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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120128669 | MONOVALENT, BIVALENT AND TRIVALENT ANTI HUMAN RESPIRATORY SYNCYTIAL VIRUS (HRSV) NANOBODY CONSTRUCTS FOR THE PREVENTION AND/OR TREATMENT OF RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS Amino acid sequences are provided that are directed against and/or that can specifically bind protein F of hRSV, as well as to compounds or constructs, and in particular proteins and polypeptides, that comprise or essentially consist of one or more such amino acid seque... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120083014 | Nicotiana Benthamiana Plants Deficient in Xylosyltransferase Activity The invention provides Nicotiana benthamiana mutant plants which are incapable of forming xylosyl-structures on glycoproteins. In addition, the invention provides methods for the production of heterologous glycoproteins in said mutant plants.... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120047606 | Novel Bacillus thuringiensis Gene with Lepidopteran Activity The invention provides nucleic acids, and variants and fragments thereof, obtained from strains of Bacillus thuringiensis encoding polypeptides having pesticidal activity against insect pests, including Lepidoptera. Particular embodiments of the invention provide... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120047601 | Method of Reducing Acetylation in Plants to Improve Biofuel Production The invention provides methods for engineering plants to have reduced levels of acetylation by decreasing expression of one or more Cas1L genes. Such plants can be used, e.g., to increase yield for biofuel production.... | 02/23/2012 |
| 20120042418 | Engineering NF-YB Transcription Factors for Enhanced Drought Resistance and Increased Yield in Transgenic Plants Polynucleotides are disclosed which are capable of enhancing yield of a plant transformed to contain such polynucleotides. Also provided are methods of using such polynucleotides and transgenic plants and agricultural products, including seeds, containing such polynucle... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120042410 | ABSCISIC ACID CARRIER GENE AND TRANSGENIC PLANT EXPRESSING THE SAME The present invention relates to carrier genes of abscisic acid and the transgenic plant prepared using such genes, and more specifically to genes that enhance resistance to salt or dryness in relation to abscisic acid transport and the recombinant vectors including the... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120042411 | GENE TARGETING IN PLANTS An isolated polynucleotide sequence that encodes for a multi domain recombination protein, comprising a donor DNA-Binding domain (BDB); and a chromosomal binding domain (CBD). A plant cell can be transformed by introducing into the cell a first nucleic acid sequence, wh... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120022235 | PROMOTER MOLECULES FOR USE IN PLANTS The present invention relates to polynucleotide molecules for regulating gene expression in plants. In particular, the present invention relates to promoters isolated from Brassica napus that are useful for regulating gene expression of heterologous polynucleotid... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120021475 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING (+)-ZIZAENE A method of producing (+)-zizaene by contacting at least one polypeptide with farnesyl pyrophosphate (FPP) in vitro or in vivo to produce (+)-zizaene, a compound which can be used as precursor for diverse compounds useful in the fields of perfumery and flavoring. An ami... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120023627 | PLANT GENE REGULATORY ELEMENTS Nucleic acids, vectors, and expression vectors comprising novel plant gene regulatory elements from sorghum. Novel transgenic plants expressing heterologous genes under the control of novel gene regulatory elements.... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120020736 | METHOD FOR THE RECOVERY OF DEGRADED AREAS USING GENETICALLY MODIFIED PLANT SPECIES The present invention relates to the search for and choice of forest plants adapted to severe edaphological conditions in soils contaminated by pollutants, which plants are capable of surviving in most parts of the world and cannot enter the trophic chain. The genetic t... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120015810 | TUBULIN REGULATORY ELEMENTS FOR USE IN PLANTS The present invention provides polynucleotide molecules isolated from Zea mays and Oryza sativa and useful for expressing transgenes in plants. The present invention also provides expression constructs containing the polynucleotide molecules useful for exp... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120011622 | CLONING OF CYTOCHROME P450 GENES FROM NICOTIANA The present invention relates to p450 enzymes and nucleic acid sequences encoding p450 enzymes in Nicotiana, and methods of using those enzymes and nucleic acid sequences to alter plant phenotypes.... