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Plasmid pBUL1 derived from a lactobacillus and derivatives thereof

US5426047A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 22, 1992
Grant dateJun 20, 1995
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Expiry dateOct 22, 2012

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC12N15/746
  • WIPO fieldBiotechnology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Disclosed are the plasmid pBUL1 having a restriction endonuclease cleavage map as shown in FIG. 1 and having a length of about 7.9 kbp and its derivatives. The plasmid was isolated from Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus M-878. The plasmid is useful as a vector for breeding various microorganisms such as lactic acid bacteria, and the derivatives thereof are useful also as a shuttle vector (lactic acid bacteria--Escherichia coli).

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