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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 14, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 03, 1997
Kenneth A Barton, Middleton, WI (US);
Paul F Umbeck, Madison, WI (US);
Monsanto Company, St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
A plant expression vector is constructed to cause the expression of an amino-terminal portion of the Bacillus thuringiensis delta-endotoxin gene in plant cells and the vector is used to create transgenic plants expressing the toxin. A truncated form of the toxin is used, with carboxy-terminal prolines added for stability. A translational enhancer sequence derived from the untranslated leader sequence from the mRNA of the coat protein gene of alfalfa mosaic virus coat protein gene is placed between a promoter and the toxin gene to increase translational efficiency. The transgenic plants produced are toxic to Lepidopteran pests and can transmit that trait to their progeny by normal Mendelian inheritance.