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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2003
Filed:
Mar. 26, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Randy M. Berka, Davis, CA (US);
Kirk J. Hayenga, Raleigh, NC (US);
Virgil B. Lawlis, Raleigh, NC (US);
Michael Ward, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Genencor International, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 2/102 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 2/102 ;
Abstract
This invention relates to novel mutant filamentous fungi which are deficient in the gene for the corresponding aspartic proteinase. These organisms are useful production hosts in the production of heterologous polypeptides such as chymosin.