Patents by Inventor Elizabeth A. Register

Elizabeth A. Register 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).

  • Transformation of Candida albicans by electroporation
    Patent number: 5908753
    Abstract: There is disclosed a procedure for DNA-mediated transformation of Candida albicans by electroporation utilizing lithium acetate and dithiothreitol to weaken the cell wall structure and optimize the yield of transformants.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 1, 1999
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Rosemarie Kelly, Elizabeth A. Register, Myra B. Kurtz, John R. Thompson
  • DNA encoding 1,3 beta-D glucan synthase subunits
    Patent number: 5821353
    Abstract: DNA molecules encoding proteins involved in biosynthesis of 1,3-beta-D glucan are identified, cloned, expressed and used in in vitro assays to screen for antifungal compounds, including compounds that affect cell wall biosynthesis. The invention includes but is not limited to the purified DNA molecules, assays employing the DNA molecules, proteins encoded by the DNA molecules, cells expressing the DNA molecules and altered forms of the molecules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 1996
    Date of Patent: October 13, 1998
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Cameron M. Douglas, Gary L. Chrebet, Joseph Clemas, Mohammed El-Sherbeini, Forrest Foor, Jennifer Nielsen Kahn, Rosemarie Kelly, Jean A. Marrinan, Nancy R. Morin, Janet C. Onishi, Stephen Authur Parent, Naasa M. Ramadan, Elizabeth A. Register, Gan-Ju Shei
  • P5C reductase gene from zalerion arboricloa
    Patent number: 5789222
    Abstract: There is disclosed an isolated gene coding for an enzyme involved in proline biosynthesis in Zalerion arboricola. There is also disclosed a method of using the gene to produce a strain of Z. arboricola containing high titers of a desirable fermentation product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 1996
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1998
    Assignee: Merck & Co., Inc.
    Inventors: Rosemarie Kelly, Prakash S. Masurekar, Elizabeth A. Register