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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5654414 | Chemically inducible promoter of a cucumber chitinase/lysozyme gene The present invention provides chemically regulatable DNA sequences capable of regulating transcription of an associated DNA sequence in plants or plant tissues, chimeric constructions containing such sequences, vectors containing such sequences and chime... | 08/05/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5650505 | Chemically regulatable and anti-pathogenic DNA sequences and uses thereof The present invention provides chemically regulatable DNA sequences capable of regulating transcription of an associated DNA sequence in plants or plant tissues, chimeric constructions containing such sequences, vectors containing such sequences and chime... | 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 |
| 5637785 | Genetically modified plants having modulated flower development The present invention provides a genetically modified plant and a method for producing such a plant characterized as having modulated flower meristem development. As an illustrative example, the invention provides a genetically modified tobacco plant char... | 06/10/1997 |
| 5635618 | Promoter elements of chimeric genes of -tubulin Regulatory regions from maize -tubulin genes are disclosed. In particular, 5' regulatory regions comprising an upstream regulatory ensemble (URE) from maize -tubulin 1 and 3 genes is useful in tissue specific expression of heterologous genes... | 06/03/1997 |
| 5633439 | Expression of genes in transgenic plants using a cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase gene promoter A gene promoter sequence has been isolated and characterised from the plant gene encoding the enzyme cinnamyl alcohol dehydrogenase (CAD), an enzyme which participates in the biosynthesis of lignins. The promoter may be used to control expression of exoge... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5633449 | Induction of resistance to viral diseases in plants The present invention describes a method for the induction of resistance in a plant host to a RNA or DNA virus pathogenic to the plant which comprises isolating a fragment of viral RNA or DNA associated with the replicase portion of the virus genome, spec... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5633448 | Chimeric gene for the transformation of plants Chimeric gene for conferring to plants an increased tolerance to a herbicide having as its target EPSPS comprises, in the direction of transcription, a promoter region, a transit peptide region, a coding sequence for glyphosate tolerance and a polyandenyl... | 05/27/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5633433 | Rubber particle protein gene from guayule Guayule rubber particles, contain several characteristic proteins. The most abundant of these proteins, the rubber particle protein (RPP) has been shown to be a non-monooxygenase, cytochrome P450, heme-binding protein that is necessary for rubber biosynth... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5633441 | Plants with genetic female sterility The invention concerns female-sterile plants that comprise a foreign DNA incorporated in the nuclear genome of their cells. This foreign DNA first comprises a female-sterility DNA encoding a protein or polypeptide such as barnase which, when produced in t... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5633440 | P119 promoters and their uses This invention relates to compositions and methods useful in the production of transgenic plants. In particular, the invention relates to P119 plant promoter sequences and to expression cassettes containing P119 plant promoter sequences. The invention als... | 05/27/1997 |
| 5614393 | Production of γ-linolenic acid by a Ɗ6-desaturase Linoleic acid is converted into γ-linolenic acid by the enzyme Ɗ6-desaturase. The present invention is directed to isolated nucleic acids comprising the Ɗ6-desaturase gene. More particularly, the isolated nucleic acid comprises the promoter, coding reg... | 03/25/1997 |
| 5612487 | Anti-viral vaccines expressed in plants The anti-viral vaccine of the present invention is produced in transgenic plants and then administered through standard vaccine introduction method or through the consumption of the edible portion of those plants. A DNA sequence encoding for the expressio... | 03/18/1997 |
| 5608143 | External regulation of gene expression The preparation and use of nucleic acid promoter fragments derived from several genes from corn, petunia and tobacco which are highly responsive to a number of substituted benzenesulfonamides and related compounds are described. These promoter fragments a... | 03/04/1997 |
| 5608144 | Plant group 2 promoters and uses thereof This invention relates to compositions and methods useful in the production of transgenic plants. In particular, the invention relates to Group 2 (Gp2) plant promoter sequences and to expression cassettes containing Gp2 plant promoter sequences. The inven... | 03/04/1997 |
| 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 |
| 5593963 | Expression of phytase in plants The present invention provides for the expression of phytase in transgenic plants or plant organs and methods for the production of such plants. DNA expression constructs are provided for the transformation of plants with a gene encoding phytase under the... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5591605 | Plant structural gene expression The invention provides genetically modified plant cells having a plant structural gene introduced and expressed therein under the control of a T-DNA promoter. In particular, the invention provides genetically modified plant cells having the phaseolin gene... | 01/07/1997 |
