AMINOPEPTIDASE FOR REMOVING N-TERMINAL METHIONINE FROM PROTEINS AND PROTEINS PREPARED THEREFROM - Patent 0366662

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EP 0 366 662 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	09.05.1990 Bulletin 1990/19

(21)	Application number: 88904209.0

(22)	Date of filing: 09.02.1988

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

C07K 14/ 545^{( . )}
C12N 9/ 48^{( . )}
C12P 21/ 02^{( . )}

C12N 1/ 00^{( . )}
C12N 15/ 11^{( . )}
C12P 21/ 06^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/EP1988/000096

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1988/005993 (25.08.1988 Gazette 1988/19)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH DE FR GB IT LI LU NL SE

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Priority:

10.02.1987 GB 19870003015

(71)	Applicant: Biogen, Inc.
	Cambridge, Massachusetts 02142 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	MILLER, Charles, G. Lyndhurst, OH 44124 (US) MOVVA, Rao CH-4055 Basel (CH) WINGFIELD, Paul CH-1227 Carouge (CH) MAZZEI, Gonzola, J. CH-1203 Genève (CH)

(74)	Representative: Bannerman, David Gardner, et al
	Withers & Rogers 4 Dyer's Buildings Holborn London, EC1N 2JT London, EC1N 2JT (GB)

(54)	AMINOPEPTIDASE FOR REMOVING N-TERMINAL METHIONINE FROM PROTEINS AND PROTEINS PREPARED THEREFROM