Patent ID: 8921516

Claim:
A compound comprising at least two regions of a fibronectin cell-binding domain joined by a flexible linker wherein at least one region comprises amino acid sequence GRGDSP (SEQ ID NO: 1) and another region comprises X 1 X 2 X 3 X 4 X 5 X 6 X 7 X 8 X 9 X 10 X 11 X 12 X 13 RX 15 PX 17 SRNX 21 X 22 TLTX 26 (SEQ ID NO: 2) wherein X 1 denotes K or is absent, X 2 denotes K or is absent, X 3 denotes K or is absent, X 4 denotes K or is absent, X 5 denotes K or is absent, X 6 denotes K, X 7 denotes S, V, A, G or is absent X 8 denotes G, A or is absent X 9 denotes R or G X 10 denotes P, A, Q or G X 11 denotes R or K X 12 denotes E, Q, W, A or G X 13 denotes D or E X 15 denotes V, L or I X 17 denotes H or P X 21 denotes S, T or G X 22 denotes I or L and X 26 denotes N or H; and wherein the compound is less than 100 amino acids.