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
2003-04-16
2009-02-03
Vogel, Nancy (Department: 1636)
Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology
Micro-organism, tissue cell culture or enzyme using process...
Preparing alpha or beta amino acid or substituted amino acid...
C435S069100, C435S476000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07485444
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 (metH) gene.
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Spratt, B.G.
Häfner Stefan
Klopprogge Corinna
Kröger Burkhard
Schröder Hartwig
Zelder Oskar
Evonik Degussa GmbH
Lahive & Cockfield LLP
Vogel Nancy
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