Global Patent Index - EP 1124978 A4

EP 1124978 A4 20031112 - AN UNUSUAL RETROTRANSPOSON FROM THE YEAST CANDIDA ALBICANS

Title (en)

AN UNUSUAL RETROTRANSPOSON FROM THE YEAST CANDIDA ALBICANS

Title (de)

UNGEWÖHNLICHES TRANSPOSON AUS DER HEFE CANDIDA ALBICANS

Title (fr)

RETROTRANSPOSON INHABITUEL PROVENANT DE CANDIDA ALBICANS

Publication

EP 1124978 A4 20031112 (EN)

Application

EP 99954511 A 19991101

Priority

  • CA 2249046 A 19981030
  • NZ 9900179 W 19991101
  • US 10634298 P 19981030

Abstract (en)

[origin: WO0026397A1] TCa2 is a Tyl/copia retrotransposon from the pathogenic yeast Candida albicans. In contrast to other retrotransposons it can appear as an abundant, extrachromosomal double-stranded DNA molecule, called pCal. The invention relates to the isolation and characterisation of TCa2 and pCal together with its uses for inducing random mutagenesis in a genome, as a component of a transposable element and of an expression vector.

IPC 1-7

C12N 15/87

IPC 8 full level

C12N 15/09 (2006.01); A61K 31/711 (2006.01); A61K 36/06 (2006.01); A61K 48/00 (2006.01); A61P 37/02 (2006.01); A61P 43/00 (2006.01); C12N 9/12 (2006.01); C12N 9/22 (2006.01); C12N 15/01 (2006.01); C12N 15/81 (2006.01); C12N 15/90 (2006.01); C12Q 1/68 (2006.01); C12R 1/725 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

A61P 37/02 (2017.12); A61P 43/00 (2017.12); C12N 9/1276 (2013.01); C12N 9/22 (2013.01); C12N 15/815 (2013.01); C12N 15/905 (2013.01); C12N 2800/90 (2013.01)

Citation (search report)

  • [A] WO 8803169 A1 19880505 - WHITEHEAD BIOMEDICAL INST [US]
  • [X] DATABASE GENBANK [online] 24 November 1997 (1997-11-24), MATTHEWS ET AL, XP002235651, retrieved from EBI accession no. AF007776 Database accession no. AF007776 & MATTHEWS ET AL, JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY, vol. 179, 1997, pages 7118 - 7128, XP002156700
  • [A] GOODWIN T J D ET AL: "The CARE-2 and Rel-2 repetitive elements of Candida albicans contain LTR fragments of a new retrotransposon", GENE, ELSEVIER BIOMEDICAL PRESS. AMSTERDAM, NL, vol. 218, no. 1-2, September 1998 (1998-09-01), pages 85 - 93, XP004149344, ISSN: 0378-1119
  • [A] POULTER R ET AL: "A retrotransposon family from the pufferfish (fugu) Fugu rubripes", GENE, ELSEVIER BIOMEDICAL PRESS. AMSTERDAM, NL, vol. 215, no. 2, July 1998 (1998-07-01), pages 241 - 249, XP004149248, ISSN: 0378-1119
  • See references of WO 0026397A1

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH CY DE DK ES FI FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

WO 0026397 A1 20000511; AU 1084700 A 20000522; AU 2004210616 A1 20041007; AU 2004210616 B2 20070329; AU 774371 B2 20040624; EP 1124978 A1 20010822; EP 1124978 A4 20031112; IL 142831 A0 20020310; JP 2003512014 A 20030402; NZ 511224 A 20031031

DOCDB simple family (application)

NZ 9900179 W 19991101; AU 1084700 A 19991101; AU 2004210616 A 20040913; EP 99954511 A 19991101; IL 14283199 A 19991101; JP 2000579769 A 19991101; NZ 51122499 A 19991101