Self-aligning peptides modeled on human elastin and other fibrous proteins
US5969106A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 7, 1997 |
| Grant date | Oct 19, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 7, 2017 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S977/92
- WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A polypeptide is provided that has a secondary structure characterized by at least three beta-sheet/beta-turn structures, and that is not a naturally occurring fibrous protein. Such polypeptides, illustrated by one modeled on elastin, are useful in prosthesis.
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