Mature alveolar SP-B and a process for producing the same
US6031075A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 5, 1996 |
| Grant date | Feb 29, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 5, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S530/811
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Mature alveolar surfactant protein B and a process for producing the same is disclosed. The process includes the use of a fusion protein of SP-B having a propeptide only at its amino terminus. A propeptide at its carboxyl terminus is not necessary, and thus not included in the fusion protein, to produce the mature SP-B of this process. Cleavage of the amino-terminus propeptide results in the production of mature SP-B.
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