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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 08, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 22, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Sanjoy Biswas, Paoli, PA (US);
James Raymond Brown, Berwyn, PA (US);
Martin Karl Russel Burnham, Barto, PA (US);
Alison Francis Chalker, Trappe, PA (US);
David John Holmes, West Chester, PA (US);
Karen Anne Ingraham, Auburn, PA (US);
Chi Young So, Havertown, PA (US);
Richard Lloyd Warren, Blue Bell, PA (US);
Magdalena Zalacain, West Chester, PA (US);
Assignee:
SmithKline Beecham Corporation, Philadelphia, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 9/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 9/00 ;
Abstract
The invention provides metK polypeptides and polynucleotides encoding metK polypeptides and methods for producing such polypeptides by recombinant techniques. Also provided are methods for utilizing metK polypeptides to screen for antibacterial compounds.