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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2002
Filed:
May. 24, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Reinhard Kurth, Neu-Isenburg, DE;
Michael Baier, Frankfurt, DE;
Albrecht Werner, Frankfurt, DE;
Dorothee Ambrosius, München, DE;
Martin Lanzendörfer, München, DE;
Assignee:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/820 ; C07H 2/104 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K 3/820 ; C07H 2/104 ;
Abstract
A nucleic acid, which can be used to express a polypeptide with interleukin-16 activity in a prokaryotic or eukaryotic host cell, wherein the said nucleic acid codes for a polypeptide with the amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:2 and/or a SEQ ID NO:2 N-terminally elongated by Ala-Ser or a form thereof which is shortened at its C-terminus by up to 8 amino acids, is suitable for producing an active IL-16 polypeptide.