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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 06, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Jesse M. Jaynes, Raleigh, NC (US);
Assignee:
Demegen, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 1/600 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 1/600 ;
Abstract
Non-naturally occurring lytic peptides which contain a phenylalanine residue and one or more alanine, valine and lysine residues, and optionally contain chemically masked cysteine or serine residues possess an amphipathic structure which allows them to promote cell lysis in certain pathologic organisms, and particularly in prokaryotes. Peptides having a beta-pleated sheet secondary structure and lacking cysteine residues form one embodiment of these lytic peptides.