Self-aligning peptides modeled on human elastin and other fibrous proteins
US6489446B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 29, 1999 |
| Grant date | Dec 3, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 29, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S977/915
- 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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