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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120073018 | JATROPHA CURCAS CURCIN GENES, TISSUE-SPECIFIC PROMOTERS AND GENERATION OF CURCIN-DEFICIENT TRANSGENIC JATROPHA PLANTS The present invention relates to the isolation of Jatropha curcas curcin genes and tissue-specific promoters and to the production of curcin-deficient Jatropha plants. More specifically, the present invention relates to the isolation of Jatropha curcas ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20110314571 | METHOD TO TRIGGER RNA INTERFERENCE A method to generate siRNAs in vivo is described, as are constructs and compositions useful in the method. The method does not depend on the use of DNA or synthetic constructs that contain inverted duplications or dual promoters so as to form perfect or largely double-s... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110271402 | INCREASE IN YIELD BY REDUCING GENE EXPRESSION The present invention relates to a process for the increase in yield in a plant organism by reducing gene expression. The invention furthermore relates to nucleic acid molecules, polypeptides, nucleic acid constructs, vectors, antisense molecules, antibodies, host cells... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110258739 | POLYNUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE OF FRUIT SOFTENING ASSOCIATED B-D-N- ACETYLHEXOSAMINIDASE AND ITS USES FOR ENHANCING FRUIT SHELF LIFE The present invention provides isolated polynucleotide sequences encoding β-D-N-acetylhexosaminidase. The present invention further provides DNA construct comprising the polynucleotide sequence coding for β-D-N-acetylhexosaminidase in sense or anti-sense orientation, ... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110231955 | EFFICIENT GENE SILENCING IN PLANTS USING SHORT dsRNA SEQUENCES Methods and means are provided to increase the efficiency of gene silencing when using dsRNA sequences which have a stem length shorter than about 200 base pairs by providing chimeric genes encoding such dsRNA sequences with a promoter recognized by DNA dependent RNA po... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110214206 | Nucleic acid molecules and other molecules associated with plants Polynucleotides useful for improvement of plants are provided. In particular, polynucleotide sequences are provided from plant sources. Polypeptides encoded by the polynucleotide sequences are also provided. The disclosed polynucleotides and polypeptides find use in pro... | 09/01/2011 |
| 20110173721 | REDUCED RISK TOBACCO PRODUCTS AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME Embodiments provided herein concern tobacco and tobacco products having a reduced amount of a harmful compound. More specifically, several embodiments concern approaches to modify the expression of a gene that is involved in the production of a harmful compound in tobac... | 07/14/2011 |
| 20110154539 | CONTROL OF FRUIT DEHISCENCE IN PLANTS BY INDEHISCENT1 GENES The present application provides methods and compositions that modulate fruit dehiscence in plants.... | 06/23/2011 |
| 20110126321 | RECOMBINANT DNA FOR GENE SUPPRESSION Anti-sense-oriented RNA gene suppression agents in the form of a loop of anti-sense-oriented RNA is produced in cells of transgenic organisms, e.g. plants, by transcription from a recombinant DNA construct which comprises in 5′ to 3′ order a promoter element operabl... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110119786 | INOSITOL POLYPHOSPHATE 2-KINASE GENES AND USES THEREOF This invention relates to newly identified polynucleotides and polypeptides in the phytic acid biosynthetic pathways, variants and derivatives of the same; methods for making the polynucleotides, polypeptides, variants, derivatives and antagonists. In particular, the in... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110004959 | DOWN-REGULATION AND SILENCING OF ALLERGEN GENES IN TRANSGENIC PEANUT SEEDS An allergen-free transgenic peanut seed is produced by recombinant methods. Peanut plants are transformed with multiple copies of each of the allergen genes, or fragments thereof, to suppress gene expression and allergen protein production. Alternatively, peanut plants ... | 01/06/2011 |
| 20090265811 | MAIZE PLANTS WITH REDUCED GENE SILENCING Maize plants with reduced gene silencing are disclosed.... | 10/22/2009 |
| 20090210967 | Glutamate Receptors as Regulators of Carbon Transport, Mobilization, Distribution, Reallocation, and Partitioning in Higher Plants This invention relates to compounds for improving plant growth and characteristics, improved modified plants, processes for obtaining the same, and improved methods of obtaining plant products, and specifically those concerning AtGLR1.1.... | 08/20/2009 |
