COMPOSITION FOR TREATING INFECTION BY USING INDOLICIDIN ANALOG AND METHOD THEREFOR

• Main Authors: WEST MICHAEL H P, FRASER JANET R, KRIEGER TIMOTHY J, ERFLE DOUGLAS, TAYLOR ROBERT
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 25.08.2005
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; CULTURE MEDIA; ENZYMOLOGY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PEPTIDES; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; SPECIFIC THERAPEUTIC ACTIVITY OF CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS ORMEDICINAL PREPARATIONS; SPIRITS; VINEGAR; WINE

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an idolicidin analog for treating an infection, especially a bacterial infection. SOLUTION: The analog is that of indolicidin and contains a 8-25 amino acid, and includes a formula shown below; RXZXXZXB (wherein Z is proline or valin, X is a hydrophobic residue and B...