US Patent Issued to Inter-University Research Institute Corporation Research Organization of Information and Systems, KAKE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION on Feb. 17 for "Auxin-inducible degron system kit and use thereof" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,055, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to Inter-University Research Institute Corporation Research Organization of Information and Systems (Tokyo) and KAKE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION (Okayama, Japan).

"Auxin-inducible degron system kit and use thereof" was invented by Masato Kanemaki (Mishima, Japan) and Ken-Ichiro Hayashi (Okayama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An auxin-inducible degron system kit that controls degradation of a target protein in a non-plant-derived eukaryotic cell, the kit containing a first nucleic acid that encodes a mutant TIR1 family protein having a mutation at an auxin-binding site, an auxin analog that has ...