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Assignee: Ceres, Inc


Location: Thousand Oaks, CA
No. of patents: 27

NumberTitleIssue Date
7429692Sucrose synthase 3 promoter from rice and uses thereof
Rice sucrose synthase 3 regulatory regions suitable for directing expression of a heterologous nucleic acid are described, as well as nucleic acid constructs that include these regulatory regions. Also disclosed are transgenic plants that contain such constructs and...
09/30/2008
7420049Sequence-determined DNA fragments encoding AP2 domain proteins
The present invention provides DNA molecules that constitute fragments of the genome of a plant, and polypeptides encoded thereby. The DNA molecules are useful for specifying a gene product in cells, either as a promoter or as a protein coding sequence or as an UTR ...
09/02/2008
7420046Sequence-determined DNA fragments encoding RNA polymerase proteins
The present invention provides DNA molecules that constitute fragments of the genome of a plant, and polypeptides encoded thereby. The DNA molecules are useful for specifying a gene product in cells, either as a promoter or as a protein coding sequence or as an UTR ...
09/02/2008
7402667Promoter, promoter control elements, and combinations, and uses thereof
The present invention is directed to promoter sequences and promoter control elements, polynucleotide constructs comprising the promoters and control elements, and methods of identifying the promoters, control elements, or fragments thereof. The invention further re...
07/22/2008
7399850Sequence-determined DNA fragments encoding AP2 domain proteins
The present invention provides DNA molecules that constitute fragments of the genome of a plant, and polypeptides encoded thereby. The DNA molecules are useful for specifying a gene product in cells, either as a promoter or as a protein coding sequence or as an UTR ...
07/15/2008
7396979Nucleotide sequences and polypeptides encoded thereby useful for modifying plant characteristics and phenotypes
Vectors, nucleic acid sequences and amino acid sequences that confer improved characteristic to plants, plant cells, plant material, seed of plants and regenerated plants comprising vectors, nucleic acid and amino acid sequences as compared to wild-type plants culti...
07/08/2008
7390893Sequence-determined DNA fragments encoding peptide transport proteins
The present invention provides DNA molecules that constitute fragments of the genome of a plant, and polypeptides encoded thereby. The DNA molecules are useful for specifying a gene product in cells, either as a promoter or as a protein coding sequence or as an UTR ...
06/24/2008
7385105Root active promoters and uses thereof
The present invention is directed to root active promoter sequences, polynucleotide constructs comprising the root active promoters and methods of identifying the root active promoters, or fragments thereof. The invention further relates to the use of the present ro...
06/10/2008
7385046Sequence-determined DNA fragments encoding ethylene responsive element binding proteins
The present invention provides DNA molecules that constitute fragments of the genome of a plant, and polypeptides encoded thereby. The DNA molecules are useful for specifying a gene product in cells, either as a promoter or as a protein coding sequence or as an UTR ...
06/10/2008
7378571Promoter, promoter control elements, and combinations, and uses thereof
The present invention is directed to promoter sequences and promoter control elements, polynucleotide constructs comprising the promoters and control elements, and methods of identifying the promoters, control elements, or fragments thereof. The invention further re...
05/27/2008
7368555Sequence-determined DNA fragments encoding EF-hand calcium-binding proteins
The present invention provides DNA molecules that constitute fragments of the genome of a plant, and polypeptides encoded thereby. The DNA molecules are useful for specifying a gene product in cells, either as a promoter or as a protein coding sequence or as an UTR ...
05/06/2008
7365183Sequence-determined DNA fragments encoding SRF-type transcription factor proteins
The present invention provides DNA molecules that constitute fragments of the genome of a plant, and polypeptides encoded thereby. The DNA molecules are useful for specifying a gene product in cells, either as a promoter or as a protein coding sequence or as an UTR ...
04/29/2008
7361749Sequence-determined DNA encoding methyltransferases
The present invention provides DNA molecules that constitute portions of the genome of a plant. The DNA molecules are useful for expressing a gene product, either as a promoter or as a structural gene or as an UTR or as an 3′ termination sequence and are also usef...
04/22/2008
7355026Sequence-determined DNA fragments encoding SRF-type transcription factor proteins
The present invention provides DNA molecules that constitute fragments of the genome of a plant, and polypeptides encoded thereby. The DNA molecules are useful for specifying a gene product in cells, either as a promoter or as a protein coding sequence or as an UTR ...
04/08/2008
7335760Nucleic acid sequences encoding zinc finger proteins
Isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides encoded thereby are described, together with the use of those products for making transgenic plants. ...
02/26/2008
7335510Modulating plant nitrogen levels
Methods and materials for modulating (e.g., increasing or decreasing) nitrogen levels in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding nitrogen-modulating polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells...
02/26/2008
7329797Modulating plant carbon levels
Methods and materials for modulating (e.g., increasing or decreasing) carbon levels in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding carbon-modulating polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Al...
02/12/2008
7314757Drought inducible promoters and uses thereof
The present invention is directed to drought responsive promoter sequences, polynucleotide constructs comprising the drought responsive promoters and methods of identifying the drought responsive promoters or fragments thereof. The invention further relates to the u...
01/01/2008
7312376Regulatory regions from
Regulatory regions suitable for regulating expression of a heterologous nucleic acid are described, as well as nucleic acid constructs that include these regulatory regions. Also disclosed are transgenic plants, e.g., Papaveraceae plants, that contain such co...
12/25/2007
7279617Promoter, promoter control elements, and combinations, and uses thereof
The present invention is directed to nitrogen responsive promoter sequences and promoter control elements, polynucleotide constructs comprising the nitrogen responsive promoters and control elements and methods of identifying the nitrogen responsive promoters, contr...
10/09/2007
7264964Chimeric histone acetyltransferase polypeptides
Chimeric polypeptides are disclosed that comprise a first polypeptide segment having histone acetyltransferase enzymatic activity and a second polypeptide segment that is similar to a subunit of a chromatin-associated histone deacetyltransferase protein complex. Als...
09/04/2007
7244879Nucleotide sequences and polypeptides encoded thereby useful for modifying plant characteristics in response to cold
The present invention relates to isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides encoded thereby that are useful for making transgenic plants. The transgenic plants produced have increased tolerance to cold, low temperature or chilling conditions. Such plants have a highe...
07/17/2007
7241937Methods and materials for improving plant drought tolerance
Isolated NCED3 nucleic acids and polypeptides are described herein, together with methods for using such nucleic acids and polypeptides for making transgenic plants with improved drought tolerance. ...
07/10/2007
7217864Shade responsive promoter, promoter control elements, and combinations, and uses thereof
The present invention is directed to promoter sequences and promoter control elements, polynucleotide constructs comprising the promoters and control elements, and methods of identifying the promoters, control elements, or fragments thereof. The invention further re...
05/15/2007
7214789Promoter, promoter control elements, and combinations, and uses thereof
The present invention is directed to promoter sequences and promoter control elements, polynucleotide constructs comprising the promoters and control elements, and methods of identifying the promoters, control elements, or fragments thereof. The invention further re...
05/08/2007
7179904Promoter, promoter control elements, and combinations, and uses thereof
The present invention is directed to promoter sequences and promoter control elements, polynucleotide constructs comprising the promoters and control elements, and methods of identifying the promoters, control elements, or fragments thereof. The invention further re...
02/20/2007
7173121Promoter, promoter control elements, and combinations, and uses thereof
The present invention is directed to promoter sequences and promoter control elements, polynucleotide constructs comprising the promoters and control elements, and methods of identifying the promoters, control elements, or fragments thereof. The invention further re...
02/06/2007
 
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