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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 25, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Mitsushi Ikemoto, Ibaraki, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 2/00 ; C07K 2/104 ; C12N 1/20 ; C12N 5/00 ; C12N 1/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 2/00 ; C07K 2/104 ; C12N 1/20 ; C12N 5/00 ; C12N 1/500 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a secreted protein acidic and rich in cysteine (SPARC) fusion protein obtainable by fusing SPARC to thioredoxin; a nucleic acid encoding the fusion protein; a recombinant vector capable of expressing the fusion protein, a method for producing and purifying the fusion protein; and a research reagent or pharmaceutical composition comprising the fusion protein as an active ingredient. In particular, the present invention relates to the use of a thioredoxin SPARC fusion protein for basic research in neurobiology and/or to its use for treating various neuropathologies.