Juridical Foundation the Chemo-Sero-Therapeutic Research Institute

Takeshi Fujiyasu

Hiroaki Maeda

Sachio Tokiyoshi

Takayuki Imamura

Yoshitaka Imagawa

Isao Taniguchi

Ichiroh Tsuji

Kazuo Yasukouchi

A novel feline cytokine protein having the activity to enhance the cytotoxic activity of feline cytotoxic T lymphocytes, a DNA sequence coding for said protein, a recombinant DNA for expressing said protein, an expression vector comprising said recombinant DNA, a transformant which is transformed with said expression vector, a process for preparing said protein by culturing said transformant, and an antibody against said protein are provided. The novel feline cytokine protein of the present invention is a heterologous dimer comprising FLAF p35 and FLAF p40 and can be used for treating feline infectious diseases such as feline herpes virus type 1 (FHV-1) or feline calicivirus (FCV).

Feline cytokine protein

The present invention relates to a potential-causing membrane for use in unosensors, which comprises an electrically-conductive film being prepared by electrolytic polymerization of an electrolytic polymerizable monomer, having at least one functional group, such as NH.sub.2 group and COOH group, capable of binding an antigen or an antibody, and binding an antigen or an antibody through the functional group onto the film. Examples of the monomer include 3-bromopyrrole, 3,4-dichlorothiophene, 3-bromofuran, 0-chlorophenol and m-bromo-aniline.

Potential-causing membrane for immunosensor

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Kumamoto, Japan

Takeshi Fujiyasu