Inventors:
John Randolph Hunter Jackson - Salt Lake City UT
Eric DelMar - Salt Lake City UT
Janice Helen Johnson - Salt Lake City UT
Robert Marden Kral - Salt Lake City UT
Assignee:
FMC Corporation - Philadelphia PA
NPS Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Salt Lake City UT
International Classification:
A61K 3816, C07K 14435
Abstract:
This invention provides a family of insecticidally effective proteins and particular members of that family which may be isolated from the venom of the spider Phidippus audax, DNA encoding such proteins, insecticidal compositions of these proteins or the DNA encoding them, and methods for controlling invertebrate pests. Recombinant expression vectors and host cells and methods for producing insecticidally effective peptides are also provided.