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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2014
Filed:
Jun. 06, 2013
Applicant:
The University of Utah Research Foundation, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Inventors:
Maren Watkins, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Baldomero M. Olivera, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
David R. Hillyard, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
J. Michael McIntosh, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Assignee:
The University of Utah Research Foundation, Salt Lake City, UT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07K 7/08 (2006.01); A61P 25/14 (2006.01); A61K 38/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention relates to relatively short peptides (termed α-conotoxins herein), about 10-30 residues in length, which are naturally available in minute amounts in the venom of the cone snails or analogous to the naturally available peptides, and which preferably include two disulfide bonds.