IPC 6 English version C12N 11/00-C12N 15/90

C12N01100-C12N01590

SECTION C– CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY

C 12

BIOCHEMISTRY; BEER; SPIRITS; WINE; VINEGAR; MICROBIOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING

C 12 N

MICRO-ORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF (biocides, pest repellants or attractants, or plant growth regulators containing micro-organisms, viruses, microbial fungi, enzymes, fermentates, or substances produced by, or extracted from, micro-organisms or animal material A 01 N 63/00; food compositions A 21, A 23; medicinal preparations A 61 K; chemical aspects of, or use of materials for, bandages, dressings, absorbent pads or surgical articles A 61 L; fertilisers C 05); PROPAGATING, PRESERVING, OR MAINTAINING MICRO-ORGANISMS (preservation of living parts of humans or animals A 01 N 1/02); MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; CULTURE MEDIA (microbiological testing media C 12 Q) [3]

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Carrier-bound or immobilised enzymes; Carrier-bound or immobilised microbial cells; Preparation thereof [3]

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Enzymes or microbial cells being immobilised on or in an organic carrier [3]

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entrapped within the carrier, e.g. gel, hollow fibre [3]

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attached to the carrier via a bridging agent [3]

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the carrier being a synthetic polymer [3]

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the carrier being a carbohydrate [3]

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Cellulose or derivatives thereof [3]

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Enzymes or microbial cells being immobilised on or in an inorganic carrier [3]

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Enzymes or microbial cells being immobilised on or in a biological cell [3]

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Multi-enzyme systems [3]

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Treatment of micro-organisms or enzymes with electrical or wave energy, e.g. magnetism, sonic waves [3]

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Mutation or genetic engineering; DNA or RNA concerning genetic engineering, vectors, e.g. plasmids, or their isolation, preparation or purification; Use of hosts therefor (mutants or genetically engineered micro-organisms C 12 N 1/00, C 12 N 5/00, C 12 N 7/00; new plants A 01 H; plant reproduction by tissue culture techniques A 01 H 4/00; new animals A 01 K 67/00; use of medicinal preparations containing genetic material which is inserted into cells of the living body to treat genetic diseases, gene therapy A 61 K 48/00; peptides in general C 07 K) [3,5,6]

Note

This group covers processes wherein there is a modification of the genetic material which would not normally occur in nature without intervention of man which produce a change in the gene structure which is passed on to succeeding generations. [3]

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Preparation of mutants without inserting foreign genetic material therein; Screening processes therefor [5]

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Preparation of hybrid cells by fusion of two or more cells, e.g. protoplast fusion [5]

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Bacteria [5]

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Fungi [5]

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Plant cells [5]

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Animal cells [5]

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Human cells [5]

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Cells resulting from interspecies fusion [5]

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Recombinant DNA-technology [5]

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Processes for the isolation, preparation or purification of DNA or RNA (chemical preparation of DNA or RNA C 07 H 21/00; preparation of non-structural polynucleotides from micro-organisms or with enzymes C 12 P 19/34) [5]

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DNA or RNA fragments; Modified forms thereof (DNA or RNA not used in recombinant technology C 07 H 21/00) [5]

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Genes encoding animal proteins [5]

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Immunoglobulins [5]

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Human serum albumins [5]

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Protease inhibitors, e.g. antithrombin, antitrypsin, hirudin [5]

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Hormones [5]

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Insulins [5]

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Growth hormones [5]

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Interferons; Lymphokines; Cytokines [5]

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Interferons [5]

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Alpha-interferons [5]

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Beta-interferons [5]

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Gamma-interferons [5]

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Interleukins [5]

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Interleukin-1 [5]

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Interleukin-2 [5]

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Colony stimulating factors [5]

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Tumor necrosis factors [5]

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Genes encoding plant proteins, e.g. thaumatin [5]

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Genes encoding protozoal proteins, e.g. from Plasmodium, Trypanosoma, Eimeria [5]

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Genes encoding microbial proteins, e.g. enterotoxins [5]

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Bacillus crystal proteins [5]

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Genes encoding viral proteins [5]

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Proteins from DNA viruses [5]

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Parvoviridae, e.g. feline panleukopenia virus, human parvovirus [5]

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Hepadnaviridae [5]

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Papovaviridae, e.g. papillomaviruses, polyomavirus, SV40 [5]

