Patents by Inventor Weinning Jiang

Weinning Jiang 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 and constructs for inhibiting protein expression in bacteria
    Patent number: 6686174
    Abstract: A method of inhibiting the translation of bacterial mRNA is disclosed. The method comprises overexpressing in a bacterium an mRNA which contains a sequence which is complementary to the anti-downstream box region of the 16S rRNA. RNA and DNA constructs for the overexpression of the mRNA of the invention are disclosed. Further, there are disclosed isolated DNA constructs that direct the prolonged expression of a heterologous gene in a cold-shocked bacterium at reduced temperature. The construct can comprise a promoter region of a cold-shocked inducible gene. The replication vehicle comprising such DNA constructs and a method for overexpressing a heterologous gene in a bacterium transformed with such a replication vehicle are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
    Inventors: Li Fang, Weinning Jiang, Masanori Mitta, Masayori Inouye