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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 20, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 18, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Leigh H English, Churchville, PA (US);
Susan M Brussock, New Hope, PA (US);
Thomas M Malvar, St. Louis, MO (US);
James W Bryson, Langhorne, PA (US);
Caroline A Kulesza, Charlottesville, VA (US);
Frederick S Walters, Beaver Falls, PA (US);
Stephen L Slatin, Fair Lawn, NJ (US);
Michael A Von Tersch, Erving Township, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Ecogen, Inc., Langhorne, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61K / ; C07K / ; C12P / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
514 12 ; 435 691 ; 514-2 ; 530350 ; 530402 ;
Abstract
Disclosed are methods for increasing the activity of B. thuringiensis .delta.-endotoxins against Coleopteran insect pests. Also disclosed are methods for mutagenizing nucleic acid sequences encoding these polypeptides, and increasing insect resistance in transgenic plants expressing these genes.