Patent · US Expired

MecB

US6346608B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignees

SmithKline Beecham Limited · US
SmithKline Beeacham P.L.C. · GB

Inventors

Martin Karl Russel Burnham · Norristown, US
Andrew Fosberry · Linton, US
John Edward Hodgson · Malvern, US
Deborah Dee Jaworski · West Chester, US
Elizabeth Jane Lawlor · Malvern, US
Martin Rosenberg · Royersford, US
Lisa Kathleen Shilling · Newtown, US
Min Wang · Blue Bell, US
Judith M Ward · Dorking, GB

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 24, 2000
Grant date	Feb 12, 2002
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 24, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S530/825
WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

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

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