Patents Assigned to The Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB)
  • Method of enhancing degradation of chitin
    Patent number: 8377650
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of enhancing chitin degradation or weakening the structure of a chitin substrate comprising exposing chitin to a non-hydrolytic chitin binding protein (CBP). The invention further provides a method of enhancing chitin degradation comprising exposing chitin to a non-hydrolytic CBP and a chitin hydrolase. Compositions, including fungicides, comprising non-hydrolytic CBPs and transgenic plants comprising exogenous nucleic acid molecules encoding a non-hydrolytic CBP are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: The Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB)
    Inventors: Gustav Vaaje-Kolstad, Vincent G. H. Eijsink, Svein Jarle Horn
  • Method of enhancing degradation of chitin
    Publication number: 20070218046
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of enhancing chitin degradation or weakening the structure of a chitin substrate comprising exposing chitin to a non-hydrolytic chitin binding protein (CBP). The invention further provides a method of enhancing chitin degradation comprising exposing chitin to a non-hydrolytic CBP and a chitin hydrolase. Compositions, including fungicides, comprising non-hydrolytic CBPs and transgenic plants comprising exogenous nucleic acid molecules encoding a non-hydrolytic CBP are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2006
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Applicant: The Norwegian University of Life Sciences (UMB)
    Inventors: Gustav Vaaje-Kolstad, Vincent G. H. Eijsink, Svein Jarle Horn