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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8158855 | Immunization of fish with plant-expressed recombinant proteins Plants are produced that express an amino acid sequence that, when administered to a fish, produce an antigenic or immune response in the fish. The amino acid sequence in one embodiment is an antigen from an organism that causes pathology in fish. The plant tissue m... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8153132 | Antibodies immunoreactive with mutant hydroxypenylpyruvate dioxygenase Antibodies immunoreactive to mutant Pseudomonas HPPD are provided, and in an embodiment the mutant HPPD is one in which the wild-type HPPD is substituted at residue 336 with tryptophan for glycine. Also provided are hybridomas producing the antibodies, as wel... | 04/10/2012 |
| 7985891 | Immunization of fish with plant-expressed recombinant proteins Plants are produced that express an amino acid sequence that, when administered to a fish, produce an antigenic or immune response in the fish. The amino acid sequence in one embodiment is an antigen from an organism that causes pathology in fish. The plant tissue m... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7919676 | Msca1 nucleotide sequences impacting plant male fertility and method of using same Nucleotide sequences of a Msca1 gene, critical to male fertility in plants are described, with DNA molecule and amino acid sequences set forth. Promoter sequences and their essential regions are also identified. The nucleotide sequences are useful in impacting male ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7915478 | Msca1 nucleotide sequences impacting plant male fertility and method of using same Nucleotide sequences of a Msca1 gene, critical to male fertility in plants are described, with DNA molecule and amino acid sequences set forth. Promoter sequences and their essential regions are also identified. The nucleotide sequences are useful in impacting male ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7910802 | nucleotide sequences impacting plant male fertility and method of using same Nucleotide sequences of a Msca1 gene, critical to male fertility in plants are described, with DNA molecule and amino acid sequences set forth. Promoter sequences and their essential regions are also identified. The nucleotide sequences are useful in impacting male ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7897746 | Pericarp-preferred promoter from maize lipid transfer protein gene The present invention provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of heterologous nucleotide sequences in a plant. Compositions are novel nucleotide sequences for a pericarp-preferred promoter and terminator isolated from the maize lipid transfer pro... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7893319 | Nucleotide sequences mediating plant male fertility and method of using same Nucleotide sequences mediating male fertility in plants are described, with DNA molecule and amino acid sequences set forth. Promoter sequences and their essential regions are also identified. The nucleotide sequences are useful in mediating male fertility in plants... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7893318 | Nucleotide sequences mediating plant male fertility and method of using same Nucleotide sequences mediating male fertility in plants are described, with DNA molecule and amino acid sequences set forth. Promoter sequences and their essential regions are also identified. The nucleotide sequences are useful in mediating male fertility in plants... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7893317 | Nucleotide sequences mediating plant male fertility and method of using same Nucleotide sequences mediating male fertility in plants are described, with DNA molecule and amino acid sequences set forth. Promoter sequences and their essential regions are also identified. The nucleotide sequences are useful in mediating male fertility in plants... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7888551 | Nucleotide sequences mediating plant male fertility and method of using same Nucleotide sequences mediating male fertility in plants are described, with DNA molecule and amino acid sequences set forth. Promoter sequences and their essential regions are also identified. The nucleotide sequences are useful in mediating male fertility in plants... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7888550 | Nucleotide sequences mediating plant male fertility and method of using same Nucleotide sequences mediating male fertility in plants are described, with DNA molecule and amino acid sequences set forth. Promoter sequences and their essential regions are also identified. The nucleotide sequences are useful in mediating male fertility in plants... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7875764 | Nucleotide sequences mediating male fertility and method of using same Nucleotide sequences mediating male fertility in plants are described, with DNA molecule and amino acid sequences set forth. Promoter sequences and their essential regions are also identified. The nucleotide sequences are useful in mediating male fertility in plants... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7863500 | Nucleotide sequences mediating plant male fertility and method of using same Nucleotide sequences mediating male fertility in plants are described, with DNA molecule and amino acid sequences set forth. Promoter sequences and their essential regions are also identified. The nucleotide sequences are useful in mediating male fertility in plants... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7858140 | Processes for recovery and separation of grain pericarp from endosperm An improved wet milling process is provided that allows for separation of seed coat particles from the horny endosperm particles of seed. The process uses soaking and grinding to produce seed coat flake particles and horny endosperm particles that may be separated u... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7851614 | Terminator from lipid transfer protein 1 gene The present invention provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of heterologous nucleotide sequences in a plant. Compositions are novel nucleotide sequences for a pericarp-preferred promoter and terminator isolated from the maize lipid transfer pro... | 12/14/2010 |
| 7807791 | Antibodies immunoreactive with mutant 5-enolpyruvlshikimate-3-phosphate synthase Antibodies immunoreactive to double mutant EPSPS are provided, and in an embodiment the double mutant EPSPS is one in which the wild-type EPSPS is substituted at residue 102 with isoleucine and at residue 106 with serine. Also provided are hybridomas producing the a... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7759544 | Nucleotide sequences mediating plant male fertility and method of using same Nucleotide sequences mediating male fertility in plants are described, with DNA molecule and amino acid sequences set forth. Promoter sequences and their essential regions are also identified. The nucleotide sequences are useful in mediating male fertility in plants... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7759543 | Nucleotide sequences mediating plant male fertility and method of using same Nucleotide sequences mediating male fertility in plants are described, with DNA molecule and amino acid sequences set forth. Promoter sequences and their essential regions are also identified. The nucleotide sequences are useful in mediating male fertility in plants... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7667023 | Promoter and vectors for plant transformation and methods of using same The invention is directed to a promoter, designated MuB, sequences which hybridize to same and functional fragments thereof. The regulatory element of the invention provide improved expression in plants of operably linked nucleotide sequences. Expression vectors wit... