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Browsing Patent by Subject "Medical Biochemistry: Proteins and Peptides (incl. Medical Proteomics)"

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    Method for treating wrinkles using a paralytic peptide from the shrew 'Blarina brevicauda'
    (2014)
    Stewart, John
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    Steeves, Bradley
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    Vernes, Karl A 
    The invention relates to a low molecular weight peptide (or suite of related peptides) isolated from the submaxiliary saliva glands of shrews of the species 'Blarina' as a paralytic agent. This novel paralytic agent is useful as a neuromuscular blocker and analgesic or as an insecticide.
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    Vectors encoding a paralytic peptide
    (2015)
    Stewart, John M
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    Steeves, Bradley J
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    Vernes, Karl A 
    The invention relates to recombinant expression vectors encoding a low molecular weight peptide isolated from the submaxiliary saliva glands of shrews of the species 'Blarina' as a paralytic agent. This novel paralytic agent is useful as a neuromuscular blocker and analgesic or as an insecticide.