Antibody-encoding recombinant DNA and its use
AssigneeTakeda Chemical Industries, Ltd.
InventorsHideo Yamagata, Shigezo Udaka, Yasushi Inoue, Hiroko Tada, Susumu Iwasa
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Abstract
A bacterium of the genus Bacillus is transformed by introducing a vector incorporating DNA encoding an antibody; the resulting transformant is cultivated in a medium to produce and accumulate the antibody in an active form in the culture liquid. According to this method, a recombinant antibody can be easily produced in an active form in large amounts, owing to success in secretory expression using a bacterium of the genus Bacillus.
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A method for producing a functional recombinant antibody, comprising cultivating Bacillus brevis bacterium transformed with a vector that contains DNA coding for an antibody under conditions wherein functional recombinant antibody is produced.
A DNA which comprises an antibody-encoding DNA linked to the 3'-terminus of DNA containing a promoter region which functions in a Bacillus brevis bacterium.
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