Incyte Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

Invitron Limited

Joseph E Griffith

Craig G Wilde

Randal W Scott

Marian N Marra

This invention provides a purified polypeptide useful as an antimicrobial agent. This purified polypeptide has been derived from human granulocytes, and has a molecular weight of about 3,700 daltons and the N-terminal amino acid sequence val-cys-ser-cys-arg-leu-val-phe-cys-arg-arg-thr-glu-leu-arg-val-gly-asn-cy s-leu-ilu-gly-gly-val-ser-phe-thr-tyr-cys-cys-thr-arg-val. This invention also provides methods for producing this polypeptide, pharmaceutical compositions containing the polypeptide, and uses thereof.

DNA encoding novel antimicrobial polypeptide and methods for obtaining

This invention provides a purified polypeptide useful as an antimicrobial agent. This purified polypeptide has been derived from human granulocytes, and has a molecular weight of about 3,700 daltons and the N-terminal amino acid sequence val-cys-ser-cys-arg-leu-val-phe-cys-arg-arg-thr-glu- leu-arg-val-gly-asn-cys-leu-ile-gly-gly-val-ser-phe-thr-try-cys-thr-arg-va l. This invention also provides methods for producing this polypeptide, pharmaceutical compositions containing the polypeptide, and uses thereof.

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Joseph E Griffith