Recombniant method for making leukemia inhibitor factor

US5427925A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• AMRAD Corporation Limited · AU

Inventors

• David Gearing · Melbourne, AU
• Nicholas Martin Gough · Melbourne, AU
• Douglas Hilton · Melbourne, AU
• Julie Ann King · Melbourne, AU
• Donald Metcalf · Melbourne, AU
• Edouard Collins Nice · Melbourne, AU
• Nicos A. Nicola · Melbourne, AU
• Richard J. Simpson · Melbourne, AU
• Tracy Willson · Melbourne, AU

Key dates

• Filing date: May 6, 1993
• Grant date: Jun 27, 1995
• Expiry date: May 6, 2013

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C12N2740/13043
• WIPO field: Pharmaceuticals
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

The present invention provides a method for producing recombinant leukemia inhibitory factor (LIF) by the expression, in suitable host cells, of recombinant DNA molecules encoding LIF.