YAMADA et al v. AGGARWAL - Page 3





            Interference No. 103,605                                                                   


                                    Ser Ser Ser Arg                                                    
            Thr Pro Ser Asp Lys Pro Val Ala His Val                                                    
            Val Ala Asn Pro Gln Ala Glu Gly Gln Leu                                                    
            Gln Trp Leu Asn Arg Arg Ala Asn Ala Leu                                                    
            Leu Ala Asn Gly Val Glu Leu Arg Asp Asn                                                    
            Gln Leu Val Val Pro Ser Glu Gly Leu Tyr                                                    
            Leu Ile Tyr Ser Gln Val Leu Phe Lys Gly                                                    
            Gln Gly Cys Pro Ser Thr His Val Leu Leu                                                    
            Thr His Thr Ile Ser Arg Ile Ala Val Ser                                                    
            Tyr Gln Thr Lys Val Asn Leu Leu Ser Ala                                                    
            Ile Lys Ser Pro Cys Gln Arg Glu Thr Pro                                                    
            Glu Gly Ala Glu Ala Lys Pro Trp Tyr Glu                                                    
            Pro Ile Tyr Leu Gly Gly Val Phe Gln Leu                                                    
            Glu Lys Gly Asp Arg Leu Ser Ala Glu Ile                                                    
            Asn Arg Pro Asp Tyr Leu Asp Phe Ala Glu                                                    
            Ser Gly Gln Val Tyr Phe Gly Ile Ile Ala                                                    
            Leu;                                                                                       
                              or                                                                       
            a human tumor necrosis factor-alpha polypeptide which                                      
                  a) migrates as a single band on a SDS-PAGE gel to a                                  
            molecular weight of about 17,000;                                                          
                  b) is purified to a degree sufficient for sequencing by                              
            sequential Edman degradation;                                                              
                  c) has an isoelectric point of about 5.3;                                            
                  d) is susceptible to trypsin hydrolysis at more than one                             
            site in the polypeptide;                                                                   
                  e) under physiological conditions, spontaneously aggregates                          
            into multimers;                                                                            
                  f) is unglycosylated; and                                                            
            g) is capable of the preferential destruction or growth                                    
            inhibition of tumor cells when compared to normal cells under the                          
            same conditions.                                                                           







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