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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8134045 | Protein involved in restoration of cytoplasmic male sterility to fertility and gene encoding the protein and gene The object of the present invention is to isolate Rf gene, particularly Rf1 gene derived from radish, and identify its structure. The present invention provides a protein involved in restoration of a cytoplasmic male sterile individual to fertility which has 14 or m... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8097411 | Genomic marker for tenderness meat The invention concerns the use of a genomic marker comprising a nucleotide sequence corresponding to all or part of the nucleotide sequence SEQ ID No 1, or to all or a part of an allele of the nucleotide sequence SEQ ID No 1 and associated with the phenotype relatin... | 01/17/2012 |
| 8071334 | Preparation of soluble N-protein/truncated P-protein complexes of the paramyxoviridae family The invention relates to a method for preparation of soluble N-protein/truncated P-protein complex of a virus of the family Paramyxoviridae, complexes prepared thus and the soluble N-proteins which may be isolated from said complexes. The invention further relates t... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8063270 | Methods for detecting isolates of the potato virus (PVY) responsible for necroses The invention concerns a method for detecting the PVY virus which consists in a SNP test or an extension reaction specific to mutations corresponding to R/K400 et D/E419, the presence of at least one of said mutations inducting the presence of ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7993860 | Polypeptides recognized by anti-antibodies, and uses thereof The present invention relates to new polypeptides recognized by anti-Trichinella antibodies. The invention also relates to the use of said polypeptides for the detection of anti-Trichinella antibodies and for the prevention of trichinellosis. ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7981650 | Fusion proteins between plant cell-wall degrading enzymes, and their uses The invention relates to the use of fusion proteins between at least two plant cell-wall degrading enzymes, the enzymes being such that they do not contain a C-terminal carbohydrate-binding-molecule (CBM), and optionally a CBM, the enzymes and CBM being recombinant ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7964185 | Apicomplex vaccine strains of a family of Sarcocystidae The invention relates to attenuate mutated strains of apicomplex of a family of Sarcocystidae, containing inactivated MIC1 and MIC3 adhesins and to the use thereof for a vaccine. ... | 06/21/2011 |
| PP21874 | plant named ‘Inov71’ A new cultivar of Lonicera, ‘Inov71’, characterized by its columnar and compact plant habit with erect stems, its resistance to powdery mildew, black spot, and its fragrant inflorescences that are present in June and July that emerge white in color with p... | 04/19/2011 |
| PP21839 | plant named ‘Inov86’ A new cultivar of Lonicera, ‘Inov86’, characterized by its dense flowering display of large fragrant inflorescences of large flowers in June and July that emerge with dark purple red buds and turn dark pink and white when fully open and turn a creamy yell... | 04/05/2011 |
| PP21819 | plant named ‘Inov42’ A new cultivar of Lonicera, ‘Inov42’, characterized by its foliage that is persistent, dense and evergreen in winter in France, its dense flowering display of fragrant inflorescences in June that emerge white in color with purple-red markings and turn ora... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7858355 | Dimeric glycerol dehydratases The invention concerns a method for preparing 1,3-propanediol from a carbon-containing substance, said method comprising a step which consists in culturing a recombinant micro-organism not producing coenzyme B12 in the absence of coenzyme B12 or one of its precursor... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7799969 | Methods for cloning rats by nuclear transfer The invention relates to a method for cloning in the rat by nuclear transfer. The invention further relates to the rats obtained thus, in the foetal or adult state, as well as use thereof for the production of molecules of interest or as study models. ... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7767886 | Protein involved in restoration of cytoplasmic male sterility to fertility and gene encoding the protein The object of the present invention is to isolate Rf gene, particularly Rf1 gene derived from radish, and identify its structure. The present invention provides a protein involved in restoration of a cytoplasmic male sterile individual to fertility which has 14 or m... | 08/03/2010 |
