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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:
Sep. 12, 1989
Filed:
May. 06, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Arie Ben-Bassat, Concord, CA (US);
Keith A Bauer, Oakland, CA (US);
Shing Chang, Oakland, CA (US);
Sheng-Yung Chang, Oakland, CA (US);
Assignee:
Cetus Corporation, Emeryville, CA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P / ; C12N / ; C12N / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435 68 ; 435212 ; 4351723 ; 935 60 ;
Abstract
Methods for obtaining N-terminal methionine-free proteins involve a novel E. coli methionine amino peptidase. The method is capable of in vitro or in vivo application. For in vivo application, a plasmid-borne DNA encoding the peptide is expressed in a bacterial host.