Abstract: The present invention in the field of biotechnology, provides methods and compositions for providing enhanced growth of, and/or protein production from, cultured mammalian host cells used for the production of commercially useful amounts of expressed proteins, by the use of at least one Bcl2 encoding nucleic acid provided or transcribed in the host cell.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 2, 2001
Date of Patent:
November 15, 2005
Assignee:
Cantocor, Inc.
Inventors:
ChiChang Lee, Xiaomei Shi, Celia Ly, Gordon Moore
Abstract: The invention relates to the field of protein purification and the recovery of large proteinaceous material through small, nanometer sized, pore exclusion filters for removal of contaminants such as viral pathogens.