abstract |
A cell adhesion peptide is disclosed, which may be a polypeptide, including an amino acid sequence comprising X-Asp-Y-(A)n-Phe, where X and Y are chosen from Ala, Leu, Ile and Val, A is any amino acid and n is in the range 3 to 10, in which at least a sub-sequence of the said sequence is adherent for MOLT-4 human lymphoblastic leukaemia, A375-SM human metastatic melanoma or H1080 human fibrosarcoma cells. |