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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8030073 | Method for micropropagation of monocots based on sustained totipotent cell cultures The present invention provides a method of micropropagating a monocotyledonous plant comprising: (a) cultivating an explant of tissue from a monocotyledonous plant shoot tip on a primary medium, wherein the explant has been pretreated with a cold temperature and the... | 10/04/2011 |
| 7968338 | Method for cellular tissue multiplication from The method of the present invention comprises: Obtaining an explant from the seeds of Jatropha curcas; Putting the explant derived from the seed of Jatropha curcas in a culture medium; Breaking the intercellular unions of the explants tissue, which gen... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7919320 | PUFA polyketide synthase systems and uses thereof The invention generally relates to polyunsaturated fatty acid (PUFA) polyketide synthase (PKS) systems isolated from or derived from non-bacterial organisms, to homologues thereof, to isolated nucleic acid molecules and recombinant nucleic acid molecules encoding bi... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7892831 | Method for in vitro mass culture of The present invention provides a method for producing a true-to-type clone of an Aloe bαrbαdensis mother plant by selecting an Aloe bαrbαdensis mother plant; isolating a meristematic explant from the plant; culturing the meristematic explant in ini... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7863046 | Method for micropropagation of monocots based on sustained totipotent cell cultures The present invention provides a method of micropropagating a monocotyledonous plant comprising: (a) cultivating an explant of tissue from a monocotyledonous plant shoot tip on a primary medium, wherein the explant has been pretreated with a cold temperature and the... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7824914 | Flavonoids-rich tissues from and methods for culturing the same The present invention provides an in vitro flavonoid-rich rhizome tissue of Neomarica gracilis, which is obtained from a tissue culture preparation of an N. gracilis tissue capable of proliferating, such as a root, a leaf, a basal portion of a leaf, an... | 11/02/2010 |
| 7772002 | Method for cellular tissue multiplication from The method of the present invention comprises: Obtaining an explant from the seeds of Jatropha curcas; Putting the explant derived from the seed of Jatropha curcas in a culture medium; Breaking the intercellular unions of the explants tissue, which gen... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7763465 | Unique novel 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 pro... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7723109 | Expression of spider silk proteins The present invention relates to the fields of molecular biology and plant biology. Specifically, the invention is directed to the methods for expressing spider silk proteins in plants and the synthesis and purification of spider silk proteins therefrom. ... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7534612 | Sulfur-oxidizing plant growth promoting rhizobacteria for enhanced canola performance Described herein is the isolation and identification of a number of sulfur oxidizing plant growth promoting rhizobacteria: RAY12, identified as Achromobacter piechaudii; RAY28, identified as Agrobacterium tumefaciens, RAY132, identified as Stenotrop... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7534611 | Sulfur-oxidizing plant growth promoting rhizobacteria for enhanced canola performance Described herein is the isolation and identification of a number of sulfur oxidizing plant growth promoting rhizobacteria: RAY12, identified as Achromobacter piechaudii; RAY28, identified as Agrobacterium tumefaciens, RAY132, identified as Stenotrop... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7521236 | Sulfur-oxidizing plant growth promoting rhizobacteria for enhanced canola performance Described herein is the isolation and identification of a number of sulfur oxidizing plant growth promoting rhizobacteria: RAY12, identified as Achromobacter piechaudii; RAY28, identified as Agrobacterium tumefaciens, RAY132, identified as Stenotrop... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7521235 | Unique novel 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 pro... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7517687 | Sulfur-oxidizing plant growth promoting rhizobacteria for enhanced canola performance Described herein is the isolation and identification of a number of sulfur oxidizing plant growth promoting rhizobacteria: RAY12, identified as Achromobacter piechaudii; RAY28, identified as Agrobacterium tumefaciens, RAY132, identified as Stenotrop... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7510878 | 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 invent... | 03/31/2009 |
| 7498173 | Sulfur-oxidizing plant growth promoting rhizobacteria for enhanced canola performance Described herein is the isolation and identification of a number of sulfur oxidizing plant growth promoting rhizobacteria: RAY12, identified as Achromobacter piechaudii; RAY28, identified as Agrobacterium tumefaciens, RAY132, identified as Stenotrop... | 03/03/2009 |
| 7491535 | Sulfur-oxidizing plant growth promoting rhizobacteria for enhanced canola performance Described herein is the isolation and identification of a number of sulfur oxidizing plant growth promoting rhizobacteria: RAY12, identified as Achromobacter piechaudii; RAY28, identified as Agrobacterium tumefaciens, RAY132, identified as Stenotrop... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7468278 | gene with 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 Coleoptera. Particular embodiments of the inventi... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7445932 | Development of a highly efficient in vitro system of micropropagation of Solanum viarum is an alkaloid producing plant of the family Solanaceae with varied therapeutic uses. In order to grow the plant in large areas; one needs to have an efficient system of vegetative multiplication, which ensures its genetic uniformity, and true ... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7439423 | Garden bean named H24956 A novel garden bean cultivar, designated H 24956, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of garden bean cultivar H24956, to the plants of garden bean line H24956 and to methods for producing a bean plant by crossing the cultivar H24956 with itself or anoth... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7439348 | Inducible deoxyhypusine synthase promoter from maize The present invention provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of heterologous nucleotide sequences in a plant. Compositions include a novel nucleotide sequence for an inducible promoter for the gene encoding a maize deoxyhypusine synthase. A meth... