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Phage Display Screening for Tumor Necrosis Factor-α-Binding Peptides: Detection of Inflammation in a Mouse Model of Hepatitis

Table 1

Biochemical properties of the selected peptide clones (from http://www.expasy.ch/tools/protparam.html).

CloneSequence (hours)pI

C2-R3C-GSKTQAP-C308.06
C18-R3C-GLPWLST-C305.51
C22-R3C-STPHNLG-C1.96.72
C25-R3C-LATGNQI-C5.55.51
C30-R3C-PATLTSL-C205.51
C33-R3C-HGAPNRL-C3.58.08
C41-R3C-RPPIGAF-C18.07
C42-R3C-TSQSQHM-C7.26.72
C45-R3C-GPAVYMK-C308.05
C46-R3C-QGDLPGY-C0.83.80
C32-R4C-SPHTTIA-C1.96.72
C33-R4C-EPFAGRS-C15.99
C35-R4C-TSPLPGT-C7.25.51
C46-R4C-SYEAHQT-C1.95.24
C47-R4C-NNPLKSL-C1.48.06

: half-life theoretically estimated in mammalian reticulocytes in vitro and based on the N-end rule [20].
pI: isoelectric point which is the pH at which a particular molecule or surface carries no net electrical charge.