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US 7,488,800 B2Granted
Apoptosis-inducing polypeptides
AssigneeAcademia Sinica
InventorsShu-Mei Liang, Jei-Ming Peng, Chi-Ming Liang
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Abstract
An isolated water-soluble VP1 polypeptide of foot-and-mouth disease virus and a nucleic acid encoding the polypeptide. Also disclosed are a pharmaceutical composition containing the polypeptide or nucleic acid and related methods of inducing apoptosis and treating an apoptosis-related disorder.
Claims11
An isolated water-soluble VP1 polypeptide of foot-and-mouth disease virus, wherein the polypeptide contains SEQ ID NO:
- 3 and, upon binding to a receptor of a cell, induces death of the cell.
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