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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. 20, 1994
Filed:
Nov. 15, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
George Georgiou, Austin, TX (US);
Joseph A Francisco, Austin, TX (US);
Charles F Earhart, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P / ; C12P / ; C12N / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435 697 ; 435 698 ; 435 711 ; 435 712 ; 4351721 ; 4352521 ; 4352523 ; 43525233 ; 4353201 ; 536 234 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for producing stable, surface-expressed polypeptides from recombinant gram-negative bacterial cell hosts. A tripartite chimetic gene and its related recombinant vector include separate DNA sequences for directing or targeting and translocating a desired gene product from a cell periplasm to the external cell surface. A wide range of polypeptides may be efficiently surface expressed, including .beta.-lactamase and alkaline phosphatase. Full enzyme activity is maintained and the proteins remain anchored to the bacterial outer membrane surface.