Hybrid Bacillus thuringiensis .delta.-endotoxins with novel broad-spectrum insecticidal activity
US6017534A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Nov 20, 1996 |
| Grant date | Jan 25, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 20, 2016 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S977/902
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Disclosed are novel synthetically-modified B. thuringiensis chimeric crystal proteins having improved insecticidal activity against coleopteran, dipteran and lepidopteran insects. Also disclosed are the nucleic acid segments encoding these novel peptides. Methods of making and using these genes and proteins are disclosed as well as methods for the recombinant expression, and transformation of suitable host cells. Transformed host cells and transgenic plants expressing the modified endotoxin are also aspects of the invention.
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