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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 10, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 21, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jan Holmgren, Vastra Frolunda, SE;
Joaquin Sanches Castillo, Privada Xejc, MX;
Assignee:
Vitec Aktiebolag, , SE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435 697 ; 4352523 ; 4353201 ; 536 234 ;
Abstract
Disclosed herein are procedures whereby with the aid of recombinant DNA methods, the expression of the binding subunit protein of cholera toxin (CTB) or derivatives thereof including hybrid gene fusion proteins to CTB has been brought under the control of a foreign (non-cholera toxin) promoter and/or the CTB protein or its derivatives being synthesized with a foreign rather than the natural leader peptide to facilitate translocation across cell membranes.