Thermostable polymerases from Thermococcus pacificus

US8124391B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• QIAGEN GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Katja Decker · Olten, CH
• Dirk Löffert · Mülheim an der Ruhr, DE
• Jie Kang · Bonn, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Oct 5, 2001
• Grant date: Feb 28, 2012
• Expiry date: Feb 2, 2023

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12N9/1252
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The invention relates to a thermostable polymerase based on thermococcus pacificus; DNA molecules which code for one such polymerase; expression vectors; host cells; methods for producing one such polymerase and the use thereof for polymerising nucleic acid, especially in the polymerase chain reaction.