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6737521 Delivery and expression of a hybrid surface protein on the surface of gram positive bacteria  
Process is described for the delivery and expression of hybrid surface proteins to the surface of bacteria. The transformed bacteria are useful as vaccines, for the delivery of other active...
6733761 Mycobacterial isocitrate lyase gene and uses thereof  
The present invention provides a purified and isolated nucleic acid encoding mycobacterial isocitrate lyase, as well as mutated forms of the nucleic acid. Further provided are purified and isolated...
6733976 Detection of bacterial kidney disease  
A real-time PCR method for detecting and quantifying the presence or absence of Renibacterium salmoninarum , the causative organism of Bacterial Kidney Disease, in a sample. The method includes...
6733963 Methods for the identification of inhibitors of 3-isopropylmalate dehydratase as antibiotics  
The present inventors have discovered that 3-Isopropylmalate dehydratase is essential for fungal pathogenicity. Specifically, the inhibition of 3-Isopropylmalate dehydratase gene expression in...
6730508 Protein participating in the activation of nitrile hydratase and gene encoding the same  
The invention provides a nitrile hydratase activation protein participating in activation of nitrile hydratase derived from Pseudonocardia thermophila JCM3095, and a gene sequence encoding the...
6730479 Detection of nucleic acid hybrids  
Processes are disclosed using the depolymerization of a nucleic acid hybrid to qualitatively and quantitatively analyze for the presence of a predetermined nucleic acid. Applications of those...
6727084 Cold-active beta-galactosidase, the process for its preparation and the use thereof  
A purified cold-active beta galactosidase enzyme, specific for lactose, having a stable enzymatic activity at a temperature below 8° C. In the presence of lactose, a purified cold-active beta...
6723540 Manufacture of xylitol using recombinant microbial hosts  
Novel methods for the synthesis of xylitol are described.
6720167 Insecticidal bacteria, and methods for making and using them  
The invention relates to the discovery that nucleic acid sequences comprising a BtI or BtII promoter, or a combination of a BtI and a BtII promoter, a bacterial STAB-SD sequence, and a sequence...
6717035 Transgenic plants expressing photorhabdus toxin  
Novel polynucleotide sequences that encode insect toxins TcdA and TcbA have base compositions that differ substantially from the native genes, making them more similar to plant genes. The new...
6713617 Cloning, sequencing and expression of a gene encoding an eukaryotic amino acid racemase, and diagnostic, therapeutic, and vaccination applications of parasite and viral mitogens  
A method of preventing or inhibiting infection by a parasite or virus in vivo comprises administering to a human in need thereof a parasite or virus mitogen in a sub-mitogenic amount sufficient to...
6713254 DNA probes, method and kit for identifying antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria  
The invention relates to a method for identifying antibiotic-resistant strains of bacteria, especially strains of Streptococcus pneumoniae. According to the invention, the method is based on a...
6713289 Nucleotide sequences which code for the eno gene  
The present invention is directed to nucleotide sequences coding for a bacterial enolase enzyme. These sequences may be used in improved methods for the fermentative preparation of amino acids...
6713620 Oligonucleotide primers for phosphotidyl inositol in bacillus cereus  
The present invention provides novel oligonucleotide primers for phosphotidyl inositol in B. cereus the primer comprising PI-1 (F) 5′ AGTATGGGGAATGAG 3′ PI-1 (F) 5′ ACAATTTTCCCACGA 3′...
6706495 Staphylococcal GTPase obg nucleotide sequence encoding Staphylococcal GTP-binding protein  
The present invention provides an isolated Staphylococcal GTPase obg gene and a Staphylococcal GTP-binding protein encoded thereby. A recombinant expression vector and an engineered host cell are...
6706860 Toxins  
Novel bacterial insecticidal proteins and equivalents thereof were isolated. These proteins and the DNA sequences encoding them are useful to make insecticidal compositions or transgenic plants to...
