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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2015
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2011
Sarah Ellen Ades, Boalsburg, PA (US);
Kenneth Charles Keiler, Boalsburg, PA (US);
Sarah Ellen Ades, Boalsburg, PA (US);
Kenneth Charles Keiler, Boalsburg, PA (US);
The Penn State Research Foundation, University Park, PA (US);
Abstract
A system, a composition, a method and a kit for identifying anti-bacterial agents are provided. The invention described herein is useful in identifying inhibitors of any bacterial stress response. Moreover, the invention can be applied to any sRNA and its target, any transcription factor and its target, and any transcription factor/sRNA pair (i.e., a transcription factor that regulates a sRNA). In particular, the present invention provides a system, a composition, a method and a kit for the identification of cyclic peptides that block the σpathway in