US 6,352,859 Β· Granted 2002-03-05

Evolution of whole cells and organisms by recursive sequence recombination

The invention provides methods employing iterative cycles of recombination and selection/screening for evolution of whole cells and organisms toward acquisition of desired properties. Examples of such properties include enhanced recombinogenicity, genome copy number, and capacity for expression and/or secretion of proteins and secondary metabolites.

Patent details

Publication number
US 6,352,859
Filing date
2000-07-26
Grant date
2002-03-05
Assignee
Maxygen, Inc.
Inventor(s)
DELCARDAYRE STEPHEN, TOBIN MATTHEW, STEMMER WILLIAM P. C., NESS JON E., MINSHULL JEREMY, PATTEN PHILLIP, SUBRAMANIAN VENKITESWATAN, CASTLE LINDA, KREBBER CLAUS M., BASS STEVE
CPC class
C12N15/1027

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