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Yeast strains autonomously producing steroids

US7977065B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

AVENTIS PHARMA S.A. · FR

Inventors

Roberto Spagnoli · Paris, FR
Tilman Achstetter · Oberkirch, DE
Gilles Cauet · Thonon-les-Bains, FR
Eric Degryse · Strasbourg, FR
Bruno Dumas · Châteaufort, FR
Denis Pompon · Gif-sur-Yvette, FR
Jacques Winter · Quincy-Voisins, FR

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 7, 2010
Grant date	Jul 12, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 7, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC12Y118/01002
WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The present invention relates to genetically modified yeast strains autonomously producing, from a simple carbon source, steroids. The invention also relates to a method for producing steroids from such yeast strains.

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