Synthetic replikin peptides against pathogenic infection of invertebrates in aquaculture
OwnerSamuel Bogoch, Elenore S. Bogoch +2inventors
InventorsSamuel Bogoch, Elenore S. Bogoch, Samuel Winston Bogoch, Anne Elenore Borsanyi
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Abstract
The present invention provides isolated or synthesized peptides of about 7 to about 50 amino acids identified in the genome of pathogens in invertebrates in aquaculture for prevention and treatment of outbreaks of these pathogens in aquaculture and methods of preventing and treating pathogenic outbreaks using the identified peptides.
Claims17
A method of increasing survival in shrimp exposed to taura syndrome virus comprising administering to at least one shrimp a substance comprising a mixture of isolated or synthetic peptides, wherein each peptide of the mixture consists of 7 to 50 amino acids and wherein the mixture includes peptides comprising at least each of the following sequences of KVGSRRYKSH (SEQ ID NO:
- 1), HFATKCFGEVPKK (SEQ ID NO:
- 2), KAENEFWDGVKQSH (SEQ ID NO:
- 3), KGHRKVPCEQK (SEQ ID NO:
- 4), HRKVPCEQK (SEQ ID NO:
- 5), KVPCEQKIWLH (SEQ ID NO:
- 6), KIWLHQNPGK (SEQ ID NO:
- 7), HQNPGKTQQDMK (SEQ ID NO:
- 8), KGNTRVHVK (SEQ ID NO:
- 9), KEHVEKIVDK (SEQ ID NO:
- 10), and HVEKIVDKAK (SEQ ID NO:
- 11).
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