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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120073017 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING CHRYSANTHEMUM PLANT HAVING PETALS CONTAINING MODIFIED ANTHOCYANIN Disclosed are a method for controlling flavonoid synthesis in a chrysanthemum plant or non-chrysanthemum plant by genetic recombination technology using a transcriptional regulatory region useful for altering flower color, a method for modifying anthocyani... | 03/22/2012 |
| 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 |
| 20110088125 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING TRANSGENIC SURFACE LAYER CHIMERIC PLANT A rose is produced in which an introduced gene is only present in a part of the cells thereof, such as cells of the L1 layer of flower petals, but is not present in germ cells such as pollen cells or ovule cells. Since the introduced gene is not propagated to other rose... | 04/14/2011 |
| 20110055980 | Chalcone 3-Hydroxylase The present invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid molecule, comprising a nucleotide sequence, which encodes a polypeptide with chalcone 3-hydroxylase activity, wherein the nucleotide sequence comprises SEQ ID NO. 1 or has at least a 60% identity with SEQ ID NO. ... | 03/03/2011 |
| 20110035842 | SOYBEAN PROMOTERS SC194 AND FLOWER-PREFERRED EXPRESSION THEREOF IN TRANSGENIC PLANTS The promoters of a soybean SC194 polypeptide and fragments thereof and their use in promoting the expression of one or more heterologous nucleic acid fragments in plants are described.... | 02/10/2011 |
| 20110030089 | Transgenic plants with enhanced growth characteristics The invention relates to transgenic plants exhibiting dramatically enhanced growth rates, greater seed and fruit/pod yields, earlier and more productive flowering, more efficient nitrogen utilization, increased tolerance to high salt conditions, and increased biomass yi... | 02/03/2011 |
| 20110023162 | GENETICALLY MODIFIED CHRYSANTHEMUMS The present invention relates to genetically modified chrysanthemum plants expressing altered inflorescence. The chrysanthemum flavonoid pathway is manipulated to produce plants with blue or violet inflorescence. Blue delphinidin pigments are produced by the expression ... | 01/27/2011 |
| 20100293668 | GENETICALLY MODIFIED PLANTS WITH ALTERED INFLORESCENCE The present invention relates to genetically modified plants expressing altered inflorescence. More particularly, expression of at least two flavonoid 3′S′ hydroxylases and at least one dihydroflavonol-4-reductase is achieved, leading to the production of dephinidin... | 11/18/2010 |
| 20100175153 | REGULATING THE ETHYLENE RESPONSE OF A PLANT BY MODULATION OF F-BOX PROTEINS The relationship between F-box proteins and proteins involved in the ethylene response in plants is described. In particular, F-box proteins may bind to proteins involved in the ethylene response and target them for degradation by the ubiquitin/proteasome pathway. The t... | 07/08/2010 |
| 20100154075 | Nucleic Acids and Proteins Associated with Galactomannan Synthesis in Coffee Disclosed herein are nucleic acid molecules isolated from coffee (Coffea spp.) comprising sequences that encode mannan synthase or galactomannan galactosyltransferase. Also disclosed are methods for using these polynucleotides for gene regulation and manipulation... | 06/17/2010 |
| 20100107277 | FLAVONOID 3',5' HYDROXYLASE GENE SEQUENCES AND USES THEREFOR The present invention relates generally to a genetic sequence encoding a polypeptide having flavonoid 3′,5′-hydroxylase (F3′5′H) activity and to the use of the genetic sequence and/or its corresponding polypeptide thereof inter alia to manipulate color in flower... | 04/29/2010 |
| 20100077504 | TEMPORAL SEED PROMOTERS FOR EXPRESSING GENES IN PLANTS The present invention relates to the field of plant genetic engineering. More specifically, the present invention relates to seed specific gene expression during a defined period of embryogenesis. The present invention provides promoters capable of transcribing heterolo... | 03/25/2010 |
| 20100043096 | The Method for Enhancement of Photosynthesis and Biomass of Plant by Plastid Transformation of Malate Dehydrogenase The present invention relates to a method for enhancement of photosynthesis and biomass of a plant by plastid transformation with MDH gene, more precisely a method for enhancement of photosynthesis and biomass of C3 plant by plastid transformation system with MDH gene. ... | 02/18/2010 |
