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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:
Aug. 19, 2003
Filed:
May. 23, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
Daniel C. Nelson, New York, NY (US);
Vincent A. Fischetti, West Hempstead, NY (US);
Assignee:
The Rockefeller University, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07H 1/900 ; C07K 1/100 ; C12N 7/509 ; C12N 1/552 ; C12N 1/575 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07H 1/900 ; C07K 1/100 ; C12N 7/509 ; C12N 1/552 ; C12N 1/575 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to the identification of C bacteriophage genes that express protein involved in the lysis of bacterial cells during the phage life cycle, lysin and holin. The invention further relates to methods for lysing certain bacteria using lysin, which are useful for example in the treatment of an oral cavity bacterial infection.