Patent ID: 6515204
Filing Date: 2003-02-04
Classification: C07K,C12N

Abstract:
An isolated nucleic acid that hybridizes under stringent conditions with a nucleotide sequence or a complement thereof selected from the group consisting of:nucleotides 1 to about 1668 of SEQ ID NO:2 nucleotides 1 to about 1986 of SEQ ID NO:2 nucleotides 1 to about 1959 of SEQ ID NO:2; nucleotides about 208 to about 1986 of SEQ ID NO:2; nucleotides about 888 to about 1986 of SEQ ID NO:2; nucleotides about 1134 to about 1986 of SEQ ID NO:2; nucleotides about 1446 to about 1986 of SEQ ID NO:2; nucleotides about 1668 to about 1986 of SEQ ID NO:2; nucleotides about 1868 to about 1986 of SEQ ID NO:2; and nucleotides about 1668 to about 1868 of SEQ ID NO:2, wherein said stringent conditions comprise hybridizing said nucleic acid to said nucleotide sequence in 4Ã—SSC at 65Â° C. followed by washing in 0.1Ã—SSC at 65Â° C. for an hour, wherein said isolated nucleic acid exhibits silk activity.