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7666677 | Production of stilbenes in plant hairy root cultures Improved methods for production of stilbenoids including resveratrol, pinosylvin and their respective derivatives are provided, including producing hairy roots from plant cells and eliciting production of the stilbenes. The plant cells in an embodiment are infected ... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7626077 | Glyphosate-resistant plants This invention relates to glyphosate-resistant transgenic plants and methods of making the same. In a preferred embodiment, a DNA fragment which comprises an EPSPS 5′ regulatory sequence and a glyphosate-resistant EPSPS coding sequence is introduced into regenerab... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7612251 | Nucleotide sequences mediating male fertility and method of using same Nucleotide sequences mediating male fertility in plants are described, with DNA molecule and amino acid sequences set forth. Promoter sequences and their essential regions are also identified. The nucleotide sequences are useful in mediating male fertility in plants... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7554006 | Commercial production of insulin and insulin-like protein in plants The invention relates to production of proinsulin or insulin in seeds of monocot plants by transformation of monocot plants with a nucleotide sequence encoding proinsulin or insulin under the control of a seed specific promoter. ... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7550579 | Pericarp-preferred regulatory element The present invention provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of heterologous nucleotide sequences in a plant. Compositions are novel nucleotide sequences for a pericarp-preferred promoter and terminator isolated from the maize lipid transfer pro... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7541515 | Method of increasing expression of heterologous proteins in plants Increased expression of heterologous proteins in a plant is achieved by introducing the nucleotide sequence encoding the heterologous protein into a plant that has high oil seed content compared to low oil seed and/or is introduced into a plant having reduced alcoho... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7517975 | Nucleotide sequences mediating male fertility and method of using same Nucleotide sequences mediating male fertility in plants are described, with DNA molecule and amino acid sequences set forth. Promoter sequences and their essential regions are also identified. The nucleotide sequences are useful in mediating male fertility in plants... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7495150 | Method of increasing seed oil content in plants Methods are provided for modulating seed oil content in plants. Specifically, the invention relates to methods of increasing seed oil content in plants by reducing or eliminating the expression of homeodomain glabara2 (HDGL2) in a plant of interest, or changing seed... | 02/24/2009 |
| 7393998 | Commercial production of insulin and insulin-like proteins in plants Plants are engineered to express proinsulin or insulin. The plants can be used as a source of the protein for a variety of purposes. Plant tissue can be orally administered to animals to replace the necessity of injection of insulin. Alternatively, the protein can b... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7393948 | Ubiquitin regulatory nucleic acids, vectors, and methods of using same The invention is directed to a soybean polyubiquitin promoter, polyubiquitin terminator, sequences which hybridize to same and functional fragments thereof. The regulatory element of the invention provide improved expression in plants of operably linked nucleotide s... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7332651 | Nucleotide sequences and method of using same to increase plant stress tolerance A nucleotide sequence and encoded amino acid is shown which is a transcription factor that can be introduced into plants. The expression of the sequence of this invention in plants results in improved stress tolerance compared to plants not expressing the sequence. | 02/19/2008 |
| 7317137 | Promoter sequences providing male tissue-preferred expression in plants Promoter sequences and their essential regions are identified which provide for male tissue-preferred expression. The nucleotide sequences are useful in mediating male fertility in plants. ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7317142 | Immunization of fish with plant-expressed recombinant proteins Plants are produced that express an amino acid sequence that, when administered to a fish, produce an antigenic or immune response in the fish. The amino acid sequence in one embodiment is an antigen from an organism that causes pathology in fish. The plant tissue m... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7179961 | Methods of commercial production and extraction of protein from seed A method for extraction of heterologous protein from monocotyledonous plant seed comprises extracting the germ portion of the seed and extracting and purifying the protein from the germ. Enhanced expression in the germ is provided, and allows for improved efficiency... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7169967 | Globulin-1 promoter from maize and method of using same A globulin-1 regulatory region is shown, a nucleotide sequence of approximately 3 kb which provides improved seed preferred, and particularly embryo preferred expression in plants. Methods of use are also shown in preferentially expressing a heterologous protein to ... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7154024 | Male tissue-preferred regulatory sequences of Ms45 gene and method of using same The present invention relates to isolated male tissue-preferred regulatory sequences from Ms45 gene. The invention also relates to the use of Ms45 gene male tissue-preferred regulatory sequences in mediating male fertility in a plant, and in producing hybrid seed. T... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7151205 | Plant male tissue-preferred promotor, regulatory regions and methods of use in mediating plant male fertility Nucleotide sequences which are male tissue-preferred promoters and male tissue-preferred regulatory regions are disclosed, as are sequences essential to initiating transcription of select genes. The sequences are useful in mediating male fertility in plants. ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7112723 | Globulin 2 regulatory region and method of using same A globulin-2 regulatory region is shown, which provides improved seed preferred, and particularly embryo preferred expression in plants. Methods of use are also shown in preferentially expressing a heterologous protein to the embryo tissue of a plant. The sequence i... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7098388 | Nucleotide sequences affecting plant male fertility and methods of using same A nucleic acid is provided that affects plant male fertility. Vectors, plant cells and plants comprising the sequence and methods of using same are described. ... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7067726 | Commercial production of recombinant manganese-dependent peroxidase in plants Expression of a recombinant manganese-dependent peroxidase in plants is described. Methods for the recovery of transgenic corn seeds that express high levels of functional manganese-dependent peroxidase are also provided. Manganese-dependent peroxidase vectors are e... | 06/27/2006 |