Autocatalytic cleavage site and use thereof in a protein expression vector
US5912167A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 6, 1995 |
| Grant date | Jun 15, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 6, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC12N2770/32322
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A nucleic acid construct comprising at least two copies of a nucleic acid sequence encoding an autocatalytic peptide cleavage site is disclosed. This site preferably comprises the amino acid sequence DX(D,E)XNPGP. A method of exposing an animal to an antigenic amino acid sequence is also disclosed.
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