Compositions and methods for conferring pesticidal activity to
bacteria, plants,
plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions comprising a coding sequence for a
delta-endotoxin polypeptide are provided, particularly synthetically-derived coding sequences. The coding sequences can be used in
DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and expression in plants and
bacteria. Compositions also comprise transformed
bacteria, plants,
plant cells, tissues, and seeds. In particular, isolated
delta-endotoxin
nucleic acid molecules are provided. Additionally,
amino acid sequences corresponding to the polynucleotides are encompassed, and antibodies specifically binding to those
amino acid sequences. In particular, the present invention provides for isolated
nucleic acid molecules comprising
nucleotide sequences encoding the
amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:9, 11, 13, 15, or 18, or the
nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, or 17, as well as variants and fragments thereof.