Rationally-designed single-chain meganucleases with non-palindromic recognition sequences
US8445251B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 30, 2010 |
| Grant date | May 21, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 23, 2030 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12Y301/04
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Disclosed are rationally-designed, non-naturally-occurring meganucleases in which a pair of enzyme subunits having specificity for different recognition sequence half-sites are joined into a single polypeptide to form a functional heterodimer with a non-palindromic recognition sequence. The invention also relates to methods of producing such meganucleases, and methods of producing recombinant nucleic acids and organisms using such meganucleases.
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