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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 11, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
William E Bentley, Silver Spring, MD (US);
Hyung Joon Cha, Greenebelt, MD (US);
Minh Quan Pham, Rockville, MD (US);
Assignee:
University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute, Baltimore, MD (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P / ; C12P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435 697 ; 435 696 ; 435 6552 ; 435 691 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides for a recombinant insect larvae and a process of manufacturing proteins utilizing insect larvae that allows for the selection of individual larvae for harvest at the point of their optimal expression of a protein of interest. This invention also provides for a process to manufacture proteins in larvae that does not require synchronization of the infection, growth and harvest larvae to optimally manufacture a protein of interest. The invention further provides for a process of producing interleukin-2 in larvae.