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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:
Dec. 11, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Taejon, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 2/106 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 2/106 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides ABC transporter gene of,encoding a protein which enhances the secretion of foreign proteins extracellularly, a recombinant expression vector containing the transporter gene, a microorganism transformed therewith and a process for preparing foreign proteins which comprises the steps of incubating the transformant, inducing expression of the proteins and leading the proteins to be secreted extracellularly. In accordance with the present invention, foreign proteins can be secreted extracellularly in a simple and efficient manner by employing a secretion system associated with the ABC transporter gene.