Novel compositions and process for inhibiting digestion in blood-sucking insects
US5011909A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 7, 1989 |
| Grant date | Apr 30, 1991 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 7, 2009 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC07K5/0823
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
The subject invention concerns three novel peptides which have the property of interfering with the biosynthesis of the enzyme trypsin in an insect gut. This property enables the use of these peptides to inhibit the formation of progeny in blood-ingesting insects, since trypsin is an essential enzyme for food digestion which provides the essential building blocks for egg development in such insects.
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