Catalytic antibodies and a method of producing same

The present invention relates generally to a growth factor precursor and its use to select production of antigen specific catalytic antibodies. Such catalytic antibodies are produced following B cell activation and proliferation induced by catalytic cleavage products of a target antigen portion of t...

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Hauptverfasser:	TARLINTON DAVID MATHEW, TREUTLEIN HERBERT RUDOLF, KOENTGEN FRANK, SUESS GABRIELE MARIA
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BEER BIOCHEMISTRY CHEMISTRY COMPOSITIONS THEREOF CULTURE MEDIA DERIVATIVES THEREOF ENZYMOLOGY HUMAN NECESSITIES HYGIENE MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE METALLURGY MICROBIOLOGY MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING NUCLEIC ACIDS NUCLEOSIDES NUCLEOTIDES ORGANIC CHEMISTRY PEPTIDES PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS SPIRITS SUGARS VINEGAR WINE
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Zusammenfassung:	The present invention relates generally to a growth factor precursor and its use to select production of antigen specific catalytic antibodies. Such catalytic antibodies are produced following B cell activation and proliferation induced by catalytic cleavage products of a target antigen portion of the growth factor precursor of the present invention. A particularly useful form of the growth factor precursor is as a nucleic acid vaccine. The nucleic acid vaccine of the present invention preferably further comprises a molecular adjuvant. Another aspect of the present invention comprises a growth factor precursor in multimeric form. The growth factor precursor of the present invention is useful for generating catalytic antibodies for both therapeutic, diagnostic and industrial purposes.