Chemistry: natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; – Proteins – i.e. – more than 100 amino acid residues – Hormones – e.g. – prolactin – thymosin – growth factors – etc.
Patent
1994-02-09
1996-12-03
Draper, Garnette D.
Chemistry: natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins;
Proteins, i.e., more than 100 amino acid residues
Hormones, e.g., prolactin, thymosin, growth factors, etc.
C07K 14475, A61K 3818
Patent
active
055809634
ABSTRACT:
The invention concerns hepatocyte growth factor (HGF) variants that are resistant to proteolytic cleavage by enzymes capable of in vivo conversion of HGF into its two-chain form. The single-chain HGF variants, which preferably have an amino acid alteration at or adjacent to any of amino acid positions 493, 494, 495 and 496 of the wild-type human HGF sequence, retain their ability to bind the HGF receptor.
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Godowski Paul J.
Lokker Natalie A.
Mark Melanie R.
Carlson K. Cochrane
Draper Garnette D.
Genentech Inc.
Marschang Diane L.
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