US 7,320,958 B2
Coleopteran-toxic polypeptide compositions
Mark J. Rupar, Wilmington, Del. (US); William P. Donovan, Levittown, Pa. (US); Chih-Rei Chu, Exton, Pa. (US); Elizabeth Pease, Danville, Pa. (US); Yuping Tan, Fremont, Calif. (US); Annette C. Slaney, Burlington, N.J. (US); Thomas M. Malvar, Troy, Mo. (US); and James A. Baum, Webster Groves, Mo. (US)
Assigned to Monsanto Technology LLC, St. Louis, Mo. (US)
Filed on Jul. 12, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/485,621.
Application 11/485621 is a division of application No. 10/408692, filed on Apr. 07, 2003, granted, now 7,078,592.
Application 10/408692 is a division of application No. 09/563269, filed on May 03, 2000, granted, now 6,555,655.
Claims priority of provisional application 60/172240, filed on May 04, 1999.
Prior Publication US 2006/0253925 A1, Nov. 09, 2006
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A01N 37/18 (2006.01); C07K 14/325 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 514—2  [530/350] 9 Claims
 
1. An insecticidal polypeptide prepared by a process comprising the steps of:
(a) culturing Bacillus thuringiensis NRRL B-21915 or NRRL B-21916 cells under conditions effective to produce an insecticidal polypeptide having an amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO:2 and SEQ ID NO:4; and
(b) obtaining from said cells the insecticidal polypeptide so produced.