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DISCUSSION<br />

The ability to produce and purify large<br />

quantities of biologically active interleukin-2 has<br />

been made possible by the use of recombinant<br />

DNA technology. The mouse cDNA library of<br />

BALB/c strain was cloned and characterized for<br />

<strong>Kasetsart</strong> J. (Nat. Sci.) 41(2)<br />

its activity. The IL-2 cDNA consisted of 450 base<br />

pairs, repeating CAG and showed high homology<br />

at 100%, 100%, 91%, 96% and 94% with five<br />

strains of mice previously reported (GeneBank<br />

accession number AY147902.1, MMU41494,<br />

MMU41504, MMU41505 and MMU41506). The<br />

rmIL-2 has been intensively studied and found that<br />

Figure 4 Detection of the recombinant mouse IL-2 (rmIL-2) by SDS-PAGE (A) and Western blotting<br />

(B) by probing with mouse IL-2 specific monoclonal antibody. M; molecular weight markers.<br />

Figure 5 The effect of various concentrations of the recombinant IL-2 on cell proliferation of the<br />

lymphocytes determined by XTT colorimetric assay while non-incubated cells with the<br />

recombinant IL-2 showed the OD450 nm = 0.248 (data not shown).

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