Patent ID: 7348402

Claim:
An antimicrobial peptide including the amino acid sequence represented as the following sequence equation (I): N-terminus—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 X 14 X 15 —C-terminus— (I) wherein, X 1 is absent or a basic amino acid; X 2 are two identical or different hydrophobic amino acids; X 3 is a basic amino acid; X 4 is glutamine or asparagines; X 5 is phenylalanine or tryptophan; X 6 is proline; X 7 is isoleucine or valine; X 8 is glycine; X 9 is a basic amino acid; X 10 are two identical or different hydrophobic amino acids; X 11 are two identical or different basic amino acids; X 12 are two identical or different hydrophobic amino acids; X 13 are two identical or different basic amino acids; X 14 are two identical or different hydrophobic amino acids; X 15 is absent or a basic amino acid.