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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7217873 | Plants and seeds of corn variety I135168 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated I135168. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety I135168, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn pl... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7217858 | S-adenosyl-L-methionine synthetase promoter and its use in expression of transgenic genes in plants A constitutive plant S-adenosyl-L-methionine synthetase (SAMS) promoter and subfragments thereof and their use in promoting the expression of one or more heterologous nucleic acid fragments in plants are described. ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7217860 | Site-specific recombination system to manipulate the plastid genome of higher plants A site-specific recombination system and methods of use thereof are disclosed for manipulating the plastid genome of higher plants. ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7217864 | Shade responsive promoter, promoter control elements, and combinations, and uses thereof The present invention is directed to promoter sequences and promoter control elements, polynucleotide constructs comprising the promoters and control elements, and methods of identifying the promoters, control elements, or fragments thereof. The invention further re... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7217867 | Eukaryotic translation initiation factor gene regulatory elements for use in plants The present invention provides eukaryotic translation initiation factor non-coding regulatory element polynucleotide molecules isolated from Nicotiana tabacum, Arabidopsis thaliana, and Medicago truncatula useful for modulating transgene expression in ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7217859 | Genetic elements from FBP3 of conferring flower specific transgene expression The present invention provides recombinant promoters that drive tissue-specific expression, and transgenes comprising such recombinant promoters. Specifically, the invention provides transgenes comprising a recombinant promoter that drives tissue-specific expression... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7217857 | Isoforms of starch branching enzyme II (SBE-IIA and SBE-IIB) from wheat A class of wheat SBEII genes, called SBEII-1, can be used to influence properties of starch produced by a plant, including the gelatinization temperature of the starch. Such a starch is useful, for example, in certain industrial applications for the preparation or p... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7217874 | Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH916386 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH916386. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH916386, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7214855 | Maize metallothionein 2 promoter and methods of use The present invention provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of heterologous nucleotide sequences in a plant. Compositions include a novel nucleotide sequence for a maize metallothionein 2 promoter for the gene encoding metallothionein. A method... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7214857 | No-apical meristem proteins, polynucleotides and methods of use for same The present invention provides polynucleotides and related polypeptides of the protein ZMNAM isolated from maize endosperm. The invention provides genomic sequence for the ZMNAM gene. ZMNAM is a novel gene and is regulated by gene-specific imprinting. ZMNAM expressi... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7214536 | Nucleotide sequence encoding the enzyme I-SceI and the uses thereof An isolated DNA encoding the enzyme I-SceI is provided. The DNA sequence can be incorporated in cloning and expression vectors, transformed cell lines and transgenic animals. The vectors are useful in gene mapping and site-directed insertion of genes. ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7214860 | Methods of using non-plant encoding nucleic acids Methods of creating and enhancing insect resistance in plants by introducing non-plant lipases into plants are provided. Plants with enhanced insect resistance and seed from plants thereof are provided. DNA sequences encoding insecticidal lipases and insecticidal li... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7214852 | Maize cellulose synthases encoding nucleic acids and uses thereof The invention provides isolated cellulose synthase nucleic acids and their encoded proteins. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering cellulose synthase concentration and/or composition of plants. The invention further provides re... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7214854 | Maize metallothionein promoter The present invention provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of heterologous nucleotide sequences in a plant. Compositions include a novel nucleotide sequence for a maize metallothionein promoter for the gene encoding metallothionein. A method f... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7211436 | Compositions and methods for regulating abscisic acid-induced closure of plant stomata A novel gene, AAPK, is disclosed. Loss of function of the protein encoded by AAPK is associated with reduced sensitivity to abscisic acid-induced stomatal closure in plants. Also disclosed are transgenic plants and mutants having altered sensitivity to abscisic acid... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7211712 | Seed-preferred regulatory elements The present invention provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of heterologous nucleotide sequences in a plant. Compositions are novel nucleotide sequences for a seed-preferred promoter and terminator isolated from the maize legumin 1 coding regio... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7211717 | Plants and seeds of corn variety I285291 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated I285291. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety I285291, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn pl... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7211389 | Method for producing immunoglobulins containing protection proteins and their use The immunoglobulins of the present invention are useful therapeutic immunoglobulins against mucosal pathogens such as S. mutans. The immunoglobulins contain a protection protein that protects the immunoglobulins in the mucosal environment. The invention also ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7211716 | Plants and seeds of corn variety I082216 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated I082216. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety I082216, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn pl... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7208655 | Modified plant viruses as vectors The invention relates to assembled particles of a plant virus containing a predetermined foreign peptide as part of the coat protein of the virus, and a method for their production. The foreign peptide is preferably a biologically functional peptide, the biological ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7208662 | Plants and seeds of corn variety I285302 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated I285302. