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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. 07, 1999
Filed:
Dec. 04, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jo Ann Hoskins, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Franklin Harpold Norris, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Pamela Kay Rockey, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Paul Robert Rosteck, Jr, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Paul Luther Skatrud, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Patti Jean Treadway, Greenwood, IN (US);
Michele Louise Bellido, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Chyun-Yeh Earnest Wu, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Assignee:
Eli Lilly and Company, Indianaplis, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P / ; C12P / ; C12N / ; C07H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435 693 ; 435 711 ; 4353201 ; 435325 ; 536 232 ; 536 237 ;
Abstract
The invention provides isolated nucleic acid compounds encoding the stem peptide biosynthetic gene murI of Streptococcus pneumoniae. Also provided are vectors and transformed heterologous host cells for expressing the MurI enzyme product and a method for identifying compounds that inhibit stem peptide biosynthesis.