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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8178751 | Use of stomatin (STM1) polynucleotides for achieving a pathogen resistance in plants The invention relates to a method of generating or increasing a pathogen resistance in plants by reducing the expression of at least one stomatin polypeptide or a functional equivalent thereof. The invention relates to novel nucleic acid sequences coding for a Ho... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8119861 | Elongase and uses thereof The invention relates to nucleic acid derived from Perkinsus marinus which encodes a 9-elongase, a Δ8-desaturase and a Δ5-desaturase enzyme. All of the coding sequences can be transcribed as a single transcript. ... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8106192 | Method for producing 5-chloro--({(5)-2-oxo-3-[4-(3-oxo-4-morpholinyl)phenyl]-1,3-oxazolidin-5-yl}methyl)-2-thiophenecarboxamide The invention relates to a method for producing 5-chloro-N-({5S)-2-oxo-3-[4-(3-oxo-4-morpholinyl)-phenyl]-1,3-oxazolidin-5-yl}-methyl)-2-thiophenecarboxamide starting from 5-chlorothiophene-2-carbonyl chloride, (2S)-3-amino-propane-1,2-diol and 4-(4-aminophenyl)-3-m... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8088978 | Omega-3 fatty acid desaturase family members and uses thereof The present invention relates to the isolation of a second omega-3 fatty acid desaturase (FAD3) gene in flax (Linum usitatissimum) and its promoter region, as well as the identification of FAD3 mutant alleles, and the development of markers for wild type and ... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8088906 | FAD4, FAD5, FAD5-2, and FAD6, novel fatty acid desaturase family members and uses thereof The invention provides isolated nucleic acid molecules which encode novel fatty acid desaturase family members. The invention also provides recombinant expression vectors containing desaturase nucleic acid molecules, host cells into which the expression vectors have... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8071749 | Constitutive expression cassettes for regulation of plant expression The present invention relates to expression cassettes comprising transcription regulating sequences with constitutive expression profiles in plants obtainable from Arabidopsis thaliana genes At5g17920, At3g03780, At2g01100, At2g34770, At5g61560, At4g00830, At... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8071383 | D-amino acid selection for soybean The present invention relates to improved methods and means for transformation of soybean (Glycine max) based on a D-alanine and/or D-serine selection. ... | 12/06/2011 |
| 8067668 | Method for obtaining the pathogenic resistance in plants The invention relates to methods for generating or increasing a pathogen resistance in plants by reducing the expression, activity or function of an NADPH oxidase. ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8063017 | Process for preparing peptide products for promoting cholecystokinin secretion and use of the peptide products A process for producing a peptide product having cholecystokinin secretion promoting effect, said process comprising hydrolyzing soybean residues with one or more proteases so that the peptide product having cholecystokinin secretion promoting effect is obtained. Al... | 11/22/2011 |
| 8053396 | Surfactant mixtures for tertiary oil recovery Use of a mixture comprising a surfactant and a cosurfactant in the form of an aqueous solution for flooding underground deposits of hydrocarbons for mobilizing and recovering the hydrocarbons from the underground deposits, the cosurfactant being a substance or a gro... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8048651 | Methods for the preparation of lysine by fermentation of The present invention features methods of increasing the production of a fine chemical, e.g., lysine from a microorganism, e.g., Corynebacterium by way of deregulating an enzyme encoding gene, i.e., fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase. In a preferred embodiment, the ... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8034994 | Starchy-endosperm and/or germinating embryo-specific expression in mono-cotyledonous plants The present invention relates to the field of agricultural biotechnology. Disclosed herein are expression constructs with expression specificity for the starchy endosperm and/or the germinating embryo, transgenic plants comprising such expression constructs, and met... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8013216 | Method for the production of γ-linolenic acid and/or stearidonic acid in transgenic Brassicaceae and Linaceae The present invention relates to the production of γ-linolenic acid (18:3Δ6,9,12) or stearidonic acid (18:4Δ6,9,12,15) or γ-linolenic acid (18:3Δ6,9,12) and stearidonic acid (18:4Δ6,9,12,15) in transgenic plants of t... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8012725 | Method for the production of optically-active alcohols The present invention relates to enzymic processes for preparing S-butan-2-ol; and to enzymes for carrying out said processes; to nucleic acid sequences coding for said enzymes, to expression cassettes, vectors and recombinant hosts containing said nucleic acid sequ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8012692 | Elastin peptide fingerprints and analysis methods for MMP12 related to COPD Methods for producing and using protein/peptide fingerprints, allowing identification and investigation of disease-associated proteins/peptides that can be linked to specific drug targets, or to specific drug target combinations. The methods are particularly useful ... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8008545 | Process for the production of fine chemicals The present invention relates to a process for the production of fine chemicals in a microorganism, a plant cell, a plant, a plant tissue or parts thereof by increasing or generating the biological activity of a ras-Like GTPase or the homologues thereof and growing ... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8003853 | Fatty acid desaturases and uses thereof The invention provides isolated nucleic acid molecules which encode novel fatty acid desaturase family members. The invention also provides recombinant expression vectors containing desaturase nucleic acid molecules, host cells into which the expression vectors have... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7999150 | Expression cassettes for root-preferential expression in plants The present invention relates to expression cassettes comprising transcription regulating sequences with root-preferential or root-specific expression profiles in plants obtainable from Arabidopsis thaliana genes At1g66280, At1g74500, At1g49570, At1g70710, At... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7994399 | Methods for the production of stably transformed, fertile plants The present invention relates to improved methods for the incorporation of DNA into the genome of a Zea mays plant by means of Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. Preferred is the use of the Zea may lines deposited with American Type Culture ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7989187 | Microorganisms and processes for enhanced production of pantothenate The present invention features improved methods for the enhanced production of pantoate and pantothenate utilizing microorganisms having modified pantothenate biosynthetic enzyme activities and having modified methylenetetrahydrofolate (MTF) biosynthetic enzyme acti... