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Coleopteran-resistant transgenic plants and methods of their production

US7544862B2 · kind B2 · utility

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17Claims

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Assignee

Monsanto Technology LLC · US

Inventors

Leigh H. English · Chesterfield, US
Susan M. Brussock · New Hope, US
Thomas M. Malvar · Troy, US
James W. Bryson · Langhorne, US
Caroline A. Kulesza · Charlottesville, US
Frederick S. Walters · Rochester, US
Stephen L. Slatin · Fair Lawn, US
Michael A. Von Tersch · Ewing Township, US
Charles P. Romano · Ballwin, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 4, 2007
Grant date	Jun 9, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jun 4, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S977/925
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Disclosed are nucleic acid segments comprising synthetically-modified genes encoding Coleopteran-toxic B. thuringiensis δ-endotoxins. Also disclosed are methods of using these genes for the recombinant expression of polypeptides, the preparation of vectors containing the genes, and methods for transforming suitable host cells.

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