The invention relates to human procalcitonin and the preparation and use thereof.
In particular, a process for preparing human procalcitonin is described wherein
a gene coding for a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence of human procalcitonin
is inserted into a vector; a host organism is transformed with this gene-containing
vector; and the polypeptide expressed by the host organism is isolated. Furthermore
the use of the polypeptides according to the invention, in particular as medicaments
and diagnostic agents is described.
