The invention relates to oligomeric peptides with biological activity against HIV infection having the amino acid sequence (Z<;SUB>;1<;/SUB>;-LE-X<;SUB>;1<;/SUB>;-IP-X<;SUB>;2<;/SUB>;-X<;SUB>;3<;/SUB>;-X<;SUB>;4<;/SUB>;-P-X<;SUB>;5<;/SUB>;-X<;SUB>;6<;/SUB>;-X<;SUB>;7<;/SUB>;-X<;SUB>;8<;/SUB>;-X<;SUB>;9<;/SUB>;-X<;SUB>;10<;/SUB>;-K-X<;SUB>;11<;/SUB>;-X<;SUB>;12<;/SUB>;-X<;SUB>;13<;/SUB>;-X<;SUB>;14<;/SUB>;-X<;SUB>;15<;/SUB>;-Z<;SUB>;2<;/SUB>;)<;SUB>;n<;/SUB>;, wherein n indicates the number of monomeric peptide chains, whereby n is 2, 3 or 4; X<;SUB>;1 <;/SUB>;is a lysine, alanine, or aspartic acid; X<;SUB>;2 <;/SUB>;is a cysteine, methionine or isoleucine; X<;SUB>;3 <;/SUB>;is a serine, cysteine, lysine or glycine; X<;SUB>;4 <;/SUB>;is an isoleucine, alanine, phenylalanine or cysteine; X<;SUB>;5 <;/SUB>;is a proline, D-proline or a substituted L- or D-proline; X<;SUB>;6 <;/SUB>;is a cysteine or glutamic acid; X<;SUB>;7 <;/SUB>;is an amino acid with a hydrophobic or an aromatic side chain or cysteine; X<;SUB>;8 <;/SUB>;is an amino acid with a hydrophobic or an aromatic side chain or cysteine; X<;SUB>;9 <;/SUB>;is an amino acid with an aromatic side chain; X<;SUB>;10 <;/SUB>;is a glycine, alanine or asparagine; X<;SUB>;11 <;/SUB>;is a proline, aspartic acid, octahydroindolyl-2-carboxylic acid or D-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline-3-carboxylic acid; X<;SUB>;12 <;/SUB>;is a phenylalanine, alanine, glycine, glutamic acid or D-1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinoline-3-carboxylic acid; X<;SUB>;13 <;/SUB>;is an amino acid with a hydrophobic or an aromatic side chain; X<;SUB>;14 <;/SUB>;is an amino acid with a hydrophobic or an aromatic side chain; X<;SUB>;15 <;/SUB>;is a phenylalanine or deletion; Z<;SUB>;1 <;/SUB>;is