ISOLATED POLYSIALYL TRANSFERASES, NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULES CODING THEREFOR, METHODS OF PRODUCTION AND USE

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EP 0 871 743 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	21.10.1998 Bulletin 1998/43

(21)	Application number: 95944508.0

(22)	Date of filing: 21.12.1995

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

C12N 15/ 09^{( . )}
A61K 35/ 04^{( . )}
A61K 48/ 00^{( . )}
C07K 19/ 00^{( . )}
C12N 5/ 10^{( . )}
C12N 15/ 54^{( . )}
C12Q 1/ 48^{( . )}
A61K 38/ 00^{( . )}

A61K 31/ 711^{( . )}
A61K 38/ 45^{( . )}
C07K 16/ 40^{( . )}
C12N 1/ 21^{( . )}
C12N 9/ 10^{( . )}
C12P 21/ 02^{( . )}
C12Q 1/ 68^{( . )}

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US1995/016664

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 1996/020280 (04.07.1996 Gazette 1996/30)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI LU NL PT SE

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Priority:

22.12.1994 WO 1994EP04289
17.07.1995 US 19950503133
18.10.1995 EP 19950116387

(71)	Applicants:
	BOEHRINGER MANNHEIM GMBH 82377 Penzberg (DE) LA JOLLA CANCER RESEARCH FOUNDATION La Jolla, CA 92037 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	GERARDY-SCHAHN, Rita D-32120 Hiddenhausen (DE) FUKUDA, Minoru San Diego, CA 92122 (US) NAKAYAMA, Jun San Diego, CA 92122 (US) ECKHARDT, Matthias D-30169 Hanover (DE)

(74)	Representative: Schreiner, Siegfried
	Boehringer Mannheim GmbH, Werk Penzberg, Abt. GE-TB, Postfach 11 52 82372 Penzberg 82372 Penzberg (DE)

(54)	ISOLATED POLYSIALYL TRANSFERASES, NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULES CODING THEREFOR, METHODS OF PRODUCTION AND USE