are implicated in virulence. The identification of these genes therefore allows attenuated microorganisms to be...
6951845 Method for treating allergic lung disease  
The invention is directed to a method for treating both the early and late phases of allergic asthma by introducing naked polynucleotides which operatively encode for the asthma-initiating antigen...
6951718 rpoB gene fragments and a method for the diagnosis and identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and non-tuberculosis Mycobacterial strains  
The present invention is related to rpoB gene fragments and method for the diagnosis and identification of Mycobacterium tuberculosis and non-lubercuolsis Mycobacterial strains using rpoB gene...
6949336 Murf gene and enzyme of Pseudomonas aeruginosa  
This invention provides isolated polynucleotides that encode the MurF (UDP-N-acetylmuramyl-L-alanine-D-glutamate-m-DaD:D-alanine-D -alanine ligase) protein of Pseudomonas aeruginosa . Purified and...
6949345 Identification and cloning of a mycobacterial antigen corresponding to a heparin-binding haemagglutinin  
The present invention relates to peptide sequences enabling mycobacteria to adhere to host cells (e.g., epithelial cells). More particularly, the invention relates to a mycobacterial...
6949246 Compounds and methods for diagnosis of tuberculosis  
Compounds and methods for diagnosing tuberculosis are disclosed. The compounds provided include polypeptides that contain at least one antigenic portion of one or more M. tuberculosis proteins,...
6949374 FadD15 gene of Corynebacterium glutamicum, encoding an acyl-CoA synthase polypeptide  
The invention relates to a genetically modified coryneform bacterium, the fadD15 gene of which is amplified, and an isolated polynucleotide which codes for acyl-CoA synthase from coryneform...
6949357 Reagents and methods useful for detecting diseases of the urinary tract  
A set of contiguous and partially overlapping cDNA sequences and polypeptides encoded thereby, designated as BL172 and transcribed from urinary tract tissue, is described. These sequences are...
6949372 Engineering intracellular sialylation pathways  
Methods for manipulating carbohydrate processing pathways in cells of interest are provided. Methods are directed at manipulating multiple pathways involved with the sialylation reaction by using...
6942996 Isolated polynucleotide from Corynebacterium encoding a homocysteine methyltransferase  
An isolated polynucleotide comprising a polynucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of a) polynucleotide which is at least 70% identical to a polynucleotide that codes for a...
6942973 Methods for isolating genes from microorganisms  
The present invention relates to methods for isolating a gene encoding an enzyme, comprising: (a) adding a mixture of labeled first nucleic acid probes from a microbial strain cultured on medium...
6939548 Methods to produce high levels of C. difficile toxins  
The present invention relates to the field of medical immunology and further to pharmaceutical compositions, methods of making and methods of use of vaccines. More specifically this invention...
6939703 Amylolytic enzymes derived from the B.licheniformis α-amylase, having improved characteristics  
The present invention relates to novel amylolytic enzymes having improved characteristics for the use in starch degradation, in textile or paper desizing and in household detergent compositions....
6939695 Nucleotide sequences which code for the rpsL gene  
An isolated polynucleotide comprising a polynucleotide sequence chosen from the group consisting of a) polynucleotide which is identical to the extent of at least 70% to a polynucleotide...
6936707 Modified DNA molecule, recombinant containing the same, and uses thereof  
There is provided a DNA molecule derived from a prokaryotic cell in which at least one of the DNA regions encoding NXB (N is asparagine, X is any amino acid other than proline, and B is serine or...
6936252 Streptococcus pneumoniae proteins and nucleic acid molecules  
Novel protein antigens from Streptococcus pneumoniae are disclosed, together with nucliec acid sequences encoding them. Their use in vaccines and in screening methods is also described.
6936247 Filariid anti-P22U antibodies  
The present invention relates to isolated parasitic helminth nucleic acid sequences capable of hybridizing, under stringent conditions, to at least a portion of D. immitis nucleic acid sequence...
6936448 Nucleic acids and proteins of a rat ganglioside GM1-specific α1-2fucosyltransferase and uses thereof  
A rat ganglioside GM 1 -specific α1→2fucosyltransferase is disclosed. Nucleotide sequences of a rat ganglioside GM 1 -specific α1→2fucosyltransferase, amino acid sequences of its encoded...