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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
David F. Carmichael, Louisville, CO (US);
David C. Anderson, Louisville, CO (US);
George P. Stricklin, Germantown, TN (US);
Howard G. Welgus, St. Louis, MO (US);
Assignee:
Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 1/481 ; C07K 1/400 ; C07K 1/900 ; A61K 3/800 ; A61K 3/804 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 1/481 ; C07K 1/400 ; C07K 1/900 ; A61K 3/800 ; A61K 3/804 ;
Abstract
A portable DNA sequence is disclosed which is capable of directing intracellular production of metalloproteinase inhibitors. Vectors containing this portable DNA sequence are also set forth, including the vector pUC9-F5/237P10 (ATCC Accession No. 53003). A recombinant-DNA method for the microbial production of a metalloproteinase inhibitor, which method incorporates at least one of the portable DNA sequences and the vectors disclosed herein.