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US 2008/0187968 A1Published application
Emulsion compositions
AssigneeMedical Research Council
InventorsPhillip Holliger, Farid Ghadessy
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Abstract
An emulsion is useful in allowing a wide variety of gene products to be expressed via eukaryotic in vitro expression. The emulsion comprises a silicone based surfactant, a hydrophobic phase and a hydrophilic phase; wherein the hydrophilic phase comprises a plurality of compartments containing a functional in vitro eukaryotic expression system.
Claims13
1-22. (canceled)
A method of obtaining a gene product comprising:
- forming an emulsion comprising a surfactant, a hydrophobic phase and a hydrophilic phase comprising a plurality of microcapsules containing a functional in vitro eukaryotic expression system, wherein the surfactant is a chemically inert silicone-based surfactant, allowing the gene product to be expressed by the expression system and, optionally, purifying the gene product.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.