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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5516671 | Method of controlling plant pathogens Plants can be transformed to express glucose oxidase from Aspergillus sp. and be made resistant to bacterial and fungal pathogens. Optionally, the plants may also express invertase to increase the available glucose as a substrate for enzymatic activity.... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5514570 | Squash mosaic virus genes and plants transformed therewith Squash mosaic virus coat protein genes are disclosed. Expression vectors containing squash mosaic virus coat protein genes are disclosed. Transgenic plants that contain squash mosaic virus coat protein genes and that are resistant to infection by squash m... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5510253 | Plants resistant to infection by PLRV An isolated DNA sequence which codes for a PLRV replicase gene is disclosed herein. A method for providing resistance to infection by a virus by expressing a replicase gene in plants is also disclosed, as are transgenic potato plants and tubers containing... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5503999 | Virus resistant plants An isolated DNA sequence which codes for a potyvirus replicase gene is disclosed herein. A method for providing resistance to infection by a virus by expressing a replicase gene in plants is also disclosed. Transgenic potato plants and tubers containing t... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5494813 | Nematode control with proteinase inhibitors The present invention is directed to methods of controlling plant parasitic nematodes using proteinase inhibitors, particularly those in the Bowman-Birk family which includes cowpea trypsin inhibitors. Nematode resistance can be conferred on plants by tra... | 02/27/1996 |
| 5491080 | Plants resistant against plural viruses and method for producing them using as RNase genes This invention relates to a method for producing a plant having resistance against RNA viruses by integrating a DNA sequence, which encodes a protein having an enzyme activity specifically breaking down a double-strand RNA, into a chromosome of a plant an... | 02/13/1996 |
| 5460963 | Plants transformed with a DNA sequence from Bacillus thuringiensis lethal to Lepidoptera A plant cell transformed with all or part of a Bacillus thuringiensis gene coding for either a 130 or 132 kDa protoxin against Lepidoptera, preferably with a part of the gene coding just for the respective 62 or 60 kDa trypsin-digestion product of the pro... | 10/24/1995 |
| 5436392 | Transgenic plants expressing M. sexta protease inhibitor This invention relates to a protease inhibitor of the insect Manduca sexta, its purification, cloning of a DNA sequence encoding the inhibitor, modifications to change inhibitor specificity, transgenic plants carrying and expressing said DNA sequence and ... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5384253 | Genetic transformation of maize cells by electroporation of cells pretreated with pectin degrading enzymes The present invention provides a method to increase the susceptibility of cultured Zea mays cells to stable transformation with recombinant DNA via electroporation, by pretreating the Zea mays cells with certain pectin-degrading enzymes, so that the cells... | 01/24/1995 |
| 5376543 | Agrobacterium mediated transformation of germinating plant seeds A non-tissue culture process using Agrobacterium-mediated vectors to produce transgenic plants from seeds of such plants as the common bean and soybean.... | 12/27/1994 |
| 5349122 | Use of lysozyme gene structures in plants to increase resistance A method for increasing the resistance of a plant to fungi and animal pests comprising introducing into the genome of the plant one or more lysozyme gene structures which express lysozyme, the lysozyme gene structure comprises a chimeric gene fusion of th... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5306863 | Transformed plant which expresses an insecticidally effective amount of a Bowman-Birk tryspin inhibitor from Vigna unguiculata in leaves, stems or roots, and a method for the production thereof The invention relates to a recombinant DNA molecule which comprises a structural gene coding for a trypsin inhibitor, in particular a trypsin inhibitor from a legume, more particularly from Vigna unguiculata (cowpea trypsin inhibitor or CpTI), or for a pr... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5290687 | Chitinase-producing bacteria and plants Novel bacteria strains and plants are described which produce and secrete chitinase and other proteins as the result of the introduction of foreign DNA linked to a sequence encoding chitinase, an enzyme capable of degrading chitin present in fungi and nem... | 03/01/1994 |
| 5185253 | Virus resistant plants Transgenic plants are disclosed which are resistant to virus infection by Potato Virus X and Potato Virus Y. Plant genes and transformation vectors are also disclosed. Potato plants, for example, Russet Burbank variety, are made resistant to dual infectio... | 02/09/1993 |
| 5175102 | Modification of plant viruses or their effects The invention relates to a method of modifying a plant virus or its effects, which comprises incorporating genetic material into a plant and infecting said plant with a plant virus, whereby expression of the incorporated genetic material modifies the plan... | 12/29/1992 |
| 4940840 | Novel chitinase-producing bacteria and plants Novel bacteria strains are decribed which are created by the introduction of DNA encoding for the production of chitinase, an enzyme capable of degrading chitin present in fungi and nematodes. The strains have utility in producing chitinase for the purpos... | 07/10/1990 |
