Patents by Inventor Francois Sanschagrin

Francois Sanschagrin 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).

  • Method for the identification of essential genes and therapeutic targets
    Publication number: 20040081990
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of identifying essential genes in a genome, based on an insertional mutagenesis of a population of cells or of DNA molecules and subjecting this population of cells or DNA molecules to an amplification process, whereby this total population of cells or DNA molecules which statistically represents at least one full insertionally mutated genome is amplified with at least two primer pairs and the extension products analysed, in order to distinguish essential genes from dispensable genes. The present invention is especially suited to the functional analysis of microbial genomes, and especially to haploid genomes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2003
    Publication date: April 29, 2004
    Applicant: UNIVERSITE LAVAL
    Inventors: Roger C. Levesque, Francois Sanschagrin, Guy Cardinal