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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8183028 | Methods and compositions for producing olefins Compositions and methods for producing olefins are described herein. The olefins can be used to produced biofuels. ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8110670 | Enhanced production of fatty acid derivatives Genetically engineered cells and microorganisms are provided that produce products from the fatty acid biosynthetic pathway (fatty acid derivatives), as well as methods of their use. The products are particularly useful as biofuels. ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8110093 | Process for producing low molecular weight hydrocarbons from renewable resources Described herein are methods for cracking a biocrude, particularly catalytically cracking a biocrude that primarily includes olefmic hydrocarbons. Also described herein are compositions and methods of producing such compositions that are useful as fuels or fuel prod... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8097439 | Methods and compositions for producing fatty aldehydes Methods and compositions, including nucleotide sequences, amino acid sequences, and host cells, for producing fatty aldehydes are described. ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 6936243 | Adeno-associated viral vector-mediated delivery of DNA to cells of the liver The instant invention provides methods of expressing polynucleotides in the cells of the liver comprising administering viral particles comprising a recombinant AAV vector into a mammal, preferably a human. ... | 08/30/2005 |
| 6900049 | Adenovirus vectors containing cell status-specific response elements and methods of use thereof The present invention provides adenoviral vectors comprising cell status-specific transcriptional regulatory elements which confer cell status-specific transcriptional regulation on an adenoviral gene. A “cell status” is generally a reversible physiological and/... | 05/31/2005 |
| 6875747 | Antisense to c-myc for treatment of polycystic kidney disease A method of treating polycystic kidney disease by administering an oligonucleotide antisense to c-myc is described. The antisense oligonucleotide is preferably a morpholino oligonucleotide. ... | 04/05/2005 |
| 6869795 | Antisense compositions and cancer-treatment methods A composition antisense oligomer directed to an mRNA preferentially expressed together with methods for treating stem cells with such a composition to increase the number of lineage committed progenitor cells and their progeny, and/or slow the growth of cancer cells... | 03/22/2005 |
| 6863884 | Pseudotyped retroviral vectors The present invention provides pseudotyped retroviral vectors and packaging systems and methods of using such vectors for retroviral-mediated gene transfer. In particular, the present invention provides a retroviral packaging system that comprises at least two vecto... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6852528 | Human and mouse uroplakin II gene transcriptional regulatory elements The invention provides new urothelial cell specific transcriptional regulatory sequences derived from human uroplakin II (hUPII), as well as polynucleotide constructs such as adenoviral vectors and methods of using hUPII-derived TREs. Additionally, the invention pro... | 02/08/2005 |
| 6808905 | Lentiviral vectors encoding clotting factors for gene therapy Recombinant lentiviruses and transfer vectors for transgene delivery as well as methods for gene therapy using such vectors are disclosed. The invention provides a third generation lentiviral packaging system and a set of vectors for producing recombinant lentivirus... | 10/26/2004 |
| 6797512 | Selection system for generating efficient packaging cells for lentiviral vectors A method for selecting packaging cells that express high levels of gag/pol is provided. ... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6790641 | Lentiviral vector particles resistant to complement inactivation The present invention provides a retroviral gene delivery system that resists complement inactivation through the incorporation of a complement regulatory protein into retroviral particles. In particular, the present invention provides a lentiviral packaging system ... | 09/14/2004 |
| 6733757 | Adeno-associated virus capsid immunologic determinants Polypeptides of adeno-associated virus (AAV) that bind to AAV antibodies or block binding of AAV to mammalian cells are described. Derivatives of peptides can be less immunogenic, enhance binding to cells, render a virus tissue specific and so on. The nucleic acid s... | 05/11/2004 |
| 6392122 | Apple promoters for expression of transgenes in plants The present invention is directed to apple fruit-associated and Thi 1.3:actin fusion promoters capable of promoting the expression of heterologous genes. The invention provides apple fruit-associated and Thi 1.3:actin fusion promoters together with hetero... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6284956 | Plant selectable marker and plant transformation method A plant transformation expression cassette for transforming host plant cells with a selectable marker gene is disclosed. The cassette includes, operatively linked in sequence in a 5' to 3' direction, (i) a DNA promoter sequence from the rice beta-glucanas... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6210662 | Immunostimulatory composition Disclosed are therapeutic compositions and methods for inducing cytotoxic T cell responses in vitro and in vivo. The therapeutic compositions consist of antigen presenting cells activated by contact with a polypeptide complex constructed by joining togeth... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6127182 | Rapid recovery of shoots through thin stem slices after preconditioning of micropropagated fruit tree shoots An efficient micropropagation system for fruit-bearing trees has been developed for rapid clonal multiplication of large numbers of shoots within a short time. The micropropagation system provides for transformation and vegetative propagation of fruit-bea... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6118049 | Synthetic hybrid tomato E4/E8 plant promoter The present invention is directed to a synthetic hybrid promoter composed of polynucleotide segments derived from the E8 and E4 gene promoters. The hybrid promoter is capable of providing high-level expression of heterologous genes, particularly in transf... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6110662 | HTLV-I/HTLV-II assay and method Method and assay kit for positively identifying HTLV-I and HTLV-II infection from human serum samples. The kit includes peptide antigens from the C-terminal regions of HLTV-I p19 and HTLV-II p21 gag proteins, and peptide antigens from the HLTV-I and HTLV-... | 08/29/2000 |
| 6080409 | Immunostimulatory method Disclosed are therapeutic compositions and methods for inducing cytotoxic T cell responses in vitro and in vivo. The therapeutic compositions consist of antigen presenting cells activated by contact with a polypeptide complex constructed by joining togeth... | 06/27/2000 |
| 5976546 | Immunostimulatory compositions Disclosed are therapeutic compositions and methods for inducing cytotoxic T cell responses in vitro and in vivo. The therapeutic compositions consist of antigen presenting cells activated by contact with a polypeptide complex constructed by joining togeth... | 11/02/1999 |
