Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Kate M. Murashige
  • Recombinant narbonolide polyketide synthase
    Patent number: 6509455
    Abstract: Recombinant DNA compounds that encode all or a portion of the narbonolide polyketide synthase are used to express recombinant polyketide synthase genes in host cells for the production of narbonolide, narbonolide derivatives, and polyketides that are useful as antibiotics and as intermediates in the synthesis of compounds with pharmaceutical value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2003
    Assignee: Kosan Biosciences, Inc.
    Inventors: Gary Ashley, Melanie C. Betlach, Mary Betlach, Robert McDaniel, Li Tang