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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:
Jul. 01, 1997
Filed:
Jan. 19, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
R Anthony Warren, Vancouver, CA;
Douglas G Kilburn, Vancouver, CA;
Robert C Miller, Jr, North Vancouver, CA;
Assignee:
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; C12N / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
43525233 ; 4352523 ; 435320 ; 536 232 ;
Abstract
A biologically pure DNA sequence which encodes an endo 1,4-.beta.-glucanase, useful for the efficient conversion of cellulose to glucose, is disclosed. Also disclosed are recombinant DNA cloning vehicles (vectors) that contain nucleotide sequences that encode for the aforesaid endoglucanase, proteins that exhibit endoglucanase activity, expression-controlling DNA sequences, microorganisms that contain recombinant DNA cloning vehicles, as well as messenger RNA sequences complementary to a DNA strand of the aforesaid DNA nucleotide sequences.