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120011616 | Modification of Plant Development and Morphology A method of modifying morphology in a plant by introducing into a plant at least one chimaeric gene having a promoter sequence operably associated with a nucleic acid sequence, the promoter sequence being operable to direct expression in specific cells of the plant and ... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20110321187 | PLANT PLASTID TRANSFORMATION METHOD Method for heterologous protein production in plant cell plastids comprising introducing into plant cells nucleic acid components that encode heterologous proteins under the control of promoters operative in plastids, vectors, host cells, plants and uses thereof.... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110321196 | Nucleic Acid Sequences Encoding Proteins Associated with Abiotic Stress Response The present invention pertains transgenic plant cells and mature plants comprising Oxidoreductase Stress Related Proteins (ORSRP) resulting in increased tolerance and/or resistance to environmental stress as compared to non-transformed wild type cells and methods of pro... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110321190 | METHOD OF POSITIVE PLANT SELECTION USING SORBITOL DEHYDROGENASE Transgenic plants and methods of culturing them using sorbitol as a sole carbon source are provided. One embodiment provides a method and system for positively selecting transgenic plants carrying and expressing a gene of interest. The transgenic plants are engineered t... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110302671 | EMBRYO SAC-SPECIFIC GENES The present invention relates to isolated nucleotide sequences useful for the production of plants with a modified embryo sac, embryo and or endosperm development, and to transgenic cells and plants transformed with the nucleotide sequences.... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110302675 | CONTROL OF VIRAL AND BACTERIAL INFECTION BY ANTIMICROBIAL PEPTIDES RETROCYLIN AND/OR PROTEGRIN EXPRESSED IN CHLOROPLASTS Disclosed herein are antimicrobial compositions containing one or more antimicrobial peptides having been expressed in chloroplasts. Exemplified herein are the expression and use of retrocylin and protegrin. Disclosed herein are methods of engineering chloroplasts to ex... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110289622 | EXPRESSION CASSETTES FOR TRANSGENIC EXPRESSION OF NUCLEIC ACIDS The invention relates to expression cassettes and vectors which contain constitutive promoters of plants and to the use of these expression cassettes or vectors for transgenic expression of nucleic acid sequences, preferably selection markers, in organisms, preferably i... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110287936 | GENE SWITCH COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE Compositions and methods relating to the use of sulfonylurea-mediated control of gene expression are provided. Compositions include sulfonylurea responsive chemical switches wherein the gene expression is regulated by a sulfonylurea compound. Compositions also include p... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110283377 | COMPOSITIONS, ORGANISMS, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS FOR EXPRESSING A GENE PRODUCT IN PLANTS The present disclosure relates, in some embodiments, to compositions, organisms, systems, and methods for expressing a gene product in a plant using a expression control sequence (ECS) operable in monocots and/or dicots. For example, (i) an isolated nucleic acid may com... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110277046 | HYDROLASES, NUCLEIC ACIDS ENCODING THEM AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING THEM Provided are hydrolases, including lipases, saturases, palmitases and/or stearatases, and polynucleotides encoding them, and methods of making and using these polynucleotides and polypeptides. Further provided are polypeptides, e.g., enzymes, having a hydrolase activity... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110277179 | Plants With Increased Yield This invention relates generally to a plant cell with enhanced nitrogen use efficiency and/or increased biomass production as compared to a corresponding non-transformed wild type plant cell by increasing or generating one or more activities of polypeptides associated w... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110277181 | DROUGHT TOLERANT PLANTS AND RELATED CONSTRUCTS AND METHODS INVOLVING GENES ENCODING DTP21 POLYPEPTIDES Isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides and recombinant DNA constructs useful for conferring drought tolerance, compositions (such as plants or seeds) comprising these recombinant DNA constructs, and methods utilizing these recombinant DNA constructs. The recombinant ... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110271403 | Metal Resistant Plants, and Methods of Manufacture Thereof Disclosed herein is a transgenic plant transformed with an isolated nucleic acid comprising a plant arsenite-inducible RNA-associated protein coding sequence operatively linked to a plant-expressible transcription regulatory sequence, wherein the plant arsenite-inducibl... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110271398 | REGULATING NUTRIENT ALLOCATION IN PLANTS The invention provides coding and promoter sequences for a VS-1 and AP-2 gene, which affects the developmental process of senescence in plants. Vectors, transgenic plants, seeds, and host cells comprising heterologous VS-1 and AP-2 genes are also provided. Additionally ... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110271401 | PROCEDURE FOR PRODUCING TRANSGENIC PLANTS PROVIDING HIGH STARCH CONTENT AND YIELD AND HIGH AMYLOSE/AMYLOPECTIN BALANCE A process for the production of transgenic plants that have a high starch content and yield and a high amylose/amylopectin ratio. The alpha-1,4-glucan phosphorylases (GPs) catalyze the reversible cutting of bonds α-1,4 of the non-reducing ends of homopolysaccharides wi... | 11/03/2011 |
