Publication Date:
1983-02-11
Description:
Plasmids were constructed to direct synthesis of the human interferons IFN-alpha 1, IFN-alpha 2, and IFN-gamma in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Expression of IFN genes containing coding sequences for secretion signals resulted in the secretion of IFN activity. A large proportion of the IFN-alpha 1 and IFN-alpha 2 isolated from the yeast cell growth media had the same amino termini as the natural mature interferons, suggesting a removal of the signal sequences identical to that of human cells. These results show that a lower eukaryote, such as yeast, can utilize and process a human signal sequence.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Hitzeman, R A -- Leung, D W -- Perry, L J -- Kohr, W J -- Levine, H L -- Goeddel, D V -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1983 Feb 11;219(4585):620-5.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6186023" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Cloning, Molecular
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Gene Expression Regulation
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Humans
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Interferons/*genetics/secretion
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Peptides/physiology
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Plasmids
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Protein Processing, Post-Translational
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Protein Sorting Signals
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RNA Processing, Post-Transcriptional
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Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genetics
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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