Claims
- 1. An isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding a polypeptide that exhibits insect toxicity, wherein the complement of said nucleic acid molecule hybridizes under stringent hybridization conditions to a nucleotide sequent that encodes SEQ ID NO:5.
- 2. An isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding a polypeptide that exhibits insect toxicity, wherein the complement of said nucleic acid molecule hybridizes under stringent hybridization conditions to nucleotides 85-2121 of SEQ ID NO:4.
- 3. An isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding a polypeptide that exhibits insect toxicity, wherein said polypeptide comprises SEQ ID NO:5.
- 4. An isolated nucleic acid molecule according to claim 3, comprising nucleotides 85-2121 of SEQ ID NO:4.
- 5. A baculovirus whose genome comprises a nucleic acid molecule according to claim 1.
- 6. A baculovirus whose genome comprises a nucleic acid molecule according to claim 2.
- 7. A method of controlling insects comprising infecting the insects with a baculovirus of claim 5.
- 8. A method of controlling insects comprising infecting the insects with a baculovirus of claim 4.
- 9. A baculovirus whose genome comprises a nucleic acid molecule according to claim 3.
- 10. A method of controlling insects comprising infecting the insects with a baculovirus of claim 9.
- 11. A baculovirus whose genome comprises a nucleic acid molecule according to claim 4.
- 12. A method of controlling insects comprising infecting the insects with a baculovirus of claim 11.
- 13. A vector comprising a nucleic acid molecule according to claim 11.
- 14. A vector comprising a nucleic acid molecule according to claim 2.
- 15. A vector comprising a nucleic acid molecule according to claim 3.
- 16. A vector comprising a nucleic acid molecule according to claim 4.
Parent Case Info
This is a Continuation of application Ser. No. 08/288,408, filed on Aug. 10,1994, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,554,592, which is a Continuation of application Ser. No. 08/013/890, filed Feb. 5, 1993, now abandoned, which is a Continuation-In-Part of application Ser. No. 07/897,192, filed Jun. 10, 1992, now abandoned, which is a Continuation-In-Part of application Ser. No. 07/847,570, filed Mar. 4, 1992, now abandoned.
This invention is directed to toxins active against insects which are isolated from the parasitic wasp Bracon hebetor, the nucleic acids which encode the toxins, cloning of the toxins, use of the toxins to control insects, and genetically engineered virus vectors carrying the toxin gene.
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