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Title:
DERIVATIVES OF (BAUHINIA PURPUREA) LECTIN AND THEIR USE AS LARVICIDES
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO1994002514
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
Compounds which are derived from Bauhinia purpurea lectin by replacement of one or more lysine residues in the molecule with other amino acid residues which either preserve the positive charge at the position of the substitution or provide a neutral residue at the position of the substitution are effective larvicides against insects such as European corn borer.

Inventors:
RAO A GURURAJ (US)
BALASUBRAMANIAM NANDHA KUMAR (US)
Application Number:
PCT/US1993/006946
Publication Date:
March 31, 1994
Filing Date:
July 22, 1993
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Assignee:
PIONEER HI BRED INT (US)
International Classes:
A01N63/50; C07K14/42; C12N15/82; (IPC1-7): C07K15/10; A01N65/00; C12N15/82; C12N1/21; C12N5/14; A01H5/00
Foreign References:
EP0427529A11991-05-15
Other References:
BIOCHEMICAL ARCHIVES vol. 5, 1989, pages 331 - 338 R. PAL ET AL.; 'Chemical modification of Pseudomonas aeruginosa bacterial lectin'
JOURNAL OF BIOCHEMISTRY vol. 109, 1991, pages 899 - 903 K. KUSUI ET AL.; 'cDNA cloning and expression of Bauhinia purpurea lectin' cited in the application
FEBS LETTERS vol. 182, 1985, pages 403 - 406 N.M. YOUNG ET AL.; 'Lectins and legume chemotaxonomy'
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