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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 01, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenneth K. Iwata, Westbury, NY (US);
John R. Stephenson, Rockville Centre, NY (US);
Peter ten Dijke, Port Washington, NY (US);
Assignee:
OSI Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Uniondale, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07H 2/104 ; C12P 2/106 ; C12N 5/00 ; C12N 1/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07H 2/104 ; C12P 2/106 ; C12N 5/00 ; C12N 1/500 ;
Abstract
The invention provides a recombinant nucleic acid vector comprising a nucleic acid encoding a polypeptide of 112 amino acids having the amino acid sequence shown in FIG. beginning with alanine at position 1 and ending with serine at position 112. The sequence of FIG. represents a member of the TGF-&bgr; family of tumor growth factors. The invention also provides a method for producing a protein which comprises culturing the host cell under conditions suitable to express the protein in the host cell and recovering the protein so produced.