US Patent Issued to University in the City of New York on Feb. 11 for "Modified bacterial protein expression system" (New York Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,221,642, issued on Feb. 11, was assigned to University in the City of New York (New York).

"Modified bacterial protein expression system" was invented by Maxwell Gottesman (New York).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides host cells for reliable, high yield recombinant protein production, including unstable proteins. The present host cell (e.g., a bacterial cell) is deficient in at least one protease (or a subunit of a protease) such as Clp or ClpP. The host cell may also contain an expression vector that encodes a protein or polypeptide for overexpression."

The patent was filed on Feb. 3, 2023, under Application ...