US Patent Issued to Donald Danforth Plant Science Center on Dec. 9 for "Antimicrobial peptides" (Chinese, American Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,492,229, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to Donald Danforth Plant Science Center (St. Louis).

"Antimicrobial peptides" was invented by Hui Li (SuZhou, China) and Dilip M. Shah (St. Louis).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Antimicrobial SbDef1-type peptides and proteins are disclosed along with compositions comprising the SbDef1-type peptides and proteins and transgenic or genetically edited plants or microorganisms that express the SbDef1-type peptides and proteins to inhibit growth of pathogenic microbes. Such SbDef1-type peptides and proteins, compositions, plants, and microorganisms can provide for inhibition of microbial growth."

The pate...