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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 30, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hector Wasunna Alila, Malvern, PA (US);
Michael Thomas Clark, Downington, PA (US);
Elaine Verne Jones, Wynnewood, PA (US);
Timothy Joe Miller, Malvern, PA (US);
Shawn Patrick O'Brien, Hatboro, PA (US);
Ganesh Madhusudan Sathe, King of Prussia, PA (US);
Assignee:
Pfizer Inc., New York, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K / ; C07K / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
530300 ; 530324 ; 530350 ; 530399 ; 435 697 ; 536 234 ; 930120 ;
Abstract
This invention relates to composite somatotropin peptides comprising somatotropin epitopic amino acid sequences, and fusion proteins thereof, useful in potentiating growth hormone activity. Also disclosed are vectors and host cells useful in the recombinant production of such molecules. Vaccines containing the composite somatotropin peptides and fusion proteins of the present invention, and methods of using the same, are disclosed.