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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:
Nov. 30, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 28, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sylvain Moineau, Charlesbourg, CA;
Eric Emond, Sillery, CA;
Shirley A Walker, Raleigh, NC (US);
Ebenezer R Vedamuthu, Rochester, MN (US);
Jeffrey K Kondo, Rochester, MN (US);
Assignee:
Quest International B.V., Naarden, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; C12N / ; C07H / ; C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4352529 ; 4353201 ; 435 691 ; 536 237 ; 530350 ;
Abstract
A novel protein (Abi900, 183 amino acids) and its gene were isolated from a 11-kb natural plasmid (pSRQ900) of Lactococcus lactis. When pSRQ900 is introduced into dairy starter cultures, the Abi900 protein confers strong resistance to bacteriophage infection.