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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8188336 | Rice and products thereof having starch with an increased proportion of amylose Rice having reduced levels of starch branching enzymes produce grain having a high relative amylose content in the endosperm. The rice grain of this invention can be of a non-shrunken phenotype despite a lesion in the amylopectin synthesis pathway and may be transge... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8188335 | Δ9-elongase for production of polyunsaturated fatty acid-enriched oils The present disclosure relates to isolated polynucleotides encoding a delta 9-elongase, delta 9-elongases encoded by the isolated polynucleotides, expression vectors comprising the isolated polynucleotides, host cells comprising the expression vectors, and methods f... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8183432 | Plant having reduced lignin and cellulose contents without reducing glucan content, method of producing the same and utilization thereof By inhibiting the function of a transcription factor that promotes transcription of a gene associated with the amounts of lignin and cellulose, a plant in which the amounts of lignin and cellulose are reduced without reducing the amount of glucan is produced. In thi... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8178750 | Nucleotide sequences mediating male fertility and method of using same Nucleotide sequences mediating male fertility in plants are described, with DNA molecule and amino acid sequences set forth. Promoter sequences and their essential regions are also identified. The nucleotide sequences and promoter sequences are useful in methods med... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8178749 | Process for the production of recombinant proteins using carnivorous plants The present application relates to the provision of process for producing at least one protein, comprising the cultivation of a carnivorous plant, characterized in that said plant has been genetically modified to express said protein or proteins, and said protein or... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8173865 | Plant having increased yield of seeds It is found that a transformed plant into which a γ-glutamylcysteine synthetase gene has been introduced is increased in at least one of the number of flowers and the number of seeds in comparison with a wild-type plant, and is therefore increased in seed yield. Ba... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173863 | Sucrose biosensors and methods of using the same Sucrose biosensors are disclosed, which comprise a sucrose binding domain conjugated to donor and fluorescent moieties that permit detection and measurement of Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer upon sucrose binding. Such biosensors are useful for real time moni... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173864 | Plant egg cell transcriptional control sequences The present invention relates generally to transcriptional control sequences. Generally, the present invention relates to transcriptional control sequences that specifically or preferentially direct expression of a nucleotide sequence of interest in a plant egg cell... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8168858 | Delta-9 fatty acid elongase genes and their use in making polyunsaturated fatty acids Isolated nucleic acid fragments and recombinant constructs comprising such fragments encoding novel delta-9 elongases along with a method of making long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) using these delta-9 elongases in plants. ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168857 | Polynucleotides and polypeptides involved in plant fiber development and methods of using same Isolated polynucleotides are provided. Each of the isolated polynucleotides comprise a nucleic acid sequence encoding a polypeptide having an amino acid sequence at least 80% homologous to SEQ ID NOs:130-258 and 536-791, wherein the polypeptide is capable of regulat... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168856 | Method of production of recombinant sucrose synthase, use thereof in the manufacture of kits for determination of sucrose, production of adpglucose and production of transgenic plants whose leaves and storage organs accumulate high contents of adpglucose and starch An isolated sucrose synthase peptide. Also, a method of preparing ADPglucose by incubating the isolated sucrose synthase peptide with ADP in suitable conditions and then isolating and purifying the ADPG produced. Also, an assay kit for the spectrophotometric, fluori... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8168859 | Ubiquitin 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 constitutive regulatory element isolated from sorghum. A method for expressing a hete... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8163978 | Generation of plants with altered protein, fiber, or oil content The present invention is directed to plants that display an improved oil quantity phenotype or an improved meal quality phenotype due to altered expression of an IMQ nucleic acid. The invention is further directed to methods of generating plants with an improved oil... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8163976 | Compositions and methods relating to transgenic plants and cellulosic ethanol production Transgenic lignocellulosic plants are provided according to embodiments of the present invention, the transgenic plants transformed with an expression cassette encoding a protein operably linked to a signal peptide which targets the protein to a cell wall of the tra... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8163977 | Extra-cellular matrix localized ferritin for iron uptake, storage, and stress tolerance The present invention relates to environmental stress responsive protein ferritin (CaFer1) of chickpea. The invention discloses identification, isolation and cloning of ECM-localized ferritin (CaFer1) of chickpea and its multifunctional role in nutrient uptake, stor... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8158851 | Transgenic high tryptophan plants The present invention provides a method for altering the tryptophan content of a plant by introducing and expressing an isolated DNA segment encoding an anthranilate synthase in the cells of the plant. Transgenic plants transformed with an isolated DNA segment encod... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8153859 | DGAT genes from oleaginous organisms for increased seed storage lipid production and altered fatty acid profiles in oilseed plants Transgenic soybean seed having increased total fatty acid content of at least 10% and altered fatty acid profiles when compared to the total fatty acid content of non-transgenic, null segregant soybean seed are described. DGAT genes from oleaginous organisms are use... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8148603 | Transgenic , method for producing same and use thereof The present invention relates to transgenic Ficus plants, particularly Ficus carica (fig tree), to a method for producing same, and to Ficus plants, plant materials and plant products produced by or from such genetically modified plant material.... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8143476 | DGAT genes from combined with plastidic phosphoglucomutase down regulation for increased seed storage lipid production and altered fatty acid profiles in oilseed plants Transgenic soybean seed having increased total fatty acid content of at least 20% and altered fatty acid profiles when compared to the total fatty acid content of non-transgenic, null segregant soybean seed are described. DGAT genes from Yarrowia lipolytica c... