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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2000
Filed:
Oct. 05, 1995
Jeffrey A Ledbetter, Seattle, WA (US);
Lisa K Gilliland, Seattle, WA (US);
Martha S Hayden, San Diego, CA (US);
Peter S Linsley, Seattle, WA (US);
Jurgen Bajorath, Everett, WA (US);
H Perry Fell, Redmond, WA (US);
Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., New York, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides an expression vector encoding monospecific or bispecific fusion protein. In one embodiment the expression vector encodes a monospecific fusion protein, which vector comprises a recombinant monospecific single chain cassette comprising a DNA sequence encoding a first binding domain capable of binding a cell surface antigen. In another embodiment the expression vector encodes a bispecific fusion protein, which vector comprises a recombinant bispecific single chain cassette comprising a DNA sequence encoding a first binding domain capable of binding a cell surface antigen and a DNA sequence encoding a second binding domain capable of binding a cell surface antigen, each domain capable of binding a different antigen. The present invention also provides a method for producing a biologically active monospecific or bispecific fusion protein in a mammalian cell. This method comprises: (a) transfecting the mammalian cell with the recombinant expression vector of the invention; (b) culturing the mammalian cell so transfected in step (a); and (c) recovering the biologically active bispecific fusion protein so as produced by the cultured mammalian cell.