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Synthesis in E. coli of a polypeptide with human leukocyte interferon activity

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Double-stranded cDNA prepared from the 12S fraction of poly (A) RNA from interferon (IF)-producing human leukocytes was cloned in Escherichia coli using the pBR322 vector. One of the resulting clones had a 910-base pair insert which could hybridise to IF mRNA and was responsible for the production of a polypeptide with biological IF activity. Up to 10,000 units IF activity per g of cells was obtained from some clones.

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    Shigekazu Nagata, Hideharu Taira, Alan Hall, Lorraine Johnsrud, Michel Streuli, Josef Ecsödi, Werner Boll, Kari Cantell & Charles Weissmann

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Nagata, S., Taira, H., Hall, A. et al. Synthesis in E. coli of a polypeptide with human leukocyte interferon activity. Nature 284, 316–320 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1038/284316a0

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