Patents by Inventor Yukio Tamai

Yukio Tamai 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).

  • Promoter and terminator sequences of formate dehydrogenase gene of Candida boidinii
    Patent number: 6001590
    Abstract: A promoter for a formate dehydrogenase gene from Candida boidinii, substantially comprising a 190 bp or more continuous nucleotide sequence selected from the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:1; a promoter for a formate dehydrogenase gene from Candida boidinii, substantially comprising the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:1, 48, 49 or 50; a terminator for a formate dehydrogenase gene from Candida boidinii, substantially comprising the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:2; a gene expression cassette comprising said promoter, a heterologous gene and said terminator; a recombinant expression vector comprising said gene expression cassette; a transformant transformed with said recombinant expression vector; a process for producing an expression product of a heterologous gene, which comprises culturing said transformant and recovering an expression product of a heterologous gene from the culture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Assignee: Kirin Beer Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Toshihiro Komeda, Hisako Suda, Yukio Tamai, Akihiro Iwamatsu, Nobuo Kato, Yasuyoshi Sakai