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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8110727 | Wheat plants having increased resistance to imidazolinone herbicides The present invention is directed to wheat plants having increased resistance to an imidazolinone herbicide. More particularly, the present invention includes wheat plants containing one or more IMI nucleic acids such as a Teal IMI cultivar. The nucleic acids are pr... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8008011 | Genetic variation in pro-melanin-concentrating hormone gene affects carcass traits in cattle An A-to-T single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) identified at position −134 relative to the ATG start codon, in the Pro-Melanin-Concentrating Hormone (PMCH) gene of Bos taurus and Bos indicus animals of both British and Continental type, is associated... | 08/30/2011 |
| 7985710 | Catalyst for production of synthesis gas The present invention relates to a novel composite metal oxide catalyst, a method of making the catalyst, and a process for producing synthesis gas using the catalyst. The catalyst may be a nickel and cobalt based dual-active component composite metal oxide catalyst... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7947008 | Shunt and method treatment of glaucoma This invention provides a shunt for implantation between the anterior chamber of the eye and the epithelial-lined space through the frontal sinus bone of a patient for the treatment of glaucoma. The shunt includes a tube having a length sufficient to span the distan... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7923598 | Fatty acid hydroxylases and uses thereof The invention provides isolated nucleic acid molecules which encode novel fatty acid hydroxylases. The invention also provides recombinant expression vectors including hydroxylase nucleic acid molecules, host cells into which the expression vectors have been introdu... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7897845 | Wheat plants having increased resistance to imidazolinone herbicides The present invention is directed to wheat plants having increased resistance to an imidazolinone herbicide. More particularly, the present invention includes wheat plants containing one or more IMI nucleic acids such as a Teal IMI cultivar. The nucleic acids are pr... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7575903 | CHR and POMC effects on animal growth The present invention provides for selection of bovine animals that will display phenotypes associated with increased rates of growth. These phenotypes include hot carcass weight, average daily gain, shipping weight, end of test rib eye area, and adjusted weaning we... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7569217 | Porcine adenovirus E1 and E4 regions The present invention relates to the characterization of the porcine adenovirus E1 and E4 regions. The complete nucleotide sequence of the genome of porcine adenovirus type 3 (PAV-3), providing the characterization of the PAV3 E1 region, is described herein. Methods... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7560278 | Methods to culture circovirus The present invention relates to methods for culturing circovirus and in particular, porcine circovirus. The present invention provides compositions and methods for culturing porcine circovirus in mammalian cells expressing mammalian adenovirus E1 function. ... | 07/14/2009 |
| 7335353 | Porcine cells comprising an adenovirus E3 gene region The complete nucleotide sequence of the genome of porcine adenovirus type 3 (PAV-3) is provided. Methods for construction of infectious PAV genomes by homologous recombination in procaryotic cells are provided. Recombinant PAV viruses are obtained by transfection of... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7264818 | BAV packaging regions and E1 transcriptional control regions The present invention relates to the identification of bovine adenovirus sequence(s) essential for encapsidation and E1 transcriptional control regions. The present invention provides adenovirus expression systems, host cells and compositions comprising adenovirus v... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7226743 | CRH and POMC effects on animal growth The present invention provides for selection of bovine animals that will display phenotypes associated with increased rates of growth. These phenotypes include hot carcass weight, average daily gain, shipping weight, end of test rib eye area, and adjusted weaning we... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7172899 | Methods to culture circovirus The present invention relates to methods for culturing circovirus and in particular, porcine circovirus. The present invention provides compositions and methods for culturing porcine circovirus in mammalian cells expressing mammalian adenovirus E1 function. ... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7160869 | Biologically active metal-containing nucleic acids The invention relates to polymers comprising metal-containing nucleic acid duplexes. Methods of using the metal-containing nucleic acid duplexes to provoke physiological responses in a host animal are provided, such as immunological methods that produce antibodies i... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7078591 | Cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitors as plant growth regulators Methods for using cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitor genes, or anti-sense constructs complementary to such genes, to modify the growth and development of plant cells and organs are disclosed. Also provided are methods of modifying the development of plant cells... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7025967 | Recombinant protein production in bovine adenovirus expression vector system The present invention relates novel live bovine adenovirus (BAV) expression vector systems in which part or all of one or both of the early region 1 (E1) and early region 3 (E3) genes are deleted and replaced by a foreign gene or fragment thereof and novel recombina... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6988417 | Displacement and force sensor An apparatus for measuring the displacement of visco-elastoplastic media below a surface thereof comprises an upper plate mounted such that a displacement force exerted on the top surface thereof will move the upper plate a displacement distance downward toward a ba... | 01/24/2006 |
| 6946448 | In utero oral nucleic acid immunization Methods of nucleic acid immunization comprising the in utero delivery of nucleic acid molecules that encode one or more selected antigens to a vertebrate fetus are disclosed. ... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6936259 | CAMP factor of Streptococcus uberis The CAMP factor gene of Streptococcus uberis (S. uberis) is described, as well as the recombinant production of CAMP factor therefrom. Also disclosed are chimeric CAMP factor constructs, including CAMP factor epitopes from more than one bacterial speci... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6908619 | Camp factor of streptococcus uberis The CAMP factor gene of Streptococcus uberis (S. uberis) is described, as well as the recombinant production of CAMP factor therefrom. CAMP factors can be used in vaccine compositions for the prevention and treatment of bacterial infections. ... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6887686 | Cloning and expression of Haemophilus somnus transferrin-binding proteins Cloning and expression of genes encoding H. somnus transferrin-binding proteins are described. The transferrin-binding proteins can be used in vaccine compositions for the prevention and treatment of H. somnus infections, as well as in diagnostic metho... | 05/03/2005 |
