Type II restriction endonuclease SwaI

US5158878A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Boehringer Mannheim GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Barbara Prinz · Friedrichshafen, DE
• Max Lechner · Penzberg, DE
• Bruno Frey · Penzberg, DE
• Michael Jarsch · Bad Heilbrunn, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 6, 1991
• Grant date: Oct 27, 1992
• Expiry date: May 6, 2011

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S435/882
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The novel type II restriction endonuclease SwaI has the following recognition sequence: ##STR1## and preferably cleaves at the cleavage site indicated by the line. It is preferably obtainable from microorganisms of the genus Staphylococcus.