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Bacillus thuringiensis gene with coleopteran activity

US9593345B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignees

PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC. · US
E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY · US

Inventors

Takashi Yamamoto · Fremont, US
Michi Izumi Willcoxon · Palo Alto, US
Lu Liu · Palo Alto, US
Ute Schellenberger · Newark, US
Eric Schepers · Port Deposit, US
Yi Zheng · Wilmington, US

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 14, 2013
Grant date	Mar 14, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 14, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
CPC primaryC07K2319/55
WIPO fieldBiotechnology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The invention provides nucleic acids, and variants and fragments thereof, obtained from strains of Bacillus thuringiensis encoding polypeptides having pesticidal activity against insect pests including, but not limited to, insect pests belonging to the orders Coleoptera and Lepidoptera. Particular embodiments of the invention provide isolated nucleic acids encoding pesticidal proteins, pesticidal compositions, polynucleotide constructs, and transformed microorganisms and plants comprising a nucleic acid of the embodiments. These compositions find use in methods for controlling pests, especially plant pests.

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