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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5650555 | Transgenic plants producing polyhydroxyalkanoates The present invention relates to transgenic plants which produce poly-beta-D-hydroxybutyric acid (PHB) and related polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHA). The production of PHB is accomplished by genetically transforming the plants with modified genes from microorga... | 07/22/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5633446 | Modified Bacillus thuringiensis insecticidal-crystal protein genes and their expression in plant cells A DNA fragment, encoding all or an insecticidally-effective part of a Bt crystal protein, is modified by changing A and T sequences to corresponding G and C sequences encoding the same amino acids.... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5608146 | DNA sequences with oligosaccharide transporter, plasmids, bacteria and plants containing a transporter as well as a process for the preparation and transformation of yeast strains for identification of the transporter There are described DNA sequences, that contain the coding region of an oligosaccharide transporter, whose introduction in a plant genome modifies the formation and transfer of storage materials in transgenic plants, plasmids, bacteria and plants containi... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5589622 | Plant parasitic nematode control A method of controlling nematodes, the method includes the steps of identification of a gene induced within a successfully infected plant by nematode infection of said plant and modifying the gene to confer nematode resistance to the plant.... | 12/31/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5569832 | Genetic sequences encoding flavonoid pathway enzymes 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... | 10/29/1996 |
| 5559223 | Synthetic storage proteins with defined structure containing programmable levels of essential amino acids for improvement of the nutritional value of plants There is provided synthetic nucleic acid fragments for the altered expression of selected nutritionally-important proteins in plants. These nucleic acid fragments may be used to transform plants, particularly crop plants, to increase the lysine and methio... | 09/24/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5498832 | Potato -amylase genes -Amylase, an enzyme that hydrolyses starch, can be found in all plants. The modification of potato starch production, in particular, is important in the preparation of various found products. The present invention discloses nucleotide sequences of ... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5498533 | Control of growth and development of potato plants A method of controlling growth and development of plants is provided herein. More particularly, a method of controlling growth and development of potato plants by increasing or decreasing the expression of a gene encoding calmodulin is set forth. Transgen... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5436393 | Potato tuber specific transcriptional regulation There is described a new DNA sequence of an expression cassette on which the potato tuber specific regulatory regions are localised as well as the transfer of this DNA sequence into the plant genome using agrobacteria as transfer micro-organisms. The DNA ... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5436394 | Plasmid for the preparation of transgenic plants with a change in habit and yield There is disclosed plasmids for the preparation of transgenic plants, as well as the plants, that are modified through the transfer and the expression of genes influencing the sugar metabolism or the sugar partitioning within a plant, which are localised ... | 07/25/1995 |
| 5434342 | Potato cultivar A novel potato cultivar of the genus and species Solanum tuberosum, Group Tuberosum, having moderately green foliage, vigorous vine growth and white flowers, having tubers characterized by a white flesh color, white tuber skin color, a relatively high spe... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5434345 | Potato variety ND671-4RUSS The new potato variety Solanum tuberosum ND671-4RUSS is a cross of Wash.330 and ND9567-2RUSS. It was first grown at the horticulture greenhouse on the campus of North Dakota State University. The new variety produces tubers that are oblong, smooth, and un... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5434343 | Potato variety `ND1538-1Russ` The new potato variety Solanum tuberosum is a cross of a Lemhi and a ND450-3Russ. It was first grown at the Langdon Experiment Station, North Dakota. The new variety produces tubers that are long, smooth, and uniform with shallow eyes and dark brown skin ... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5428146 | Wound-stimulated DNA-sequence from solanum tuberosum and its use The invention relates to wound-stimulated DNA from Solanum tuberosum as well as parts thereof, their use for the development of gene products in higher plants using wounding or pathogen attack, DNA-transfer vectors containing these, and plants or plant po... | 06/27/1995 |
| 5387756 | Modification of plant metabolism A transgenic plant is prepared by a method in which a plant cell is transformed with a chimaeric gene comprising a promoter and a gene encoding a polypeptide which displays the activity of an enzyme which regulates the amount of a metabolic intermediate i... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5365016 | Modification of starch production A process is provided whereby the constitution of starch produced in a plant is altered without there being a substantial change in the total amount of starch which is produced. In the process a plant cell is transformed using a chimaeric gene comprising ... | 11/15/1994 |
| 5349123 | Glycogen biosynthetic enzymes in plants This invention relates to glycogen biosynthesis enzymes in plants. In particular, this invention is directed to plant cells having a DNA sequence encoding a glycogen biosynthesis enzyme integrated in its genome as the result of genetic engineering. Cells ... | 09/20/1994 |
| 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 |
| 5047343 | Microtuber propagation of potatoes The production of potatoes by growing a large number of independent shoot axes, each of which will form one or more microtubers, from a single microtuber is disclosed. This system has three interconnected stages: (1) the formation of a microtuber shoot co... | 09/10/1991 |
| 4723052 | Potato variety named LC-1 The new potato variety is classified as having no known parentage. It was discovered in a cultivated field of Butte variety potatoes near Ashton, Id. The new variety produces tubers that mature early and are suitable for fresh market use having high solid... | 02/02/1988 |
| 4696674 | Novel potato cultivar A novel potato cultivar of the genus and species Solanum tuberosum, Group Tuberosum, having dark green foliage, slow but ultimately vigorous vine growth and white flowers, having tubers characterized by a pale yellow flesh color, a relatively high specifi... | 09/29/1987 |
