Peptides and synthetic cell membranes

US5962638A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Merck Patent GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Renate Naumann · Darmstadt, DE
• Alfred Jonczyk · Darmstadt, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 13, 1997
• Grant date: Oct 5, 1999
• Expiry date: Jun 13, 2017

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B82Y30/00
• WIPO field: Micro-structural and nano-technology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Linear peptides of the formula (I) R-A-B-C-D-E-OH, where R, A, B, C, D and E have the indicated meanings, are disclosed. Methods of making these peptides, and of using them as biosensors, solar cells and membrane models for use in the investigation of biochemical processes are disclosed.