| 6849446 | Modified bovine adenovirus having altered tropism The present invention provides modified bovine adenoviruses comprising a modification in a capsid protein wherein said protein is associated with adenovirus tropism and wherein said modification is associated with altered tropism. The present invention provides aden... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6797272 | Enhanced immunogenicity using leukotoxin chimeras New immunological carrier systems, DNA encoding the same, and the use of these systems, are disclosed. The carrier systems include chimeric proteins which comprise a leukotoxin polypeptide fused to a selected antigen. The leukotoxin functions to increase the immunog... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6794163 | Methods to culture circovirus The present invention relates to methods for culturing circovirus and in particular, porcine circovirus. The present invention provides compositions and methods for culturing porcine circovirus in mammalian cells expressing mammalian adenovirus E1 functional protein... | 09/21/2004 |
| 6740322 | Immunization of dairy cattle with Mig protein The Mig protein gene of Streptococcus dysgalactiae, and the correspondingamino acid sequence, is described, as is the use of the Mig protein in vaccine compositions to prevent and treat bacterial infections in general, and mastitis in particular. ... | 05/25/2004 |
| 6660270 | Immunization of dairy cattle with chimeric GapC protein against Streptococcus infection The recombinant production of Gap4, a chimeric GapC plasmin binding protein comprising the entire amino acid sequence of the Streptococcus dysgalactiae GapC protein in addition to unique amino acid sequences from the Streptococcus parauberisand Streptococ... | 12/09/2003 |
| 6521746 | Polynucleotides encoding LKT 111 New immunological carrier systems, DNA encoding the same, and the use of these systems, are disclosed. The carrier systems include chimeric proteins which include a leukotoxin polypeptide fused to one or more selected GnRH multimers which comprise at leas... | 02/18/2003 |
| 6517843 | Reduction of porcine circovirus-2 viral load with inactivated PCV-2 Porcine circovirus-2 (PCV-2) is a recently identified agent wherein the potential spectrum of PCV-2-associated disease has been expanded by evidence of vertical and sexual transmission and associated reproductive failure in swine populations. PCV-2 was is... | 02/11/2003 |
| 6492343 | Porcine adenovirus type 3 genome The complete nucleotide sequence of the genome of porcine adenovirus type 3 (PAV-3) is provided. Methods for construction of infectious PAV genomes by homologous recombination in procaryotic cells are provided. Recombinant PAV viruses are obtained by tran... | 12/10/2002 |
| 6458586 | Bovine cells expressing adenovirus essential functions for propagation of recombinant adenoviral vectors The invention provides cell lines capable of supporting the replication of a defective recombinant virus vector. In one aspect, bovine cell lines expressing adenovirus E1 functions are provided. The cell lines are useful for the propagation of adenovirus ... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6391314 | Porcine circoviruses vaccines diagnostic reagents The invention relates to new porcine circovirus strains isolated from pulmonary or ganglionic samples obtained from farms affected by the post-weaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS). It relates to purified preparations of these strains, conventiona... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6391316 | Vaccine compositions comprising Haemophilus somnus transferrin-binding proteins and methods of use Cloning and expression of genes encoding H. somnus transferrin-binding proteins are described. The transferrin-binding proteins can be used in vaccine compositions for the prevention and treatment of H. somnus infections, as well as in diagnostic methods ... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6379944 | Mammalian cell lines expressing bovine adenovirus functions The present invention provides novel recombinant mammalian cell lines expressing bovine adenovirus functions. In one embodiment, mammalian cell lines stably transformed with bovine adenovirus E1 sequences express bovine adenovirus E1 gene products and are... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6368601 | Porcine circovirus vaccine and diagnostics reagents The invention relates to new porcine circovirus strains isolated from pulmonary or ganglionic samples obtained from farms affected by the post-weaning multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS). It relates to purified preparations of these strains, conventiona... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6319716 | Bovine adenovirus type 3 genome and vector systems derived therefrom The present invention provides the complete nucleotide sequence of a bovine adenovirus. The invention further provides bovine adenovirus vectors and expression systems which can be used, among other things, for insertion of foreign sequences, for provisio... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6284502 | Process for converting phytate into inorganic phosphate A process is provided for converting phytate in a food into inorganic phosphate. The process comprises the steps of: (i) mechanically mixing a slurry comprising: (a) 100 parts by weight of the phytate-containing food, (b) 60-1000 parts by weight of a solvent mixtur... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6251950 | Aliphatic propargylamines as cellular rescue agents The present invention relates to the use of a group of propargylamines of the general formula (I) ##STR1## wherein R1 is hydrogen or CH3 and R2 is (CH2)n CH3 and n is an integer from 0 to 1... | 06/26/2001 |
| 6242261 | Assessment of ion availability in heterogeneous media using ion-exchange membranes The invention relates to a kit for the measurement of anion, cation or zwitterion availability in a medium or for the measurement of free inorganic ions in disrupted cells from plant or animal tissue. The kit comprises ion-exchange material having a measu... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6241995 | Polygala senega compositions and methods of use Novel Polygala senega saponin pharmaceutical compositions are disclosed. The P. senega saponins are useful as immunological adjuvants to enhance immune responses to a co-administered antigen.... | 06/05/2001 |
| 6217883 | Porcine circovirus and paravovirus vaccine The invention relates to antigenic preparations and vaccines directed against the porcine multisystemic wasting syndrome (PMWS), comprising at least one porcine circovirus antigen, preferably type II, and at least one porcine parvovirus antigen.... | 04/17/2001 |
