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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:
Mar. 02, 1999
Filed:
Oct. 05, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ajinomoto Co., Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; C07K / ; C12N / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4241541 ; 4241331 ; 4241351 ; 4241441 ; 4241521 ; 4241731 ; 5303873 ; 53038822 ; 5303887 ; 53038873 ; 53038875 ; 5303896 ; 536 234 ; 536235 ; 536 2353 ; 435 696 ; 435 697 ; 435455 ; 435471 ; 4353431 ; 4353432 ; 4352873 ; 4353101 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to (1) polypeptide capable of binding to .beta. chain of IL-2 receptor and having the inhibitory activity of the binding between IL-2 and .beta. chain of IL-2 receptor, and (2) the process of producing the polypeptide, especially in E. coli as a host. THe polypeptide according to the present invention and the pharmaceutical composition containing the polypeptide are useful to prevent rejection of organ transplantation and also to cure autoimmune diseases.