| 7618951 | Use of prebiotics, preferably glucooligosaccharide, for the prevention of the onset of type II diabetes The invention relates to the use of prebiotics for the preparation of food or pharmaceutical compositions which are intended for the treatment and/or prevention of hyperglycaemic syndromes and, in particular, for the treatment of Type II diabetes and/or the preventi... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7527965 | Cell culture device The invention relates to a device that is intended, in particular, for the culture of cells. The inventive device consists of a chamber (100) which is intended to receive the cells (10) and which comprises at least one liquid injection conduit (121,... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7511126 | Position-independent and tissue specific expression of a transgene in milk of transgenic animals The present invention relates to an isolated insulator DNA molecule consisting of the 5′ and 3′ regions of the porcine wrap gene locus and a method for insulating the expression of an introduced heterologous gene from silencing and variegation effect in chromati... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7411111 | Method for cloning of the rat by nuclear transfer The invention relates to a method for cloning in the rat by nuclear transfer. The invention further relates to the rats obtained thus, in the foetal or adult state, as well as use thereof for the production of molecules of interest or as study models. ... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7381555 | N-deoxyribosyl transferases, corresponding nucleotide sequences and their uses The invention concerns novel polypeptides and their fragments, isolated from Lactobacillus, having at least a N-deoxyribosyl transferase activity, the polynucleotides encoding said polypeptides, cloning and/or expression vectors including said polynucleotides... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7294337 | Use of for the prevention or treatment of digestive pathologies The invention relates to the use of lactic bacteria of the species Lactobacillus farciminis for the treatment or prevention of a pathology of the digestive tube, especially an acute or chronic inflammatory pathology of the intestine. ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7288280 | Complete feed for fish larvae and method for preparing same The invention concerns a complete feed composition for fish larvae, characterized in that it has a phospholipid content not less than 8.5 wt. % of dry matter of the feed. ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7241610 | Lactic acid bacteria overproducing exopolysaccharides The invention concerns lactic acid bacteria overproducing exopolysaccharides following mutation in the gene coding for α-phosphoglucomutase. Said mutants are useful, in particular for preparing fermented products or for producing exopolysaccharides. ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7154025 | Method for obtaining plants exhibiting enhanced resistance to water stress A method for obtaining a plant having a modified amount of ASR protein, providing it with enhanced resistance to water stress compared to a non-transformed plant, comprises: transforming at least a plant cell with a vector, containing an expression cassette includin... | 12/26/2006 |
| 6994997 | Gram positive bacteria deprived of HtrA protease activity and their uses The invention concerns bacteria strains, obtained from gram-positive bacteria whereof the genome size is not more than 3.2 Mb, and wherein the HtrA surface protease is inactive. Said strains are useful for expressing exported proteins of interest. ... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6962721 | Use of strains of which are incapable of hydrolyzing urea in dairy products The invention relates to the use of at least one strain of Streptococcus thermophilus which is incapable of hydrolyzing urea in the manufacture of cheese or fermented dairy products such as yogurts in order to obtain an acidification kinetic which is independ... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6800754 | Method for producing cellulose sulfoacetate derivatives and products and mixtures thereof A method for directly producing a mixture of cellulose sulfoacetate derivatives by esterification of cellulosic material, characterized in that it comprises the following steps i) the cellulosic material is suspended in a glacial acetic acid solution and the excess ... | 10/05/2004 |
