Coleopteran toxin proteins of bacillus thuringiensis

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...

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Main Authors Fischhoff, David A, Fuchs, Roy L, Lavrik, Paul B, McPherson, Sylvia A, Perlak, Frederick J
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 11.10.2005
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Summary: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