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Location: Wickliffe, OH
No. of patents: 31

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5229113	Bradyrhizobium japonicum nodulation inducing factor The chemical compounds that induce expression of nodulation genes of Bradyrhizobium japonicum strains have been identified. The isoflavones daidzein and genistein were identified as soybean exudate components that induce nod-genes. Other isoflavones, incl...	07/20/1993
5215912	Monocot seed storage proteins in dicots The present invention discloses dicot cells containing monocot seed storage protein. Construction of genes encoding monocot seed storage proteins which are expressible in dicot cells and transformation of such genes into plant cells is also taught. Furthe...	06/01/1993
5196329	780 T-DNA gene transcription activator A DNA sequence element, which activates or enhances expression of genes in plants has been identified and characterized. In particular, DNA segments isolated from the upstream region of the T-DNA 780 gene are capable of activating or increasing transcript...	03/23/1993
5173410	Transfer vector A recombinant DNA vector is provided as a universal transcription vector having a replication origin and selectable marker, a promoter and a transcription initiation site comprising a first transcribed nucleotide, wherein a restriction site is provided im...	12/22/1992
5124504	Nitrate-tolerant soybean Genetically manipulated soybeam varieties which display nitrate-tolerant nodulation and supernodulation are described. The soybean nodulation mutants of the present invention can be specifically prepared by induced mutagenesis followed by appropriate phen...	06/23/1992
5102796	Plant structural gene expression The invention provides genetically modified plant cells having a plant structural gene introduced and expressed therein under the control of a T-DNA promoter. In particular, the invention provides genetically modified plant cells having the phaseolin gene...	04/07/1992
5094768	Liquid compositions for refrigeration systems containing boron compositions This invention relates to a composition comprising: (A) a major amount of a fluorine-containing hydrocarbon containing one or two carbon atoms; and (B) a minor amount of at least one soluble boron-containing composition prepared by reacting a boron source with...	03/10/1992
5059534	Rhizobium japonicum 191 NODD-related genes The isolation and characterization of nodD-related genes in soybean nodulating Rhizobium japonicum is described. In R. japonicum USDA 191 two such genes have been identified, which although related in structure, have different functional properties. These...	10/22/1991
5059533	Rhizobial ferredoxin genes Rhizobial ferredoxin genes and proteins are provided. Rhizobial ferredoxins are useful to enhance the nitrogenase systems of rhizobia. Useful rhizobial ferredoxin diagnostic segments are also provided comprising DNA sequences encoding the characteristic f...	10/22/1991
5053331	Self-incompatibility gene DNA sequence of S-genes which encode S-proteins and control the self-incompatibility reaction in gametophytic self-incompatible plants have been identified. The DNA sequence encoding several S-proteins of N. alata and their attendant signal sequences are ...	10/01/1991
5045461	Method for increasing yield and nodulation by bradyrhizobium A method of increasing nodulation of a plant capable of being nodulated by Bradyrhizobium sp. (Parasponis) is provided comprising infecting said plant with a Bradyrhizobium sp. (Parasponia) species mutated such that nodK is non-functional. One such method...	09/03/1991
5037959	Self incompatibility protein A class of proteins associated with self-incompatibility alleles of plants, preferably of gametophytic self-incompatibility type, are provided. These proteins inhibit pollen tube growth in a plant style having the associated self-incompatibility allele, a...	08/06/1991
5030572	Sunflower regeneration from cotyledons A method for regeneration of sunflower plants via shoot induction from cotyledon explants prepared from non-germinated sunflower embryos is described. Several methods for preparing explants by dissection of mature and immature fully-formed embryos are pro...	07/09/1991
5024944	Transformation, somatic embryogenesis and whole plant regeneration method for Glycine species A method for somatic embryogenesis of soybean, (Glycine max), Glycine soja and other Glycine species is provided using immature cotyledon tissue, preferably with the embryonic axis removed, comprising culturing said tissue on a medium containing auxin, pr...	06/18/1991
5023180	Bradyrhizobium japonicum nodulation regulatory protein and gene Nodulation regulatory genes (nodD genes) of Bradyrhizobium japonicum strains have been isolated and sequenced. Recombinant DNA molecules and vectors containing these regulatory genes are described. These genes, molecules and vectors are useful in the gene...	06/11/1991