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7985572 | Modified nitrilases and their use in methods for the production of carboxylic acids The present Invention relates to new nitrilases with modified Substrate acceptance, the method to obtain them and the use of the aforesaid nitrilases. Said nitrilases are encoded by a polypeptide sequence, which at a Position corresponding to Position 296 in wild-ty... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7982038 | Ligands A radioactive compound having the formula: and pharmaceutically-acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1 and Ar are as defined in the specification, enantiomers, in vivo-hydrolysable precursors, pharmaceutical composit... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7956240 | Plants having improved growth characteristics and method for making the same The present invention concerns a method for improving the growth characteristics of plants by increasing expression of at least part of a Leucine Rich Repeat Receptor-Like Kinase (RKS11, RKS4 or an orthologue of these). One such method comprises introducing into a p... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7956069 | Compounds Compounds of Formulae I, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof: wherein A1, A2, G1, G2 G3, R1, R2, X, Y, Z, m, n and p are as defined in th... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7951565 | Process for the production of fine chemicals The present invention relates to a process for the production of methionine in an organism such as a microorganism, a non-human animal or plant. The invention furthermore relates to nucleic acid molecules, polypeptides, nucleic acid constructs, vectors, antisense mo... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7935703 | Piperazines and piperidines as Mglur5 potentiators Compounds of Formula I or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates thereof: wherein Ar1, Ar2, A, X, Y, m, n and R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are as ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7932278 | 2-aminoethoxyacetic acid derivatives and their use The present application relates to novel 2-aminoethoxyacetic acid derivatives, to processes for their preparation, to their use for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases and also to their use for preparing medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of d... | 04/26/2011 |
| 7928289 | Method for production of transgenic plants with increased pathogenic resistance by altering the content and/or activity of actin-depolymerising factors The invention relates to a method for production of transgenic plants and/or plant cells with increased pathogenic resistance, whereby the transgenic plants or plant cells have an altered content or an altered activity of at least one actin-depolymerising factor (AD... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7928288 | Plants having improved growth characteristics and method for making the same The present invention concerns a method for improving the growth characteristics of plants by increasing activity in a plant of a YIPPEE-like polypeptide or a homologue thereof. One such method comprises introducing into a plant a YIPPEE-like nucleic acid or variant... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7927080 | Method for operating a liquid ring compressor The invention relates to a method of operating a liquid ring compressor having an impeller installed eccentrically in a compressor body, with gas being supplied to the liquid ring compressor on a suction side and gas being discharged from the liquid ring compressor ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7910569 | Microbicidal compositions and their use A composition comprising a copper salt of N′-hydroxy-N-cyclohexyldiazenium oxide (CuHDO) and a diluent is useful for combating and/or killing bacteria, mould, yeast and algae in industrial materials and or industrial processes. In a preferred embodiment CuHDO is g... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7902423 | Expression cassettes for seed-preferential expression that utilize the promoter from a flax tonoplast intrinsic protein gene The present invention relates to expression cassettes comprising transcription regulating nucleotide sequences with seed-preferential or seed-specific expression profiles in plants obtainable from a tonoplast intrinsic protein, said gene being selected from the grou... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7847159 | Nucleic acid sequences encoding proteins associated with abiotic stress response and plant cells and plants with increased tolerance to environmental stress This invention relates generally to nucleic acid sequences encoding proteins that are associated with abiotic stress responses and abiotic stress tolerance in plants. This invention further relates to transformed plant cells with altered metabolic activity compared ... | 12/07/2010 |
| 7879588 | Protein-proteophore complexes The application relates to a composition comprising a hyperbranched polymer attached to a core and a biologically active moiety. The biologically active moiety is attached to the core by means of a substantially non-enzymatically cleavable linker L. The composition ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7872173 | Plants having increased yield and method for making the same The present invention concerns a method for increasing plant yield in plants grown under non-stress growth conditions relative to yield in corresponding wild type plants grown under comparable conditions, the method comprising preferentially increasing activity in t... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7871804 | Method for producing polyunsaturated long-chain fatty acids in transgenic organisms The invention relates to a method for producing polyunsaturated fatty acids in an organism, according to which nucleic acids coding for polypeptides with an acyl-CoA:lysophospholipid-acyltransferase activity are introduced into the organism. Advantageously, the nucl... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7855321 | Plant acyltransferases specific for long-chained, multiply unsaturated fatty acids The present invention relates to a process for the production of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in an organism by introducing, into the organism, nucleic acids which code for polypeptides with acyl transferase activity. These nucleic acid sequences, if appro... | 12/21/2010 |
| 7842803 | Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor ligands 101 Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor ligands of Formula I wherein X, n, R1 and R2 are as described in the specification, diastereoisomers, enantiomers, pharmaceutically-acceptable salts, methods of making,... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7829324 | Method for the microbiological isomerisation of alpha-hydroxy carboxylic acids The present invention relates to a method for the microbiological isomerization of alpha-hydroxycarboxylic acids using an alpha-hydroxycarboxylic acid racemase, the enzymes used for this method and microorganisms which express a suitable racemase activity, a screeni... | 11/09/2010 |
| 7824450 | Disperse dyes, their preparation and their use The present invention provides dyes of the general formula (I) where D, R1 to R7 and n are each as defined in claim 1, processes for their preparation and their use. ... | 11/02/2010 |
