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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20050066381 | Regulation of cardiac contractility and heart failure propensity The methods and compositions of the present invention find use in altering expression of PKCα in transgenic animals. The compositions of the invention include isolated transgenic animal cells, transgenic tissue, transgenic animals, and transgenic mice. The transgenic a... | 03/24/2005 |
| 20050066382 | Vectors and methods for tissue specific synthesis of protein in eggs of transgenic hens Vectors and methods are provided for introducing genetic material into cells of a chicken or other avian species. More particularly, vectors and methods are provided for transferring a transgene to an embryonic chicken cell, so as to create a transgenic hen wherein the ... | 03/24/2005 |
| 20050066383 | Site specific recombination in avians The invention includes transgenic avians and transgenic avian cells and methods for site specifically introducing nucleotide sequences into the genome of avians and avian cells. ... | 03/24/2005 |
| 20050066384 | Site- targeted transformation using amplification vectors A process of causing a targeted integration of DNA of interest into a plynt cell nuclear genome, comprising; i) providing plant cells with an amplification vector, or a precursor thereof, capable of autonomous replication in plant cells, said vector comprising; a) DNA s... | 03/24/2005 |
| 20050066385 | Homeotic genes and proteins, and uses thereof The homeotic gene AGL42 in Arabidopsis has been cloned and characterized and is presented herein, both alone and in association with expression control sequences and in vectors which may be used e.g. for transgenic expression. The gene exhibits the role of contro... | 03/24/2005 |
| 20050066386 | Method of modifying genome in higher plant A genome-modification technique based on homologous recombination was established for partial modification of genomic sequences into desired sequences. The use of such a technique to achieve high efficiency and reproducibility in higher plants has been regarded as diffi... | 03/24/2005 |
| 20050066387 | Rice glutelin gene promoters A nucleic acid containing a glutelin gene promoter. Disclosed are transformed plant cells and transgenic plants containing a nucleic acid that includes the promoter operably linked to a sequence encoding heterologous protein. Also disclosed are methods of making the tra... | 03/24/2005 |
| 20050066388 | Method of producing exogenic allelism in a plant A non-human eukaryotic organism having a genome which includes a first exogene being in a first chromosome of a chromosome pair of the genome and a second exogene being in a second chromosome of the chromosome pair, the first and the second exogenes being in allelic rel... | 03/24/2005 |
| 20050066389 | Genes which produce staygreen characteristics in maize and their uses The present invention is directed to plant genetic engineering. In particular, it is directed to producing green leaves in maize through inhibition of ethylene. The genes involved in producing this phenotype include 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-Carboxylate (“ACC”) synthase... | 03/24/2005 |
| 20050066390 | Nucleotide sequences of a new class of diverged delta-9 stearoyl-ACP desaturase genes An isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a diverged delta-9 fatty acid desaturase is disclosed. Also the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the diverged delta-9 fatty acid desaturase is disclosed, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein ex... | 03/24/2005 |
| 20050066391 | Methods of producing nucleic acids coding for proteins have raffinose synthase activity Raffinose is produced by allowing a raffinose synthase having the following properties to act on sucrose and galactinol: (1) action and substrate specificity: produces raffinose from sucrose and galactinol; (2) optimum pH: about 6 to 8; (3) optimum temperature: about 35... | 03/24/2005 |
| 20050066392 | Nucleic acid compositions conferring herbicide resistance The present invention relates to nucleic acid and amino acid sequences that confer herbicide resistance in plants, as well as herbicide resistance in plants, plant seeds, plant tissues and plant cells comprising such sequences. In a preferred embodiment, the sequences o... | 03/24/2005 |
| 20050066393 | Control of plant flowering time by regulating the expression of phytochrome c Rice phyC mutants were isolated using a mutant panel isolation method. When the mutants were grown under long-day photoperiodic conditions, it was found that they flowered (exposed their panicles (heads)) about one week earlier than the control rice. The results indicat... | 03/24/2005 |
| 20050066394 | Floral development genes This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding floral development proteins, more specifically FT, TFL or Ap3 homologs. The invention also relates to the construction of a recombinant DNA construct encoding all or a portion of the floral development... | 03/24/2005 |
| 20050066395 | Methods for modification of plant inflorescence architecture The present invention relates to methods for the use of the Arabidopsis “BREVIPEDICELLUS” (BP) gene for alteration of plant architecture, in particular alteration of the morphology of the inflorescence of a flowering plant. The methods of the present inventio... | 03/24/2005 |
| 20050066396 | CASEIN KINASE STRESS-RELATED POLYPEPTIDES AND METHODS OF USE IN PLANTS A transgenic plant transformed by a casein kinase Stress-Related Polypeptide (CKSRP) coding nucleic acid, wherein expression of the nucleic acid sequence in the plant results in increased tolerance to environmental stress as compared to a wild type variety of the plant.... | 03/24/2005 |
| 20050066397 | Robot apparatus and walking control method thereof An object of the present invention is to provide a robot apparatus and a walking control method thereof capable of changing walking control modes in accordance with floor surfaces by discriminating states of the floor surfaces for walking without modifying a step-based ... | 03/24/2005 |
| 20050066398 | Rose plant named 'Poulasor' A new floribunda, garden rose plant with attractive foliage and abundant pink flowers. This new and distinct variety has shown to be uniform and stable in the resulting generations from asexual propagation. ... | 03/24/2005 |
| 20050066399 | Willow oak tree named 'RT3' A Willow Oak tree named ‘RT3’ and distinguished by having a narrow, upright, densely branched habit with a central leader and also capable of being reliably reproduced from vegetative cuttings. ... | 03/24/2005 |
