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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 2010
Filed:
Nov. 21, 2002
Applicant:
Jörn Piel, Jena, DE;
Inventor:
Jörn Piel, Jena, DE;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 1/00 (2006.01); C12P 21/04 (2006.01); C12P 21/06 (2006.01); C12P 19/34 (2006.01); A01N 43/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention relates to the cloning, sequencing and analysing of a gene cluster encoding a modular polyketide synthase enzyme involved in the biosynthesis of the antitumor compound pederin. This novel cluster represents the first example of genes from an unculturable symbiont encoding the biosynthesis of a drug candidate.