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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6646183 | DNA encoding for a disease resistance gene from common bean and methods of use The present invention provides novel purified and isolated nucleic acid sequences associated with disease resistance and tolerance in plants. Methods of using the nucleic acid sequences to confer disease resistance and tolerance to plants are also provide... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6573428 | Soybean promoter expressed preferentially in pods This application discloses the tissue-specific transcription regulatory sequences from the soybean Msg, gene, which is highly expressed in tissues which are potential sites of entry of plant pathogens or attack by plant pests, including the developing soy... | 06/03/2003 |
| 6486383 | Modification of starch content in plants The present invention relates to a transgenic plant which comprises a recombinant gene encoding one of the subunit proteins of adenosine diphosphoglucose pyrophosphorylase ("ADPG PPase"). In plants, functional ADPG PPase holoenzyme is a heterotetrameric p... | 11/26/2002 |
| 6479735 | Transgenic plants including a transgene consisting of a hybrid nucleic acid sequence, comprising at least one unedited mitochondrial gene fragment from higher plants and process for producing them Hybrid nucleic acid sequences including at least the coding region of an unedited mitochondrial gene of superior plants and controlling the male fertility of plants containing said sequences, transgenic plants having such sequences and methods of producti... | 11/12/2002 |
| 6452073 | Garden bean named 208996 A novel garden bean cultivar, designated 208996, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of garden bean cultivar 208996, to the plants of garden bean 208996 and to methods for producing a garden bean plant produced by crossing the cultivar 208996... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6441273 | Constitutive and inducible promoters from coffee plants The present invention relates to the isolation of two DNA promoters from a coffee plant. The isolated promoters, one inducible and one constitutive, are capable of inducing the expression of a second DNA operably linked to the promoter. The present invent... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6433251 | Promoter regulating circadian clock function and photoperiodism Nucleic acid molecules that encode a plant promoter involved in photoperiodism and circadian rhythms are disclosed. These molecules may be introduced into plants in order to alter the photoperiodic and/or circadian clock-based gene expression of the plant... | 08/13/2002 |
| 6410826 | Reduction of lignin biosynthesis in transgenic plants The present invention provides methods of selectively controlling lignin biosynthesis in plants such that lignification is reduced or enhanced, as desired. The invention provides, for example, a method of reducing lignification in a vascular plant by ecto... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6323393 | Enhancer-increased gene expression in plants The invention provides enhancers for one or more gene promoters, which enhancers are nucleotide sequences rich in A and T bases, the total amount of A and T bases comprising more than 50% of the nucleotide sequence. Particular sequences are identified fro... | 11/27/2001 |
| 6307127 | Transformation of guar The invention relates to a method for the transformation of legumes of the genus Cyamopsis, in particular Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of guar (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba), by introducing a recombinant DNA sequence into at least one cell or protopla... | 10/23/2001 |
| 6303846 | Gene encoding oxalate decarboxylase from aspergillus phoenices A novel nucleic acid sequence encoding Aspergillus phoenices oxalate decarboxylase (APOXD) has been determined, as well as the encoded amino acid sequence. The gene and its encoded protein are useful in degrading oxalate, in diagnostic assays of oxalate, ... | 10/16/2001 |
| 6297425 | Gene encoding oxalate decarboxylase from aspergillus phoenices A novel nucleic acid sequence encoding Aspergillus phoenices oxalate decarboxylase (APOXD) has been determined, as well as the encoded amino acid sequence. The gene and its encoded protein are useful in degrading oxalate, in diagnostic assays of oxalate, ... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6288304 | Expression of somatotropin in plant seeds The present invention provides a method of preparing somatotropins in plants and transgenic plant seeds containing somatotropins. The method provides an economical way to produce somatotropins.... | 09/11/2001 |
| 6262343 | BS2 resistance gene Nucleic acid molecules (cDNAs and genes) that confer resistance to the plant pathogen Xanthomonas campestris are disclosed. These molecules may be introduced into plants that are otherwise susceptible to infection by this bacterium in order to enhance res... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6235974 | Hypersensitive response induced resistance in plants by seed treatment with a hypersensitive response elicitor The present invention relates to a method of imparting pathogen resistance to plants. This involves applying a hypersensitive response elicitor polypeptide or protein in a non-infectious form to a plant seed under conditions where the polypeptide or prote... | 05/22/2001 |
| 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 |
