Insect inhibitory toxin family active against hemipteran and/or lepidopteran insects
AssigneeMonsanto Technology LLC
InventorsDavid J. Bowen, Catherine Chay, Artem Evdokimov, Stanislaw Flasinski, Uma R. Kesanapalli, Megan N. Schroder, Rachael N. Slightom, Nengbing Tao, Andrew M. Wollacott
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Abstract
The present invention discloses a genus of insect inhibitory proteins that exhibit properties directed to controlling Lepidopteran and/or Hemipteran crop pests, methods of using such proteins, nucleotide sequences encoding such proteins, methods of detecting and isolating such proteins, and their use in agricultural systems.
Claims16
A recombinant nucleic acid molecule comprising a heterologous promoter operably linked to a polynucleotide segment encoding an insect inhibitory protein, wherein said insect inhibitory protein comprises an amino acid sequence having at least 80% amino acid sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:14, and wherein the insect inhibitory protein comprises sequences corresponding to motifs M0, M1, M2, M3, M4, and M5.
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