Abstract: An operations management system includes a processing system and a memory for storing an operations management application, which is executed by the processing system to collect resource information associated with hardware resources and virtual objects of a virtual computing environment. The system identifies, for one or more services provided by the virtual computing environment, the hardware resources and the virtual objects that execute the services, generates a tag for each resource indicating which services are executed by that resource, and stores the collected resource information for each resource and its respective tag in the memory.

Abstract: The invention relates to DNA molecules, recombinant vectors and cell cultures for use in methods for expression of bile salt-stimulated lipase (BSSL) in the methylotrophic yeast Pichia pastoris.

Abstract: This invention provides a bacterial system and assay for detecting and quantifying activity of bacterial growth regulator, FtsH. The bacteria include three expression cassettes. An FtsH expression cassette comprises a first promoter operatively linked to a nucleotide sequence encoding FtsH. A transcriptional regulator expression cassette comprises a second promoter operatively linked to a nucleotide sequence encoding a transcriptional regulator which regulates the activity of a third promoter, wherein the transcriptional regulator is a substrate of FtsH. A reporter expression cassette comprises the third promoter operatively linked to a reporter gene. The activity of FtsH can be read out as a positive expression of the reporter gene. The invention also provides an assay for compounds that modulate the expression of FtsH. The assay involves contacting the recombinant bacterial cell with the agent, and determining whether the agent modulates the expression of the reporter gene.

Abstract: In this patent application we have described the construction of a novel secretion vector based on E. coli enterotoxin coding sequence. We have shown categorically that pre and pro regions of toxin gene are absolutely necessary for extra cellular secretion of the stable toxin. We have also shown with specific examples that when the nucleotide coding sequence of a heterologous peptide is fused in frame to the end of the pro region in the st gene, the resultant vector in an E. coli host secretes extracellularly correctly processed heterologous peptide. This application also includes construction of suitable vectors where this gene fusion can be achieved. Generally methods to create such fusions involving a) recombinant DNA technology and b) the use of site directed in vitro mutagenesis, have also been described. A general method of purification of heterologous peptides is also described in this application.