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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 17, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ilse I Blumentals, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Roger S Lasken, Derwood, MD (US);
Brian J Schmidt, Rockville, MD (US);
Mary C Longo, Germantown, MD (US);
A John Hughes, Jr, Germantown, MD (US);
Deb K Chatterjee, N. Potomac, MD (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435194 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a substantially pure thermostable DNA polymerase. Preferably, the DNA polymerase has a molecular weight of about 95 kilodaltons and is more thermostable than Taq DNA polymerase. The present invention also relates to cloning and expression of the DNA polymerase in E. coli, to DNA molecules containing the cloned gene, and to host cells which express said genes.