US 11,959,090 B2
Insecticidal proteins and methods for their use
Daniel J Altier, Granger, IA (US); Jennifer Kara Barry, Ames, IA (US); Ryan Michael Gerber, Apex, NC (US); Steven D Gruver, Pacifica, CA (US); Lu Liu, Palo Alto, CA (US); Ute Schellenberger, Palo Alto, CA (US); Jun-Zhi Wei, Johnston, IA (US); Weiping Xie, East Palo Alto, CA (US); Nasser Yalpani, Kelowna (CA); and Genhai Zhu, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC., , IA (US)
Filed by PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC., Johnston, IA (US)
Filed on Apr. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/242,370.
Application 17/242,370 is a division of application No. 16/345,764, granted, now 11,021,716, previously published as PCT/US2017/051460, filed on Sep. 14, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/415,781, filed on Nov. 1, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0246465 A1, Aug. 12, 2021
Int. Cl. C12N 15/82 (2006.01); A01N 37/46 (2006.01); C07K 14/195 (2006.01); C07K 14/21 (2006.01); C07K 14/265 (2006.01); C07K 14/32 (2006.01); C07K 14/33 (2006.01)
CPC C12N 15/8286 (2013.01) [A01N 37/46 (2013.01); C07K 14/195 (2013.01); C07K 14/21 (2013.01); C07K 14/265 (2013.01); C07K 14/32 (2013.01); C07K 14/33 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
 
1. An insecticidal polypeptide comprising an amino acid sequence having at least 97% sequence identity compared to the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 70, wherein the insecticidal polypeptide is joined to a heterologous signal sequence, a transit sequence, or a histidine tag, or fused to a protein of interest either directly or through a linker segment.