Inhibiting protein interactions

Chemistry: natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins; – Peptides of 3 to 100 amino acid residues – 25 or more amino acid residues in defined sequence

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Disclosed are Ras-binding peptides and peptide mimetics thereof which inhibit the direct binding of Ras with Raf and contain an amino acid sequence with 80-100% identity to the sequence of specific Raf fragments.

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