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KUNITZ-TYPE RECOMBINANT INHIBITOR
| Office | CIPO |
| Document type: | Patent |
| Inventor(s): | Ana Marisa Chudzinski-Tavassi; Durvanei Augusto Maria; Isabel De Fátima Correia Batista; Paulo Lee Ho |
| Applicant: | Ana Marisa Chudzinski-Tavassi; Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP); União Química Farmacêutica Nacional S/A |
| Year: | 2008 |
| Application Number: | CA 2680759 |
| IPC: | A61K 38/57 A61P 35/00 A61P 7/02 C07K 14/435 C07K 14/745 C12N 15/12 C12N 15/15 |
Abstract
The present invention presents a Kunitz-type recombinant inhibitor obtained from a gene cloned from a cDNA library of salivary glands of the Amblyomma cajennense, and the inhibitor named Amblyomin-X has molecular mass of 13,500 Da.
| FAPESP's process: | 00/14067-0 - Estudos estruturais de inibidores de proteases presentes na saliva do carrapato "amblyomma cajennense". |
| Grantee: | Isabel de Fátima Correia Batista |
| Principal Investigator: | Ana Marisa Chudzinski-Tavassi |
| Institution: | Instituto Butantan |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral |