nusB polypeptides and polynucleotides and methods thereof

US6245891A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• SmithKline Beecham Limited · US

Inventors

• Sanjoy Biswas · Paoli, US
• James Raymond Brown · Berwyn, US
• Martin Karl Russel Burnham · Norristown, US
• Alison Francis Chalker · Trappe, US
• David John Holmes · West Chester, US
• Karen Anne Ingraham · Auburn, US
• Chi Young So · Havertown, US
• Richard Lloyd Warren · Grantsville, US
• Magdalena Zalacain · West Chester, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 2, 1999
• Grant date: Jun 12, 2001
• Expiry date: Apr 2, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07K14/3156
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention provides nusB polypeptides and polynucleotides encoding nusB polypeptides and methods for producing such polypeptides by recombinant techniques. Also provided are methods for utilizing nusB polypeptides to screen for antibacterial compounds.