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1: Nucleic Acids Res. 1980 Sep 25;8(18):4057-74.Click here to read Click here to read Links

Synthesis of human fibroblast interferon by E. coli.

A cDNA library was constructed using mRNA from human fibroblasts induced with poly(I):poly(C). A bacterial clone containing fibroblast interferon cDNA sequences was identified by hybridization to a cDNA probe synthesized using deoxyoligonucleotide primers which hybridize to fibroblast interferon mRNA specifically. Expression plasmids were constructed which permitted the synthesis in E. coli of 8 x 10(7) units of human fibroblast interferon per liter of culture. The bacterially produced fibroblast interferon is indistinguishable from authentic human fibroblast interferon by several criteria.

PMID: 6159584 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

PMCID: PMC324219

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