Binary insecticidal cry toxins
AssigneeDow AgroSciences LLC
InventorsKENNETH NARVA, HUARONG LI, SEK YEE TAN, TAO XU, TIMOTHY D HEY, VIMBAI CHIKWANA, SARAH E WORDEN
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Abstract
The subject invention concerns new classes of insecticidally-active proteins and the polynucleotide sequences which encode these proteins. More specifically, insecticidal proteins of approximately 12-24 kDa and of approximately 12-14 kDa are used for controlling corn rootworms. The subject invention includes methods and transgenic plants for controlling Western Corn Rootworm and other coleopteran insects.
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A nucleic acid construct for expression of a binary toxin comprising a genetic regulatory structure foreign to Bacillus thuringiensis and one or more binary toxin-encoding DNA segments encoding a functional amino acid sequence comprising a polypeptide having at least 95% sequence identity to SEQ ID NO:
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