MELANOCORTIN RECEPTOR LIGANDS
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20220127305A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-04-28

    申请号:US17572115

    申请日:2022-01-10

    IPC分类号: C07K7/06 C07K7/08 C07K14/665

    摘要: The present invention is directed to compounds according to formula, (R2R3)-A1-c(A2-A3-A4-A5-A6-A7-A8-A9)-A10-R1, and pharmaceutically-acceptable salts thereof that act as ligands for one or more of the melanocortin receptors, to methods of using such compounds to treat mammals and to pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds.

    System for the assessment of protease activity

    公开(公告)号:US10787696B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-29

    申请号:US14026014

    申请日:2013-09-13

    摘要: A system for the identification of proteases and protease inhibitors is provided. The system has at least two components. The first component is a reporter construct with at least one binding site, a transcriptional promoter, an inducible promoter region, and at least one reporter gene, all functionally connected for expression of the reporter gene(s) in functional coordination with a transcriptional activation agent. The second component is a transcriptional activation agent comprising a nucleic acid binding domain, at least one protease substrate domain, and at least one transcriptional activation domain for an inducible promoter. The system allows detection and evaluation of agents affecting protease activity directed to the protease substrate domain. The system also allows for the detection of the presence of proteases in environmental samples.