Patent ID: 6689596
Filing Date: 2004-02-10
Classification: C07K,C12N,C12Q,C12Y,G01N

Abstract:
A method of producing human cyclooxygenase-2 comprising:(a) transfecting mammalian cells with an expression vector encoding human cyclooxygenase-2; (b) cultivating the transfected cells; and (c) recovering human cyclooxygenase-2 from the transfected cells; where the expression vector encoding human cyclooxygenase-2 comprises a first nucleotide sequence comprising positions 97 to 1909 of SEQ. ID. NO:19 or a degenerate variation thereof and a second nucleotide sequence comprising SEQ. ID. NO:13, the first nucleotide sequence being attached at its 3â€² to the 5â€² end of the second nucleotide sequence.