US 6,982,247 B1
Compounds exhibiting an antibiotic activity
Manfred T. Reetz, Mülheim an der Ruhr (Germany); Klaus Kühling, Ludwigshafen (Germany); Heinz Mehlhorn, Düsseldorf (Germany); and Karl-Erich Jäger, Mülheim an der Ruhr (Germany)
Assigned to B.R.A.I.N., Zwingenberg (Germany)
Appl. No. 9/979,672
PCT Filed May 06, 2000, PCT No. PCT/EP00/04089
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Nov. 05, 2001,
PCT Pub. No. WO00/68258, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 16, 2000.
Claims priority of application No. 199 21 027 (DE), filed on May 07, 1999.
Int. Cl. A61K 38/14 (2006.01); C07K 14/435 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 514—2 11 Claims
 
1. An isolated and purified peptide or protein comprising at least one of the sequences of SEQ ID NOs: 1 to 8 wherein said peptide or protein has antibiotic activity and wherein said peptide or protein is derived from the mucus of the foot sole of Archachatina marginata.