Toxin active against lepidopteran insects

Details Toxin active against lepidopteran insects Toxin active against lepidopteran insects

1993-11-10

1996-11-26

Chereskin, Che S.

Chemistry: natural resins or derivatives; peptides or proteins;

Proteins, i.e., more than 100 amino acid residues

536 2371, 435 691, 4352404, 800205, C12N 1532, C07K 1300

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ABSTRACT:
A shortened or truncated protein toxin is provided which exhibits activity against lepidopteran insects. The truncated toxin is derived from an approximately 130 kD Bacillus thuringiensis delta-endotoxin. Also provided is a polynucleotide sequence encoding the truncated toxin.

REFERENCES:
Held, G. A. et al. (1982) "Cloning and localization of the lepidopteran protoxin gene of Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki" Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 79:6065-6069.
Klier, A. et al. (1982) "Cloning and expression of the crystal protein genes from Bacillus thuringiensis strain berliner 1715" EMBO J. 1:791-799.
Schnepf, H. E., H. R. Whiteley (1981) "Cloning and expression of the Bacillus thuringiensis crystal protein gene in Escherichia coli" Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 78:2893-2897.
Whiteley, H. R. et al. (1982) "Cloning the Crystal Protein Gene of B. thuringiensis in E. coli" in Molecular Cloning and Gene Regulation in Bacilli, pp. 131-144.

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