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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5892009 | DNA and encoded protein which regulates cold and dehydration regulated genes A gene, designated as CBF1, encoding a protein, CBF1, which binds to a region regulating expression of genes which promote cold temperature and dehydration tolerance in plants is described. CBF1 is used to transform microorganisms and can be used to trans... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5891726 | Procedure to increase the seed productivity of plants and to accelerate the growth of plants by means of an additional plastidic pyruvate, phosphate dikinase The present invention includes novel methods for increasing the seed productivity or accelerating the growth rate of a plant and plants produced by such methods. Such plants have at least one cell transformed with an expression complex comprising a promot... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5888789 | Process for protein production in plants This invention provides for the secretion of heterologous protein in plant systems. In particular, this invention provides for the production of heterologous proteins by malting of monocot plant seeds. The heterologous genes are expressed during germinati... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5886243 | Genetic engineering of wood color in plants The invention relates to genetically engineering the wood color of woody plants by incorporation of the lignin pathway gene O-methyltransferase into the genome of the plants.... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5886244 | Stable transformation of plant cells Fertile, stably transformed Zea mays plants can be produced by introducing agronomic trait-encoding DNA, via microprojectile bombardment, into maize embryonic callus or suspension culture that has been broken into clumps having a maximum diameter of about... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5879941 | Polypeptides and polynucleotides relating to the -and ଲ-subunits of a glutamate dehydrogenase and methods of use Amino acid and nucleotide sequences relating to the glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) enzyme are described. The GDH enzymes described herein were discovered in the alga Chlorella sorokiniana in the form of seven different inducible isoenzymes. These isoenzyme... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5880333 | Control of gene expression in plants by receptor mediated transactivation in the presence of a chemical ligand The present invention is drawn to a method of controlling gene expression in plants. Specifically, the method comprises obtaining a transgenic plant comprising at least two receptor expression cassettes and at least one target expression cassette. The fir... | 03/09/1999 |
| 5877023 | Process and apparatus for the genetic transformation of cells In a tubular pressure chamber a drop of a DNA solution with gold particles suspended therein is atomized at the opening of a cannula by a pressure impact. The fog droplets containing the gold particles and the DNA entrained by them, are pressured by the p... | 03/02/1999 |
| 5874269 | Purified proteins, recombinant DNA sequences and processes for controlling the ripening of coffee plant The invention provides purified proteins, DNA sequences that code on expression therefore and recombinant DNA molecules, including hosts transformed therewith for transforming coffee plants to suppress the expression of enzymes necessary for ethylene synt... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5874265 | Methods and compositions for the production of stably transformed fertile monocot plants and cells thereof This invention relates to a method for the production of stable, genetically transformed cereal plants, other than maize or rice, that comprise an exogenous DNA expressing phosphinothricin acetyl transferase to impart resistance to phosphinothricin in sai... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5874626 | Osmotin gene promoter and use thereof Described are an isolated DNA fragment incorporating an osmotin gene promoter sequence, recombinant DNA incorporating a foreign structural gene under control of an osmotin gene promoter sequence, as well as methods and transformants involving the isolated... | 02/23/1999 |
| 5869719 | Transgenic plants having increased biotin content The present invention reveals that biotin biosynthesis in a plant is enhanced when the level of one or more of the enzymes in the plant biotin biosynthetic pathway is increased. Based upon this revelation, methods that increase the level of one or more bi... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5866793 | Promoter for expressing foreign genes in monocotyledonous plants A DNA fragment for directing the expression of foreign or endogenous genes or RNA in cells of monocot plants. The fragment comprises a sequence corresponding to a first part of a putative type I starch branching enzyme gene (wbeI) present in wheat and a 5... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5866792 | Plant-derived enzyme and DNA sequences and uses thereof The chemically-inducible 27 kD subunit of the enzyme glutathione-S-transferase, isoform II (GST-II-27) and sequences encoding it are provided. In particular, a genomic DNA sequence encoding the gene promoter for the GST-II-27 subunit is provided. Then lin... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5866775 | Glyphosate-tolerant 5-enolpyruvyl-3-phosphoshikimate synthases Glyphosate-tolerant 5-enolpyruvyl-3-phosphoshikimate (EPSP) synthases, DNA encoding glyphsate-tolerant EPSP synthases, plant genes encoding the glyphosate-tolerant enzymes, plant transformation vectors containing the genes, transformed plant cells and dif... | 02/02/1999 |
| 5861542 | Gene controlling floral development and apical dominance in plants The present invention provides compositions and methods for affecting the transition from vegetative to reproductive growth in a wide variety of plants. A MADS-box gene from rice, OsMADS1, has been isolated and sequenced. Expression of OsMADS1 in transgen... | 01/19/1999 |
