Methods and compositions for altering sexual behavior

US5753434A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University · US

Inventors

• Lisa RYNER · Woodside, US
• Bruce S. Baker · Stanford, US
• Steven Wasserman · Baltimore, US
• Diego H. Castrillon · Dallas, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 10, 1995
• Grant date: May 19, 1998
• Expiry date: Feb 10, 2015

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07K14/43581
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

Methods and compositions effective to alter the sexual or reproductive behavior of an insect are disclosed. The compositions include polynucleotides and polypeptides corresponding to the fru gene in Drosophila and its homologs in other species. Methods of identifying a compound effective to alter the reproductive behavior of an insect are also disclosed.