Patents Assigned to SymBioTech, Inc.
  • Method of detecting compounds utilizing genetically modified lambdoid bacteriophage
    Patent number: 5650267
    Abstract: Disclosed is an infective lambdoid bacteriophage which includes a protein construct comprising a genetically modified major tail protein truncated at its carboxy terminus, and a target molecule peptide bonded to the carboxy terminus of the tail protein. Also disclosed are nucleic acids encoding the construct and methods of detecting a molecule-of-interest in a solution and of detecting a cell which produces a molecule-of-interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 22, 1997
    Assignee: SymBioTech, Inc.
    Inventors: Bryan L. Ray, Edmund C. C. Lin, Roberto Crea