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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7662608 | Chronic pathogen-expressing cell lines This application provides a method to establish and construct cell lines expressing pathogens without destruction of the host cells. The invention allows for the formation of cell lines for the purpose of continuous expression, release, and harvesting of the pathoge... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7422873 | Mutant carotenoid ketolase CrtW carotenoid ketolases are provided useful for the production of astaxanthin. The ketolases genes of the present invention exhibit improved ketolase activity when converting cyclic hydroxylated carotenoid intermediates into astaxanthin. Recombinant expression of ... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7405057 | Cytochrome P450s and uses thereof The invention features isolated cytochrome P450 polypeptides and nucleic acid molecules, as well as expression vectors and transgenic plants containing these molecules. In addition, the invention features uses of such molecules in methods of increasing the level of ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7381553 | Highly active xylose reductase from A new xylose reductase encoding gene from Neurspora crassa was heterologously expressed in E. coli as a His-tag fusion protein and subsequently purified in high yield. This xylose reductase was shown to have a high turnover rate and catalytic efficienc... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7326556 | Microorganism capable of degrading aromatic polyester and method of degrading aromatic polyester using the same A microorganism which belongs to the genus Rhizobium and has the ability of degrading an aromatic polyester, and a method of degrading an aromatic polyester by using the microorganism. According to this method, the aromatic polyester can be degraded safely an... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7314970 | Method for plant breeding Methods and compositions relating to glyphosate resistant maize plants, including the GA21, GG25, GJ11 and FI117 transformation events, are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of using herbicide resistance transformation events in plant breeding procedures. The in... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7288402 | Rhodococcus nitrile hydratase The invention relates to a Rhodococcus polynucleotide cluster which contains nucleotide sequences which encode polypeptides having the activity of a nitrile hydratase, of an auxiliary protein P15K which activates this enzyme and of a cobalt transporter, to tr... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7262151 | Methods and compositions for production of lipo-chito oligosaccharides by rhizobacteria Lipo-chito oligosaccharides (LCOs) are produced by culturing rhizobacteria cells in or on a culture medium comprising at least one of: jasmonic acid or a derivative thereof; linoleic acid or a derivative thereof; or linolenic acid or a derivative thereof. Preferably... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7247449 | Fluorescent protein An object of the present invention is to provide a novel fluorescent protein derived from organisms other than Aequorea victoria. According to the present invention, there is provided a fluorescent protein derived from Galaxea fascicularis, which has t... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7244599 | Gene and uses therefor to modify pasture qualities of crops The invention relates generally to isolated leucoanthocyanidin reductase LAR polypeptides of the Reductase-Epimerase-Dehydrogenase (RED) protein family, and nucleic acid molecules encoding same and their use in regulating the biosynthesis and accumulation of proanth... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7232942 | Lentil plants having increased resistance to imidazolinone herbicides The present invention is directed to lentil plants having increased resistance to an imidaizolinone herbicide. One such plant described herein is the RH44 lentil variety. The present invention also includes seeds produced by these lentil plants and methods of contro... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7226764 | Compositions and methods for the synthesis and subsequent modification of uridine-5′-diphosphosulfoquinovose (UDP-SQ) The present invention is directed to compositions and methods related to the synthesis and modification of uridine-5′-diphospho-sulfoquinovose (UDP-SQ). In particular, the methods of the present invention comprise the utilization of recombinant enzymes from Ara... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7223575 | pentose-sugar fermenting strains and uses thereof Disclosed in the present invention is a Zymomonas integrant and derivatives of these integrants that posses the ability to ferment pentose into ethanol. The genetic sequences encoding for the pentose-fermenting enzymes are integrated into the Zymomonas | 05/29/2007 |
| 7220568 | Nucleic acids encoding the PRO1561 polypeptide The present invention is directed to novel polypeptides and to nucleic acid molecules encoding those polypeptides. Also provided herein are vectors and host cells comprising those nucleic acid sequences, chimeric polypeptide molecules comprising the polypeptides of ... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7220570 | Polynucleotides encoding polypeptides involved in amino acid biosynthesis in The present invention provides polypeptides and polynucleotides involved in amino acid biosynthesis in Methylophilus methylotrophus and methods of producing amino acids in microorganisms having enhanced or attenuated expression of these polypeptides and/or po... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7220564 | Carbonyl reductase, gene thereof and method of using the same The present invention provides a novel polypeptide efficiently forming (R)-N-benzyl-3-pyrrolidinol, a polynucleotide coding for said polypeptide, and use of the same. The present invention relates to a polypeptide having the following physical and chemical pr... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7217856 | PUFA polyketide synthase systems and uses thereof Disclosed are the complete polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) polyketide synthase (PKS) systems from the bacterial microorganisms Shewanella japonica and Shewanella olleyana, and biologically active fragments and homologues thereof. More particularly, t... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7198927 | Enzymatic production of glycolic acid Various methods are provided for the enzymatic production of glycolic acid from glycolonitrile. These methods include: 1) use of Acidovorax facilis 72W nitrilase mutants having improved nitrilase activity for converting glycolonitrile to glycolic acid, and 2)... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7172890 | Inactivated enzyme variants and associated process and reagent system The present invention relates to oxidoreductase apoenzyme variants which are enzymatically inactive but have coenzyme-binding properties. Further, the present invention relates to DNA sequences encoding these oxidoreductase apoenzyme variants, expression vectors con... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7163815 | Methods and compositions for NAD(P)(H) oxidases The present invention is directed to compositions and methods comprising NAD(P)H oxidases, particularly bacterial oxidases, nucleic acids, recombinant plasmid vectors and recombinant proteins therein encoded, and host cells comprising the oxidases and nucleic acids.... | 01/16/2007 |
