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AssigneeBayer BioScience N.V.
InventorsGreta Arnaut, Annemie Boets, Karel De Rudder, Stijn Vanneste, Jeroen Van Rie
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The present invention relates to the field of plant pest control, particularly insect control. Provided are nucleotide sequences from Bacillus thuringiensis encoding insecticidal proteins. Further provided are methods and means for using said nucleotide sequence for controlling plant insect pests. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.
An isolated DNA comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding an insecticidal protein comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2 from amino acid position 200 to amino acid position 455.
An isolated DNA encoding a protein comprising the amino acid sequence of the smallest toxic fragment of the protein of SEQ ID NO:2, wherein said smallest toxic fragment is the smallest portion of the protein of SEQ ID NO:2 retaining insecticidal activity that can be obtained by incubating trypsin or insect gut-juice extracts with solutions comprising the protein of SEQ ID NO:2, said gut-juice extracts obtained from any one of the following insects:
An isolated DNA comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding an insecticidal protein comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2 from amino acid position 200 to amino acid position 455, or a protein having a sequence identity of at least 98% to said protein.
An isolated DNA comprising a nucleotide sequence encoding an insecticidal protein comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2 from amino acid position 200 to amino acid position 455, or a protein having 10 or fewer amino acids added to, replaced, or deleted from said protein.
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