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Muteins of IFN-.beta.

US5545723A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMar 15, 1994
Grant dateAug 13, 1996
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Expiry dateMar 15, 2014

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  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61K38/00
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A IFN-.beta. mutein in which phe (F), tyr (Y), trp (W) or his (H) is substituted for val (V) at position 101, when numbered in accordance with wild type IFN-.beta., DNA sequences encoding these IFN-.beta. muteins, recombinant DNA molecules containing those DNA sequences operatively linked to expression control sequences and capable of inducing expression of an IFN-.beta. mutein, hosts transformed with those recombinant DNA molecules, pharmaceutical compositions containing IFN-.beta. muteins and methods of using those compositions to treat viral infections, cancer or tumors or for immunomodulation.

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