Structure and expression of a cloned cDNA for human interleukin-2
- 1 March 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Nature
- Vol. 302 (5906), 305-310
- https://doi.org/10.1038/302305a0
Abstract
A cDNA coding for human interleukin-2 (IL-2) has been cloned from a cDNA library prepared from partially purified IL-2 mRNA. The DNA sequence codes for a polypeptide which consists of 153 amino acids including a putative signal sequence. A biologically active polypeptide, characteristic of human IL-2, was produced when the cDNA was fused to a simian virus 40 promoter sequence and used to transfect cultured monkey COS cells.Keywords
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