Patent ID: 8153360

Claim:
An isolated peptide selected from the group consisting of: (a) a peptide consisting of amino acid sequence SEQ ID NO:1, wherein the peptide's N-terminal chemical moiety is an amino group and the peptide's C-terminal chemical moiety is a carboxyl group; (b) a peptide consisting of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1, wherein the peptide's N-terminal chemical moiety is selected from the group consisting of an acetyl group, a hydrophobic group, a carbobenzyloxy group, a dansyl group, a t-butyloxycarbonyl group, and a macromolecular group; or wherein the peptide's C-terminal chemical moiety is selected from the group consisting of a amido group, a hydrophobic group, a t-butyloxycarbonyl group and a macromolecular group; (c) a peptide consisting of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1, wherein at least one bond linking adjacent amino acid residues of the peptide is a non-peptide bond; (d) a peptide consisting of the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:1, wherein at least one amino acid residue of the peptide is in the D-isomer configuration; (e) a peptide as set forth in (a) or (b) except that at least one amino acid of the peptide has been substituted for by a different amino acid and the peptide includes the entire sequence of SEQ ID NO: 40; and (f) a fragment of a peptide as set forth in any of (a) to (e), wherein the fragment comprises at least 18 contiguous amino acid residues thereof and the peptide includes the entire sequence of SEQ ID NO: 40.