| 20110263488 | FAMILY OF PESTICIDAL PROTEINS AND METHODS FOR THEIR USE Compositions and methods for conferring pesticidal activity to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions comprising a coding sequence for pesticidal polypeptides are provided. The coding sequences can be used in DNA constructs or expres... | 10/27/2011 |
| 20110258736 | Pathogen Control Genes and Methods of Use in Plants This invention provides methods for conferring increased pathogen resistance to a plant. Specifically, the invention relates to methods of producing transgenic plants with increased nematode resistance, expression vectors comprising polynucleotides encoding polypeptides... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110258738 | TOR-INTERACTING PROTEINS (TIPS) AND GENES THEREFOR Broad experimental tools that include biochemical molecular developmental global genomics and loss and gain of function transgenic approaches have been applied to address target of rapamycin (TOR) signaling pathway in plants especially using Arabidopsis model sys... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110252502 | GRG23 EPSP SYNTHASES: COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF USE Compositions and methods for conferring herbicide resistance or tolerance to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions include polynucleotides encoding herbicide resistance or tolerance polypeptides, vectors comprising those polynucleot... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110252509 | Method for Producing a Transgenic Cell with Increased Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid (Gaba) Content This invention relates generally to a method for producing a transgenic cell with increased gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) content as compared to a corresponding non-transformed wild type cell.... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110252503 | Plants With Improved Nitrogen Utilization and Stress Tolerance The present invention relates to transgenic plants that have increased nitrogen use efficiency, stress tolerance, and/or alleviating a limitation such that yield is increased, or a combination of these and that have been transformed using a novel vector construct includ... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110250342 | PUFA Polyketide Synthase Systems and Uses Thereof Disclosed are the complete polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) polyketide synthase (PKS) systems from Schizochytrium, and biologically active fragments and homologues thereof. More particularly, this invention relates to nucleic acids encoding such PUFA PKS systems... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110247089 | Organisms homozygous for targeted modification Disclosed herein are homozygously modified organisms and methods of making and using these organisms.... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110239324 | Production of Plants with Decreased Nitrite Content The present invention relates in one aspect to a method for producing a transgenic plant, comprising introducing into an unmodified plant an exogenous gene encoding a nitrite reductase, wherein expression of the nitrite reductase encoded by the exogenous gene reduces ni... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110226267 | Transgenic Plants The invention provides transgenic plants, specifically tobacco plants, which accumulate the amino acid threonine in their leaves. The biosynthetic pathway leading to production of threonine is tightly regulated, and previous attempts to achieve a transgenic plant which ... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110225673 | CHIMERIC PROMOTERS AND THEIR USES IN PLANTS The present invention provides novel promoters for use in plants. Specifically, the present invention provides novel chimeric promoters comprising combinations of plant viral enhancer elements and plant promoters. The present invention also provides DNA constructs; tran... | 09/15/2011 |
| 20110195452 | SET OF SEQUENCES FOR TARGETING EXPRESSION AND CONTROL OF THE POST-TRANSLATIONAL MODIFICATION OF A RECOMBINANT POLYPEPTIDE The present invention provides new tools useful for controlling the post-translational modifications of recombinant polypeptides. These tools are particular signal peptides allowing the targeting of recombinant polypeptides during their synthesis in a host cell to speci... | 08/11/2011 |
