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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 06, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 02, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Beth A Rasmussen, Nyack, NY (US);
Francis P Tally, Tarrytown, NY (US);
Yakov Gluzman, Upper Saddle River, NJ (US);
Assignee:
American Cyanamid Company, Wayne, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q / ; C12Q / ; C12P / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435-6 ; 435 32 ; 435117 ; 435231 ; 4352523 ;
Abstract
This invention is directed to the elucidation of DNA sequences encoding Class B beta-lactamase enzymes from Bacteroides fragilis and the amino acid sequences of those enzymes. This invention is also directed to screening methods for identifying antibiotics which are resistant to such beta-lactamase enzymes or for identifying compounds which inactivate such beta-lactamase enzymes.