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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:
Jun. 06, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 21, 2001
Applicants:
Kevin P. Francis, Alameda, CA (US);
Anthony F. Purchio, Alameda, CA (US);
Inventors:
Kevin P. Francis, Alameda, CA (US);
Anthony F. Purchio, Alameda, CA (US);
Assignee:
Xenogen Corporation, Alameda, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/00 (2006.01); C12N 15/01 (2006.01); C12N 15/74 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to bacterial luciferase transposon cassettes suitable for conferring bioluminescence properties on a Gram-positive bacteria, Gram-negative bacteria, and other organisms of interest. The invention further includes cells transformed with vectors carrying the transposon cassettes, cells whose genomes have been modified by introduction of such cassettes, and methods of making and using such transposon cassettes, transposon cassette vectors, and cells containing the transposons.