SPRUCE BUDWORM ANTIFREEZE PROTEINS, GENES AND METHODS OF USING SAME

摘要

A class of thermal hysterisis, antifreeze proteins (THPs) has been isolatedand purified from Choristoneura sp., including the sprucebudworm C. fumiferana. The invention provides for nucleic acids which encodethese antifreeze proteins. The invention also providesfor antibodies reactive to these antifreeze proteins. The invention alsoincludes a method for decreasing the freezing point of an aqueoussolution by adding these antifreeze proteins to the solution.