Nucleotide sequences coding for polypeptides endowed with a larvicidal activity towards Lepidoptera

US6942991B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• INSTITUT PASTEUR · FR
• INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE AGRONOMQIUE · 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: Aug 1, 2001
• Grant date: Sep 13, 2005
• Expiry date: Jun 13, 2022

Classification

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

Abstract

This invention relates to vectors, bacterial strains, and methods for the cloning and expression of a polypeptide having larvicidal activity. In particular, the invention relates to vectors, bacterial strains and methods for the cloning and expression of the N-terminal region of a polypeptide toxic against the larvae of Lepidoptera of the Noctuidae family, preferably against S. littoralis.