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Bacterial clones containing human tissue-type plasminogen activator (t-PA) cDNA sequences were identified in a cDNA library prepared using gel-fractionated mRNA from human melanoma cells. A plasmid containing the Escherichia coli trp promoter and the cDNA sequence coding f or the 527-amino acid mature t-PA protein was constructed for expression in E. coli. A polypeptide was produced having the fibrinolytic properties characteristic of authentic human t-PA.
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Pennica, D., Holmes, W., Kohr, W. et al. Cloning and expression of human tissue-type plasminogen activator cDNA in E. coli. Nature 301, 214–221 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1038/301214a0
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