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A DNA sequence coding for mature human leukocyte interferon D (LeIF-D) was linked with DNA fragments of the 5′-flanking sequences of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae (yeast) alcohol dehydrogenase I gene in a plasmid capable of autonomous replication and selection in both yeast and Escherichia coli. Yeast cells transformed by these plasmids synthesize up to 1 × 1O6 molecules of biologically active LeIF-D per cell.
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Hitzeman, R., Hagie, F., Levine, H. et al. Expression of a human gene for interferon in yeast. Nature 293, 717–722 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1038/293717a0
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