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The sequence of human serum albumin cDNA and its expression in E. coli

  • Richard M. Lawn
  • , John Adelman
  • , Susan C. Bock
  • , Arthur E. Franke
  • , Catherine M. Houck
  • , Richard Najarian
  • , Peter H. Seeburg
  • , Karen L. Wion

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Abstract

A recombinant plasmid has been constructed which contains the mature protein coding region of the human serum albumin (HSA) gene. Bacteria containing this plasmid synthesize HSA protein under control of the E. coli trp promoter-operator. The DNA sequence and predicted protein sequence of HSA were determined from the cDNA plasmid and are compared to existing data obtained from direct protein sequencing. The DNA sequence predicts a mature protein of 585 amino acids preceded by a 24 amino acid "prepro' peptide.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)6103-6114
Number of pages12
JournalNucleic acids research
Volume9
Issue number22
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 25 1981
Externally publishedYes

Funding

We wish to thank Daniel Palermo for valuable participation in early phases of this project, Stephen Rowe for procuring tissue samples, Roberto Crea, Mark Vasser andcoworkers for oligonucleotide synthesis, and Jeanne Arch and Alane Gray for assistance in manuscript and illustration preparation, respectively. This research was supported by Genentech, Inc.

Funders
Genentech

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Genetics

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