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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:
Jan. 26, 1993
Filed:
Aug. 05, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Naoki Kajiyama, Noda, MA (US);
Tsutomu Masuda, Needham, MA (US);
Hiroki Tatsumi, Noda, JP;
Eiichi Nakano, Iwatsuki, JP;
Assignee:
Kikkoman Corporation, Noda, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; C12Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435189 ; 435-8 ;
Abstract
Disclosed is a purified luciferase and a method for making it. The luciferase is obtained from Luciola cruciata. The luciferase has a pH range for stabililty of 6.5-9.0 and a optimum pH range of 8.0-9.5. The enzyme does not act on ADP, CTP, UTP and GTP.