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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 1982
Filed:
Jan. 12, 1979
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas J Silhavy, Wollaston, MA (US);
Howard A Shuman, Brookline, MA (US);
Jon Beckwith, Cambridge, MA (US);
Maxime Schwartz, Paris, FR;
Assignee:
President and Fellows of Harvard College, Cambridge, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435172 ; 435 91 ; 435 68 ; 435207 ; 536 27 ;
Abstract
This invention is a method for fusing, within a bacterial host, a gene for a cytoplasmic protein to a gene for a non-cytoplasmic protein, so that the hybrid protein produced is transported to, near, or beyond the cell surface for ease of collection and purification, or for immunological use. The invention also encompasses the fused gene created by the disclosed method.