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7435882 | Celery cultivar ADS-13 A celery cultivar, designated ADS-13, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of celery cultivar ADS-13, to the plants of celery cultivar ADS-13 and to methods for producing a celery plant by crossing the cultivar ADS-13 with itself or another celery cultiv... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7435556 | Method for increasing the ratio of p-hydroxybenzoic acid ester glucoside to total p-hydroxybenzoic acid glucose conjugates in p-hydroxybenzoic acid-producing microorganisms and green plant cells This invention pertains to a method for increasing the ratio of the pHBA ester glucoside to total pHBA glucose conjugates in pHBA-producing microorganisms and green plant cells using nucleic acid fragments encoding plant glucosyltransferases that exhibit catalytic a... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7429694 | Celery cultivar ADS-12 A celery cultivar, designated ADS-12, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of celery cultivar ADS-12, to the plants of celery cultivar ADS-12 and to methods for producing a celery plant by crossing the cultivar ADS-12 with itself or another celery cultiv... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7429649 | Modification of lignin biosynthesis The present invention relates to the modification of lignin biosynthesis in plants, using the nucleotide sequences encoding the enzymes 4-coumarate CoA-ligase (4CL), cinnamoyl-CoA reductase (CCR), cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase (CAD) of the lignin biosynthetic pathw... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7429697 | Rice cultivar ‘Spring’ A rice cultivar designated ‘Spring’ is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of rice cultivar ‘Spring’, to the plants of rice ‘Spring’ and to methods for producing a rice plant produced by crossing the cultivar ‘Spring’ with itself or another... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7427699 | Lettuce cultivar ‘Aerostar’ A lettuce cultivar, designated ‘Aerostar’, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of lettuce cultivar ‘Aerostar’, to the plants of lettuce cultivar ‘Aerostar’ and to methods for producing a lettuce plant by crossing the cultivar ‘Aerostar’ ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7425440 | Culture flask A culture flask 10 comprises two or more internal chambers 18-21 defining a plurality of parallel surfaces of different sizes and means for fluid communication 24 between the chambers 18-20. ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7422901 | Auxin transport proteins This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding an auxin transport protein. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a substantial portion of the auxin transport protein, in sense or antisense orientation... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7416872 | Taxoid oxygenases and their uses Oxygenase enzymes and the use of such enzymes to produce paclitaxel (Taxol™), related taxoids, as well as intermediates in the Taxol biosynthetic pathway are disclosed. Also disclosed are nucleic acid sequences encoding the oxygenase enzymes. ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7410637 | Transgenic algae for delivering antigens to an animal Delivery systems and methods are provided for delivering a biologically active protein to a host animal. The systems and methods provided include obtaining an algal cell transformed by an expression vector, the expression vector comprising a nucleotide sequence codi... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7408054 | Actin regulatory elements for use in plants The present invention provides polynucleotide molecules isolated from Oryza sativa and Zea mays and useful for expressing transgenes in plants. The present invention also provides expression constructs containing the polynucleotide molecules useful for... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7405343 | Methyl-D-erythritol phosphate pathway genes The present invention provides and includes nucleic acids, proteins and antibodies associated with novel genes in the MEP pathway. The invention further encompasses methods utilizing such molecules, for example in gene isolation, gene analysis and the production of ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7405058 | Human TSLP polynucleotides The invention is directed to purified and isolated novel TSLP polypeptides, the nucleic acids encoding such polypeptides, processes for production of recombinant forms of such polypeptides, antibodies generated against these polypeptides, fragmented peptides derived... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7399625 | Scytalone dehydrogenase gene showing tolerance to agricultural pesticide The present invention provides a gene that can be used extensively in studies relating to resistant rice blast fungi. The gene codes for either one of the following proteins (a) or (b): (a) a protein consisting of the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:2; or (b)... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7393671 | Mutant carotenoid ketolases CrtW carotenoid ketolases are provided that are useful for the production of astaxanthin and other cyclic ketocarotenoids. The mutant ketolase genes of the present invention encode polypeptides characterized by an improvement in astaxanthin synthesis activity when c... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7393929 | Inhibitors of cellulolytic, xylanolytic and β-glucanolytic enzymes The present invention concerns an inhibitor of xylanolytic and/or β-glucanolytic enzymes, method for obtaining the inhibitor, said inhibitor and processes for obtaining micro-organism, plant or plant material wherein the activity of the inhibitor according to the i... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7393997 | Methods for modification of plant inflorescence architecture The present invention relates to methods for the use of the Arabidopsis “BREVIPEDICELLUS” (BP) gene for alteration of plant architecture, in particular alteration of the morphology of the inflorescence of a flowering plant. The methods of the present inve... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7390655 | Promoter molecules for use in plants The present invention provides DNA molecules isolated from corn and sorghum plants that are useful for expressing transgenes in plants. The present invention also provides expression constructs containing the DNA molecules useful for expressing transgenes in plants.... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7390661 | Artificial bidirectional promoter for activation of gene expression A bidirectional module for activation of gene expression and regulation of transcription in both directions is disclosed. The bidirectional module comprises multiple cis regulatory DNA sequence elements, strategically arranged to give a ‘Transcription Activating M... | 06/24/2008 |
