Organic compounds -- part of the class 532-570 series – Organic compounds – Carbohydrates or derivatives
Reexamination Certificate
2007-03-27
2007-03-27
Guzo, David (Department: 1636)
Organic compounds -- part of the class 532-570 series
Organic compounds
Carbohydrates or derivatives
C435S041000, C435S254100, C435S254200, C435S254110, C536S023100
Reexamination Certificate
active
10402056
ABSTRACT:
The invention provides variant regulator proteins of secondary metabolite production and nucleic acids encoding said variant regulator proteins. In particular, the invention provides variant regulator molecules of the lovE protein.
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Accession No.:AF151722; GI: 5106754; Hendrickson et al., Jun. 20, 1999.
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Milne G. Todd
Roberts Shannon
Royer John C.
Sherman Amir
Trueheart Joshua
Fish & Richardson P.C.
Guzo David
Joike Michele K.
Microbia, Inc.
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