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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2000
Filed:
Aug. 12, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gertrud Hotten, Bammental, DE;
Helge Neidhardt, Marburg, DE;
Rolf Bechtold, Heidelberg, DE;
Jens Pohl, Hambrucken, DE;
Assignee:
Biopharm Gesellschaft zur Biotechnologischen Entwicklung, Heidelberg, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; C07K / ; C12N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424 851 ; 530351 ; 536 231 ; 536 235 ; 536 243 ; 536 2431 ; 514-2 ; 514-8 ; 514 12 ; 435 695 ; 435325 ; 435471 ; 4352523 ; 4353201 ;
Abstract
The invention provides DNA sequences encoding novel members of the TGF-.beta. family of proteins. The TGF-.beta. family comprises proteins which function as growth and/or differentiation factors and which are useful in medical applications. Accordingly, the invention also describes the isolation of the above-mentioned DNA sequences, the expression of the encoded proteins, the production of the proteins and pharmaceutical compositions containing the proteins.