Patents Assigned to The USA as Represented by the Department of Agriculture
  • Construction of Pasteurella haemolytica vaccines
    Publication number: 20050003549
    Abstract: Methylation of DNA can be a critical step in the introduction of DNA into P. haemolytica. A methyltransferase has been isolated and molecularly cloned for this purpose. Use of the methyltransferase has allowed construction of defined, attenuated mutants for use as vaccines to protect cattle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2004
    Publication date: January 6, 2005
    Applicants: The USA as Represented by the Department of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Research and Development Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Briggs, Fred Tatum