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ISOLATED GUM OPERON FROM XYLLELA FASTIDIOSA, ISOLATED NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULES THEREFROM, AND USES THEREOF
| Office | USPTO |
| 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: | US 09/567,465 |
| IPC: | C07H 21/00 C12N 1/00 C12N 1/20 C12N 15/00 C12N 5/02 C12N 5/10 |
Abstract
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 |