US Patent:
20210108223, Apr 15, 2021
Inventors:
- JOHNSTON IA, US
- WILMINGTON DE, US
LOUISA D'LIMA - SAN FRANCISCO CA, US
JAMES J ENGLISH - SAN RAMON CA, US
KEVIN HAYES - URBANDALE IA, US
LU LIU - PALO ALTO CA, US
AMY LUM - REDWOOD CITY CA, US
BRAD POLAND - MONROE IA, US
ERIC SCHEPERS - PORT DEPOSIT MD, US
WEIPING XIE - EAST PALO ALTO CA, US
NASSER YALPANI - KELOWNA, CA
GENHAI ZHU - SAN JOSE CA, US
Assignee:
PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC. - JOHNSTON IA
E. I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY - WILMINGTON DE
International Classification:
C12N 15/82
C07K 14/21
Abstract:
Compositions and methods for controlling pests are provided. The methods involve transforming organisms with a nucleic acid sequence encoding an insecticidal protein. In particular, the nucleic acid sequences are useful for preparing plants and microorganisms that possess insecticidal activity. Thus, transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, plant tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions are insecticidal nucleic acids and proteins of bacterial species. The sequences find use in the construction of expression vectors for subsequent transformation into organisms of interest including plants, as probes for the isolation of other homologous (or partially homologous) genes. The pesticidal proteins find use in controlling, inhibiting growth or killing Lepidopteran, Coleopteran, Dipteran, fungal, Hemipteran and nematode pest populations and for producing compositions with insecticidal activity.