Chemistry: natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; – Proteins – i.e. – more than 100 amino acid residues
Patent
1997-03-13
1998-06-16
Campbell, Eggerton A.
Chemistry: natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins;
Proteins, i.e., more than 100 amino acid residues
C07K 1300
Patent
active
057672431
ABSTRACT:
The invention relates to a novel human serum protein referred to as AFM, which has one or more activities in common with human serum albumin, human a-fetoprotein, or human vitamin D binding protein and which has an apparent molecular weight by SDS-PAGE of 87 kd; variants thereof; and related genes, vectors, cells and methods.
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Lichenstein Henri Stephen
Lyons David Edwin
Wright Samuel Donald
Wurfe Mark Matsuo
Amgen Inc.
Campbell Eggerton A.
Curry Daniel R.
Levy Ron K.
Odre Steven M.
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