title: Pesticides: insecticides and fungicides are chitin synthesis inhibitors.
abstract: Several important groups of fungicides and insecticides are specific inhibitors of chitin synthesis in a Phycomyces enzyme system and in insect organ cultures. The recently discovered benzoylphenylurea insecticides, which prevent chitin synthesis in insect tissues, are apparently not direct-acting chitin synthetase inhibitors. These insecticides may prevent insect chitin synthesis by interfering with the proteolytic activation of the chitin synthetase zymogen.
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authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Leighton
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authors.lastname: Marks
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authors.lastname: Leighton