| 6225531 | Glucan elicitor receptor, DNA molecule coding therefor, fungus-resistant plants transformed with the DNA molecule and method for creating the plants A glucan elicitor receptor having an amino acid sequence as substantially shown in SEQ ID NO:1; DNA molecules containing nucleotide sequences coding for a glucan elicitor receptor having an amino acid sequence as substantially shown in SEQ ID NO:1, or fra... | 05/01/2001 |
| 6211444 | Garden bean named `10417` A novel garden bean cultivar, designated `10417`, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of garden bean cultivar `10417`, to the plants of garden bean `10417` and to methods for producing a garden bean plant produced by crossing the cultivar `10... | 04/03/2001 |
| 6201170 | Garden bean named 206999 A novel garden bean cultivar, designated `206999`, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of garden bean cultivar `206999`, to the plants of garden bean `206999` and to methods for producing a garden bean plant produced by crossing the cultivar ... | 03/13/2001 |
| 6194201 | Expression system for anaerobic gene expression in higher plants The present invention relates to an expression system for anaerobic gene expression in higher plants. The expression system comprises the promoter GapC4 or a fragment or variant and a gene to be expressed. A concrete field of application of the present in... | 02/27/2001 |
| 6160202 | Modification of seed crops with transcription factors The present invention relates to an isolated transcription factor gene which is expressed in a maturing dicot seed and which encodes a transcription factor protein which targets a promoter of a gene encoding seed storage proteins. One group of such genes ... | 12/12/2000 |
| 6127607 | Plant resistance gene family encoding resistance polypeptides having P-loop and LRR motifs Disclosed is a new plant resistance gene family, the members of which encode plant resistance polypeptides having P-loop and LRR structural motifs. Also disclosed are substantially pure plant DNAs encoding such polypeptides. The invention further involves... | 10/03/2000 |
| 6118048 | Trans-dominant inhibition of geminiviral DNA replication by geminivirus rep gene mutants A genetic construct comprising a trans-dominant inhibitor of geminiviral replication is disclosed. When expressed in a plant cell, this inhibitor is able to dramatically reduce replication of geminivirus. Genetic constructs that include sequences containi... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6096945 | Modification of starch content in plants A method of increasing the activity of adenosine diphosphoglucose pyrophosphorylase (ADPG PPase) in a plant that produces a functional ADPG PPase, comprising introducing into the plant a gene encoding one of the subunit proteins of a heterotetrameric ADPG... | 08/01/2000 |
| 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 |
| 6069299 | Fungus and insect control with chitinolytic enzymes The present invention relates to chitinolytic enzymes which have chitinolytic activity under alkaline conditions as well as DNA molecules encoding these enzymes and expression systems, host cells, and transgenic plants and plant seeds transformed with suc... | 05/30/2000 |
| 6040503 | Bean-nut popping beans A bean plant of the species Phaseolus vulgaris which exhibits the phenotypic characteristics of early maturity, bush type growth habit, synchronous fruiting, photoperiod insensitivity, and which produces a popping bean.... | 03/21/2000 |
| 6028251 | Method of producing electrolyte-enriched plant embryos The invention relates to plant embryos having an increased electrolyte content as compared to embryos germinated in tap water, as well as to a method of producing these plant embryos, wherein germinative seeds are germinated in an electrolyte solution.... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6028250 | Plant promoter and method for gene expression using said promoter A plant promoter capable of inducing the expression specifically at the site and stage wherein the reconstitution of plant cell wall xyloglucan is necessary, namely, a plant promoter originating in a gene which encodes an endo-xyloglucan transferase or a ... | 02/22/2000 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5894079 | Field bean cultivar named enola This invention relates to a new field bean variety that produces distinctly colored yellow seed which remain relatively unchanged by season. The invention also relates to a method for producing a field bean plant by crossing a first parent field bean plan... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5792920 | Plants with altered ability to synthesize starch and process for obtaining them Plants, particularly cereal plants, which have altered ability to synthesise starch are produced by inserting into the genome of the plant a gene encoding an enzyme of the starch biosynthetic pathway such that capacity to produce starch is improved or red... | 08/11/1998 |
| 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 |
| 5557036 | Dark red kidney bean variety and method of production A variety of dark red kidney beans, having the characteristics of an upright plant structure of at least 55 cm tall; a medium to large bean seed size, a bean seed total yield weight per plant of at least 45 grams; resistance to root rot disease; strong to... | 09/17/1996 |
| 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 |
| 4769512 | Bean plant having low pod detachment force A novel plant genotype characterized by the expression of a low pod detachment force in Phaseolus. The seed which carries the genetic code for this characteristic is capable of germinating into a plant having a mean pod detachment force (PDF) of about 0.5... | 09/06/1988 |