Patent ID: 6379945
Filing Date: 2002-04-30
Classification: A61K,A61P,C07K,C12N

Abstract:
An isolated or synthetic DNA sequence encoding a polypeptide selected from the group consisting of(a) the Heliothis virescens ecdysone steroid receptor shown in SEQ ID NO: 5; (b) the transactivation domain of the Heliothis virescens ecdysone steroid receptor shown in amino acids 1-162 of SEQ ID NO: 5; (c) the DNA binding domain of the Heliothis virescens ecdysone steroid receptor shown in amino acids 163-228 of SEQ ID NO: 5; (d) the hinge domain of the Heliothis virescens ecdysone steroid receptor shown in amino acids 229-326 of SEQ ID NO: 5; e) the ligand binding domain of the Heliothis virescens ecdysone steroid receptor shown in amino acids 327-545 of SEQ ID NO: 5; (f) the carboxy terminus of the Heliothis virescens ecdysone steroid receptor shown in amino acids 546-577 of SEQ ID NO: 5; and (g) the hinge and ligand binding domains of the Spodoptera exigua ecdysone steroid receptor shown in SEQ ID NO: 7.