Patents Examined by Nashaat T. Hashed
  • Patent number: 7229788
    Abstract: The present invention relates to: manipulation of the amino acid sequence of tropoelastin, particularly human tropoelastin, to modify its protease susceptibility; to tropoelastin derivatives having modified protease susceptibility; to peptidomimetic molecules which contain amino acid sequences which correspond to or incorporate the protease susceptible sequences of tropoelastin; and to uses of the tropoelastin derivatives and peptidomimetic molecules. The invention also relates to nucleic acid molecules and genetic constructs encoding the amino acid sequences of the derivatives and peptidomimetic molecules of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Assignee: The University of Sydney
    Inventor: Anthony Steven Weiss