Patent ID: 8765677

Claim:
An isolated, synthetic or recombinant peptide, wherein the peptide comprises the sequence: SEQ ID NO: 1 CKGKGAXaa 1 CRXaa 2 Xaa 3 Xaa 4 YXaa 5 CCXaa 6 GXaa 7 CRXaa 8 Xaa 9 RC wherein Xaa 1 , Xaa 3 , Xaa 4 , Xaa 6 , Xaa 7 and Xaa 8 are independently selected from serine and threonine; Xaa 2 is selected from arginine and lysine; Xaa 5 is selected from aspartic acid and glutamic acid; Xaa 9 is selected from glycine, alanine, valine, leucine and isoleucine; and wherein the C-terminal cysteine of SEQ ID NO:1 is a carboxyl group, primary amide or linked to the N-terminus by a linker.