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Title: Gene cloned for enzyme used to make cheese

Journal Article · · Chem. Eng. News; (United States)
OSTI ID:5036532

Scientists at Collaborative Research in Waltham, Mass., working under a contract with Dow Chemical, Midland, Mich. are reported to have cloned the gene rennin, an enzyme used in the production of cheese. The gene was cloned in both yeast and the bacterium Escherichia coli using standard recombinant DNA techniques. Rennin is the first enzyme of industrial importance to be cloned and it is hoped that rennin will be commercially available by the mid-1980's.

OSTI ID:
5036532
Journal Information:
Chem. Eng. News; (United States), Vol. 60:7
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English