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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Rodger Novak, New York, NY (US);
Elaine I. Tuomanen, Germantown, TN (US);
Assignee:
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07H 2/104 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C07H 2/104 ;
Abstract
The present invention discloses novel antibiotic peptides, including naturally occurring peptides. The present invention also includes the nucleic acid sequences encoding such peptides and the corresponding amino acid sequences. Methods of identifying, making, and using the antibiotic peptides are also disclosed. The present invention further provides novel proteins involved in the regulation of bacterial autolysis.