| 20090165153 | Modified gene-silencing RNA and uses thereof Methods and means for efficiently downregulating the expression of any gene of interest in eukaryotic cells and organisms are provided. To this end, the invention provides modified antisense and sense RNA molecules, chimeric genes encoding such modified antisense or sen... | 06/25/2009 |
| 20090070898 | Plant microRNAs and methods of use thereof This invention discloses novel microRNAs and their precursors, and recombinant DNA constructs including such novel miRNAs, miRNA precursors, miRNA promoters, and miRNA recognition sites corresponding to the miRNAs. Included are novel miRNA and miRNA precursors that exhi... | 03/12/2009 |
| 20090070899 | Phenylpropanoid related regulatory protein-regulatory region associations Materials and Methods for identifying lignin regulatory region-regulatory protein associations are disclosed. Materials and methods for modulating lignin accumulation are also disclosed.... | 03/12/2009 |
| 20080216193 | MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR THE MODULATION OF CYCLIN-DEPENDENT KINASE INHIBITOR-LIKE POLYPEPTIDES IN MAIZE Isolated or purified nucleic acid molecules encoding polypeptides having cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitor-like activity; vectors; host cells; polypeptides having CDK inhibitor-like activity; nucleic acid constructs for suppression of CDK inhibitor-like activity; ... | 09/04/2008 |
| 20080207449 | Nucleic Acid Molecules Encoding Plant Cell Cycle Proteins and Uses Therefor The invention provides isolated nucleic acids molecules, designated CCP nucleic acid molecules, which encode novel cell cycle associated polypeptides. The invention also provides antisense nucleic acid molecules, recombinant expression vectors containing CCP, nucleic ac... | 08/28/2008 |
| 20080196123 | Modulation of Alkaloid Siosynthesis in Plants and Plants Having Altered Alkaloid Biosynthesis The invention relates to a method for altering alkaloid biosynthesis in a plant, comprising: i) introducing into cells of a plant, an expressible exogenous nucleic acid comprising or consisting of an (S)-N-methylcoclaurine 3′-hydroxylase gene (cyp80b) or a derivative ... | 08/14/2008 |
| 20080187646 | Increase in Yield by Reducing Gene Expression The present invention relates to a process for the increase in yield in a plant organisms by reducing gene expression. The invention furthermore relates to nucleic acid molecules, polypeptides, nucleic acid constructs, vectors, antisense molecules, antibodies, host cell... | 08/07/2008 |
| 20080134361 | Grain Quality Through Altered Expression of Seed Proteins The present invention is directed to compositions and methods for altering the levels of seed proteins in seed or grain. The invention is directed to the alteration of seed protein levels in plants, resulting in grain and seed with increased digestibility/nutrient avail... | 06/05/2008 |
| 20080120749 | SUPPRESSION OF TLA1 GENE EXPRESSION FOR IMPROVED SOLAR CONVERSION EFFICIENCY AND PHOTOSYNTHETIC PRODUCTIVITY IN PLANTS AND ALGAE The invention provides method and compositions to minimize the chlorophyll antenna size of photosynthesis by decreasing TLA1 gene expression, thereby improving solar conversion efficiencies and photosynthetic productivity in plants, e.g., green microalgae, under bright ... | 05/22/2008 |
| 20080086787 | TYRA GENES AND USES THEREOF The present invention is in the field of plant genetics and biochemistry. More specifically, the invention relates to genes associated with the tocopherol biosynthesis pathway. The present invention provides and includes nucleic acid molecules, proteins, and antibodies ... | 04/10/2008 |
| 20080066200 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR HUMANIZATION AND OPTIMIZATION OF N-GLYCANS IN PLANTS Methods for altering the N-glycosylation pattern of proteins in higher plants are provided. The methods comprise introducing into the plant a recombinant construct that provides for the inhibition of expression of α1,3-fucosyltransferase (FucT) and β1,2-xylosyltransfe... | 03/13/2008 |
| 20080060092 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR HUMANIZATION AND OPTIMIZATION OF N-GLYCANS IN PLANTS Methods for altering the N-glycosylation pattern of proteins in higher plants are provided. The methods comprise introducing into the plant a recombinant construct that provides for the inhibition of expression of α1,3-fucosyltransferase (FucT) and β1,2-xylosyltransfe... | 03/06/2008 |
| 20080052793 | Seeds This invention relates to a method for modifying cell proliferation in a plant which comprises the step of transforming a plant, or plant propagating material, with a nucleic acid molecule comprising at least one regulatory sequence capable of directing expression withi... | 02/28/2008 |
