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| 20080226706 | Use of Repeat Sequence Protein Polymers in Personal Care Compositions - The present invention provides personal care compositions, and more particularly, personal care compositions comprising a bioactively effective amount of a repeat sequence protein polymer. In some particularly preferred embodiments, the present invention provides personal care compositions comprising an effective amount of at least one fragment of a repeat sequence protein polymer having bioactivity. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20080293611 | POLYOL OXIDASES - The present invention provides compositions and methods for producing a polyol oxidase in micoroorganisms, and the use of polyol oxidases in cleaning compositions. The invention includes cleaning compositions that contain combinations of two or more POx oxidases, and cleaning compositions that contain combinations of two or more POx oxidases and a perhydrolase. In particular, the invention provides methods for expressing polyol oxidases in bacterial hosts for use in detergent applications for cleaning, bleaching and disinfecting. | 11-27-2008 |
| 20080299614 | Metabolically Engineered Bacterial Strains Having Non-Functional Endogenous Gluconate Transporters - The present invention relates to engineering metabolic pathways in bacterial host cells which results in enhanced carbon flow for the production of ascorbic acid (ASA) intermediates. In particular, the invention relates to increasing the production of ASA intermediates in bacterial cells by enhancing the availability of gluconate resulting from the inactivation of endogenous gluconate transporter genes. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20090220938 | VIRAL NUCLEOPROTEIN DETECTION USING AN ION CHANNEL SWITCH BIOSENSOR - The present invention provides a method of detecting viruses, such as respiratory-related viruses, in a sample with a sensitivity of at least 80%, and/or specificity of at least 90%, and/or with an accuracy of at least 90%. The method comprises contacting the sample with a biosensor. The present invention also provides a biosensor comprising a membrane and a solid conducting surface, with the membrane being attached to the solid conducting surface in a manner such that a reservoir exists therebetween. The membrane comprises first and second layers each comprising closely packed amphiphilic molecules; a plurality of first and second ionophores located in the first and second layers, respectively; and a plurality of antibodies or fragments thereof directed against nucleoproteins of respiratory-related viruses, more specifically, nucleoproteins of an influenza virus, and covalently attached to the second ionophores. The present invention further provides a device comprising an array of such biosensors. | 09-03-2009 |
| 20090246283 | Repeat Sequence Protein Polymer Nanoparticles Optionally Containing Active Agents and Their Preparation - A nanocomposite of a repeat sequence protein polymer, such as a copolymer of silk and elastin, is produced by Supercritical Antisolvent Precipitation with Enhanced Mass Transfer (SAS-EM). The nanocomposite may include an active agent, such as a protein or hormone, that is releasably bound to the repeat sequence protein polymer. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090248620 | INTERACTING METHODS OF DATA EXTRACTION - Extraction methods can interact on a common data source using identifiers that correspond to events or other actions. These identifiers can be updated, whenever appropriate, once the corresponding data has been summarized, in order to provide for multiple extraction methods to operate only on the data of interest, and obtain a lock only on the data within the scope of extraction. High water marks, such as identifiers in the sequent, can be used to further designate which data has previously been extracted. Similarly, summarization methods can interact by utilizing corresponding persistent tables in the flows for the methods, but utilizing separate intermediate tables to allow for data transformations and application of various business rules and tuning techniques. The ability to switch between different methods can accommodate business, performance, or other such needs, and can provide for the dynamic extraction and summarization of different volumes of data. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090280071 | USE OF REPEAT SEQUENCE PROTEIN POLYMERS IN PERSONAL CARE COMPOSITIONS - A personal care composition is provided and includes an effective amount of a repeat sequence protein polymer. The personal care composition may be a hair care composition, a skin care composition, a nail care composition, a cosmetic composition, or an over-the-counter pharmaceutical composition. | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090295022 | Composites of repeat sequence proteins and their preparation - A composite of one or more repeat sequence protein polymers and either one or more metal oxides or one or more plasticizers alters material properties of the repeat sequence protein polymers, including the morphology of the polymers as well as the elastic modulus and tensile strength. The morphology of the composite is aligned, generally parallel nanofibers. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20100055752 | Native Grain Amylases in Enzyme Combinations for Granular Starch Hydrolysis - Described herein are starch hydrolysis processes for obtaining fermentable sugars from starch in milled plant material at temperatures below the starch gelatinization temperature and using exogenous plant alpha amylases further to the fermentation of the sugars to produce end products, such as ethanol. | 03-04-2010 |
| 20110143402 | DEGRADATION OF LIGNOCELLULOSIC MATERIAL - The present invention describes a method for the treatment of lignocellulosic material which method comprises contacting said lignocellulosic material with a composition comprising two or more enzyme activities, said enzyme activities being cellulase and/or hemicellulase activities, wherein the pH during the treatment is about 4.5 or lower, and the treatment is carried out at a dry matter content of 15% or more. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110154581 | POLYOL OXIDASES - The present invention provides compositions and methods for producing a polyol oxidase in micoroorganisms, and the use of polyol oxidases in cleaning compositions. The invention includes cleaning compositions that contain combinations of two or more POx oxidases, and cleaning compositions that contain combinations of two or more POx oxidases and a perhydrolase. In particular, the invention provides methods for expressing polyol oxidases in bacterial hosts for use in detergent applications for cleaning, bleaching and disinfecting. | 06-30-2011 |
