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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2010
Ananda Chakrabarty, Villa Park, IL (US);
Tapas Das Gupta, River Forest, IL (US);
Tohru Yamada, Oak Park, IL (US);
Anita Chaudhari, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Arsenio Fialho, Lisbon, PT;
Chang Soo Hong, Chicago, IL (US);
Ananda Chakrabarty, Villa Park, IL (US);
Tapas Das Gupta, River Forest, IL (US);
Tohru Yamada, Oak Park, IL (US);
Anita Chaudhari, Jacksonville, FL (US);
Arsenio Fialho, Lisbon, PT;
Chang Soo Hong, Chicago, IL (US);
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS, Urbana, IL (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to cupredoxin, specificallyazurin, and/orcytochrome cand their use in inhibiting of viral infection, and in particular infection of mammalian cells by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). The invention also relates to variants and derivatives of cupredoxin and cytochrome c that retain the ability to inhibit viral infection, and in particular infection by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). The invention also relates to research methods for studying viral and bacterial infection in mammalian cells.