PLANTAS RESISTENTES A LOS INSECTOS

• Main Authors: FISCHHOFF, DAVID ALLEN, MCPHERSON, SYLVIA ANN, PERLAK, FREDERICK JOSEPH, LAVRIK, PAUL BRUNO, FUCHS, ROY LEE
• Format: Patent
• Language: Spanish
• Published: 01.05.2004
• Edition: 4
• Subjects: AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS THEREOF; CULTURE MEDIA; ENZYMOLOGY; FERMENTATION OR ENZYME-USING PROCESSES TO SYNTHESISE A DESIREDCHEMICAL COMPOUND OR COMPOSITION OR TO SEPARATE OPTICAL ISOMERSFROM A RACEMIC MIXTURE; FISHING; FORESTRY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HUNTING; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS OR ENZYMES; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; NEW PLANTS OR PROCESSES FOR OBTAINING THEM; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; PEPTIDES; PLANT REPRODUCTION BY TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; PROCESSES USING MICROORGANISMS; PROPAGATING, PRESERVING OR MAINTAINING MICROORGANISMS; SPIRITS; TRAPPING; VINEGAR; WINE

METODO PARA PRODUCIR PLANTAS GENETICAMENTE TRANSFORMADAS QUE MUESTRAN TOXICIDAD FRENTE A INSECTOS COLEOPTEROS. EN OTRO ASPECTO LA PRESENTE INVENCION SE REFIERE A GENES VEGETALES QUIMERICOS, CELULAS TRANSFORMADAS GENETICAMENTE Y PLANTAS DIFERENCIADAS QUE MUESTRAN TOXICIDAD FRENTE A INSECTOS COLEOPTEROS. TAMBIEN INCLUYE LA PRESENTE INVENCION CELULAS BACTERIANAS Y VECTORES DE TRANSFORMACION DE PLANTAS QUE COMPRENDEN UN GEN VEGETAL QUMERICO QUE CODIFICA UNA PROTEINA TOXICA PARA LOS COLEOPTEROS DE BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS. A method for producing genetically transformed plants exhibiting toxicity to Coleopteran insects is disclosed. In another aspect, the present invention embraces chimeric plant genes, genetically transformed cells and differentiated plants which exhibit toxicity to Coleopteran insects. In yet another aspect, the present invention embraces bacterial cells and plant transformation vectors comprising a chimeric plant gene encoding a Coleopteran toxin protein of Bacillus thuringiensis.