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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2012
Steven Gareth Griffiths, Moncton, CA;
Scott Edwin Lewis, Westminster, MA (US);
Steven Gareth Griffiths, Moncton, CA;
Scott Edwin Lewis, Westminster, MA (US);
Atlantic Cancer Research Institute, Moncton, New Brunswick, CA;
New England Peptide, Inc., Gardner, MA (US);
Abstract
The present application is directed to a peptides comprising an a-helix forming-amino acid sequence that binds a heat shock protein. Also included is a polypeptide comprising (a) a first peptide portion that comprises an α-helix-forming amino acid sequence that binds a heat shock protein; and (b) at least one second peptide portion comprising an antigenic amino acid sequence and/or an a-helix-stabilizing amino acid sequence that increases the interaction of the first peptide portion with the heat shock protein. The present application also includes compositions comprising the peptides and/or polypeptides of present application and uses of the peptides and/or polypeptides of the present application for fractionating substances relevant for discovery, research or clinical analysis from a biological sample and as therapeutics.