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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 04, 1993
Filed:
Nov. 15, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Barry Berkowitz, Ft. Washington, PA (US);
Assignee:
Magainin Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Plymouth Meeting, PA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; C07K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514 13 ; 514 12 ; 514 14 ; 530324 ; 530325 ; 530326 ;
Abstract
A composition comprising at least one biologically active amphiphilic peptide or protein, said peptide or protein being an ion channel-forming peptide or protein, and an antibiotic which inhibits DNA gyrase. The biologically active amphiphilic peptide and the antibiotic which inhibits DNA gyrase may be administered in amounts effective to inhibit growth of a target cell such as a bacterium.