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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7365247 | Method of large scale mutagenesis in tomato plants The present invention relates to a rapid and large-scale production of tomato mutants by utilizing a miniature tomato plant which can be crossed with tomato commercial plants. Mutations are induced in the miniature tomato cultivars and desired mutants are subsequent... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7345222 | Use of DNA sequences for male sterility in transgenic plants The use of DNA sequences comprising a glucanase coding region operably linked to a promoter, or other regulatory sequence, which provides for expression of the DNA sequence with appropriate tissue and/or temporal specificity, in the preparation of a male sterile tra... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7294758 | Materials and methods for producing geminivirus resistant plants The subject invention pertains to materials and methods for producing plants that are resistant to infection by geminiviruses and other related viruses. Methods of the invention comprise transforming a plant with a polynucleotide wherein when the polynucleotide is e... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7232677 | Phytase expression systems and methods of making and using them The invention provides a purified or recombinant phytase enzyme (SEQ ID NO:2) initially derived from Escherichia coli B. The enzyme has a molecular weight of about 47.1 kilodaltons and has phytase activity (SEQ ID NO:2). The enzyme can be produced from native... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7226782 | Plant centromere compositions The present invention provides for the nucleic acid sequences of plant centromeres. This will permit construction of stably inherited recombinant DNA constructs and minichromosomes which can serve as vectors for the construction of transgenic plant and animal cells.... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7205150 | Transgenic plants over-expressing plant ADP-glucose pyrophosphatase A method for obtaining a transgenic plant that over-expresses a soluble isoform AGPPase enzyme. The method includes a step of transforming a plant with a vector comprising a polynucleotide of SEQ ID NO: 7 linked to a promoter that promotes expression of the polynucl... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7193127 | Codeinone reductase from alkaloid poppy The present invention concerns codeinone reductase from alkaloid poppy plants, the polynucleotides encoding the enzyme, transgenic plants transformed or transfected with polynucleotide(s) encoding codeinone reductase and to the production of alkaloids from transform... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7135176 | VMP-like sequences of pathogenic The present invention relates to DNA sequences encoding Vmp-like polypeptides of pathogenic Borrelia, the use of the DNA sequences in recombinant vectors to express polypeptides, the encoded amino acid sequences, application of the DNA and amino acid sequence... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7112727 | Mutant allele of tomato This invention relates to a tomato plant, seed, variety and hybrid. More specifically, the invention relates to a tomato plant having a mutant allele for allflesh which results in the tomato fruit having a cavity area which is solid and lacks a gel or liquid. The in... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7091031 | Carotenoid hydroxylase enzymes A novel CrtZ carotenoid hydroxylase, isolated from Brevundimonas vesicularis DC263, is provided that is useful for the production of hydroxylated carotenoids. Additionally, a previously identified hypothetical protein from Novosphingobium aromaticivorans | 08/15/2006 |
| RE39114 | Expression of sucrose phosphorylase in plants Introducing sucrose phosphorylase activity into plants by transformation with a gene for the enzyme increases the rate of sucrose hydrolysis, leading to increased starch, oil, and/protein levels. Sucrose phosphorylase genes from Streptococcus mutans and Leuconostoc ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6903254 | Inbred maize line PH705 An inbred maize line, designated PH705, the plants and seeds of inbred maize line PH705, methods for producing a maize plant, either inbred or hybrid, produced by crossing the inbred maize line PH705 with another maize plant, and hybrid maize seeds and plants produc... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6867353 | Production method of recombinant rotavirus structural proteins and vaccine composition The present invention relates to a method for producing recombinant rotavirus structural proteins by culturing a transformed plant cell, and to a vaccine composition comprising the same as an effective component. More specifically, the method comprises the steps of ... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6861580 | Inbred tomato line 294 An inbred tomato line, designated 294, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred tomato line 294, to the plants of inbred tomato line 294 and to methods for producing a tomato plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing the inbred line 294 with itse... | 03/01/2005 |
| 6787687 | Rin gene compositions and methods for use thereof The current invention provides nucleic acid sequences encoding the RIN and MC genes. Compositions comprising these sequences are described, as are plants transformed with such compositions. Further provided are methods for the expression of the RIN and MC genes. The... | 09/07/2004 |
| 6759569 | Method for large scale mutagenesis in tomato plants The present invention relates to a rapid and large-scale production of tomato mutants by utilizing miniature tomato plants which can be crossed with tomato commercial plants. Mutations are induced in the miniature tomato cultivars and desired mutants are subsequentl... | 07/06/2004 |
| 6686513 | Sugarcane ubi9 gene promoter sequence and methods of use thereof The invention relates to the nucleotide sequence from the sugarcane ubi9 polyubiquitin gene promoter, which is capable of directing constitutive expression of a nucleic acid sequence of interest that is operably linked to it. The sugarcane ubi9 promoter i... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6608241 | Protection of plants against viral infection The invention involves recombinant, double-stranded DNA that contains a promoter which functions in plant cells to cause the production of RNA sequences of a plant virus, a DNA sequence that causes the production of an RNA sequence encoding the coat prote... | 08/19/2003 |
| 6600090 | Transgenic plants expressing puroindolines and methods for producing such plants This invention relates to plant cells, plant tissues or plants transgenic for a nucleic acid encoding a puroindoline. This invention also relates to methods of producing such transgenic plant cells, plant tissues or plants. The transgenic plants produced ... | 07/29/2003 |
| 6586662 | Yellow, determinate tomatoes suitable for processing The present invention provides yellow tomato plants producing fruit suitable for processing.... | 07/01/2003 |
