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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2009
Filed:
May. 21, 2002
Carol Carter, Huntington, NY (US);
Arthur Goff, Miller Place, NY (US);
Lorna Ehrlich, Shoreham, NY (US);
Stanley N. Cohen, Stanford, CA (US);
Carol Carter, Huntington, NY (US);
Arthur Goff, Miller Place, NY (US);
Lorna Ehrlich, Shoreham, NY (US);
Stanley N. Cohen, Stanford, CA (US);
Functional Genetics, Inc., Gaithersburg, MD (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides methods for identifying peptides in a mammalian. Tsg101 protein that binds to the PTAPP (SEQ ID NO: 3) motif or L domain of human immunodeficiency virus type I (HIV-1). Such peptides can be used to inhibit Tsg101-HIV Gag binding, and is therefore effective in reducing HIV particle production. The invention also provides the peptides identified by the method of the invention and to method of using such peptides for treating HIV infection.