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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6228644 | Hypersensitive response elicitor from Erwinia amylovora, its use, and encoding gene The present invention is directed to an isolated protein or polypeptide which elicits a hypersensitive response in plants as well as an isolated DNA molecule which encodes the hypersensitive response eliciting protein or polypeptide. This isolated protein... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6229067 | Leaf-specific gene expression in transgenetic plants The present invention relates to promoters which cause, in plants, permanent leaf-specific expression of an encoding nucleotide sequence under the control of said promoters, for example a sequence which imparts resistance or an increase in the photosynthe... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6194638 | Alteration of hemicellulose concentration in plants The invention provides isolated Rgp nucleic acids and their encoded proteins. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering RGP levels in plants. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells, t... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6160201 | Lettuce infectious yellows virus genes The present invention provides an isolated nucleic acid which contains a nucleotide sequence which encodes at least one of five LIYV proteins: the coat protein, the heat shock protein-70, RNA polymerase, the protein encoded by the gene positioned at ORF 3... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6153811 | Method for reduction of transgene copy number The present invention provides methods for the efficient production of transformants with low transgene copy numbers. In the method, the average transgene copy number of transformants is decreased through methods which are believed to limit the interactio... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6091004 | Gene encoding a protein involved in the signal transduction cascade leading to systemic acquired resistance in plants The invention concerns the location and characterization of a gene (designated NIM1) that is a key component of the SAR pathway and that in connection with chemical and biological inducers enables induction of SAR gene expression and broad spectrum diseas... | 07/18/2000 |
| 6087560 | Transgenic fungal resistant plants expressing chitinase and glucanase, process for obtaining, and recombinant polynucleotides for uses therein Plants are provided with improved resistance against pathogenic fungi. They are genetically transformed with one or more polynucleotides which essentially comprise one or more genes encoding plant chitinases and ଲ-1,3-glucanases. Preferred are the i... | 07/11/2000 |
| 6046382 | Plants with modified flowers A plant, the nuclear genome of which is transformed with a foreign DNA sequence encoding a product which neutralizes the activity of another product which disrupts the metabolism, functioning and/or development selectively of the plant's flower cells, par... | 04/04/2000 |
| 5998700 | Plants containing a bacterial Gdha gene and methods of use thereof Plant nitrogen metabolism in corn and tobacco has been altered by transformation with a highly active assimilatory glutamate dehydrogenase gene. Plants containing the gdhA gene are resistant to phosphinothricin herbicides (PPT) which can include glufosina... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5986172 | Rice NADH-dependent reductase, gene therefor, and use thereof The present invention relates to a rice NADH-dependent reductase gene or variant thereof, to a rice NADH-dependent reductase or analog thereof, to DNA or expression vector comprising the gene or variant thereof and capable of expressing it in microorganis... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5977443 | Aphid resistance in composites A plant in the Compositae family in which the Nr gene, for resistance to Nasonovia ribisnigri (a troublesome lettuce aphid) is present without any associated genetic information responsible for "Compact growth and Rapid Aging," or CRA, at least to the ext... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5973232 | Lactuca sativa cultivar exhibiting resistance to downy mildew and corky root rot The present invention relates to a new crisphead Lactuca sativa cultivar, designated Sharp Shooter, which exhibits resistance to downy mildew pathotypes I, IIA, III, and IV and corky root rot pathotype CA1, a color of 146A according to The R.H.S. Colour C... | 10/26/1999 |
| 5945579 | Modification of crop plant architecture to enhance yield by causing proximity-conditional dwarfing to control shade avoidance reactions Provided are trnasgenic plants comprising cells transformed or transfected with a recombinant DNA construct containing a coding sequence which encodes phytochrome A, which when expressed, causes the stimulation of phytochrome A and confers upon said plant... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5898096 | Plant promoter A plant promoter that is a nucleic acid region located upstream of the 5' end of a plant DNA structural coding sequence that is transcribed at high levels in meristematic tissue and/or rapidly dividing cells. This promoter region is capable of conferring ... | 04/27/1999 |
| 5850019 | Promoter (FLt) for the full-length transcript of peanut chlorotic streak caulimovirus (PCLSV) and expression of chimeric genes in plants The isolation, modification and use of wild-type and modified viral FLt promoters of peanut chlorotic streak caulimovirus (PClSV) in the expression of chimeric genes in plant cells. The FLt promoter from PClSV has been modified to have duplicated enhancer... | 12/15/1998 |
| 5739409 | Endogenously sweetened transgenic plant products Edible fruit, seed and vegetables of transgenic plants modified to produce a sweetening protein such as monellin or thaumatin are useful in preparing food compositions which have enhanced sweetness improved flavor. Expression systems for the genes encodin... | 04/14/1998 |
| 5702933 | Control of fruit ripening and senescence in plants A method for controlling the ripening of fruits and vegetables as well as a method for controlling senescence of plant tissue is described. The method generally embraces the expression of an ACC metabolizing enzyme in the fruit or other desired plant tiss... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5689041 | Plants modified with barstar for fertility restoration A plant, the nuclear genome of which is transformed with a first foreign DNA sequence. The first foreign DNA sequence comprises a fertility-restorer DNA which encodes a first RNA, a protein or polypeptide that can inactivate a second RNA, protein or polyp... | 11/18/1997 |
| 5684226 | Multiple disease resistance in lettuce This invention provides for multiple pathogen resistant varieties of lettuce, Lactuca sativa. The varieties of this invention have a combined resistance to lettuce mosaic virus isolate Common, resistance to downy mildew pathotype I, resistance to corky ro... | 11/04/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5589583 | Plant promoter A plant promoter that is a nucleic acid region located upstream of the 5' end of a plant DNA structural coding sequence that is transcribed at high levels in meristematic tissue and/or rapidly dividing cells. This promoter region is capable of conferring ... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5569833 | Method for enhancing the earliness of a plant and/or lowering the content of nitrates stored in the plant A method for enhancing plant precocity and/or reducing stored nitrate content of a plant, wherein an over-expression of nitrate reductase is induced in the plant so as to induce an over-expression of nitrate reductase activity therein.... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5530190 | DNA constructs containing the gene for ACC Oxidase, cells and plants derived therefrom DNA constructs which inhibit ethylene production in plants comprise a transcriptional initiation region operative in plants for transcribing a DNA sequence encoding an RNA sequence (which may be inverted) complementary to a substantial run of bases showin... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5268526 | Overexpression of phytochrome in transgenic plants The preparation of an uninterrupted coding sequence for phytochrome polypeptide, and its incorporation in a recombinant DNA construct containing a constitutive promoter and/or enhancer to transform plants to cause overexpression of phytochrome is describe... | 12/07/1993 |
| 5234834 | Constructs for expression of monellin in plant cells Edible fruit, seed and vegetables of transgenic plants modified to produce a sweetening protein such as monellin or thaumatin are useful in preparing food compositions which have enhanced sweetness improved flavor. Expression systems for the genes encodin... | 08/10/1993 |
| 5220113 | Lettuce cultivar bud 71-3 A lettuce cultivar of the Vanguard-group is disclosed which has heads having a mean diameter of 14 cm with medium green, glossy leaves, which is highly resistant to corky root rot and which is adapted to summer planting in mineral soils in summer cool reg... | 06/15/1993 |
