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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5824868 | Plants having modified response to ethylene The invention includes transformed plants having at least one cell transformed with a modified ETR nucleic acid. Such plants have a phenotype characterized by a decrease in the response of at least one transformed plant cell to ethylene as compared to a p... | 10/20/1998 |
| 5773692 | Anti-sense RNA for CAB transcript to reduce chlorophyll content in plants The initial steps in photosynthesis are the conversion of light energy into chemical energy. This conversion is performed by the multisubunit protein-pigment complexes of the thylakoid membranes. Oxygen-evolving photosystems contain photosystem I (PSI) an... | 06/30/1998 |
| 5767364 | Endo-1,4-beta-D-glucanase A sequence encoding an enzyme having a xyloglucan-specific endo-(1-4)-beta-D-glucanase activity, and functional equivalents thereof, is disclosed. Also disclosed are vectors comprising such sequences, and transgenic plants into which such sequences have b... | 06/16/1998 |
| 5759829 | Antisense regulation of gene expression in plant cells Regulation of expression of genes encoded for in plant cell genomes is achieved by integration of a gene under the transcriptional control of a promoter which is functional in the host and in which the transcribed strand of DNA is complementary to the str... | 06/02/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5741684 | Molecular methods of hybrid seed production A process is described for producing fertile hybrid seed or hybrid seed comprising fertile and sterile seed using male-sterile plants created by employing molecular techniques to manipulate anti-sense gene and other genes that are capable of controlling t... | 04/21/1998 |
| 5728558 | Molecular methods of hybrid seed production A process is described for producing fertile hybrid seed or hybrid seed comprising fertile and sterile seed using male-sterile plants created by employing molecular techniques to manipulate anti-sense gene and other genes that are capable of controlling t... | 03/17/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5723766 | Control of fruit ripening through genetic control of ACC synthase synthesis ACC synthases of higher plants are coded by multigene families; only certain members of these families are responsible for various plant development characteristics effected by ethylene. Control of the processes in plants which are mediated by ACC synthas... | 03/03/1998 |
| 5689039 | Plant peptide transport gene A plant peptide transport gene and its nucleotide sequence are disclosed. The gene may be used to confer herbicide resistance to plants, and to render plants resistant to insect pests. The invention also relates to plants that possess non-naturally occurr... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5658773 | Tomato acid invertase gene The present invention relates generally to methods for modifying the sucrose content of fruit. In particular, it relates to methods for increasing fruit sucrose content by inhibiting the expression of acid invertase. Additionally, it relates to methods fo... | 08/19/1997 |
| 5608145 | High-affinity potassium uptake transporter from higher plants The present invention provides polynucleotide sequences encoding high affinity potassium uptake transporters. The polynucleotides of the invention can be used to modulate alkali metal uptake in plants and other organisms.... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5597718 | Genetically engineering cotton plants for altered fiber A method is disclosed which describes the identification of cDNA clones useful for identifying fiber genes in cotton. The cDNA clones are useful in developing corresponding genomic clones from fiber producing plants to enable genetic engineering of cotton... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5585545 | Endo-1,4-ଲ-glucanase genes and their use in plants The present invention provides a method for reducing fruit softening and cell wall polysaccharide degradation by inhibiting endo-1,4-ଲ-glucanase activity using antisense nucleic acid constructions.... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5585543 | Alteration of plant self-compatibility using genetic manipulation of the S-genes A method for altering self-compatibility/self-incompatibility in flowering plants is presented. The method comprises manipulation of the plant genome and production of the transonic plants. Abolishment of self-incompatibility was achieved by inserting int... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5569831 | Transgenic tomato plants with altered polygalacturonase isoforms Methods of creating transgenic tomatoes containing a lowered level of polygalacturonase isoform 1 are disclosed. The isolation of a DNA sequence encoding the polygalacturonase beta-subunit is disclosed. The beta-subunit sequence can be used to construct b... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5569829 | Transformed tomato plants A method is provided for making fruit (particularly tomatoes) having increased solids content which comprises cultivating fruit-bearing plants in which expression of genes homologous to pTOM36 is at least partially inhibited. For this purpose the fruit ma... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5545815 | Control of fruit ripening in plants The present invention provides novel transgenic plants comprising antisense DNA constructs which inhibit expression of ethylene perception genes. The plants exhibit decreased levels of ethylene-mediated responses, such as fruit ripening.... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5538879 | Expression cassette and plasmids for a guard cell specific expression and their use for the introduction of transgenic plant cells and plants A method of and plasmids for producing specific gene expression in the guard cells of plants. In particular, 5' transcriptional regulatory promoter regions are provided for guard cell specific expression. In addition, methods for preparing an expression c... | 07/23/1996 |
| 5536653 | Tomato fruit promoters Promoters isolated from potato which cause expression of a gene of choice in tomato; tomato plant cells and plants containing them.... | 07/16/1996 |
| 5534660 | Ph genes and their uses The present invention provides compositions and methods for regulating vacuolar pH. Isolated DNA constructs comprising sequences substantially identical to a Ph gene are provided. The methods typically involve introducing the construct into a plant, where... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5516668 | Method for decreasing seed storage proteins and for transforming plants A method for decreasing a seed storage protein in seeds by a genetic engineering method and a method for transforming plants are disclosed. In the method of the present invention, a gene which is a template of a mRNA having a nucleotide sequence complemen... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5478369 | 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. Use of the nucleotide sequences to mediate fertility in plants is also described. In one such method, an inducible promoter is use... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5470359 | Regulatory element conferring tapetum specificity A novel DNA regulatory element that confers anther tapetum-specific gene expression has been discovered, isolated, and characterized. The tapetum-specific regulatory element can be used to control the expression of a foreign gene that disrupts the functio... | 11/28/1995 |
| 5453566 | Antisense regulation of gene expression in plant/cells Regulation of expression of genes encoded for in plant cell genomes is achieved by integration of a gene under the transcriptional control of a promoter which is functional in the host and in which the transcribed strand of DNA is complementary to the str... | 09/26/1995 |
| 5451514 | Modification of lignin synthesis in plants The synthesis of lignin by plants is controlled by transformation of the plant genome with a recombinant gene construct which contains the gene specifying an enzyme critical to the synthesis of a lignin precursor, which gene may be in antisense orientatio... | 09/19/1995 |
| 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 |
| 5356799 | Antisense gene systems of pollination control for hybrid seed production A process is described for producing hybrid seed using male-sterile plants created by employing molecular techniques to manipulate antisense DNA and other genes that are capable of controlling the production of fertile pollen in plants. Transformation tec... | 10/18/1994 |
| 5349125 | Genetic sequences encoding a 3',5'-hydroxylase and uses therefor The present invention relates to a nucleic acid isolate comprising a sequence of nucleotides encoding, or complementary to a sequence encoding, a dihydrokaempferol (DHK) hydroxylating enzyme or derivative or part thereof. The present invention also relate... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5159135 | Genetic engineering of cotton plants and lines A method is disclosed to achieve genetic transformation of cotton plants and lines. Immature cotton tissues are genetically transformed in vitro, by Agrobacterium-mediated genetic transformation. The resultant cotton tissues are subjected to a selection a... | 10/27/1992 |
