An efficient, versatile and simple expression system which confers cap-independent translation to prokaryotic RNAs in eukaryotic cells has been described. The utility of recombinant vaccinia virus for this purpose has been illustrated.

Disclosed is a human TNF derivative with a reduced tendency to cause adverse side effects that is obtained by replacing the 31st and 32nd arginine residues from the N-terminal of the amino acid sequence of human TNF, which has a potential for causing serious adverse effects, with asparagine residue and threoine residue, respectively, as well as a method of preparing the same utilizing recombinant DNA technology.

The present invention provides a eukaryotic expression vector containing a gene to be expressed and a TATA box, whereby, 1-200 bp base pair (bp) upstream (5') of the TATA box, there is a first multimeric enhancer segment and 1-100 bp below (3') the gene to be expressed there is provided a second multimeric enhancer segment. The present invention also provides a process for the preparation of this expression vector. Furthermore, the present invention is concerned with the use of this expression v...

The invention provides a virus harboring a DNA encoding a subunit of limulus-derived factor G, the virus being capable of mass-producing a (1.fwdarw.3)-.beta.-D-glucan assay reagent of satisfactory quality, steadily and at low cost, a cell harboring the virus, and a method of producing factor G by use of the cell.

The present invention provides compounds and methods for modulating transcription activated by .beta.-catenin/TCF, such as the selective inhibition of genes targeted by the Wnt/.beta.-catenin pathway.

The present invention relates to a purified recombinant blood coagulation factor IX (rFIX) preparation, wherein at least 25% of the rFIX in the preparation is fully phosphorylated and sulfated, a cell culture expressing a rFIX resulting in said preparation, a pharmaceutical composition for treating a bleeding disorder comprising said preparation, and a method for treating a bleeding disorder comprising the step of administering said preparation to a patient in need thereof.

This invention provides a recombinant protein expression system using a host and cell-free translation system, and is capable of universally expressing a large amount of any protein as soluble protein, while preventing toxicity in hosts, formation of inclusion bodies, and decompositions with proteases. Such may be achieved by expressing the desired protein as a fusion protein with chaperoning, such as about 60 kDa molecular chaperons, 60 kDa heat shock proteins, or thermosomes, and accommodating...

The present invention relates to nucleotide sequences of vertebrate Delta genes, and amino acid sequences of their encoded proteins, as well as derivatives (e.g., fragments) and analogs thereof. In a specific embodiment, the vertebrate Delta protein is a human protein. The invention further relates to fragments (and derivatives and analogs thereof) of Delta which comprise one or more domains of the Delta protein, including but not limited to the intracellular domain, extracellular domain, DSL do...

A nucleic acid sequence including a CYP promoter operably linked to nucleic acid encoding a heterologous protein is provided to increase transcription of the nucleic acid. Expression vectors and host cells containing the nucleic acid sequence are also provided. The methods and compositions described herein are especially useful in the production of polycarboxylic acids by yeast cells.

The present invention relates generally to improved methods for the expression of recombinant protein products under the transcriptional control of an inducible promoter, such as an araB promoter, in bacterial host cells that are deficient in one or more of the active transport systems for the inducer of the inducible promoter. The present invention also relates to improved bacterial host cells that are deficient in one or more of the active transport systems for an inducer of an inducible promo...