6706872 Polynucleotides encoding Plasmodium vivax blood stage antigens  
This invention is directed to polynuclectides encoding novel species-specific P. vivax malarial peptide antigens which are proteins or fragments of proteins secreted into the plasma of a...
6706501 Polynucleotide encoding a propionibacterium linoleate isomerase and uses thereof  
The present invention provides an isolated (trans,cis)-10,12-linoleate isomerase and its nucleic acid and amino acid sequences. The present invention also provides a method for producing conjugated...
6706524 Method of improving the primary energy metabolism of mammalian cell lines  
The invention relates to a method of improving the primary energy metabolism of mammalian cell lines, in which by means of genetic engineering a structural gene for a cytoplasmic yeast pyruvate...
6703541 Nematode-upregulated peroxidase gene promoter from nematode-resistant maize line Mp307  
The present invention provides a nematode inducible promoter sequence from maize inbred line Mp307, and DNA constructs and transcription cassettes comprising said promoter sequence, a gene encoding...
6703540 Transformation of plants with a chloroperoxidase gene to enhance disease resistance  
The present invention provides a method of making plants resistant to plant pathogens by transformation of host cells with a nucleic acid encoding a nonheme haloperoxidase. Transgenic plants which...
6699970 Mutacin I biosynthesis genes and proteins  
According to the present invention, an isolated and purified DNA sequence which encodes a lantibiotic, mutacin I, is disclosed. The nucleic acid sequence is set forth in SEQ ID No: 1 and the amino...
6699482 Leptospira rare outer membrane proteins  
The present invention presents novel leptospiral membrane lipoproteins, LipL1 and LipL2, associated with pathogenic strains of Leptospira. LipL1 is of about 35 kDa, and LipL2 is of about 41 kDa....
6699690 Molecular constructs with a carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) transcriptional regulatory sequence  
Novel molecular chimaeras produced by recombinant DNA techniques are described. They comprise a target-tissue specific transcriptional regulatory sequence (TRS) linked and controlling the...
6696293 Process for producing carotenoids and biological materials useful therefor  
A process for producing carotenoids, which involves cultivating a microorganism obtained by treating a parent microorganism that produces carotenoids under conditions that induce a reduction in...
6696268 Production and use of antimicrobial agents  
A method for identifying antimicrobial agents comprises the steps of: (i) contacting a sample containing non-mammalian PPAT enzyme with a suitable substrate and a potential antimicrobial or...
6693186 Neisseria meningitidis polypeptide, nucleic acid sequence and uses thereof  
The invention discloses the Neisseria meningitidis NMASP polypeptide, polypeptides derived therefrom (NMASP-derived polypeptides), nucleotide sequences encoding said polypeptides, and antibodies...
6692951 Secretion factors for gram-positive micoorganisms, genes encoding them and methods of using it  
Heterologous protein secretion from Gram-positive bacteria, in particular from Bacilli has, with few exceptions, met with little success. Incompatibility of the heterologous proteins with the...
6692750 Alphavirus expression vector  
The present invention is directed to alphavirus expression vectors comprising at least part of an alphavirus genome and heterologous RNA inserted downstream of an alphavirus base sequence having...
6689364 Borrelia burgdorferi polypeptides and uses thereof  
The present invention provides novel polypeptides which are substantially free of a B. burgdorferi spirochete or fragments thereof and which are thus useful in compositions and methods for the...
6686333 Inhibition of HIV replication using soluble Tat peptide analogs  
Methods and compositions for inhibiting replication of HIV in a mammalian cell. The compositions can be a peptide, or a nucleic acids encoding a peptide, which inhibits transactivation of the HIV...
6686181 Method for the production of L-amino acids from their racemic N-aceytyl-D, L-derivatives by enzymatic racemate cleavage by means of isolated recombinant enzymes  
Process for the preparation of L -amino acids from their racemic N-acetyl-D,L derivatives by enzymatic resolution by means of isolated, recombinant enzymes A process for the preparation of...
6680060 Hepatitus A virus vaccines  
A live hepatitis A virus adapted to growth in MRC-5 cells, which HAV is preferably characterized by suitable attenuation for effective vaccine administration to humans and animals without...
