Peptide ligands for the erythropoietin receptor

摘要

Clones isolated from phage display libraries that bound to an erythropoietin (EPO) receptor probe are disclosed. Peptides encoded by sequences of those clones that bound to the EPO receptor are disclosed. A 12-mer amino acid consensus sequence, CXXGWVGXCXXW (where X represents one of many amino acids), common to the peptides that bound to the EPO receptor, but unrelated to the primary structure of EPO, is disclosed.