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| 7964348 | Cotton event PV-GHBK04 (531) and compositions and methods for detection thereof The present invention provides assays for detecting the presence of the 531 cotton event nucleic acid sequences in a biological sample based on the DNA sequence of the recombinant construct inserted into the cotton genome and of genomic sequences flanking the insert... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7812219 | Compositions and methods for control of insect infestations in plants The present invention is directed to controlling pest infestation by inhibiting one or more biological functions in an invertebrate pest. The invention discloses methods and compositions for use in controlling pest infestation by feeding one or more different recomb... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7728190 | 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... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7696340 | Nucleotide and amino acid sequences from and uses thereof The invention provides isolated nucleotide sequences from Xenorhabdus nematophila species Xs86068, and, in particular, nucleotide sequences that encode insect inhibitory proteins, the insecticidal proteins, and compositions that comprise one or more of the in... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7662940 | Nucleotide and amino acid sequences from and uses thereof Nucleic acid sequences and insecticidal proteins encoded from these sequences are provided. Insecticidal proteins encoded by large operons situated within the primary sequence of large extrachromosomal plasmids present in Bacillus thuringiensis are disclosed.... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7662372 | Insect inhibitory lipid acyl hydrolases The present invention discloses DNA sequences encoding plant and novel lipid acyl hydrolase proteins having coleopteran specific insect inhibitory activity, as well as variants and permuteins having enhanced levels of activity directed to controlling coleopteran ins... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7629444 | Nucleotide and amino acid sequences from strain Xs85831 and uses thereof The present invention relates to nucleic acid sequences from Xenorhabdus, and, in particular, to genomic DNA sequences, and to nucleotide sequences that encode insecticidal proteins from Xenorhabdus bovienii, strain Xs85831. The invention encompasses n... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7408096 | Expression of Cry3B insecticidal protein in plants The present invention discloses methods and compositions comprising a novel expression cassette providing significantly improved levels of accumulation of Coleopteran inhibitory Cry3B variant protein when expressed in maize plants. The preferred embodiments o... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7332594 | Lepidopteran-active δ-endotoxin polynucleotides, compositions, and methods of use 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... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7320958 | Coleopteran-toxic polypeptide compositions 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... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7319142 | Nucleotide and amino acid sequences from and uses thereof The invention provides isolated nucleotide sequences from Xenorhabdus nematophila species Xs86068, and, in particular, nucleotide sequences that encode insect inhibitory proteins, the insecticidal proteins, and compositions that comprise one or more of the in... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7256017 | Methods for generating lepidopteran-toxic polypeptides Disclosed are novel synthetically-modified B. thuringiensis nucleic acid segments encoding δ-endotoxins having insecticidal activity against lepidopteran insects. Also disclosed are synthetic crystal proteins encoded by these novel nucleic acid sequences. Me... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7208656 | Nucleotide sequences encoding anthonomous toxic polypeptides from A novel gene encoding a Coleopteran inhibitory Bacillus thuringiensis insecticidal crystal protein is disclosed. The protein, tIC851, is insecticidally active and provides plant protection from at least cotton boll weevil, Anthomomus grandis, when appl... | 04/24/2007 |
| RE39580 | Insect-resistant transgenic plants The invention provides transgenic plants and transformed host cells which express modified cry 3B genes with enhanced toxicity to Coleopteran insects. Also disclosed are methods of making and using these transgenic plants, methods of making recombinant host cells ex... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7192753 | Modified threonine deaminase Nucleic acid sequences, vectors, recombinant host cells, transgenic plants, and methods for their preparation are disclosed. The nucleic acid sequences encode threonine deaminase proteins that catalyze the conversion of threonine to α-ketobutyrate. One or both of t... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7186893 | Plants transformed with CryET29-encoding nucleic acids Disclosed are transgenic plants, seeds, and progeny from such plants comprising a cryET29 DNA segment. The cryET29 DNA segment encodes CryET29 crystal protein which comprises SEQ ID NO:2 and exhibits insecticidal activity against siphonapteran insects, including lar... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7138273 | Method of identifying non-host plant disease resistance genes The invention describes a new method to isolate disease resistance genes in plants. The method teaches to transiently express in susceptible plants large numbers of R-gene homologs or non-host inducible genes isolated from non-host resistant plants. These plants can... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7122719 | Method of imparting disease resistance to plants by reducing polyphenol oxidase activities The present invention relates to a method for enhancing a plant's resistance to diseases and/or bruising by transforming the plant with sense and antisense polyphenol oxidase encoding sequences from potato. The invention also relates to transgenic plants and progeny... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7070982 | Polynucleotide compositions 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... | 07/04/2006 |
| 6962705 | Hybrid Bacillus thuringiensis δ-endotoxins with novel broad-spectrum insecticidal activity 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... | 11/08/2005 |
| 6951922 | Antibodies immunologically reactive with 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... | 10/04/2005 |
| 6943281 | Expression of Cry3B insecticidal protein in plants The present invention discloses methods and compositions comprising a group of novel expression cassettes which provide significantly improved levels of accumulation of Coleopteran inhibitory Cry3B and Cry3B variant amino acid sequences when these are expressed in p... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6916970 | Transgenic plants comprising antifungal polypeptides from alfalfa and methods for controlling plant pathogenic fungi Transgenic plants and host cells comprising antifungal polypeptides, isolated from alfalfa plants, are shown to possess antifungal activity. DNA encoding the polypeptides was cloned into vectors for transformation of plant, therby providing a method of inhibiting fu... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6833449 | Expression of the toxic portion of Cry1A in plants Disclosed is a method for improving the expression of Cry1A in plants that makes use of codons preferentially used in native plant genes. The coding sequence of the gene for the Bacillus thuringiensis delta endotoxin Cry1A crystal protein was analyzed and fou... | 12/21/2004 |
| 6713259 | Corn event MON810 and compositions and methods for detection thereof The present invention provides corn that includes the MON810 event, which confers resistance to Lepidopteran insect damage. Also provided are assays for detecting the presence of the MON810 event based on the DNA sequence of the recombinant construct inserted into t... | 03/30/2004 |
| 6639054 | 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 we... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6468523 | Polypeptide compositions toxic to diabrotic insects, and methods of use Disclosed is a novel Lepidopteran- and Coleopteran-active δ-endotoxin polypeptide, and compositions comprising the polypeptide, peptide fragments thereof, and antibodies specific therefor. Also disclosed are vectors, transformed host cells, and transgeni... | 10/22/2002 |
| 6423828 | Nuclei acid and polypeptide compositions encoding lepidopteran-toxic polypeptides Disclosed are novel synthetically-modified B. thuringiensis nucleic acid segments encoding δ-endotoxins having insecticidal activity against lepidopteran insects. Also disclosed are synthetic crystal proteins encoded by these novel nucleic acid sequences... | 07/23/2002 |
| 6399330 | Bacillus thuringiensis cryet33 and cryet34 compositions and uses thereof 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). Also dis... | 06/04/2002 |
| 6326169 | Polynucleotide compositions encoding Cry1Ac/Cry1F chimeric O-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.... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6248536 | Bacillus thuringiensis CryET33 and CryET34 compositions and uses thereof 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). Also dis... | 06/19/2001 |
| 6180774 | Synthetic DNA sequences having enhanced expression in monocotyledonous plants and method for preparation thereof A method for modifying a foreign nucleotide sequence for enhanced accumulation of its protein product in a monocotyledonous plant and/or increasing the frequency of obtaining transgenic monocotyledonous plants which accumulate useful amounts of a transgen... | 01/30/2001 |
