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US 6,475,771 B1Granted
Antimicrobial polypeptides and methods of use
AssigneeUniversity of Florida Research Foundation, Inc.
InventorJeffrey D. Hillman
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Abstract
Antimicrobial compounds and compositions and uses thereof, including the treatment and prevention of bacterial infections are described. The compounds and compositions include lantibiotic polypeptides and the nucleic acid sequences encoding the polypeptides. The compounds and compositions are useful as antimicrobials in antibiotic pharmaceutical preparation and as an antimicrobial or antiseptic dentifrice.
Claims4
An isolated nucleic acid comprising the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO:3.
An isolated nucleic acid comprising a sequence that encodes a polypeptide with the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:4.
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