Cationic oligopeptides having microbicidal activity
US4659692A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | May 11, 1984 |
| Grant date | Apr 21, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 11, 2004 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S930/19
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Novel microbicidal compositions are provided which find use as preservatives, disinfectants, antigens and the like. Particularly, cationic oligopeptides of up to about thirty-five amino acids are provided having amino acid sequences substantially comparable to the amino acid sequences of cationic oligopeptides produced by macrophage. A conserved framework structure is provided. The invention described herein was in the course, or under a grant from the United States Public Health Service and the National Institutes of Health.
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