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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:
Oct. 22, 1991
Filed:
Jul. 15, 1988
Applicant:
Inventors:
John M Watson, Holder, AU;
Siiri E Iismaa, Thirlmere, AU;
Helmut Reilander, Bielefeld, DE;
Alfred Puhler, Bielefeld, DE;
Hauke Hennecke, Zurich, CH;
Assignee:
Lubrizol Genetics, Inc., Wickliffe, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; C12P / ; C12R / ; C07H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4351723 ; 435 691 ; 4352522 ; 435878 ; 536 27 ; 935-9 ; 935 11 ;
Abstract
Rhizobial ferredoxin genes and proteins are provided. Rhizobial ferredoxins are useful to enhance the nitrogenase systems of rhizobia. Useful rhizobial ferredoxin diagnostic segments are also provided comprising DNA sequences encoding the characteristic ferredoxin cysteine residue patterns. Exemplied rhizobial ferredoxin genes are fixX of Rhizobium trifolii and Rhizobium meliloti Between fixC and nifA, fixY of Rhizobium meliloti down stream from nifB, and frxA of Bradyrhizobium japonicum.