6677146 Thermophilic polymerase III holoenzyme  
The present invention relates to gene and amino acid sequences encoding DNA polymerase III holoenzyme subunits and structural genes from thermophilic organisms. In particular, the present invention...
6676949 Two-step immunization procedure against Chlamydia infection  
A host is immunized against infection by a strain of Chlamydia by initial administration of an attenuated bacteria harbouring a nucleic acid encoding a Chlamydia protein followed by administration...
6676943 Human complement C3-degrading protein from Streptococcus pneumoniae  
The present invention relates to the identification and use of a family of human complement C3-degrading proteinases expressed by S. pneumoniae . The proteinase has a molecular weight of about 24...
6673356 Compounds and methods for the diagnosis and treatment of ehrlichia infection  
Compounds and methods for the diagnosis and treatment of Ehrlichia infection, inparticular human granulocytic ehrlichiosis, are disclosed. The compounds provided include polypeptides that contain...
6673916 Compositions of parasitic helminth PLA2 nucleic acid molecules and uses thereof  
The present invention relates to parasitic helminth PLA2 proteins; to parasitic helminth PLA2 nucleic acid molecules, including those that encode such proteins; to antibodies raised against such...
6673569 DsbA/DsbB/DsbC/DsbD expression plasmid  
An artificial operon comprising polynucleotides encoding each of DsbA, DsbB, DsbC and DsbD; an expression plasmid carrying the above artificial operon, usable for expression of DsbA, DsbB, DsbC and...
6673585 Heat-stable DNA polymerase of archaeobacteria of genus pyrococcus sp.  
A purified thermostable DNA polymerase of archaeobacteria of the genus Pyrococcus sp. having a molecular weight of around 89,000-90,000 daltons is disclosed.
6670130 Oligonucleotide for detection and identification of Mycobacteria  
This invention relates to oligonucleotides sequence of probes or primers for detection or identication of Mycobacterium. In the claimed invention, oligonucleotide sequences of ITS (Internal...
6667038 Prevention, diagnosis and treatment of lyme disease  
The present invention provides compositions and methods related to Borrelia burgdorferi toxin and antitoxin preparations. In particular, the present invention provides methods and compositions...
6667169 Polypeptides having acid phosphatase activity and nucleic acids encoding same  
The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having acid phosphatase activity and isolated nucleic acid sequences encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid...
6664097 Polynucleotide encoding a Lactobacillus gasseri beta-glucuronidase polypeptide  
The present invention provides isolated β-Glucuronidase (GUS) having activity at acidic pH and nucleic acids encoding the same. The nucleic acids may be isolated from any suitable species, and in...
6664386 System for efficient secretion of recombinant proteins  
Provided is a signal peptide comprising an amino acid sequence at least 90% homologous to the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO:1. Further provided is a fusion protein comprising the signal...
6660478 CYP2A6 gene judgment methods  
There are provided a method of determining a genotype of CYP2A6 gene on the basis of a difference in gene structures of a wild-type gene of CYP2A6 and at least one kind of mutant-type gene...
6657106 Removal of metals from contaminated substrates by plants  
A method of removing metal from a metal-containing substrate is provided. The method comprises (1) providing modified plants having an improved metal accumulating capability compared to unmodified...
6656917 Compositions and methods for targeted enzymatic release of cell regulatory compounds  
Novel pro-drugs and methods for their use to alter the growth and biological characteristics of living cells, tissues, or whole organisms are described. The methods allow for selective activation...
6653115 D-sorbitol dehydrogenase gene  
Polynucleotides encoding proteins with D-sorbitol dehydrogenase activity or which function to activate D-sorbitol dehydrogenase proteins, in vivo, vectors and recombinant organisms which contain...
6653463 Biocidal protein  
The invention relates to novel nucleic acid and protein sequences from the mung bean Vigna radiata . The nucleic acid sequence, isolated from a bruchid resistant mung bean line, encodes a...