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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2007
Applicants:
Rotem Sorek, Rehovot, IL;
Edward M. Rubin, Berkeley, CA (US);
Inventors:
Rotem Sorek, Rehovot, IL;
Edward M. Rubin, Berkeley, CA (US);
Assignee:
The Regents of the University of California, Oakland, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/09 (2006.01); C12N 15/82 (2006.01); A01H 5/00 (2006.01); A01H 5/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
We describe a method for mining microbial genomes to discover antimicrobial genes and proteins having broad spectrum of activity. Also described are antimicrobial genes and their expression products from various microbial genomes that were found using this method. The products of such genes can be used as antimicrobial agents or as tools for molecular biology.