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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015
Filed:
Feb. 21, 2013
Applicant:
The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (US);
Inventors:
Aaron Turkewitz, Chicago, IL (US);
Joseph Briguglio, Chicago, IL (US);
Assignee:
The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 21/06 (2006.01); C12N 15/79 (2006.01); C07K 14/44 (2006.01); C12P 21/04 (2006.01); C12P 21/02 (2006.01); C07H 21/02 (2006.01); C07K 14/00 (2006.01); C12N 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N 15/79 (2013.01); C07K 14/44 (2013.01); C12P 21/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
Ciliate organisms are provided that comprise reduced proteolytic processing in granules. For example, ciliates are provided that lack detectable expression of one or more sortilin (SOR) gene product. Methods for producing such genetically altered ciliates and methods for protein production in a these organisms are also provided.