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Recombinant lactic acid bacterium containing an inserted promoter and method of constructing same

US5837509A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 1, 1995
Grant dateNov 17, 1998
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Expiry dateMar 1, 2015

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S435/853
  • WIPO fieldBiotechnology
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method of isolating a lactic acid bacterial DNA fragment comprising a promoter, the method comprising introducing a DNA molecule comprising a transposable element comprising a promoterless structural gene as a promoter probe gene into a population of a lactic acid bacterium, methods of constructing a recombinant lactic acid bacterium comprising a regulatable promoter by using the above method, a recombinant lactic acid bacterium comprising a gene coding for a desired gene product and operably linked thereto a regulatable lactic acid bacterial promoter not natively associated with the gene, the use of such a recombinant lactic acid bacterium and recombinant plasmids comprising a regulatable lactic acid bacterial promoter.

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