Patent ID: 8778890

Claim:
A compound according to Formula (I): (I) X 1 -M-SEQ ID NO: 2 or a salt thereof, wherein: SEQ ID NO:2 represents Xaa 1 -Glu-Nva-Val-Ala-Leu-Ser-Xaa 2 -Xaa 3 , wherein: Xaa 1 is absent or is a hydroxylated acyclic amino acid; Xaa 2 is Arg or N-MeArg; Xaa 3 is an aliphatic amino acid; and, X 1 -M represents an optional group comprising a tagging element conjugated to the N-terminus of said amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:2, wherein: X 1 represents said tagging element, wherein said tagging element is selected from the group consisting of a transduction domain and a detection label; and, -M- represents a single bond or an optional linking group forming a covalent linkage between said tagging element and said amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:2.