| 6686149 | Methods for obtaining nucleotide sequences coding for polypeptides specifically active for larvae of S. littoralis This invention relates to a method for the cloning a polypeptide having larvicidal activity. In particular, the invention relates to vectors, bacterial strains and methods for the cloning and expression of the N-terminal region of a polypeptide toxic agai... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6555366 | Nucleotide sequences for the control of the expression of DNA sequences in a cell host The present invention provides nucleotide sequences from Bacillus bacteria, which control the expression of other DNA sequences in a cell host.... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6461650 | Preparation for supplementing a beverage and method for enriching a beverage in calcium and magnesium The invention concerns a preparation for supplementing a beverage as a combined product for simultaneous or separate use or to be formed in situ comprising an efficient dose of calcium carbonate or of magnesium hydroxycarbonate in a Ca/Mg weight ratio ran... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6343435 | Agaricus bisporus hybrids, obtaining them, and their use The invention concerns intraspecific hybrids of Agaricus bisporus capable of bearing fruit at relatively high temperature and without roughing-in, and the method for obtaining them consisting in a step of cross-breeding in particular between a first and a... | 02/05/2002 |
| 6280970 | Immortalized avian cell lines The invention features non-transformant immortal avian cells, in particular derived from avian tissues, i.e. other than blood or haemotopoietic cells, particularly fibroblasts and epithelial cells, for instance of embryos. The avian cells are immortalized... | 08/28/2001 |
| 6258604 | Gram-positive bacterium transformed with a replicon A recombinant vector capable of replicating in Gram positive bacteria and containing: a) a nucleotide concatenation I of Bacillus thuringiensis with a size of about 2.6 kb between sites BalI-HpaI, or any fragment included in said concatenation as long as ... | 07/10/2001 |
| 6211432 | DNA sequences coding for a cinnamoyl COA reductase, and applications thereof in the control of lignin contents in plants The present invention relates to any DNA sequence comprising as a coding region all or part of the nucleotidic sequence coding for a mRNA coding coding for a cinnamoyl CoA reductase (CCR) in lucern and/or corn, or all or part of the nucleotide sequence co... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6162637 | Aspergillus niger which produces vanillic acid from ferulic acid Method for the production of vanillic acid and vanillin by bioconversion from ferulic acid in a medium containing phospholipids cultured with at least one microorganism from the classes Ascomycetes, Basidiomycetes or Actinomycetes. Vanillin is also produc... | 12/19/2000 |
| 6096306 | Strains of Bacillus thuringiensis and pesticide composition containing them The present invention relates particularly to a strain of Bacillus thuringiensis characterized in that it expresses the gene sigma E (ςE) and does not sporulate at all or little sporulates or does not produce any viable spores. The invention also relates... | 08/01/2000 |
| 6087131 | ଲ-glucosidase from filamentous fungi, and uses thereof An acid-stable ଲ-glucosidase that may be prepared from filamentous fungi and has very low glucose inhibition sensitivity is disclosed. Said ଲ-glucosidase is particularly useful for preparing fruit juices and in enzymatic cellulose hydrolysis m... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6083717 | Upstream activator sequences and recombinant promoter sequences functional in yarrowia and vectors containing them The invention concerns an upstream activating sequence (UAS) functional in Yarrowia consisting essentially of at least one copy of a selected sequence, and an recombinant promoter sequence comprising such an UAS. It concerns vectors comprising the recombi... | 07/04/2000 |
| 6025190 | Temperature-sensitive plasmid A bacterial vector plasmid of the type having an efficient replication origin in Gram-positive bacteria. The plasmid is characterized by having at least one marker gene which expresses itself in a bacterial host strain, an efficient replication system whi... | 02/15/2000 |
| 5965788 | Transgenic non-human mammal comprising a rabbit WAP promoter A transgenic non-human mammal is provided where the genome of the mammal comprises a DNA construct comprising in operable association a rabbit WAP promoter and a DNA sequence encoding a heterologous protein. Methods of using the mammal in the production o... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5962670 | Promoters for enhancing plant productivity Tomato LapA promoters and gene sequences are provided. The promoters are induced in plants upon wounding, or other stress-related conditions. The gene sequences include a full-length LapA gene, particularly the amino terminal region of the gene. Methods o... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5919678 | Methods for using a temperature-sensitive plasmid A method for the inactivation of a gene in a bacterium or for the introduction of a heterologous gene into a bacterium comprises a) introducing, by transformation or conjugation, in the bacterium a bacterial vector plasmid comprising a marker gene capable... | 07/06/1999 |