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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5620882 | Genetically engineering cotton plants for altered fiber A method of genetically engineering a fiber-producing plant is disclosed. This method first comprises the step of constructing a plant expression vector that comprises a protein coding sequence and a DNA sequence capable of promoting gene expression in fi... | 04/15/1997 |
| 5608148 | Transgenic cotton plants producing heterologous peroxidase A fiber-producing plant comprising in its genome a heterologous genetic construct is disclosed. This genetic construct comprises a fiber-specific promoter and a coding sequence encoding a plant peroxidase. Preferably, the coding sequence is for cotton per... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5602321 | Transgenic cotton plants producing heterologous polyhydroxy(e) butyrate bioplastic A fiber-producing plant comprising in its genome a heterologous genetic construct is disclosed. This genetic construct comprises a fiber-specific promoter and a coding sequence selected from the group consisting of sequences encoding bioplastic-producing ... | 02/11/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5589619 | Process and composition for increasing squalene and sterol accumulation in higher plants A process of increasing squalene and sterol accumulation in a transgenic plant by increasing the amount of a gene encoding a polypeptide having HMG-CoA reductase activity is disclosed. The amount is preferably increased by transforming plant cells with a ... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5530185 | Use of ovary-tissue transcriptional factors Novel DNA constructs are provided which may be used as molecular probes or inserted into a plant host to provide for modification of transcription of a DNA sequence of interest in ovary tissue, particularly in very early fruit development. The DNA constru... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5516979 | Cotton hybrid An heterozygous tetraploid first generation (F1) cotton hybrid wherein only one parent bears the dominant alleles of the gene N1, and that parent is homozygous for N1, and the other parent has greater than 25% lint percent.... | 05/14/1996 |
| 5500361 | ଲ-ketoacyl-ACP synthetase II genes from plants The preparation and use of nucleic acid fragments encoding ଲ-ketoacyl-ACP synthetase II enzyme or its precursor to modify plant oil composition are described. Chimeric genes incorporating such nucleic acid fragments and suitable regulatory sequences... | 03/19/1996 |
| 5496623 | Naturally flame resistant cotton fiber Naturally flame resistant cotton fiber is provided. The naturally flame resistant cotton fiber of the present invention is used to produce fabric that complies with flammability safety regulations without application of a flame retardant chemical, or with... | 03/05/1996 |
| 5495070 | Genetically engineering cotton plants for altered fiber A method of genetically engineering a fiber-producing plant is disclosed. This method first comprises the step of constructing a plant expression vector that comprises a protein coding sequence and a DNA sequence capable of promoting gene expression in fi... | 02/27/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5365017 | Method and composition for increasing sterol accumulation in higher plants A method of increasing sterol accumulation in a plant by increasing the copy number of a gene encoding a polypeptide having HMG-CoA reductase activity is disclosed. The copy number is preferably increased by transforming plants with a recombinant DNA mole... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5349126 | Process and composition for increasing squalene and sterol accumulation in higher plants A process of increasing squalene and sterol accumulation in a transgenic plant by increasing the amount of a gene encoding a polypeptide having HMG-CoA reductase activity is disclosed. The amount is preferably increased by transforming plant cells with a ... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5306862 | Method and composition for increasing sterol accumulation in higher plants A method of increasing sterol accumulation in a plant by increasing the copy number of a gene encoding a polypeptide having HMG-CoA reductase activity is disclosed. The copy number is preferably increased by transforming plants with a recombinant DNA mole... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5278057 | Transformation of plants to introduce closely linked markers A novel method of producing a plant with a marker closely linked to a target locus, in particular a nuclear male sterile target locus, is described. The method involves transformation of a group of plants in order to introduce a marker into each plant, an... | 01/11/1994 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5038518 | Process for the economical production of seeds capable of growing F1 hybrid cotton An improved overall process is provided which makes possible the reliable production of seeds capable of growing F1 hybrid cotton plants on an economically advantageous basis. A cotton planting area is selected which is suitable for habitation ... | 08/13/1991 |
| 5004863 | 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... | 04/02/1991 |
| 4570380 | Route to hybrid cotton production An improved procedure utilizing a cytoplasmic-genetic male sterile system for forming F1 hybrid cottonseeds (i.e., seeds capable of forming hybrid cotton plants of the first filial generation) is provided which is readily amenable to the determ... | 02/18/1986 |
