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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. 11, 1993
Filed:
Jul. 15, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Craig G Wilde, Foster City, CA (US);
Joseph E Griffith, Foster City, CA (US);
Marian N Marra, San Mateo, CA (US);
Randal W Scott, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Assignee:
INCYTE Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; C12N / ; C12P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
435 691 ; 4352401 ; 4353201 ; 435255 ; 4352523 ; 536 231 ; 536 235 ; 514 12 ;
Abstract
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.