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
2007-07-03
2007-07-03
Prouty, Rebecca E. (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...
C435S193000, C435S015000, C435S252300, C435S252320, C536S023200
Reexamination Certificate
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ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to methods for the fermentative production of sulfur-containing fine chemicals, in particular L-methionine, by using bacteria which express a nucleotide sequence coding for a methionine synthase (metA) gene.
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Häfner Stefan
Kolpprogge Corinna
Kröger Burkhard
Schröder Hartwig
Zelder Oskar
BASF - Aktiengesellschaft
Connolly Bove & Lodge & Hutz LLP
Meah M. Y.
Prouty Rebecca E.
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