Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology – Measuring or testing process involving enzymes or... – Involving hydrolase
Reexamination Certificate
2007-03-20
2007-03-20
Nashed, Nashaat T. (Department: 1656)
Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology
Measuring or testing process involving enzymes or...
Involving hydrolase
C435S023000, C435S212000, C435S219000, C435S220000
Reexamination Certificate
active
10825921
ABSTRACT:
The subject invention pertains to new thermostable enzymes and the use of these enzymes both in proteolysis as well as protein and polypeptide synthesis. The subject invention further concerns polynucleotide sequences which encode the enzymes of the subject invention.
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Nashed Nashaat T.
Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik
University of Florida Research Foundation Inc.
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