Patent ID: 6294372
Filing Date: 2001-09-25
Classification: C07K,C12N

Abstract:
An isolated nucleic acid molecule which encodes a repA protein, wherein said nucleic acid molecule is selected from the group consisting of:(a) a nucleic acid molecule which encodes a protein comprising the amino acid sequence of RepA wherein said protein is encoded by nucleotides 913 to 1386 of Sequence I.D. No: 19;(b) an isolated nucleic acid molecule that detectably hybridizes to the nucleic acid molecule of (a) or its complementary strand under conditions of 5.times.SSPE, 0.5% SDS, 1.times.Denhardt's, at 65.degree. C. or equivalent salt and temperature conditions;(c) an isolated nucleic acid molecule that encodes a protein that has greater than 75% sequence homology to the protein encoded by the nucleic acid molecule according to (a); and(d) a nucleic acid molecule that, due to degeneracy of the genetic code, encodes a protein encoded by the nucleic acid molecule according to (b) or (c).