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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.

Date of Patent:
May. 18, 1993

Filed:

Dec. 13, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:

Hilde E Smith, Groningen, NL;

Jan H Van Ee, Nieuwerkerk a/d IJssel, NL;

Ben P Peeters, Haren, NL;

Sierd Bron, Haren, NL;

Gerard Venema, Haren, NL;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P / ; C12P / ; C12N / ; C12N / ; C07H / ; A61K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435 691 ; 435 91 ; 4351723 ; 43525231 ; 43525233 ; 4353201 ; 536 237 ; 530300 ; 935-6 ; 935 29 ; 935 41 ; 935 48 ; 935 56 ; 935 60 ; 935 73 ; 935 74 ; 935 82 ;
Abstract

Novel vectors are provided for identifying secretory signal sequences from DNA fragments of unicellular microorganisms. The plasmids comprise a multiple cloning site with restriction sites in reading frame with a structural gene which permits rapid screening of the secreted expression product. Optionally, the vectors may include a promoter region upstream from the multiple cloning site. The invention is exemplified with Bacillus. Specific secretory signal sequences have been isolated with those vectors, allowing for efficient secretion into the supernatant, and not just to the periplasmic space to provide proteins in economically high yields. Secretory sequences are provided superior to other previously known sequences.


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