Patent 7128920 was granted and assigned to REPLIDYNE, INC. on October, 2006 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
The invention provides metRS2 polypeptides and polynucleotides encoding metRS2 polypeptides and methods for producing such polypeptides by recombinant techniques. Also provided are preferred methods for utilizing metRS2 polypeptides and polynucleotides as diagnostic reagents and in diagnostic assays to screen for microbial infections in organisms and infestations in materials.