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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 02, 2002
Filed:
May. 19, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Volker Schellenberger, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Amy D. Liu, Mountain View, CA (US);
Olga V. Selifonova, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Genencor International, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/574 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 1/574 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides methods for directing the evolution of microorganisms comprising the use of mutator genes and growth under conditions of selective pressure. The method discloses mutator genes which can be used in the methods of the present invention and provides ATCC deposits which exemplify the evolved microorganisms produced by the methods.