Insect control using lectins having specific mannose-binding ability
AssigneeAgricultural Genetics Company Limited
InventorsAngharad Gatehouse, Vaughan Hilder, Els Van Damme, Willy Peumans, Christine Newell, William Hamilton
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Abstract
The invention relates to the use of lectins having specific mannose-binding ability and/or derived from Amaryllidaceae or Alliaceae for the control of insect pests. Transgenic plants containing and capable of expressing foreign genes coding for such lectins are also disclosed.
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A method of controlling insect pests, which comprises applying to the insect pests or their environment a lectin having specific mannose-binding ability and derived from Amaryllidaceae or Alliaceae.
A transgenic plant containing and capable of expressing a gene coding for a lectin having specific mannose-binding ability and derived from Amaryllidaceae or Alliaceae, or the progeny of such a plant.
An isolated recombinant DNA molecule comprising a gene for a lectin having specific mannose-binding ability and from plants in the families Amaryllidaceae or Alliaceae.
An isolated recombinant lectin having a sequence substantially the same as the protein of Sequence ID Nos. 6 to 10, or a subunit thereof having specific mannose-binding ability.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.