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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 17, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 01, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tilman Achstetter, Oberkirch, DE;
Gilles Cauet, Griesheim/Souffel, FR;
Eric Degryse, Strasbourg, FR;
Assignee:
Hoechst Marion Roussel, , FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 3/300 ; C12N 9/10 ; C12N 1/14 ; C12N 1/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 3/300 ; C12N 9/10 ; C12N 1/14 ; C12N 1/500 ;
Abstract
A subject of the invention is a modified yeast strain in which the acetyl-CoA pregnenolone acetyltransferase (APAT) activity is eliminated by altering the gene coding for this activity with resultant stabilization of 3&bgr;-hydroxysteroids.