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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 02, 1998
Anne-Marie Light Mettus, Feasterville, PA (US);
James A. Baum, Doylestown, PA (US);
Monsanto Technology LLC, St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a novel Lepidopteran- and Coleopteran-active &dgr;-endotoxin polypeptide, and compositions comprising the polypeptide, peptide fragments thereof, and antibodies specific therefor. Also disclosed are vectors, transformed host cells, and transgenic plants that comprise nucleic acid segments encoding the polypeptide. Also disclosed are methods of identifying related polypeptides and polynucleotides, methods of making and using transgenic cells comprising the novel sequences of the invention, as well as methods for controlling an insect population, such as the Western Corn Rootworm and Colorado potato beetle, and for conferring to a plant population resistance to the target insect species.