Kurth R, Baier M, Werner A, Ambrosius D, Lanzendorfer M (2002): Processed polypeptides with IL-16 activity, processes for their production and their use
Official Gazette of the United States Patent and Trademark Office Patents 1262 (1): No Pagination Sep. 3, /2002/ Patent. US 6444202.

A nucleic acid, which can be used to express a polypeptide with interleukin-16 activity in a prokaryotic or eukaryotic host cell, wherein the said nucleic acid codes for a polypeptide with the amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:2 and/or a SEQ ID NO:2 N-terminally elongated by Ala-Ser or a form thereof which is shortened at its C-terminus by up to 8 amino acids, is suitable for producing an active IL-16 polypeptide.

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