| 20070292874 | Genes associated to sucrose content Modern sugarcane cultivars are complex hybrids resulting from crosses among several species of the Saccharum genus. Traditional breeding methods have been extensively employed in different countries along the past decades to develop varieties with increased sucro... | 12/20/2007 |
| 20070039072 | Functional and hyperfunctional siRNA Efficient sequence specific gene silencing is possible through the use of siRNA technology. By selecting particular siRNAs by rationale design, one can maximize the generation of an effective gene silencing reagent, as well as methods for silencing genes. ... | 02/15/2007 |
| 20060294621 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS TO MODULATE ETHYLENE SENSITIVITY The field of the invention relates to plants and plant genes, including both plant mutants and transgenic plants containing a gene that confers an ethylene insensitive phenotype. Also encompassed by the invention are methods of using the disclosed plant gene to confer a... | 12/28/2006 |
| 20060294623 | Isolated eIF-5A and polynucleotides encoding same The present invention relates to unique isoforms of eukaryotic initiation Factor 5A (“eIF-5A”): senescence-induced eIF-5A; wounding-induced eIF-5A; and growth eIF-5A, as well as polynucleotides that encode these three factors. The present invention also relates to m... | 12/28/2006 |
| 20060294622 | Nucleotide sequences and polypeptides encoded thereby useful for modifying plant characteristics Isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides encoded thereby are described, together with the use of those products for making transgenic plants with increased tolerance to pH or increased phosphorus efficiency. ... | 12/28/2006 |
| 20060218673 | Gene silencing The invention provides methods and compositions useful in target sequence suppression and target sequence validation. The invention provides polynucleotide constructs useful for gene silencing, as well as cells, plants and seeds comprising the polynucleotides. The inven... | 09/28/2006 |
| 20060063174 | MicroRNA vectors The present invention relates to gene silencing, and in particular to compositions of microRNA sequences and vectors and to methods of synthesizing such in vitro and in vivo, and to methods of using such to regulate gene expression. ... | 03/23/2006 |
| 20060064778 | Method for the production of plant seed with modified fiber content and modified seed coat The present invention relates to nucleotide sequences commonly designated CJAS1 comprising a novel gene from plants. The novel gene encodes a protein that is involved in seed formation and is associated with plant defense. The invention further relates to the use of the... | 03/23/2006 |
| 20060010516 | Cell cycle genes and related methods Novel plant polysaccharide synthesis genes and polypeptides encoded by such genes are provided. These genes and polynucleotide sequences are useful regulating polysaccharide synthesis and plant phenotype. Moreover, these genes are useful for expression profiling of plan... | 01/12/2006 |
| 20060005265 | Ryegrass CBF3 gene: identification and isolation The present invention relates to genes, proteins and methods comprising or utilizing C-repeat binding factors (CBF), specifically CBF3 in the ryegrass family. In a preferred embodiment, the present invention relates to using ryegrass CBF3 for altering cold tolerance and... | 01/05/2006 |
| 20050283853 | Methods and genetic compositions to limit outcrossing and undesired gene flow in crop plants The present invention relates to methods to control the spread of recombinant DNA molecules between sexually compatible plants of differing genetic composition. The invention describes the production of transgenic plants that comprise recombinant traits of interest or c... | 12/22/2005 |
| 20050246794 | Functional and hyperfunctional siRNA Efficient sequence specific gene silencing is possible through the use of siRNA technology. By selecting particular siRNAs by rationale design, one can maximize the generation of an effective gene silencing reagent, as well as methods for silencing genes. ... | 11/03/2005 |
| 20050245475 | Functional and hyperfunctional siRNA directed against Bcl-2 Efficient sequence specific gene silencing is possible through the use of siRNA technology. By selecting particular siRNAs by rationale design, one can maximize the generation of an effective gene silencing reagent, as well as methods for silencing genes. ... | 11/03/2005 |
| 20050235378 | DNA encoding a plant deoxyhypusine synthase, a plant eukaryotic initiation factor 5A, transgenic plants and a method for controlling senescence programmed and cell death in plants Regulation of expression of programmed cell death, including senescence, in plants is achieved by integration of a gene or gene fragment encoding senescence-induced deoxyhypusine synthase, senescence-induced elF-5A or both into the plant genome in antisense orientation.... | 10/20/2005 |
