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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:
Feb. 07, 2012
Filed:
May. 13, 2009
Applicants:
Jennifer Ann Stowell Laurence, Douglas, KS (US);
Anthony Andrew Vartia, Douglas, KS (US);
Mary Elizabeth Krause, Douglas, KS (US);
Inventors:
Jennifer Ann Stowell Laurence, Douglas, KS (US);
Anthony Andrew Vartia, Douglas, KS (US);
Mary Elizabeth Krause, Douglas, KS (US);
Assignee:
University of Kansas, Lawrence, KS (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01N 33/20 (2006.01); C07K 5/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Compositions comprising a tripeptide having the sequence XCC; wherein X is any amino acid such that XCCis capable of binding a metal in a square planar orientation or square pyramidal orientation or both; and wherein Cand Care the same or different; and wherein Cand Cindividually are chosen from a cysteine and a cysteine-like nonnatural amino acid, as well as metal-XCCcomplexes and methods for forming such complexes.