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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8410334 | Invertebrate microRNAs This invention provides a non-natural transgenic plant cell expressing at least one invertebrate miRNA in planta for suppression of a target gene of an invertebrate pest or of a symbiont associated with the invertebrate pest, recombinant DNA constructs for expressio... | 04/02/2013 |
| 8404927 | Double-stranded RNA stabilized This invention discloses recombinant DNA constructs that transcribe to RNA having improved resistance to a plant RNase III enzyme, and methods for their use in making transgenic plant cells, plants, seeds, and products derived therefrom. Also provided are compositio... | 03/26/2013 |
| 8212113 | Corn plant Mon88017 and compositions and methods for detection thereof The present invention provides a corn plant designated MON880 7 and DNA compositions contained therein. Also provided are assays for detecting the presence of the corn plant MON88017 based on a DNA sequence and the use of this DNA sequence as a molecular marker in a... | 07/03/2012 |
| 8067542 | Amino acid sequence variant alfalfa antifungal protein and its use in plant disease control The present invention relates to an antifungal protein, AlfAFP1, which is a modified form of an antifungal protein isolated from Medicago plants, the modified form exhibiting enhanced anti-fungal activity for controlling fungal pathogenesis in plants. A metho... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8062840 | Corn plant and seed corresponding to transgenic event MON89034 and methods for detection and use thereof The present invention provides a transgenic corn event MON89034, and cells, seeds, and plants comprising DNA diagnostic for the corn event. The invention also provides compositions comprising nucleotide sequences that are diagnostic for said corn event in a sample, ... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8049071 | Soybean plant and seed corresponding to transgenic event MON87701 and methods for detection thereof The present invention provides a transgenic soybean event MON87701, and cells, seeds, and plants comprising DNA diagnostic for the soybean event. The invention also provides compositions comprising nucleotide sequences that are diagnostic for said soybean event in a... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8034997 | Nucleotide sequences encoding insecticidal proteins The present invention provides nucleotide sequences encoding an insecticidal protein exhibiting lepidopteran inhibitory activity, as well as a novel insecticidal protein referred to herein as a Cry1A.105 insecticide, transgenic plants expressing the insecticide, and... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8030542 | Methods for transforming plants to express δ-endotoxins Disclosed is a means of controlling plant pests by a novel method of expressing Cry2A B. thuringiensis δ-endotoxins in plants. The invention comprises novel nucleic acid segments encoding proteins comprising Cry2A B. thuringiensis δ-endotoxins. The n... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7943819 | Methods for genetic control of insect infestations in plants and compositions thereof The present invention relates to control of pest infestation by inhibiting one or more biological functions. The invention provides methods and compositions for such control. By feeding one or more recombinant double stranded RNA molecules provided by the invention ... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7927598 | Broad-spectrum δ-endotoxins and method and kit for detecting same and for detecting polynucleotides encoding same Disclosed are novel synthetically-modified B. thuringiensis chimeric crystal proteins having improved insecticidal activity against coleopteran, dipteran and lepidopteran insects. Also disclosed are the nucleic acid segments encoding these novel peptides. Met... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7858764 | Cotton event MON15985 and compositions and methods for detection thereof The present invention provides cotton plants, cotton tissues, and cotton seeds that include the MON15985 event, which confers resistance to Lepidopteran insect damage. Also provided are assays for detecting the presence of the MON15985 event based on the DNA ... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7772369 | Coleopteran-toxic polypeptide compositions and insect-resistant transgenic plants Disclosed are novel insecticidal polypeptides, and compositions comprising these polypeptides, peptide fragments thereof, and antibodies specific therefor. Also disclosed are vectors, transformed host cells, and transgenic plants that contain nucleic acid segments t... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7705216 | Corn event PV-ZMIR13 (MON863) plants and compositions and methods for detection thereof The present invention provides compositions and methods for detecting the presence of the corn event MON863 DNA inserted into the corn genome from the transformation of the recombinant construct containing a Cry3Bb gene and of genomic sequences flanking the insertio... