Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology – Micro-organism – tissue cell culture or enzyme using process... – Preparing alpha or beta amino acid or substituted amino acid...
Reexamination Certificate
2003-05-23
2009-12-22
Hutson, Richard (Department: 1652)
Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology
Micro-organism, tissue cell culture or enzyme using process...
Preparing alpha or beta amino acid or substituted amino acid...
C435S252300, C435S193000, C435S320100, C435S069100, C435S015000, C536S023200
Reexamination Certificate
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ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to methods for the production of sulfur-containing fine chemicals, in particular L-methionine, by fermentation using bacteria in which a nucleotide sequence encoding an S-adenosylmethionine synthase (metK) gene is expressed.
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Häfner Stefan
Klopprogge Corinna
Kröger Burkhard
Schröder Hartwig
Zelder Oskar
Chowdhury Iqbal H
Evonik Degussa GmbH
Hutson Richard
Novak Druce & Quigg LLP
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