ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,442,009, issued on Oct. 14, was assigned to DANSTAR FERMENT AG (Zug, Switzerland).
"Sulfite tolerance in recombinant yeast host cells" was invented by Aaron Argyros (Lebanon, N.H.), Charles F. Rice (Plainfield, N.H.), Trisha Barrett (Bradford, Vt.), Michelle Oeser (Croydon, N.H.) and Janet Fisher (Norwich, Vt.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure concerns the use of specific genetic modification(s) for improving sulfite tolerance in recombinant yeast host cells. The genetic modification(s) is (are) designed to allow the expression of an heterologous transcription factor favoring the expression of a SSU1 polypeptide and/o...