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US4190495:
Modified microorganisms and method of preparing and using same
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| Country: |
US United States of America
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| Inventor: |
Curtiss, III, Roy; Birmingham, AL
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| Assignee: |
Research Corporation, New York, NY
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| Published / Filed: |
1980-02-26
/ 1976-09-27
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| Application Number: |
US1976000727365
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| IPC Code: |
Advanced:
C02F 3/34;
C12N 1/20;
C12N 15/00;
C12N 15/09;
C12P 1/00;
C12R 1/19;
IPC-7:
C12K 1/02;
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| ECLA Code: |
C12N15/00;
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| U.S. Class: |
Current:
435/091.1;
435/091.4;
435/849;
Original:
435/172;
435/849;
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| Field of Search: |
195/28 N,1,96,76,78
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| Government Interest: |
The Government has rights in this invention pursuant to Grant GB-37546 awarded by the National Science Foundation. The invention described herein was made in the course of work under the above grant from the National Science Foundation and Grant Numbers NIAIDAI-11456 and NIDR DE-02670 from the Department of Health, Education and Welfare.
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| Priority Number: |
| 1976-09-27 |
US1976000727365 |
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| Abstract: |
Microorganisms have been developed which may be characterized as possessing substantially all of the following qualities or capabilities: (a) capable of having foreign genetic information introduced thereinto and recovered therefrom along with its expression with production of useful gene products; (b) the microorganism being dependent for growth and survival upon defined conditions; (c) the microorganism being incapable of establishment or growth or colonization and/or survival under conditions or in ecological niches that are considered to be natural and/or undesirable for said microorganism; (d) the microorganism being capable of causing genetic information incorporated therein to undergo degradation under conditions or ecological niches that are considered to be natural and/or undesirable for said microorganism; (e) the microorganism being capable of permitting cloning vectors incorporated therein to be dependent for their replication, maintenance and/or function on said microorganism; (f) the microorganism being substantially incapable of transmitting cloning vectors or recombinant DNA molecules incorporated therein to other organisms under conditions or ecological niches that are considered to be natural and/or undesirable for said microorganism; (g) the microorganism being capable of being monitored by suitable means and/or techniques without substantial alteration of said microorganism; and (h) the microorganism being susceptible of substantially minimal contamination with other organisms when recombinant DNA molecules are incorporated therein and being substantially incapable of contaminating other organisms when incorporated therein or consumed thereby when recombinant DNA molecules are incorporated in said microorganism. Examples of such microorganisms are Escherichia coli K-12 chi 1776, Escherichia coli K-12 chi 1972, Escherichia coli K-12 chi 1976 and Escherichia coli K-12 chi 2076. Additionally, techniques have been developed and employed for imparting special properties, e.g. genetic properties, to microorganisms which render the resulting microorganisms unique. Also, techniques have been developed for the handling of plasmid and/or bacteriophage cloning DNA vectors for eventual insertion into microorganisms for testing therein, such as the above-mentioned microorganisms, and techniques have been developed for the transformation of microorganisms, such as the above-identified microorganisms, for the introduction of recombinant DNA molecules thereinto. Also, techniques have been developed in connection with the development or production of the above-identified microorganisms which impart special genetically-linked properties thereto, which techniques are applicable to a large number and diversity of microorganisms, including not only bacteria but also yeast and other cellular material.
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| Attorney, Agent or Firm: |
Cooper, Dunham, Clark, Griffin & Moran ;
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| Primary / Asst. Examiners: |
Tanenholtz, Alvin E.;
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| INPADOC Legal Status: |
None
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First Claim:
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I claim:
1. In an operation wherein recombinant DNA-containing cloning vector is introduced into or is present in a microorganism for replication therein and wherein said microorganism is grown for replication of said cloning vector, the improvement which comprises employing as said microorganism a microorganism having the following characteristics:
- (a) said microorganism being capable of having recombinant DNA or foreign genetic information introduced thereinto and recovered therefrom along with its expression or production of useful gene products;
- (b) said microorganism being dependent for growth and survival upon defined conditions;
- (c) said microorganism being incapable of establishment, growth or colonization and/or survival under conditions or in ecological niches that are non-permissive for said microorganism;
- (d) said microorganism being capable of causing recombinant DNA or foreign genetic information incorporated therein to undergo degradation under conditions or ecological niches that are considered non-permissive for said microorganism;
- (e) said microorganism being capable of permitting cloning vectors containing recombinant DNA or foreign genetic information incorporated therein to be dependent for their replication, maintenance and/or function on said microorganism.
- (f) said microorganism being substantially incapable of transmitting cloning vectors containing recombinant DNA or foreign genetic information incorporated therein to other organisms under non-permissive conditions for said microorganism;
- (g) said microorganism being capable of being monitored by suitable means and/or techniques without substantial alteration of said microorganism; and
- (h) said microorganism being susceptible of substantially minimal contamination with other organisms when recombinant DNA or foreign genetic information is incorporated therein and being substantially incapable of contaminating other organisms when incorporated therein or consumed thereby when recombinant DNA or foreign genetic information is present in said microorganism.
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