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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2003
Filed:
May. 06, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Akira Nakanishi, Tokyo, JP;
Tadahiro Oshida, Tokyo, JP;
Tadahiro Matsushita, Matsudo, JP;
Tetsuo Onuki, Satte, JP;
Assignee:
Tanabe Seiyaku Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/00 ; C12Q 1/34 ; C12N 9/00 ; C12N 9/14 ; C12N 9/16 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/00 ; C12Q 1/34 ; C12N 9/00 ; C12N 9/14 ; C12N 9/16 ;
Abstract
The present invention discloses a protein that possesses an ability to inhibit bacterial DNA gyrase activity (DNA Gyrase-inhibiting protein; DGI); a host cell transformed by a replicable expression vector comprising a DNA that encodes DGI; a process for preparing DGI comprising culturing the same; a method for identifying a medical compound comprising assaying the action of modulating the DNA gyrase-inhibiting activity of DGI; and a method for identifying a medical compound comprising assaying the action of modulating the expression of a DGI-encoding gene.