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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 1991
Filed:
Feb. 13, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Anthony J Brake, Berkeley, CA (US);
Lawrence S Cousens, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mickey S Urdea, San Francisco, CA (US);
Pablo D Valenzuela, San Francisco, CA (US);
Assignee:
Chiron Corporation, Emeryville, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; C12N / ; C12P / ; C12P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435 91 ; 4351723 ; 4353201 ; 435255 ; 435256 ; 435 694 ; 435 698 ; 435 699 ; 435 691 ; 536 27 ; 935 47 ; 935 48 ; 935 49 ; 935 11 ;
Abstract
Methods and compositions are provided for efficient production of polypeptides having insulin activity. The proinsulin gene is joined to secretion and processing signals for expression and secretion in yeast. The product may be obtained in enhanced yield in the nutrient medium. Cell line pyinse was deposited at the A.T.C.C. on Apr. 6, 1983 and given Accession No. 20670.