SYNTHETIC REPLIKIN PEPTIDES AGAINST PATHOGENIC INFECTION OF INVERTEBRATES IN AQUACULTURE

摘要

Disclosed is a substance for increasing the resistance of shrimp to taura syndrome virus comprising at least one isolated or synthetic Replikin peptide, which is at least one isolated or synthetic form of at least one peptide from taura syndrome virus, wherein said at least one isolated or synthetic peptide consists of 7 to about 50 amino acids comprising a Replikin motif, wherein said Replikin motif comprises: (1) at least one lysine residue located at a first terminus of said motif and a least one lysine residue or at least one histidine residue located at a second terminus of said motif; (2) at least one lysine residue located six to ten residues from a second lysine residue; (3) at least one histidine residue; and (4) at least six percent lysine residues.