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DNA constructs encoding Bacillus thuringiensis toxins from strain A20

US5424409A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 1, 1991
Grant dateJun 13, 1995
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Expiry dateApr 1, 2011

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  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA61K38/00
  • WIPO fieldPharmaceuticals
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Recombinant DNA coding for an insecticidally active form of the Bacillus thuringiensis endotoxin which DNA is derived from the chromosome plasmids of the A20 strain of Bacillus thuringiensis. The recombinant genes may be of the 6.6, 5.3 or 4.5 types. Further discloses a truncated chimetic endotoxin-producing gene derived from the 5.3 and 4.5-type genes of strain A20.

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