Patents by Inventor Dietmar J. Manstein

Dietmar J. Manstein has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Protein expression and structure solution using specific fusion vectors
    Publication number: 20020137161
    Abstract: A recombinant protein comprised of an amino acid sequence of a motor protein, a target protein of interest, and optionally, a linker sequence between the two proteins, is disclosed. Also disclosed are a DNA sequence encoding such a recombinant protein, a vector expressing such a recombinant protein, a host cell transformed with such a vector, a method for producing such a recombinant protein, and methods for purification, crystallization and structure elucidation of such a recombinant protein. In preferred embodiments of the invention, the motor protein is a member of the kinesin or myosin superfamilies, or an analog, fragment or derivative thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2002
    Publication date: September 26, 2002
    Applicant: Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Wissenschaftern e.V.
    Inventors: Dietmar J. Manstein, Jon F. Kull, Menno L. W. Knetsch, Hartmut H. Niemann