A 3882 nucleotides sequence including the complete crystal protein gene of Bacillus thuringiensis (B. t.) dendrolimus T84A1 was determined by the dideoxy-chain termination method. It was revealed that the gene of B. t. dendrolimus is highly homologous to that of B. t. sotto (SHIBANO et al., 1986). According to the suggested nomenclature, this gene is classified into cryIA(a) (HOFTE and WHITELEY, 1989). The open reading frame encoded. a 133487.71 Da protein consisting of 1180 amino acid residues. The hydropathy of the predicted crystal protein was also analyzed. When the crystal protein gene was expressed in E. coli MV1184 using the vector pUC118, the lower cultivation temperature (25°C) yield larger accumulation of the crystal protein than that at ordinary temperature (37°C). Based on the sequence determined in this study, the functional structure of the crystal protein was discussed.