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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 11, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 15, 2007
Applicants:
Keiji Endo, Tochigi, JP;
Shenghao Liu, Tochigi, JP;
Katsutoshi Ara, Tochigi, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Kao Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12Q 1/34 (2006.01); C12N 1/21 (2006.01); C12P 21/00 (2006.01); C12N 15/00 (2006.01); C12N 9/42 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The object of the invention is to provide a microorganism which enhances productivity of cellulase and is useful for industrial production of cellulase, and to provide a method for producing cellulase by use of the microorganism. The present invention provides a recombinant microorganism produced by transferring a gene encoding cellulase to a parental microorganism which has been genetically modified so as to overexpress asecY gene or a gene corresponding thereto.