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Attorney: Sweeney; Patricia A.


Number of patents: 60
Last date: April 17, 2012

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8158855Immunization 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
8153132Antibodies 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
7985891Immunization 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
7919676Msca1 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
7915478Msca1 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
7910802nucleotide 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
7897746Pericarp-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
7893319Nucleotide 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
7893318Nucleotide 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
7893317Nucleotide 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
7888551Nucleotide 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
7888550Nucleotide 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
7875764Nucleotide 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
7863500Nucleotide 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
7858140Processes 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
7851614Terminator 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
7807791Antibodies 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
7759544Nucleotide 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
7759543Nucleotide 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
7667023Promoter 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
7666677Production 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
7626077Glyphosate-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
7612251Nucleotide 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
7554006Commercial 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
7550579Pericarp-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
7541515Method 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
7517975Nucleotide 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
7495150Method 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
7393998Commercial 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
7393948Ubiquitin 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
7332651Nucleotide 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
7317137Promoter 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
7317142Immunization 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
7179961Methods 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
7169967Globulin-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
7154024Male 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
7151205Plant 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
7112723Globulin 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
7098388Nucleotide 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
7067726Commercial 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
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