| 5859341 | Nucleotide sequences mediating fertility and method of using same Fertility in a plant is controlled by inactivating a gene critical to fertility, and inserting into the plant the criticial gene linked to an inducible promoter.... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5859351 | Prf protein and nucleic acid sequences: compositions and methods for plant pathogen resistance The Prf gene of tomato has been cloned and analyzed. Prf encodes a protein with leucine-rich repeat, nucleotide binding, and leucine zipper motifs, identifying it as a member of the resistance gene class that includes RPS2, RPM1, N and L6. When expressed ... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5859347 | Enhanced expression in plants This invention provides HSP70 introns that when present in a non-translated leader of a chimeric gene enhance expression in plants.... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5859331 | Modular promoter construct A modular promoter construct is described which possesses a promoter which is active in plant cells and a DNA sequence from exon 1 of the rice actin 1 gene. This modular promoter construct gives rise, where appropriate together with additional regulatory ... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5859335 | Enhanced biotin biosynthesis in plant tissue The present invention reveals that biotin biosynthesis in a plant is enhanced when the level of one or more of the enzymes in the plant biotin biosynthetic pathway is increased. Based upon this revelation methods which increase the level of one or more bi... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5850020 | Materials and method for the modification of plant lignin content Novel isolated DNA sequences associated with the lignin biosynthetic pathway are provided, together with DNA constructs including such sequences. Methods for the modulation of lignin content in plants are also disclosed, the methods comprising incorporati... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5850024 | Reduction of endogenous seed protein levels in plants A plant seed and method of producing the same, genetically modified to express a preselected protein, the expression of which reduces the level of an endogenous protein in the seed. In particular, expression of a sulfur-rich, seed storage protein reduces ... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5850026 | Canola oil having increased oleic acid and decreased linolenic acid content An endogenous oil extracted from Brassica seeds is disclosed that contains, after crushing and extraction, greater than 86% oleic acid and less than 2.5% -linolenic acid. The oil also contains less than 7% linoleic acid. The Brassica seeds are prod... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5846767 | Expression of self processing polyproteins in transgenic plants A method for the expression of multiple proteins in a transgenic plant comprising inserting into the genome of the plant a gene construct comprising a 5'-region which includes a promoter which is capable of initiating transcription of a structural gene un... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5824524 | Nucleotide sequences mediating fertility and method of using same Fertility in a plant is controlled by inactivating a gene critical to fertility, and inserting into the plant the criticial gene linked to an inducible promoter.... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5824872 | A constitutive promoter from tobacco T-DNA tagging with a promoterless ଲ-glucuronidase (GUS) gene generated a transgenic Nicotiana tabacum plant that expressed GUS activity constitutively. The gene fusion has been cloned and sequenced. It has been re-inserted into N. tabacum by Agrobac... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5824856 | Process for production of exogenous gene or its product in plant cells A process for production of an exogenous gene or its product in a plant cell which comprises: inserting into a genome of plant, i) cDNA of replicase gene from an RNA plant virus, and ii) cDNA of a recombinant virus genomic RNA in which coat protein gene is wholly o... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5811653 | Viral amplification of recombinant messenger RNA in transgenic plants A novel method of over expressing genes in plants is provided. This method is based on the RNA amplification properties of plus strand RNA viruses of plants. A chimeric multicistronic gene is constructed containing a plant promoter, viral replication orig... | 09/22/1998 |
| 5750866 | AHAS promoter useful for expression of introduced genes in plants The present invention is directed to isolated non-coding nucleotide sequences useful as promoters for heterologous gene expression in plants. The present invention is also directed to vectors and plant cells comprising the isolated nucleotide sequences. A... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5744693 | Plants having altered floral development The invention includes plants having at least one cell transformed with a vector comprising at least a portion of an agamous nucleic acid. Such plants have a phenotype characterized by altered floral development such as an AG or AP2 phenotype. The inventi... | 04/28/1998 |
| 5731180 | Imidazolinone resistant AHAS mutants The present invention relates to monocot genes encoding a mutant AHAS enzyme that is specifically resistant to imidazolinone herbicides. Exemplary of these genes are corn DNA sequences which encode an amino acid substitution at position 621 of the wild-ty... | 03/24/1998 |
| 5723752 | Cloning and developmental expression of pea ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase large subunit N-methyltransferase The gene sequence for ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase (Rubisco) large subunit (LS) &3xb5;N-methyltransferase (protein methylase III or Rubisco LSMT) is disclosed. This enzyme catalyzes methylation of the &3xb5;-amine of lysine-14 in the la... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5718079 | Herbicide resistance in plants This invention is directed to the production of plants, plant tissues and seeds which are resistant to inhibition by an herbicide which normally inhibits the growth and development of those plants, plant tissues and plant seeds. In particular this inventi... | 02/17/1998 |
| 5716837 | 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... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5668294 | Metal resistance sequences and transgenic plants The present invention provides nucleic acid sequences encoding a metal ion resistance protein, which are expressible in plant cells. The metal resistance protein provides for the enzymatic reduction of metal ions including by not limited to divalent Cu, d... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5639950 | Nucleotide sequence encoding for bifunctional enzyme for proline production The invention is directed to the production of plants containing a cDNA clone encoding a bifunctional enzyme, delta1 -pyrroline-5-carboxylate synthetase, hereinafter P5CS, with both gamma-glutamyl kinase and glutamic-gamma-semialdehyde dehydrog... | 06/17/1997 |
| 5633437 | Gene exhibiting resistance to acetolactate synthase inhibitor herbicides The present invention provides a novel gene and enzyme isolated from cocklebur (Xanthium sp.) which confers resistance to several structurally unrelated classes of herbicides in plants, plant tissues and seeds. In particular, the class of herbicides consi... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5627060 | Hybrid RNA virus A recombinant RNA virus is provided allowing encapsidation of genetically engineered viral sequences in heterologous, preferably rod-shaped coat, protein capsids. Since icosahedral viruses are limited in the amount of RNA they can carry, and rod-shaped vi... | 05/06/1997 |
| 5604121 | Proteins with insecticidal properties against homopteran insects and their use in plant protection The invention relates to the use for control of Homopteran insect pests of a protein which has toxic or antimetabolic effects on them. According to the invention there is provided a transgenic plant comprising a gene coding for a protein which has toxic o... | 02/18/1997 |
