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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 25, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Reinhard Kurth, Dreieich, DE;
Michael Baier, Frankfurt, DE;
Norbert Bannert, Frankfurt, DE;
Albrecht Werner, Weinheim, DE;
Kurt Lang, Penzberg, DE;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 2/102 ; C12N 1/20 ; C12N 1/574 ; C07K 1/00 ; A61K 4/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C12P 2/102 ; C12N 1/20 ; C12N 1/574 ; C07K 1/00 ; A61K 4/500 ;
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 nucleic acid codes for a polypeptide with the amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:2 or a SEQ ID NO:2 elongated N-terminally by an aspartic acid residue or a form shortened at the C-terminus by up to 8 amino acids, and is suitable for the production of an active IL-16 polypeptide.