Office | EPO |
Document type: | Patent |
Inventor(s): | Paulo Arruda; Felipe Rodrigues Da Silva; Edson Luis Kemper; Andre Vettore; Adilson Leite; Márcio Jose Da Silva |
Applicant: | Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) |
Year: | 2001 |
Application Number: | EP 20010934259 |
IPC: | C07K 14/195 C07K 16/40 C12N 1/15 C12N 1/19 C12N 1/21 C12N 15/09 C12N 15/52 C12N 5/10 C12N 9/00 C12N 9/10 C12P 19/06 C12Q 1/02 |
This invention relates to the isolation and characterization of an operon from the organism Xylella fastidiosa. This operon, referred to as the XfGUM operon, contains 9 genes, and is involved in the production of a compound with xanthan gum like properties. The expression products of the operon and genes are also a part of the invention, as are various uses of these.
FAPESP's process: | 98/16368-5 - Preparation of a genomic library of Xylella fastidiosa in lambda phage and preparation of sugarcane cDNA libraries |
Grantee: | Andre Luiz Vettore de Oliveira |
Principal Investigator: | Andre Luiz Vettore de Oliveira |
Institution: | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Centro de Biologia Molecular e Engenharia Genética (CBMEG) |
Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral |