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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 13, 2012
Wolfgang Schafer, Western Cape, ZA;
Paul Mcewan, Western Cape, ZA;
Eric Van Der Walt, Western Cape, ZA;
John Foskett, Western Cape, ZA;
William Bourn, Western Cape, ZA;
Wolfgang Schafer, Western Cape, ZA;
Paul McEwan, Western Cape, ZA;
Eric Van Der Walt, Western Cape, ZA;
John Foskett, Western Cape, ZA;
William Bourn, Western Cape, ZA;
KAPA BIOSYSTEMS, INC., Wilmington, MA (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides improved DNA polymerases that may be better suited for applications in recombinant DNA technologies, in particular technologies involving plant-derived samples. Among other things, the present invention provides modified DNA polymerases derived from directed evolution experiments designed to select mutations that confer advantageous phenotypes under conditions used in industrial or research applications.