Patent 5786464 Issued on July 28, 1998. Estimated Expiration Date: July 28, 2015. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
536/23.5, Encodes an animal polypeptide435/69.1, Recombinant DNA technique included in method of making a protein or polypeptide435/91.5, Acellular preparation of polynucleotide435/252.3, Transformants (e.g., recombinant DNA or vector or foreign or exogenous gene containing, fused bacteria, etc.)536/23.72Viral protein
The invention features a synthetic gene encoding a protein normally expressed in mammalian cells wherein at least one non-preferred or less preferred codon in the natural gene encoding the mammalian protein has been replaced by a preferred codon encoding the same amino acid.
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