| 7148033 | Method for detection for total coliforms and An improved method for detection of total coliforms and E. coli comprising a broth containing an ingredient that will suppress growth of non-coliform gram negative bacteria, and at least one chromogen or fluorogen has been used effectively and is cost effecti... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7141395 | Biological control of crown gall disease The present invention provides a method for controlling crown gall disease in plants using an effective quantity of α-proteobacteria that produces trifolitoxin (TFX). The present invention also provides a biocontrol agent for use in the above method, and a plant co... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7126041 | High efficiency gene targeting in plants The present invention provides a method for the targeted insertion of a nucleotide of interest into a specific chromosomal site within a plant cell. The method comprises the steps of: (a) providing a plant cell, the plant cell optionally but preferably having a hete... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7122722 | Methods for producing transgenic cotton plants using chilled apical shoot tips This invention relates to methods for transforming cotton using isolated shoot apical tips of seedlings. The apical shoot tips of cotton seedlings are isolated and chilled at a low temperature to slow the metabolic activity of the isolated cells, and then inoculated... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7118914 | Method for producing human lactoferrin in plant cell culture The present invention relates to a method for producing target protein in plant cell culture, more particularly to the method for producing target protein comprising the steps of i) constructing vector containing SWPA2 promoter and gene for the target protein, ii) i... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7119167 | Fragment of L. lactis plasmid conferring antiphage activity and uses thereof The present invention relates to a 2227-bp DNA fragment that confers antiphage activity. Two proteins encoded by this DNA sequence are responsible for the phage resistance phenotype. When introduced in Lactococcus lactis phage-sensitive strain, this DNA fragm... | 10/10/2006 |
| 7098013 | Polypeptide having α-isomaltosyl-transferase activity The object of the present invention is to provide a polypeptide which can be used to produce a saccharide having a structure of cyclo{→6)-α-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→3)-α-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→6)-α-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→3)-α-D-glucopyranosyl-(1→}, a DNA encoding... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7094585 | Glucose dehydrogenase β-subunit and DNA encoding the same A DNA fragment encoding a β subunit is obtained by inverse PCR using primers designed based on the nucleotide sequence of a N-terminal signal sequence region of a GDH β subunit derived from Burkholderia cepacia KS1 strain. ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7078220 | Highly transformable bacterial cells and methods for producing the same The invention provided herein includes novel gram negative bacteria cells containing the Hte mutation. Other aspects of the invention include methods for rendering gram negative bacterial cells bearing the Hte region, such as E. coli cells competent for DNA t... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7070952 | Genes encoding carotenoid compounds Genes have been isolated from Pectobacterium cypripedii encoding geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate (GGPP) synthase (CrtE), phytoene synthase (CrtB), phytoene desaturase (Crtl), lycopene cyclase (CrtY), β-carotene hydroxylase (CrtZ), and zeaxanthin glucosyl transf... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7067299 | Materials and methods for production of bacteria The subject invention provides novel and advantageous methods for growing bacteria. The methods of the subject invention are particularly advantageous for growing parasitic bacteria in vitro, without the presence of host tissue. In one embodiment of the subject inve... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7052860 | Identification of antigens for use in the diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring of periodontal diseases Antibodies, polypeptides, and polynucleotides are provided for the detection, prevention, amelioration and treatment of diseases caused by Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans. ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7049120 | Regulation of human mrp5-like protein Reagents that regulate human MRP5-like protein and reagents which bind to human MRP5-like protein gene products can play a role in preventing, ameliorating, or correcting dysfunctions or diseases including, but not limited to, cardiovascular disorders, cancer, and C... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7045357 | Efficiency agrobacterium-mediated plant transformation method The present invention relates to a rapid transformation and regeneration system for plants. In particular, the invention relates to a plant tissue preparation system. The transformation method is efficient and reliable for production of fertile plants with improved ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7041876 | Oomycete-resistant transgenic plants by virtue of pathogen-induced expression of a heterologous hypersensitive response elicitor The present invention relates to a chimeric gene that includes a first DNA molecule encoding a hypersensitive response elicitor protein or polypeptide, a promoter operably linked 5′ to the first DNA molecule to induce transcription of the first DNA molecule in res... | 05/09/2006 |
| 7033814 | Methods for preparing yeast with improved biotin productivity using integrating plasmids encoding biotin synthase Methods for preparing yeast with improved biotin productivity using integrating plasmids encoding biotin synthase. The yeast is transformed by an integrating plasmid, which includes a Candida utilis biotin synthase gene BIO2, an assistant DNA sequence to prom... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7022649 | Composition for inoculating legumes and method therefor A method for preparing a concentrated inoculating composition which contains a universal use culture medium which is sterilized and cooled, then added to Rhizobium Japonicum and then allowed to multiply for 46 hours. This is followed by the addition to the culture m... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6994986 | In vitro synthesis of polypeptides by optimizing amino acid metabolism Compositions and methods are provided for the enhanced in vitro synthesis of polypeptides. In order to improve the performance of in vitro protein synthesis reactions, metabolic inhibitors, or manipulation of a source organism, is used to diminish or avoid the actio... | 02/07/2006 |
| 6984523 | Carotenoid ketolase gene A ketolase gene has been isolated from Rhodococcus erythropolis AN12 strain encoding a carotenoid modification enzyme of the carotenoid biosynthetic pathway. The gene and gene product are the first isolated from a Rhodococcus strain. Six conserved amin... | 01/10/2006 |
| 6960458 | Erythrose reductase, its cDNA and cell which the cDNA express Protein having an erythrose reductase activity; a DNA encoding the protein; a cell to which a DNA has been transferred in a manner such that the DNA is capable of expressing an erythrose reductases type III, II or I the DNA encodes; and a method for producing erythr... | 11/01/2005 |
