Recombinant fish hormone proteins.

摘要

The present invention relates to pituitary hormone proteins, prolactin and growth hormones from warm water fish, produced by microorganisms harbouring genes cloned from said fish species, which exhibit growth stimulation and osmoregulatory effects, and which display improved resistance to higher temperatures as compared to homologous proteins derived from cold water fish. The pituitary hormone proteins can be used in the industrial culture of fish to enhance the growth of the fish and to improve the adaptation of the fish to the salinity of the water...