Patents by Inventor Zhanjiang Liu

Zhanjiang Liu 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).

  • Compositions and methods for enhancing disease resistance in fish
    Patent number: 7183079
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for conferring enhanced disease resistance in a fish are provided. Compositions include novel recombinant constructs that induce transgenic expression of anti-pathogenic polypeptides, including cecropin proteins or biologically active variants thereof, in a fish. Expression of the anti-pathogenic polypeptide is under the control of novel synthetic promoters, naturally occurring fish promoters, or biologically active variants thereof. Compositions of the invention also include transgenic fish cells, fish eggs, and fish, particularly catfish, having the recombinant constructs of the invention stably integrated within their genome. Methods for expressing a polypeptide of interest within a host cell are also provided, wherein expression is under control of the synthetic promoters of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2007
    Assignees: Auburn University, MUSC Foundation for Reseach Development
    Inventors: Rex A. Dunham, Zhanjiang Liu, Gregory W. Warr
  • Compositions and methods for enhancing disease resistance in fish
    Publication number: 20040139488
    Abstract: Compositions and methods for conferring enhanced disease resistance in a fish are provided. Compositions include novel recombinant constructs that induce transgenic expression of anti-pathogenic polypeptides, including cecropin proteins or biologically active variants thereof, in a fish. Expression of the anti-pathogenic polypeptide is under the control of novel synthetic promoters, naturally occurring fish promoters, or biologically active variants thereof. Compositions of the invention also include transgenic fish cells, fish eggs, and fish, particularly catfish, having the recombinant constructs of the invention stably integrated within their genome. Methods for expressing a polypeptide of interest within a host cell are also provided, wherein expression is under control of the synthetic promoters of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2003
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Inventors: Rex A. Dunham, Zhanjiang Liu, Gregory W. Warr