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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:
Feb. 20, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 22, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
David Keith Summers, Cambridge, GB;
Duncan Christopher David Rowe, Cambridge, GB;
Assignee:
Cambridge Microbial Technologies, Ltd., Guildford, GB;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/68 ;
Abstract
The invention features a bacterial cell containing an extra-chromosomal vector that includes an inducible rcd gene, wherein the cell, when placed in broth culture, enters quiescence on expression of the rod gene.