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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 18, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tadao Tanimoto, Okayama, JP;
Masashi Kurimoto, Okayama, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Hayashibara Seibutsu Kagaku Kenkyujo, Okayama, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435226 ; 435219 ;
Abstract
Disclosed are an enzyme or a protein which converts a precursor of a polypeptide that induces IFN-.gamma. production in an immunocompetent cell into the active form, a process for producing the enzyme comprising proliferating a cell which produces the enzyme and collecting the produced enzyme from the proliferated cells, and a method for converting the precursor into the active form.