Patent ID: 7670839
Filing Date: 2010-03-02
Classification: C07K,C12N

Abstract:
1. A process for the preparation of a cell culture support comprising a microcarrier bead coated with gelatine-like protein, the process comprising the step of coating a microcarrier bead with gelatine-like protein, said gelatine-like protein having a molecular weight of from about 40 kDa to about 200 kDa, wherein at least 95% of the amino acid residues of the gelatine-like protein consists of Gly-Xaa-Yaa triplets, wherein the gelatine-like protein comprises at least 15% of proline residues and less than 5% of hydroxyproline residues, wherein 3-dimensional globular domains are absent from the gelatine-like protein and wherein more than 75% of the gelatine-like protein has a uniform molecular weight.