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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8158851 | Transgenic high tryptophan plants The present invention provides a method for altering the tryptophan content of a plant by introducing and expressing an isolated DNA segment encoding an anthranilate synthase in the cells of the plant. Transgenic plants transformed with an isolated DNA segment encod... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8013217 | High yielding soybean plants with low linolenic acid The invention overcomes the deficiencies of the prior art by providing methods for marker assisted selection to create plants of a soybean variety that exhibit a mid/low linolenic acid content with a commercially significant yield and an agronomically elite phenotyp... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7939714 | Diacylglycerol acyltransferase nucleic acid sequences and associated products The present invention is directed to polypeptides and nucleic acid sequences related thereto, and methods to purify, obtain, and use such molecules in genetic engineering applications. More specifically, the present invention relates to polypeptides associated with ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7935863 | Diacylglycerol acyltransferase nucleic acid sequences and associated products The present invention is directed to polypeptides and nucleic acid sequences related thereto, and methods to purify, obtain, and use such molecules in genetic engineering applications. More specifically, the present invention relates to polypeptides associated with ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7906710 | Transgenic plants containing altered levels of steroid compounds Disclosed are constructs comprising sequences encoding 3-hydroxy-3methylglutaryl-Coenzyme A reductase and at least one other sterol synthesis pathway enzyme. Also disclosed are methods for using such constructs to alter sterol production and content in cells, plants... | 03/15/2011 |
| 7741532 | Diacylglycerol acyl transferase proteins The invention provides diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DAGAT) proteins, wherein said proteins are active in the formation of triacylglycerol from fatty acyl and diacylglycerol substrates. In one aspect, Mortierella ramanniana DAGAT proteins have been isolated... | 06/22/2010 |
| 7714189 | High tryptophan maize The present invention provides a method for altering the tryptophan content of a plant by introducing and expressing an artificial polynucleotide sequence encoding an anthranilate synthase in the cells of the plant. Transgenic plants transformed with an artificial p... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7704540 | Soy compositions having improved organoleptic properties and methods of generation The present invention provides soy meat compositions with improved organoleptic properties and methods of identifying soybeans with improved organoleptic qualities. The invention also provides methods for producing soy compositions with improved organoleptic propert... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7683237 | Maize seed with synergistically enhanced lysine content The present invention provides a transgenic maize plant having in its genome transgenic DNA including sequence for zein reduction and sequence for lysine biosynthesis, whereby expression of the transgenic DNA results in a synergistically increased lysine content of ... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7615621 | High lysine maize compositions and methods for detection thereof Disclosed herein are assays for detecting the presence of a lysine-increasing transgenic event based on the DNA sequence of the exogenous DNA construct inserted into the maize genome and of genomic sequences flanking the insertion site. Also provided are transgenic ... | 11/10/2009 |
| 7605244 | Gamma tocopherol methyltransferase coding sequence from and uses thereof The present invention relates to genes associated with the tocopherol biosynthesis pathway. More particularly, the present invention provides and includes nucleic acid molecules, proteins, and antibodies associated with genes that encode polypeptides that have methy... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7601890 | Plant sterol acyltransferases The present invention is directed to lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase-like polypeptides (LCAT) and acyl CoA:cholesterol acyltransferases-like polypeptides (ACAT). The invention provides polynucleotides encoding such cholesterol:acyltransferases-like polypeptides... | 10/13/2009 |
| 7595382 | Gamma tocopherol methyltransferase coding sequences from and uses thereof The present invention relates to genes associated with the tocopherol biosynthesis pathway. More particularly, the present invention provides and includes nucleic acid molecules, proteins, and antibodies associated with genes that encode polypeptides that have methy... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7572926 | Plant desaturases—compositions and uses By this invention, compositions and methods of use of plant desaturase enzymes, especially Δ-9 desaturases, are provided. Of special interest are methods and compositions of amino acids and nucleic acid sequences related to biologically active plant desaturases as ... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7553952 | Gamma tocopherol methyltransferase coding sequence identified in and uses thereof The present invention relates to genes associated with the tocopherol biosynthesis pathway. More particularly, the present invention provides and includes nucleic acid molecules, proteins, and antibodies associated with genes that encode polypeptides that have methy... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7544863 | Transgenic plants containing altered levels of steroid compounds Disclosed are constructs comprising sequences encoding 3-hydroxy-3methylglutaryl-Coenzyme A reductase and at least one other sterol synthesis pathway enzyme. Also disclosed are methods for using such constructs to alter sterol production and content in cells, plants... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7541329 | Oil body associated protein compositions and methods of use thereof for reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease Compositions and methods for reducing hypercholesterolemia and, accordingly, the risk of cardiovascular disease, are provided. Such compositions may comprise isolated oil body associated proteins. Additionally provided are foodstuffs to which one or more oil body as... | 06/02/2009 |
