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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2006
Applicants:
Barry O'keefe, Frederick, MD (US);
Toshiyuki Mori, San Francisco, CA (US);
James B. Mcmahon, Frederick, MD (US);
Inventors:
Barry O'Keefe, Frederick, MD (US);
Toshiyuki Mori, San Francisco, CA (US);
James B. McMahon, Frederick, MD (US);
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 37/18 (2006.01); A61K 38/00 (2006.01); A61P 31/12 (2006.01); C07K 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of inhibiting a viral infection of a host comprising administering to the host an anti-viral griffithsin polypeptide comprising SEQ ID NO: 3 or a fragment thereof comprising at least eight contiguous amino acids, a nucleic acid encoding the anti-viral polypeptide, or an antibody to the anti-viral polypeptide. A method of inhibiting a virus in a sample comprising contacting the sample with an anti-viral griffithsin polypeptide or antibody thereto also is provided.