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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:
May. 14, 1996
Filed:
Aug. 30, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; C12N / ; C12N / ; C12N / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435189 ; 4352523 ; 43525231 ; 43525234 ; 4353201 ; 536 232 ;
Abstract
Disclosed are microbial cells useful for degrading insecticides and chlorinated organics and for the production of a protein which degrades insecticides and chlorinated organics, which microbial cells contain and express a heterologous DNA molecule encoding an insect detoxication protein (e.g., an esterase, a cytochrome p450, a glutathione transferase). Preferably, the host cell is a bacteria which grows in soil (e.g., is from the genera Pseudomonas or Bacillus). Methods of using the cells and proteins and compositions thereof are also disclosed.