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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 30, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 19, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ronald K. Taylor, Lebanon, PA (US);
Joel A. Peek, Pittsford, NY (US);
Assignee:
The University of Tennessee Research Corporation, Knoxville, TN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/26 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/26 ;
Abstract
A method to inhibit the function of a class of bacterial periplasmic oxidoreductase enzymes, exemplified by TcpG of,, DsbA of,, and Por of,, is disclosed. A screening method to determine whether a chemical inhibits the function of the oxidoreductase enzymes is disclosed. Mutant bacteria lacking the ability to produce a functional periplasmic oxidoreductase and a cloned expression vector overproducing TcpG are also disclosed.