Type II restriction endonuclease SexAI

US5354669A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Boehringer Mannheim GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Klaus Kaluza · Bad Heilbrunn, DE
• Johannes Auer · Schwaigen, DE
• Bruno Frey · Penzberg, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 19, 1993
• Grant date: Oct 11, 1994
• Expiry date: Jul 19, 2013

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12N9/22
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The new type II restriction endonuclease SexAI has the following recognition sequence and preferably cleaves at the cleavage site defined by the mark: ##STR1## It is preferably obtainable from microorganisms of the genus Streptomyces.