Patents by Inventor Shamila Nair

Shamila Nair 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).

  • Enterococcal aminoacyl-trna synthetase proteins, nucleic acids and strains comprising same
    Patent number: 6221640
    Abstract: Recombinant nucleic acids which encode aminoacyl-tRNA sythetases of enterococcal origin or portions of such enzymes, have been isolated. These nucleic acids can be used to make expression constructs and transformed host cells for the production of enterococcal aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases. They can also be used in the further isolation of nucleic acids related by DNA sequence similarities, which also encode enterococcal aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases, or portions thereof. A further embodiment of the invention is antisense nucleic acid which can hybridize to the nucleic acid which encodes the aminoacyl-tRNA synthetase of enterococci. The invention also relates to tRNA synthetases such as isolated and/or recombinant enterococcal aminoacyl-tRNA synthetases. Antibodies which bind to these enzymes can be made and can be used in the purification and study of the enzymes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2001
    Assignee: Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
    Inventors: Jianshi Tao, Mandana Sassanfar, Paul L. Gallant, Xiaoyu Shen, Anthony S. Avruch, Russell V. Yu, Shamila Nair