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7700838 | chromosomal genome sequences and uses thereof The present invention relates to nucleic acid sequences from Bacillus thuringiensis and, in particular, to genomic DNA sequences. The invention encompasses nucleic acid molecules present in non-coding regions as well as nucleic acid molecules that encode prot... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7700830 | Methods for transforming plants to express delta-endotoxins Disclosed is a means of controlling plant pests by a novel method of expressing Cry2A B. thuringiensis δ-endotoxins in plants. The invention comprises novel nucleic acid segments encoding proteins comprising Cry2A B. thuringiensis δ-endotoxins. The n... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7655838 | Insect inhibitory proteins, fusions, and methods of use therefor Novel insect inhibitory proteins are disclosed comprising two different components, both of which are required for biological activity. Various methods of linking both components together, so that a single protein provides insect inhibitory activity, are disclosed. ... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7618942 | Method of using broad-spectrum delta-endotoxins Disclosed are novel synthetically-modified B. thuringiensis chimeric crystal proteins having improved insecticidal activity and broader insect host range against coleopteran, dipteran and lepidopteran insects. Also disclosed are the nucleic acid segments enco... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7612194 | Nucleic acid sequences from LeConte and uses thereof Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs) isolated from the Western Corn Rootworm, Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte, are disclosed. The invention encompasses nucleic acid molecules that encode D. v. virgifera protein homologs and fragments thereof. In addit... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7572587 | CryET29 compositions toxic to coleopteran insects and spp Disclosed is a novel δ-endotoxin, designated CryET29, that exhibits insecticidal activity against siphonapteran insects, including larvae of the cat flea (Ctenocephalides felis), as well as against coleopteran insects, including the southern corn rootworm ( | 08/11/2009 |
| 7554012 | Plants and plant cells exhibiting resistance to AMPA, and methods for making the same The invention relates in general to plants, plant cells, methods of making, and methods of using plants and plant cells transformed to express an acetyltransferase that transfers an acyl group to the terminal amine of AMPA, and to plants and plant cells exhibiting r... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7544862 | Coleopteran-resistant transgenic plants and methods of their production Disclosed are nucleic acid segments comprising synthetically-modified genes encoding Coleopteran-toxic B. thuringiensis δ-endotoxins. Also disclosed are methods of using these genes for the recombinant expression of polypeptides, the preparation of vectors c... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7534939 | Plant transformed with polynucleotide encoding lepidopteran-active δ-endotoxin Disclosed are Bacillus thuringiensis strains comprising novel crystal proteins which exhibit insecticidal activity against lepidopteran insects. Also disclosed are novel B. thuringiensis genes and their encoded crystal proteins, as well as methods of m... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7504229 | Methods for detecting cryET33 and cryET34 polypeptides Disclosed are Bacillus thuringiensis strains comprising novel crystal proteins which exhibit insecticidal activity against coleopteran insects including red flour beetle larvae (Tribolium castaneum) and Japanese beetle larvae (Popillia japonica)... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7465849 | Acquired resistance genes in plants The invention describes new acquired resistance genes in plants. A method of using the genes to make transgenic plants that are resistant to disease is also provided. ... | 12/16/2008 |
| 7459605 | Acquired resistance genes in plants The invention describes new acquired resistance genes in plants. A method of using the genes to make transgenic plants that are resistant to disease is also provided. ... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7455981 | Method of detecting broad-spectrum delta-endotoxins Disclosed are novel synthetically-modified B. thuringiensis chimeric crystal proteins having improved insecticidal activity against coleopteran, dipteran and lepidopteran insects. Also disclosed are the nucleic acid segments encoding these novel peptides. Met... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7429454 | DNA probes useful in detecting δ-endotoxin-encoding sequences and uses thereof Disclosed are novel DNA probes useful in detecting a nucleic acid sequence encoding a novel Lepidopteran- and Coleopteran-active δ-endotoxin polypeptide. Also disclosed are nucleic acid detection methods and kits involving the novel DNA probes. ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7385107 | Insect-resistant transgenic plants transformed with CryET33 and CryET34-encoding nucleic acids Disclosed are transgenic plants, seeds, and progeny from such plants comprising novel nucleic acid sequences encoding both CryET33 and CryET34 crystal proteins. The novel nucleic acid sequences comprise SEQ ID NO:11. CryET33 and CryET34 crystal proteins comprise SEQ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7381556 | Nucleic acids encoding deallergenized proteins and permuteins Modified proteins are disclosed that maintain enzymatic and insecticidal activity while displaying reduced or eliminated allergenicity. Epitopes which bind to anti-patatin antibodies were identified, and removed via site directed mutagenesis. Tyrosines were observed... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7368241 | Cotton event PV-GHBK04 (757) and compositions and methods for detection thereof The present invention provides a cotton event PV-GHBK04 (757), a cotton plant that contains PV-GHBK04 (757) DNA molecules and its progeny thereof, and methods for producing cotton event PV-GHBK04 (757). The present invention also provides assays for detecting the pr... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7332596 | Antifungal proteins and methods for their use A novel protein was isolated from Fusarium culmorum and characterized. The protein, termed FCWP1, demonstrated significant antifungal activity against several fungal species. Mutations in proteolytic consensus sequences contained within FCWP1 improved the sta... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7304206 | Plants transformed with polynucleotides encoding broad-spectrum delta-endotoxins Disclosed are novel synthetically-modified B. thuringiensis chimeric crystal proteins having improved insecticidal activity and broader insect host range against coleopteran, dipteran and lepidopteran insects. Also disclosed are the nucleic acid segments enco... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7294757 | Acquired resistance genes in plants The invention describes new acquired resistance genes in plants. A method of using the genes to make transgenic plants that are resistant to disease is also provided. ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7250501 | Hybrid Cry1A/Cry1F DNA and plants and host cells transformed with same Disclosed are novel synthetically-modified B. thuringiensis chimeric crystal proteins having improved insecticidal activity against coleopteran, dipteran and lepidopteran insects. Also disclosed are the nucleic acid segments encoding these novel peptides. Met... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7238511 | Preparation of deallergenized proteins and permuteins Modified proteins are disclosed that maintain enzymatic and insecticidal activity while displaying reduced or eliminated allergenicity. Epitopes which bind to anti-patatin antibodies were identified, and removed via site directed mutagenesis. Tyrosines were observed... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7227056 | Coleopteran-resistant transgenic plants and methods of their production Disclosed are nucleic acid segments comprising synthetically-modified genes encoding Coleopteran-toxic B. thuringiensis δ-endotoxins. Also disclosed are methods of using these genes for the recombinant expression of polypeptides, the preparation of vectors c... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7223907 | Cotton event MON15985 and compositions and methods for detection thereof The present invention provides cotton plants, cotton tissues, and cotton seeds that include the MON15985 event, which confers resistance to Lepidopteran insect damage. Also provided are assays for detecting the presence of the MON15985 event based on the DNA sequenc... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7214788 | Insect inhibitory proteins, fusions, and methods of use therefor Novel insect inhibitory proteins are disclosed comprising two different components, both of which are required for biological activity. Various methods of linking both components together, so that a single protein provides insect inhibitory activity, are disclosed. ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7157281 | High lysine maize compositions and event LY038 maize plants Disclosed herein are novel DNA constructs encoding dihydrodipicolinic acid synthase that are useful for generating transgenic events. Also provided are transgenic plants harboring such DNA constructs, the expression of which results in increased lysine in the plant ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7148398 | Acquired resistance genes in plants The invention provides acquired resistance genes isolated from plants, and methods of using the genes to produce disease resistant transgenic plants. ... | 12/12/2006 |