5008194	nifH promoters of Bradyrhizobium The nifH promoter regions of Bradyrhizobium japonicum and Bradyrhizobium sp. (parasponia) have been sequenced and found to be significantly homologous. Recombinant DNA molecules comprising foreign genes under the control of such promoters are provided. Rh...	04/16/1991
5003045	Modified 7S legume seed storage proteins The present invention discloses plant cells which contain modified 7S legume seed storage protein. Modification of 7S seed storage proteins which are expressible in plant cells and transformation of such genes into plant cells is also taught. Furthermore,...	03/26/1991
5001061	nifD promoter of Bradyrhizobium The nifD promoter regions of Bradyrhizobium japonicum and Bradyhizobium sp. (Parasponia) have been sequenced and found to be significantly homologous. Recombinant DNA molecules comprising foreign genes under the control of such promoters are provided. Rhi...	03/19/1991
4937970	In vitro screening for and selection of glycine max resistant to phialophora gregata An in vitro method for screening Glycine max cells for resistance to a disease caused by Phialophora gregata, brown stem rot, is disclosed. The method is useful for identifying brown stem rot resistant soybean varieties. Means for selecting mutant soybean...	07/03/1990
4897345	Pollen tube growth assay This invention provides an immunologic method for measuring plant pollen germination and pollen tube growth. This method is based on the finding that an antibody having specificity to ଲ-L-arabinofuranosyl residues binds to the surface of in vitro gr...	01/30/1990
4886878	Modified zein genes containing lysine Modified 19kd and 22kd zeins containing lysine are provided. Lysine additions are made by modifying structural genes which encode 19kd and 22kd pre-zeins. Modified zeins produced from the modified structural gene templates are found to retain important pr...	12/12/1989
4885248	Transfer vector A recombinant DNA vector is provided as a universal transcription vector having a replication origin and selectable marker, a promoter and a transcription initiation site comprising a first transcribed nucleotide, wherein a restriction site is provided im...	12/05/1989
4885357	Modified zein proteins containing lysine Modified 19kd and 22kd zeins containing lysine are provided. Lysine additions are made by modifying structural genes which encode 19kd and 22kd pre-zeins. Modified zeins produced from the modified structural gene templates are found to retain important pr...	12/05/1989
4870015	Method and composition for producing lectin in microorganisms Methods and compositions for the construction of a recombinant vector containing plant or animal lectin DNA sequences, such vector being capable of being replicated, transcribed and translated in single cell hosts. The gene coding for the plant or animal ...	09/26/1989
4857465	Whole plant regeneration via organogenesis and somaclonal variation in glycine species A method is provided for the production of organogenic tissue culture and regeneration of whole plants of Glycine species, preferably Glycine max, involving the use of an organogenic culture medium comprising high cytokinin, preferably at least about 10 �...	08/15/1989
4818696	Rhizobium japonicum symbiosis gene transfer A symbiosis plasmid from a fast-growing Rhizobium japonicum donor strain can be transferred to Rhizobium recipient strains, the recipient strains being previously incapable of forming an effective symbiotic relationship with plants of certain Glycine (e.g...	04/04/1989
4803165	Nif promoter of fast-growing rhizobium japonicum The promoter of the nifH gene of the fast-growing Rhizobium japonicum strain USDA 191, has been cloned. Over 4.2 kilobase pairs (kbp) of DNA were sequences (FIG. 1). Sequences encoding nifH and the 5'-end of nifD were identified, as were sequences involve...	02/07/1989
4798723	Agricultural products from Pseudomonas cepacia strains and methods of preparation Agricultural methods of biological control and organisms useful in such methods are disclosed, such as a plant colonizing organisms and methods of biologically controlling plant disease caused by fungi. A novel type of Pseudomonas cepacia type Wisconsin h...	01/17/1989
4782022	Nitrogen fixation regulator genes Isolation and characterization of a gene which activated nitrogen fixation genes of Rhizobium meliloti when that bacterium is in a symbiotic relationship with a plant is disclosed. This newly discovered gene, designated fix D, can activate the nifHD promo...	11/01/1988
4771002	Transcription in plants and bacteria A promoter region that drives expression of a 1450 base TR transcript in octopine-type crown gall tumors can also promote expression of a foreign structural gene in bacteria. Use of this dul-purpose promoter region to drive expression of a sing...	09/13/1988
4713330	Visual bioassay for rhizobium competition variants A simple, generalized method is disclosed for screening a collection of Rhizobium or Bradyrhizobium strains for variants which, in nodulation, have competative abilities above or below a particular experimentally-set criterion. This method involves mixing...	12/15/1987

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