| 5589610 | Stamen-specific promoters from corn The invention relates to stamen-specific promoters derived from corn genes. These promoters includes two DNA sequences selected from sequences in SEQ ID NO:2 or SEQ ID NO:3. The invention also includes DNA including the stamen-specific promoters operably ... | 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 |
| 5589616 | Monocot seed storage proteins in dicots The present invention discloses dicot cells containing monocot seed storage protein. Construction of genes encoding monocot seed storage proteins which are expressible in dicot cells and transformation of such genes into plant cells is also taught. Furthe... | 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 |
| 5589623 | Genetic control of ethylene biosynthesis in plants A method for control of ethylene biosynthesis in plants comprising a vector containing a selective gene under plant promoter control, and a DNA insert comprising codons for a functional heterologous polypeptide having AdoMetase activity and flanked by a p... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5589624 | Antifungal polypeptide and process for its production The polypeptide with the sequence (SEQ ID NO: 1) ______________________________________ Ala--Thr--Tyr--Asn--Gly--Lys--Cys--Tyr--Lys--Lys--Asp-- Asn--Ile--Cys--Lys--Tyr--Lys--Ala--Gln--Ser--Gly--Lys-- Thr--Ala--Ile--Cys--Lys--Cys--Tyr--Val--Lys--Lys... | 12/31/1996 |
| 5583210 | Methods and compositions for controlling plant development A family of genes has been found in plants, said genes encoding a family of developmental proteins that have homologous structures to the mammalian QM genes. Recombinant molecules which include the QM genes in plants are useful to transform cells and rege... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5576203 | Modified 7S legume seed storage proteins The present invention discloses plant cells which contain modified 7S legume seed storage protein. Modification of 7S seed storage proteins which are expressible in plant cells and transformation of such genes into plant cells is also taught. Furthermore,... | 11/19/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5563324 | Transgenic plants with altered polyol content Transgenic plants have been produced which have been engineered to produce physiologically significant levels of sugar alcohols, or polyols, which is not natively produced by plants of the species. Transgenic plants have been engineered to express a bacte... | 10/08/1996 |
| 5563328 | Promoters from chlorella virus genes providing for expression of genes in prokaryotic and eukaryotic hosts The invention is directed to novel promoters or mutants thereof from Chlorella virus DNA methyltransferase genes. A Chlorella virus gene promoter is operably linked to a first and/or second DNA sequence encoding a gene that is different from the Chlorella... | 10/08/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5550228 | Hyper-sensitivity related gene The hsr203J gene of SEQ ID No. 1 and individual components thereof including its promoter and regulatory regions thereof, its coding region, its gene product; modifications thereto; applications of said gene, promoter region, regulatory region and coding ... | 08/27/1996 |
| 5545546 | Pollen-specific promoter from maize The present invention is related to isolated Purified DNA sequences isolated from maize which can act as Pollen-specific promoters and which play a role in the expression of genes in pollen. The present invention also relates to a method for conferring Po... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5545817 | Enhanced expression in a plant plastid Novel compositions and methods useful for genetic engineering of plant cells to provide increased expression in the plastids of a plant or plant cell of a protein which produces a phenotype which is present when the plant or plant cell is grown in the abs... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5545816 | Phytoene biosynthesis in genetically engineered hosts DNA segments encoding the Erwinia herbicola enzymes geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate (GGPP) synthase and phytoene synthase, vectors containing those DNA segments, host cells containing the vectors and methods for producing those enzymes and phytoene by recomb... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5543576 | Production of enzymes in seeds and their use A method of catalyzing in vitro reactions using seeds containing enhanced amounts of enzymes is disclosed. The method involves adding transgenic, non-wild type seeds, preferably in a ground form, to a reaction mixture and allowing the enzymes in the seeds... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5538878 | Superoxide dismutase expression in plants Plant species having enhanced superoxide dismutase activity as a result of transformation with a DNA expression cassette comprising an E. coli MnSOD gene are provided. Transportation of the expression product of the gene may be targeted to a specific cell... | 07/23/1996 |
| 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 |
| 5530189 | Lycopene biosynthesis in genetically engineered hosts DNA segments encoding the Erwinia enzymes geranylgeranyl pyrophosphate (GGPP) synthase, phytoene synthase and phytoene dehydrogenase-4H, vectors containing those DNA segments, host cells containing the vectors and methods for producing those enzymes and l... | 06/25/1996 |
