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Bacterial receptor structures

US6740734B1 · kind B1 · utility

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38Claims

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Assignee

Biovitrum AB · SE

Inventors

Bjorn Nilsson · Foster City, US
Per Nygren · Helsingborg, SE
Mathias Uhlen · Uppsala, SE

Key dates

Filing date	May 10, 2000
Grant date	May 25, 2004
Priority date	—
Expiry date	May 10, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC07K2319/00
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Novel proteins obtainable by mutagenesis of surface-exposed amino acids of domains of natural bacterial receptors, said proteins being obtained without substantial loss of basic structure and stability of said natural bacterial receptors; proteins which have been selected from a protein library embodying a repertoire of said novel proteins; and methods for the manufacture of artificial bacterial receptor structures.

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