Cecropin polypetides with activity against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria

Invention: Cecropin polypetides with activity against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria

Year	Description
1987	Invention patented by Jiunu S. Lai, Jar-How Lee, and James E. Callaway on February 5th, 1987. Abstract: The invention relates to cecropin-like polypeptides with a variey of C-terminus modifications. Conversion of the terminal carboxy group to a homoserine extended neutral, negatively charged or positively charged form results in the polypeptides of the invention that have significant bactericidal effects against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria.
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