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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 21, 2001
Filed:
Sep. 07, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masahiro Tomita, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Kitajima, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Terumo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 2/104 ; A61K 3/839 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 2/104 ; A61K 3/839 ;
Abstract
Provision of a trimeric chimera protein which has sufficiently retained physiological activity of a physiologically active peptide simultaneously with fibril-forming ability of a collagen. A trimeric chimera protein comprising a collagen and a biologically active peptide fused to the collagen, wherein the biologically active peptide is fused on the side of the amino terminal of the collagen, and the collagen is a fibril-forming collagen having a triple helical structure in its triple helix region.