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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:
Dec. 15, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 11, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael Jaye, Glenside, PA (US);
Wilson Burgess, Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Thomas Maciag, Rockville, MD (US);
William N Drohan, Springfield, VA (US);
Assignee:
Rhone-Poulenc Rorer Pharmaceuticals Inc., Collegeville, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; C12N / ; C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435 697 ; 435 694 ; 4353201 ; 435 698 ; 536 234 ; 536 2351 ; 530399 ;
Abstract
The present invention is directed to DNA encoding human endothelial cell growth factors, and to plasmids comprising said DNA. In particular, the invention relates to DNA encoding a cleavable signal peptide and an endothelial cell growth factor, wherein removal of said signal peptide yields a mature form of the growth factor.