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Herpetoviridae, e.g. herpes simplex virus, varicella-zoster virus, Epstein-Barr virus, cytomegalovirus, pseudorabies virus [5]

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Poxviridae, e.g. vaccinia virus, variola virus [5]

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Proteins from RNA viruses, e.g. flaviviruses [5]

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Picornaviridae, e.g. rhinovirus, coxsackie viruses, echoviruses, enteroviruses [5]

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Foot-and-mouth disease virus [5]

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Poliovirus [5]

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Orthomyxoviridae, e.g. influenza virus [5]

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Paramyxoviridae, e.g. measles virus, mumps virus, Newcastle disease virus, canine distemper virus, rinderpest virus, respiratory syncytial viruses [5]

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Reoviridae, e.g. rotavirus, bluetongue virus, Colorado tick fever virus [5]

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Rhabdoviridae, e.g. rabies viruses, vesicular stomatitis virus [5]

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Retroviridae, e.g. bovine leukaemia virus, feline leukaemia virus, HIV [5]

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Lentiviridae, e.g. immunodeficiency viruses, visna-maedi virus, equine infectious anaemia virus [5]

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Coronaviridae, e.g. infectious bronchitis virus, transmissible gastroenteritis virus [5]

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Hepatitis viruses [5]

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Genes encoding for enzymes or proenzymes [5]

Note

In this group:

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genes encoding for proenzymes are classified with the corresponding genes encoding enzymes;

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enzymes are generally categorised according to the "Nomenclature and Classification of Enzymes" of the International Commission on Enzymes. Where appropriate, this designation appears in the groups below in parenthesis. [5]

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Oxidoreductases (1) [5]

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Transferases (2) [5]

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Hydrolases (3) [5]

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acting on glycosyl compounds (3.2), e.g. amylase, galactosidase, lysozyme [5]

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acting on peptide bonds (3.4) [5]

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Plasminogen activators, e.g. urokinase, TPA [5]

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Chymosin [5]

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Lyases (4) [5]

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Isomerases (5) [5]

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DNA sequences coding for fusion proteins [5]

Note

In this group, the following term is used with the meaning indicated:

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"fusion" means the fusion of two different proteins. [5]

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Introduction of foreign genetic material using vectors; Vectors; Use of hosts therefor; Regulation of expression [5]

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General methods for preparing the vector, for introducing it into the cell or for selecting the vector-containing host [5]

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using markers (enzymes used as markers C 12 N 15/52) [5]

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General methods for inserting a gene into a vector to form a recombinant vector using cleavage and ligation; Use of non-functional linkers or adaptors, e.g. linkers containing the sequence for a restriction endonuclease [5]

Note

In this group, the following expression is used with the meaning indicated:

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"non-functional linkers" means DNA sequences which are used to link DNA sequences and which have no known function of structural gene or regulating function. [5]

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General methods for enhancing the expression [5]

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Stabilisation of the vector [5]

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Increasing the copy number of the vector [5]

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Vectors or expression systems specially adapted for E. coli [5]

Notes

(1)

This group covers the use of E. coli as host. [5]

(2)

Shuttle vectors also replicating in E. coli are classified according to the other host. [5]

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Expression systems using regulatory sequences derived from the trp-operon [5]

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Expression systems using regulatory sequences derived from the lac-operon [5]

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Expression systems using phage lambda regulatory sequences [5]

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Vectors or expression systems specially adapted for prokaryotic hosts other than E. coli, e.g. Lactobacillus, Micromonospora [5]

Note

This group covers the use of prokaryotes as hosts. [5]

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for Bacillus [5]

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for Actinomyces; for Streptomyces [5]

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for Corynebacterium; for Brevibacterium [5]

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for Pseudomonas [5]

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Vectors or expression systems specially adapted for eukaryotic hosts; [5]

Note

This group covers the use of eukaryotes as hosts. [5]

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for fungi [5]

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for yeasts [5]

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for plant cells [5]

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Viral vectors, e.g. cauliflower mosaic virus [5]

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Ti-plasmids [5]

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for animal cells [5]

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Viral vectors, e.g. vaccinia virus [5]

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Introduction of foreign genetic material using processes not otherwise provided for, e.g. co-transformation [5]

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using micro-encapsulation, e.g. using liposome vesicle [5]

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using micro-injection [5]

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Stable introduction of foreign DNA into chromosome [5]

C12N - C12N 9/99