US 7,488,800 B2
	Apoptosis-inducing polypeptides
Shu-Mei Liang, Taipei (Taiwan); Jei-Ming Peng, Taipei (Taiwan); and Chi-Ming Liang, Taipei (Taiwan)
Assigned to Academia Sinica, Taipei (Taiwan)
Filed on Nov. 30, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/947,935.
Application 11/947935 is a division of application No. 10/863637, filed on Jun. 08, 2004, granted, now 7,323,546.
Application 10/863637 is a continuation in part of application No. 10/449531, filed on May 29, 2003, granted, now 7,217,784.
Prior Publication US 2008/0188410 A1, Aug. 07, 2008
Int. Cl. C07K 14/00 (2006.01)

U.S. Cl. 530—350

11 Claims

1. An isolated water-soluble VP1 polypeptide of foot-and-mouth disease virus, wherein the polypeptide contains SEQ ID NO: 3 and, upon binding to a receptor of a cell, induces death of the cell.