Polypeptides endowed with a larvicidal activity toward Lepidoptera

US6310035A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Institut Pasteur and Institute National de la Rocherche Agronomic · FR

Inventors

• Vincent Sanchis · Bois-d'Arcy, FR
• Didier Lereclus · Paris, FR
• Ghislaine Menou · Paris, FR
• Marguerite-Marie Lecadet · Paris, FR
• Daniel Martouret · Saint-Cyr-l'École, FR
• Raymond Dedonder · Le Plessis-Robinson, FR

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 10, 1998
• Grant date: Oct 30, 2001
• Expiry date: Mar 10, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC C): Chemistry; Metallurgy
• CPC primary: C07K14/325
• WIPO field: Biotechnology
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

This invention relates to plant cells, plants, and seeds expressing a polypeptide having larvicidal activity. In particular, the invention relates to plant cells, plants, and seeds expressing the N-terminal region of a polypeptide toxic against the larvae of Lepidoptera of the Noctuidae family, and preferably against S.littoralis.