Patent ID: 7084109

Claim:
A peptide comprising the following amino acid sequence: X i -a-b-Cys-d-e-f-g-h-i-j-k-l-Cys-n-o-X k wherein; a is an amino acid or is absent; b is Leu, Ile, Val, Ala, Arg, Gln, or Asn; d is an amino acid; e is an amino acid; f is Ala, Asp, Glu, Phe, Gly, His, Ile, Lys, Leu, Met, Asn, Pro, Gln, Arg, Ser, Thr, Val, Trp, or Tyr; g is an amino acid; h is Ala, Cys, Asp, Phe, Gly, His, Ile, Lys, Leu, Met, Asn, Pro, Gln, Arg, Thr, Val, Trp, or Tyr; i is Ala, Asp, Glu, Phe, Gly, His, Lys, Met, Asn, Pro, Gln, Ser, Thr, Val, Trp, or Tyr; j is Ala, Asp, Glu, Phe, Gly, Ile, Lys, Leu, Met, Asn, Gln, Arg, Ser, Thr, Val, Trp, or Tyr; k is Trp, Tyr, β-Napthylalanine, or Phe; l is Tyr, Phe, β-Napthylalanine, 4 methylphenylalanine, 3-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl) alanine, meta-Tyr, or Trp; n is an amino acid; and o is Phe, Tyr, Trp, β-Napthylalanine, o-methyl Tyr, Norleucine, or meta-Tyr; and wherein the peptide binds FVIIa in an in vitro assay, wherein X i is absent or is a peptide between 1 and 100 amino acids; and X k is absent or a peptide between 1 and 100 amino acids.