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US 7,678,884 B2Granted
Biologically active peptide and agent containing the same
AssigneeSeikagaku Corporation
InventorsTakashi Takata, Shoji Kitagawa, Yuji Kaneda
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Abstract
A peptide having any one of the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NO: 1 or 13, preferably a peptide having any one of the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOS: 2 to 9 or a peptide having any one of the amino acid sequences of SEQ ID NOS: 10 and 15 to 17, is used as an active ingredient of an agent for promoting growth or differentiation of cells such as osteoblasts, chondroblasts, cementoblasts, bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells and periodontal ligament-derived cells.
Claims11
A peptide consisting of the following amino acid sequence (SEQ ID NO:
- 13):
- Asn Lys X26 X27 X28 Pro X28 X29 X30 X31 X32 Ala Trp X31 Phe
- wherein X26 represents Ala or Val, X27 represents Gln or His, X28 represents Gln or Glu, X29 represents Ile, Met or Val, X30 indicates absence of amino acid residue or represents Lys or Met, X31 represents Arg or His, and X32 represents Asp or Asn.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.