| 20090313728 | Polynucleotides Encoding Lignin Biosynthetic Pathway Enzymes in Coffee Polynucleotides encoding polypeptides that comprise the biosynthetic pathway for lignins in the coffee plant are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for using these polynucleotides and polypeptides for the manipulation of flavor, aroma, and other features of coffee be... | 12/17/2009 |
| 20090288218 | USE OF NAP GENE TO MANIPULATE LEAF SENESCENCE IN PLANTS The present invention discloses transgenic plants having an altered level of NAP protein compared to that of a non-transgenic plant, where the transgenic plants display an altered leaf senescence phenotype relative to a non-transgenic plant, as well as mutant plants com... | 11/19/2009 |
| 20090178162 | STRESS-RELATED POLYPEPTIDES AND USES THEREFOR Disclosed are proteins, and nucleic acids encoding such proteins, involved in or associated with the stress response (both biotic and abiotic stress) in plants. Also disclosed are uses for such proteins.... | 07/09/2009 |
| 20090178157 | CELL PROLIFERATION-RELATED POLYPEPTIDES AND USES THEREFOR Disclosed are proteins, and nucleic acids encoding such proteins, involved in or associated with cell proliferation, senesence, differentiation, development, and stress response in plants. Also disclosed are uses for such proteins.... | 07/09/2009 |
| 20090070893 | Soybean promoters and flower-preferred expression thereof in transgenic plants The promoters of a soybean lipid transfer protein LTP1 and fragments thereof and their use in promoting the expression of one or more heterologous nucleic acid fragments in plants are described.... | 03/12/2009 |
| 20090064378 | NOVEL 7S-ALPHA REGULATORY ELEMENTS FOR EXPRESSING TRANSGENES IN PLANTS The present invention provides novel non-coding gene regulatory element polynucleotide molecules isolated or identified from the beta-conglycinin gene of Glycine max and useful for expressing transgenes in plants. The invention further discloses compositions, pol... | 03/05/2009 |
| 20080301834 | Plastid Transformation System to Prevent the Intramolecular Recombination of Transgene The present invention relates to a plastid transformation system capable of preventing second recombination events of heterologous genes inserted into plastid genomes. More specifically, this invention relates to a plastid transformation vector carrying a promoter and a... | 12/04/2008 |
| 20080295201 | Soybean promoters LTP2 and flower-preferred expression thereof in transgenic plants The promoters of a soybean lipid transfer protein LTP2 and fragments thereof and their use in promoting the expression of one or more heterologous nucleic acid fragments in plants are described.... | 11/27/2008 |
| 20080241341 | SEED SPECIFIC USP PROMOTERS FOR EXPRESSING GENES IN PLANTS The present invention relates to the field of plant genetic engineering. More specifically, the present invention relates to seed specific gene expression. The present invention provides promoters capable of transcribing heterologous nucleic acid sequences in seeds, and... | 10/02/2008 |
| 20080229450 | Method and composition for increasing plant survival & viability under cold storage, or dark and cold storage conditions Unique fusion genes are disclosed which are useful for transforming a wide range of plants, and when used in tandem, result in a significant alteration of the plant phenotype with respect to tolerance to the stress from prolonged storage under either dark or cold condit... | 09/18/2008 |
| 20080209598 | Plant Cultivation Method Method for the production of young plants and/or micro-parent stock of 5 herbaceous ornamentals. Method for the production of young plants and/or of micro-parent stock of herbaceous ornamentals, which comprises an in vitro culture phase during which explants obtained fr... | 08/28/2008 |
| 20080141390 | PLANT GENES INVOLVED IN NITRATE UPTAKE AND METABOLISM The present invention relates nucleic acid molecules that are modulated (e.g., upregulated) by nitrogen in corn, to proteins or polypeptides encoded by these nucleic acid molecules, and promoters of these nucleic acid molecules. The present invention relates to a nuclei... | 06/12/2008 |
