US Patent Issued to The Johns Hopkins University on Nov. 3 for "Orthogonal transcriptional switches derived from TET repressor homologs for Saccharomyces cerevisiae" (Maryland, New York Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,781,233, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to The Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore).

"Orthogonal transcriptional switches derived from TET repressor homologs for Saccharomyces cerevisiae" was invented by Jef D. Boeke (New York) and Shigehito Ikushima (Baltimore).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention features compositions and methods for identifying orthogonal transcriptional switches derived from Tet repressor homologs for Saccharomyces cerevishiae regulated by 2,4-diacetylphloroglucinol (DAPG) and other ligands."

The patent was filed on Dec. 7, 2017, under Application No. 16/467,890.

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