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety I285302, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn pl... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7208318 | Method for producing plants with suppressed photorespiration and improved COfixation The invention relates to a method for the production of plants with suppressed photo-respiration and improved CO2 fixation. In particular, the invention relates to a re-use of phosphoglycolate produced in photorespiration. The reaction product will be con... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7208317 | In Vitro mutagenesis, phenotyping, and gene mapping Cellular libraries useful for in vitro phenotyping and gene mapping. In a representative approach, a method for preparing a homozygous cellular library includes the steps of providing a heterozygous cellular library comprising a plurality of isolated parent cells; i... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7205149 | Gene of enzyme reactivating DNA damaged by ultraviolet light using visible light It is intended to contribute to the solution of environmental problems caused by destroying the ozone layer and serious problems concerning the food resources in the 21st century by isolating a photoreactivating enzyme from an ultraviolet light-tolerant rice plant, ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7205462 | Inbred corn line G2202 Broadly this invention provides an invention which is inbred corn line G2202. The methods for producing a corn plant by crossing the inbred line G2202 are also encompassed by the invention. Additionally, the invention relates to the various parts of inbred G2202 inc... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7205463 | Inbred corn line G1505 This invention provides for an inbred corn line designated G1505, methods for producing a corn plant by crossing plants of the inbred line G1505 with plants of another corn plants. The invention relates to tissue culture of various parts of inbred G1505 including cu... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7205456 | -prenyltransferases from the rubber-producing plants russian dandelion () and sunflower () This invention pertains to nucleic acid fragments encoding plant cis-prenyltransferases. More specifically, this invention pertains to a cis-prenyltransferase homolog from latex of the rubber-producing plant species Taraxacum kok-saghyz (russian dandel... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7205455 | Ecdysone receptors and methods for their use The field of the invention is inducible gene expression systems wherein expression is controlled by a novel ecdysone or ultraspiracle receptor or its derivatives. The field particularly relates to the isolation and characterization of nucleic acid and polypeptides f... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7205452 | Control of bacterial infection by quenching quorum-sensing of plant pathogenic bacteria Transgenic plants having resistance against bacterial soft rot diseases, harboring the bacterial autoinducer inactivation gene encoding (AiiA) protein, and methods for protecting plants from bacterial pathogens by transforming the plants with the aiiA gene are discl... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7205453 | Crop plant cystatin proteinase inhibitors encoding nucleic acids and methods of use Methods and compositions for modulating development and defense responses are provided. Nucleotide sequences encoding maize, soybean, wheat and rice cystatin proteins are provided. The sequences can be used in expression cassettes for modulating development, ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7205460 | Plants and seeds of corn variety I026458 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated I026458. This invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety I026458, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn p... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7205454 | Corn root preferential promoters and uses thereof The invention relates to the isolation of promoters from corn capable of directing transcription of an operably linked foreign DNA sequence preferentially, selectively or exclusively in the roots of plants, such as corn plants. The invention also relates to the use ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7205451 | Nucleotide sequences coding signal transduction components in durable and broad-range resistance strategies based on plant defence Nucleotide sequences coding signal transduction components in durable and broad-range resistance strategies based on plant defense. The invention relates to nucleotide sequences derived from a plant genorne, capable of encoding a polypeptide product which can be act... | 04/17/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7205450 | DMI1 gene encodes a protein that is required for the early steps of bacterial and fungal symbioses The invention relates to isolated DMI11 genes from Medicago truncatula which play a major role both in the early steps of Nod factor signaling that trigger several key developmental responses in the host plant and in the establishment of mycorrhizal symbiosis... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7205459 | Transformable inbred corn line LIZL5 and methods for use thereof According to the invention, there is provided an inbred corn plant designated LIZL5. This invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the inbred corn plant LIZL5, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing the inbred corn p... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7202399 | Soybean cultivar SG4911NRR A novel soybean cultivar, designated SG4911NRR, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar SG4911NRR, to the plants of soybean SG4911NRR and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing the cultivar SG4911NRR with itself or... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7202401 | Inbred maize line 366C An inbred maize line, designated 366C, having higher row number and ear length compared to Ia5125, early relative maturity, and common rust resistance conditioned by Rp1, the plants and seeds of inbred maize line 366C and descendants thereof, methods for producing a... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7202083 | Plant promoters and plant terminators Promoters capable of efficiently expressing a gene of interest in plants include (1) either a DNA containing SEQ ID No:1 or SEQ ID No:7, or a biological functional equivalent DNA containing SEQ ID No:1 or SEQ ID No:7 that have modifications in their respective nucle... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7202396 | Rad3 orthologues and uses therof The invention provides isolated Rad3 nucleic acids and their encoded proteins. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to pyrimidine excision activity, altering Rad3 levels in plants, increasing transformation efficiency, or creating male st... | 04/10/2007 |
