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Process for the production of protease inhibitors

US5726043A · kind A · utility

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Assignee

Novartis AG · CH

Inventors

Jutta Heim · Ramlinsburg, CH
Peter Furst · Burgstädt, DE
Thomas Hottiger · Sissach, CH
Jochen Kuhla · Mühlheim an der Donau, DE
Gabriele Pohlig · Riehen, CH

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 16, 1996
Grant date	Mar 10, 1998
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 16, 2016

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC12N15/81
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A novel process for the production of recombinant desulphatohirudin by transformed yeast strains is provided. The process makes use of an expression cassette comprising the yeast CUP1 promoter. The invention concerns also said transformed yeast strains, novel expression vectors and methods for the production thereof.

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