| abstract |
An adhesive peptide comprising the amino acid sequence: Xaa1 A1 Xaa2 A2 Xaa3 A3 Xaa4 Xaa5 A4, or a part thereof wherein: Xaa = any amino acid; A1 to A4 is independently selected from a hydrophobic amino acid selected from; Ala, Gly, Ile, Phe, Pro, Met, Trp, Tyr, Val; D or L isomers thereof; and a functional analog thereof as substituted with a non-polar substituent such as, for example, an alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, aryl or heterocyclyl substituent; or a functional derivative thereof comprising at least about 20% amino acid sequence similarity thereto. |