Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology – Measuring or testing process involving enzymes or... – Involving nucleic acid
Patent
1995-02-10
1998-05-19
Rories, Charles C. P.
Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology
Measuring or testing process involving enzymes or...
Involving nucleic acid
435 691, 435 701, 435 911, 4351723, 4352402, 4353201, 536 235, 536 241, 536 2431, C12Q 168, C12N 1585, C12N 510, C12N 1512
Patent
active
057534349
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.
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Baker Bruce S.
Castrillon Diego H.
Ryner Lisa C.
Wasserman Steven A.
Dehlinger Peter J.
Rories Charles C. P.
Sholtz Charles K.
The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University
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