Abstract: The present invention provides a chemically-modified protein prepared by binding polyethylene glycol to a polypeptide characterized by being the product of expression by a host cell of an exogenous DNA sequence and substantially having the following amino acid sequence: 1 (Met)n Thr Pro Leu Gly Pro Ala Ser Ser Leu Pro Gln Ser Phe Leu Leu Lys Cys Leu Glu Gln Val Arg Lys Ile Gln Gly Asp Gly Ala Ala Leu Gln Glu Lys Leu Cys Ala Thr Tyr Lys Leu Cys His Pro Glu Glu Leu Val Leu Leu Gly His Ser Leu Gly Ile Pro Trp Ala Pro Leu Ser Ser Cys Pro Ser Gln Ala Leu Gln Leu Ala Gly Cys Leu Ser Gln Leu His Ser Gly Leu Phe Leu Tyr Gln Gly Leu Leu Gln Ala Leu Glu Gly Ile Ser Pro Glu Leu Gly Pro Thr Leu Asp Thr Leu Gln Leu Asp Val Ala Asp Phe Ala Thr Thr Ile Trp Gln Gln Met Glu Glu Leu Gly Met Ala Pro Ala Leu Gln Pro Thr Gln Gly Ala Met Pro Ala Phe Ala Ser Ala Phe Gln Arg Arg Ala Gly Gly Val Leu Val Ala Ser His Le

Abstract: The present invention provides a chemically-modified protein prepared by binding polyethylene glycol to a polypeptide characterized by being the product of expression by a host cell of an exogenous DNA sequence and substantially having the following amino acid sequence:

Abstract: The present invention provides a chemically-modified protein prepared by binding polyethylene glycol to a polypeptide characterized by being the product of expression by a host cell of an exogenous DNA sequence and substantially having the following amino acid sequence: 1                                       (Met) n Thr Pro Leu Gly Pro Ala Ser Ser Leu Pro Gln   Ser Phe Leu Leu Lys Cys Leu Glu Gln Val Arg   Lys Ile Gln Gly Asp Gly Ala Ala Leu Gln Glu   Lys Leu Cys Ala Thr Tyr Lys Leu Cys His Pro   Glu Glu Leu Val Leu Leu Gly His Ser Leu Gly   Ile Pro Trp Ala Pro Leu Ser Ser Cys Pro Ser   Gln Ala Leu Gln Leu Ala Gly Cys Leu Ser Gln   Leu His Ser Gly Leu Phe Leu Tyr Gln Gly Leu  

Abstract: This invention relates to a method for producing a plant with enhanced resistance to a pathogenic fungus, comprising transforming a plant with an expression vector comprising a DNA encoding a glucan elicitor receptor operably linked to a heterologous promoter, selecting a plant which has said DNA incorporated into a chromosome of said plant and which expresses said DNA, and recovering the selected plant. This invention also relates to a method for producing a progeny plant with resistance to a pathogenic fungus from said plant.

Abstract: A glucan elicitor receptor having an amino acid sequence as substantially shown in SEQ ID NO:1; DNA molecules containing nucleotide sequences coding for a glucan elicitor receptor having an amino acid sequence as substantially shown in SEQ ID NO:1, or fragments thereof; DNA molecules containing nucleotide sequences coding for a glucan elicitor receptor, which are incorporated in plasmid pER23-1, or fragments thereof; vectors containing the DNA molecules or fragments thereof; plant cells transformed with the DNA molecules or fragments thereof; a method for creating a plant having resistance to pathogenic fungi comprising incorporating the DNA sequence coding for a glucan elicitor receptor, or fragment thereof into a chromosome of a plant and expressing the gene in the plant; a plant having resistance to pathogenic fungi, the plant having the DNA molecule containing a nucleotide sequence coding for a glucan elicitor receptor, or its fragment transferred thereinto and expressing the gene; and methods for using t

Abstract: The present invention provides a chemically-modified protein prepared by binding polyethylene glycol to a polypeptide characterized by being the product of expression by a host cell of an exogenous DNA sequence and substantially having the following amino acid sequence: (Het)n - Thr Pro Leu Gly Pro Ala Ser Ser Leu Pro Gln - Ser Phe Leu Leu Lys Cys Leu Glu Gln Val Arg - Lys Ile Gln Gly Asp Gly Ala Ala Leu Gln Glu - Lys Leu Cys Ala Thr Tyr Lys Leu Cys His Pro - Glu Glu Leu Val Leu Leu Gly His Ser Leu Gly - Ile Pro Trp Ala Pro Leu Ser Ser Cys Pro Ser - Gln Ala Leu Gln Leu Ala Cly Cys Leu Ser Gln - Leu His Ser Gly Leu Phe Leu Tyr Gln GIY Leu - Leu Gln Ala Leu Glu Gly Ile Ser Pro Glu Leu - Gly Pro Thr Leu Asp Thr Leu Gln Leu Asp Val - Ala Asp Phe Ala Thr Tbr Ile Trp Gln Gln Het - Glu Glu Leu Gly Het Ala Pro Ala Leu Gln Pro - Thr Gln Gly Ala Het Pro Ala Phe Ala Ser Ala - Phe Gln Arg Arg Ala Gly Gly Val Leu Val Ala - Ser His Leu Gln Ser Phe Leu Glu Val Scr Tyr - Arg Val Leu Arg His Leu Ala Gln Pro (n = 0 or 1)The ch

Abstract: The present invention provides a chemically-modified protein prepared by binding polyethylene glycol to a polypeptide characterized by being the product of expression by a host cell of an exogenous DNA sequence and substantially having the following amino acid sequence: ##STR1## The chemically-modified protein according to the present invention has a much longer lasting neutrophil-increasing activity than that of the intact human G-CSF, enabling fewer numbers of administration with a lower dose.

Abstract: Provided are PEGylated "interleukin-6" derivatives (PEG IL-6) having an extended plasma half-life, as well as enhanced in-vivo IL-6 biological activities.Methods for producing the modified glycosylated and unglycosylated IL-6 proteins or polypeptides, as well as, for their use in treating hematopoietic disorders and difficiencies, particularly acute thrombocytopenia, are also provided.