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8143477 | All-native recombinant plant The present invention relates to a new plant breeding process. The process improves the agronomic performance of crop plants by using genetic material that is also used in classical breeding. Instead of sexually recombining entire genomes at random, as is done in cl... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8143475 | Soybean promoter LTP4 and flower-preferred expression thereof in transgenic plants The promoter of a soybean lipid transfer protein LTP4 and fragments thereof and their use in promoting the expression of one or more heterologous nucleic acid fragments in plants are described. ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8143474 | Compositions and methods for increasing transgene expression in the plastids of higher plants Nucleic acid constructs comprising a highly efficient 5′ regulatory region for the expression of heterologous proteins from the plastids of higher plants are provided. Also provided are plant cells and transgenic plants comprising the same. ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8143473 | DGAT genes from for increased seed storage lipid production and altered fatty acid profiles in soybean Transgenic soybean seed having increased total fatty acid content of at least 10% and altered fatty acid profiles when compared to the total fatty acid content of non-transgenic, null segregant soybean seed are described. DGAT genes from Yarrowia lipolytica a... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8138389 | Method for modifying plant morphology, biochemistry and physiology The present invention provides nucleotide sequences and corresponding amino acid sequences for plant cytokinin oxidase proteins. In addition, vectors, host cells, and transgenic plants comprising such sequences as well as methods for stimulating root growth and/or e... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8129585 | Methods for enhancing expression of secondary cell wall cellulose synthases in plants Described are methods for making transgenic plants capable of expressing secondary cell wall cellulose synthases and methods of enhancing expression of secondary cell wall cellulose synthases in plants. Also described are plants produced by the methods. Plants compr... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8129586 | Maize ethylene signaling genes and modulation of same for improved stress tolerance in plants The invention provides isolated maize EIN3, ERF3, EBF1, EBF2, EIN5 nucleic acids which are associated with ethylene signaling in plants and their encoded proteins. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering ethylene sensitivity in p... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8124834 | Use of active cytokinin synthase gene It is an object of the present invention to clarify an enzyme gene capable of directly regulating the amount of active cytokinins synthesized and to provide a transformed plant with a regulated amount of cytokinins using the aforementioned gene. The present i... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8124835 | Acyl-coa-dependent diacylglycerol acyltransferas 1 (DGAT1) gene from , protein encoded thereby and uses thereof A diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DGAT1) gene from Tropaeolum majus encodes a DGAT1 polypeptide that regulates the production of triacylglycerols from diacylglycerols. Transformation of cells with the Tropaeolum majus DGAT1 (TmDGAT1) gene, or variants ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8124836 | ABA signaling genes and methods of use Compositions and methods for modulating abscisic acid (ABA) perception and signal transduction in developing seed are provided. The methods and compositions find use in increasing yield in plants, particularly under abiotic stress. Compositions comprise genetic cons... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8119855 | Resistance to abiotic stress in plants The invention relates to a method for conferring tolerance to abiotic stress to plants or plant cells. This is done by introducing a gene coding for an RKS protein, especially a gene coding for an RKS subgroup II protein, more specifically RKS1, RKS4 or truncated RK... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8115052 | Modulation of abscisic acid Compositions and methods for modulating abscisic acid (ABA) perception and signal transduction in developing seed are provided. The methods and compositions find use in increasing yield in plants. Compositions comprise genetic constructs known to affect ABA sensitiv... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8110725 | Polynucleotides and polypeptides in plants The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties compar... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8110722 | Aromatic acyltransferase genes The present invention provides a protein having the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 or 12 or a protein having a modified amino acid sequence thereof and having an activity of transferring an aromatic acyl group to a sugar residue of a flavo... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8110723 | Transcription factors The invention provides polynucleotide sequences isolated from plants encoding transcription factors. Polypeptides encoded by the polynucleotides are also provided. Products and methods of use are disclosed. ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8110724 | Nucleotide sequences and corresponding polypeptides conferring an altered flowering time in plants The present invention relates to isolated nucleic acid molecules and their corresponding encoded polypeptides able to confer the trait of altered flowering time in plants. The present invention further relates to using the nucleic acid molecules and polypeptides to ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8101818 | Enhancement of hydroxy fatty acid accumulation in oilseed plants Particular aspects provide six novel Ricinus communis cDNA clones, including cloned sequences of: DGAT (RcDGAT1 and RcDGAT2); RcLPAT; LACS (RcLACS4), and PDAT (RcPDAT1A and RcPDAT1B). Additional aspects provide methods for substantially enhanced accumulation ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8101821 | Promotion of somatic embryogenesis in plants by gene expression The present invention relates to methods for promoting somatic embryogenesis from a tissue or organ of a plant, by overexpressing a Wuschel gene in said tissue or organ. In one embodiment, such overexpression can be used as a silent selectable marker for transgenic ... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8101819 | DGAT genes for increased seed storage lipid production and altered fatty acid profiles in oilseed plants Transgenic oilseeds having increased total fatty acid content of at least 10% and altered fatty acid profiles when compared to the total fatty acid content of null segregant oilseeds are described. Novel DGAT genes are used to achieve the increase in seed storage li... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8101820 | Method for increasing transformation efficiency in plants, comprising coculture step for culturing plant tissue with coculture medium containing 3,6-dichloro-o-anisic acid The present invention aims to provide a method for increasing transformation efficiency in plants when compared to conventionally known Agrobacterium-mediated methods. In the present invention, one of the features is to comprise a coculture step for cu... | 01/24/2012 |
| 8097770 | Plant having improved growth ability and disease resistance and method for production thereof Disclosed is a transgenic plant improved in growth ability and disease resistance. Also disclosed is a method for production of the transgenic plant. It is found that a transgenic plant having DNA encoding a glutathione-binding plastid-type fructose-1,6-bisphosphate... | 01/17/2012 |
