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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 1998
Filed:
Jul. 10, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul Tolstoshev, Mundelsheim, FR;
Richard Harvey, Strasbourg, FR;
Michael Courtney, Strasbourg, FR;
Jean-Pierre LeCocq, Reichsteet, FR;
Assignee:
Transgene S.A., Paris, FR;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P / ; C12N / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435 692 ; 4353201 ; 4352523 ; 43525233 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to vectors for cloning, in a host cell, hirudin or an analog of hirudin, characterized in that it comprises the gene for encoding hirudin or an analog of hirudin, and the elements for the expression of this gene in said host cell, said coding gene beginning, after the starting sequence, by an Ile codon and a Thr codon. This invention also relates to the process for the preparation of hirudin or analogs of hirudin as well as the hirudin or anologs of hirudin obtained.