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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 1994
Filed:
Mar. 17, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael A von Tersch, Ewing Township, NJ (US);
Jose M Gonzalez, Ewing Township, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Ecogen Inc., Langhorne, PA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C12N / ; C12N / ; C12N / ; A01N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
424 932 ; 536 2371 ; 4353201 ; 4352523 ; 43525231 ; 435 691 ; 424 93461 ;
Abstract
A Bacillus thuringiensis strain isolate, designated EG5092, exhibits insecticidal activity against lepidopteran insects. A purified and isolated novel cryET1 toxin gene product from B.t. strain EG5092 exhibits specific insecticidal activity against Plutella xylostella (Diamondback moth). The cryET1 gene (SEQ ID NO:1) has a nucleotide base sequence illustrated in FIG. 1 and produces a CryET1 gene product (SEQ ID NO:2) having a deduced amino acid sequence illustrated in FIG. 1.