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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 22, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Harald Althaus, Wetter, DE;
Hans-Peter Hauser, Marburg, DE;
Assignee:
Dade Behring Marburg GmbH, Marburg, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 1/4585 ; G01N 3/353 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 1/4585 ; G01N 3/353 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to human procalcitonin and the preparation and use thereof. In particular, a process for preparing human procalcitonin is described wherein a gene coding for a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of human procalcitonin is inserted into a vector; a host organism is transformed with this gene-containing vector; and the polypeptide expressed by the host organism is isolated. Furthermore the use of the polypeptides according to the invention, in particular as medicaments and diagnostic agents is described.