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Patent Inventor Names
Anthoula Lazaris-Karatzas0
Costas N. Karatzas0
Jeffrey D. Turner0
Date of Patent
January 2, 2007
Patent Application Number
09040518
Date Filed
March 17, 1998
Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
Disclosed is a method for the recombinant production of biofilaments, such as spider silk or insect fibroins, using transgenic animals which secrete the biofilaments in their milk and/or urine, and transgenic cells which secrete the biofilaments into culture media. Such a method is useful for producing large quantities of biofilament material. Also disclosed is a nucleic acid molecule for generating such transgenic animals.
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