Nucleic acid encoding an insecticidal protein toxin from photorhabdus
US7569748B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 2, 2002 |
| Grant date | Aug 4, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 6, 2023 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02A40/146
- WIPO fieldBiotechnology
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Proteins from the genus Photorhabdus are toxic to insects upon exposure. Photorhabdus luminescens (formerly Xenorhabdus luminescens) have been found in mammalian clinical samples and as a bacterial symbiont of entomopathogenic nematodes of genus Heterohabditis. These protein toxins can be applied to, or genetically engineered into, insect larvae food and plants for insect control.
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