| 6583107 | Hypersensitive response elicitor fragments eliciting a hypersensitive response and uses thereof The present invention is directed to isolated fragments of an Erwinia hypersensitive response elicitor protein or polypeptide which fragments elicit a hypersensitive response in plants. Also disclosed are isolated DNA molecules which encode the Erwinia hy... | 06/24/2003 |
| 6573431 | Recombinant preduodenal lipases and polypeptides derivatives produced by plants, processes for obtaining them and their uses The invention concerns the use of recombinant nucleotides sequences containing cDNA coding for a preduodenal lipase, or any sequence derived from this cDNA, for transforming plant cells in order to obtain recombinant preduodenal lipase or polypeptide deri... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6573428 | Soybean promoter expressed preferentially in pods This application discloses the tissue-specific transcription regulatory sequences from the soybean Msg, gene, which is highly expressed in tissues which are potential sites of entry of plant pathogens or attack by plant pests, including the developing soy... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6538178 | Increased starch content in plants Transformed plant cells which have increased'starch content are disclosed. Also disclosed are whole plants comprising plant cells which express CTP/ADPglucose pyrophosphorylase genes.... | 03/25/2003 |
| 6476295 | Expression of sucrose phosphorylase in plants Introducing sucrose phosphorylase activity into plants by transformation with a gene for the enzyme increases the rate of sucrose hydrolysis, leading to increased starch, oil, and protein levels. The preferred gene is from Streptococcus mutans. Surprising... | 11/05/2002 |
| 6448476 | Plants and plant cells transformation to express an AMPA-N-acetyltransferase The invention relates in general to plants, plant cells, methods of making, and methods of using plants and plant cells transformed to contain a DNA sequence encoding an AMPA-N-acetyltransferase, and to plants and plant cells exhibiting resistance to AMPA... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6441273 | Constitutive and inducible promoters from coffee plants The present invention relates to the isolation of two DNA promoters from a coffee plant. The isolated promoters, one inducible and one constitutive, are capable of inducing the expression of a second DNA operably linked to the promoter. The present invent... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6433251 | Promoter regulating circadian clock function and photoperiodism Nucleic acid molecules that encode a plant promoter involved in photoperiodism and circadian rhythms are disclosed. These molecules may be introduced into plants in order to alter the photoperiodic and/or circadian clock-based gene expression of the plant... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6392121 | Gemini virus vectors for gene expression in plants A gene amplification system based on plant viral genetic elements dramatically increases foreign protein production in plants. A safer and more economical production system for vaccines and antibodies in recombinant plants grown using agricultural practic... | 05/21/2002 |
| 6355862 | Fruit quality by inhibiting production of lipoxygenase in fruits The present invention relates generally to a transgenic fruit-bearing plant having a foreign nucleotide sequence inserted into its genome which is substantially similar to a portion of the plant's fruit ripening specific lipoxygenase cDNA. Transgenic plan... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6342656 | Regulation of source-sink relationships and responses to stress conditions in plants The invention provides the identification and characterization of plant SNF4 and SNF1 genes. Examples of the genes were cloned from tomato. They are nucleic acids and proteins belonging to the SNF1-related protein kinase family, and are involved in plant'... | 01/29/2002 |
| 6338850 | Methods and products for controlling the immune response of a mammal to glutamic acid decarboxylase A method is provided for expressing a mammalian antigen in transformed plants to provide a source of plant material for oral or enteral administration to a mammal to produce tolerance to the antigen.... | 01/15/2002 |
| 6323396 | Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of plants Agrobacterium strains which have lost the capacity to proliferate vigorously in vitro or in planta, are provided, as well as transformation methods using these Agrobacterium strains.... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6320101 | Enhancing inorganic carbon fixation by photosynthetic organisms A method of enhancing inorganic carbon fixation by a photosynthetic organism. The method is effected by transforming cells of the photosynthetic organism with an expressible polynucleotide encoding a polypeptide having a bicarbonate transporter activity. ... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6284947 | Methods of using viral replicase polynucleotides and polypeptides The invention provides novel methods of using viral replicase polypeptides and polynucleotides. Included are methods for increasing transformation frequencies, increasing crop yield, providing a positive growth advantage, modulating cell division, transie... | 09/04/2001 |
| 6262340 | Production of polyketides in plants The present invention provides genetically altered plants and plant cells that have been modified to contain expression system(s) capable of expressing a functional polyketide synthase (PKS). The present invention further provides methods of producing PKS... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6229066 | Cytokinin oxidase An isolated protein which exhibits cytokinin oxidizing activity selected from the group consisting of SEQ. ID No. 1, a protein having an amino acid sequence which includes the amino acid sequence of SEQ. ID No. 1, a protein having an amino acid sequence w... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6225527 | Plant pathogen resistance genes and uses thereof The tomato Cf-4 gene has been isolated by positional cloning and its sequence provided, along with the encoded amino acid sequence. DNA encoding the polypeptide, alleles, mutants and derivatives thereof, and DNA encoding amino acid sequences showing a sig... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6218142 | Nucleic acid molecules encoding polypeptides having the enzymatic activity of an RNA-directed RNA polymerase (RDRP) Described are nucleic acid molecules encoding polypeptides having the enzymatic activity of an RNA-directed RNA polymerase (RdRP). Vectors comprising said nucleic acid molecules, wherein the nucleic acid molecules are operatively linked to regulatory elem... | 04/17/2001 |
| 6211435 | Amino polyol amine oxidase polynucleotides and related polypeptides and methods of use The present invention provides polynucleotides and related polypeptides of the enzyme APAO isolated from Exophiala spinifera. Additionally, the polynucleotide encoding for the APAO enzyme can be used to transform plant cells normally susceptible to Fusari... | 04/03/2001 |
