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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. 19, 2002
Filed:
Oct. 07, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Takara Shuzo Co., Ltd., Kyoto-fu, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 1/400 ; C12N 1/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 1/400 ; C12N 1/500 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a protein regulating the sensitivity of fungus to an antimycotic aureobasidin, a gene coding for this protein, the use thereof, an antibody for the protein and the use thereof. The invention is useful in the diagnosis and treatment for diseases including mycoses. The invention also provides a novel chromosome integration vector capable of imparting a novel selective marker of a drug resistance to a fungal transformant, a transformant transformed with this vector and a process for producing the same. In particular, it provides a protein capable of imparting the resistance to aureobasidin and acting as a selective marker and a DNA coding for the same.