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Glam girl Heddy Lamar may have used her good looks to good effect on the silver screen, but she put her smarts to better use as an inventor. During World War II, she co-patented a frequency-switching system for torpedo guidance that was considered years ahead of its time.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7939651 | Modified Cry35 proteins This invention provides modified, insecticidal Cry35 proteins with enhanced properties as compared to wild-type Cry35 proteins. The modifications to these proteins were based in part on analysis of the atomic coordinates and three-dimensional (3D) structure of the Ë... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7884199 | HCV NS3-NS4 protease resistance mutants The present invention is directed to mutants of HCV NS3/4A protease. More particularly, the present invention identifies mutant of HCV NS3/4A protease that are resistant to drug treatment. ... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7803925 | AXMI-028 and AXMI-029, a family of novel delta-endotoxin genes and methods for their use Compositions and methods for conferring pesticidal activity to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions comprising a coding sequence for a delta-endotoxin polypeptide are provided. The coding sequences can be used in DNA constructs... | 09/28/2010 |
| 7737263 | Modified 35 proteins having altered protease stability This invention provides modified, insecticidal Cry35 proteins with enhanced properties as compared to wild-type Cry35 proteins. The modifications to these proteins were based in part on analysis of the atomic coordinates and three-dimensional (3D) structure of the Ë... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7622572 | AXMI-028 and AXMI-029, a family of novel delta-endotoxin genes and methods for their use Compositions and methods for conferring pesticidal activity to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions comprising a coding sequence for a delta-endotoxin polypeptide are provided. The coding sequences can be used in DNA constructs... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7521550 | Insect resistant cotton plants and methods of detecting the same The present application relates to an insect resistant transgenic cotton event designated COT202. The application also relates to polynucleotides which are characteristic of the COT202 event, plants comprising the polynucleotides, and methods of detecting the COT202... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7442540 | Polynucleotide encoding coleopteran-toxic polypeptide Disclosed are novel insecticidal polypeptides, and compositions comprising these polypeptides, peptide fragments thereof, and antibodies specific therefor. Also disclosed are vectors, transformed host cells, and transgenic plants that contain nucleic acid segments t... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7408096 | Expression of Cry3B insecticidal protein in plants The present invention discloses methods and compositions comprising a novel expression cassette providing significantly improved levels of accumulation of Coleopteran inhibitory Cry3B variant protein when expressed in maize plants. The preferred embodiments o... | 08/05/2008 |
| 7364728 | Recombinant organisms producing insect toxins and methods for constructing same This invention is a method for constructing recombinant organisms that produce proteins lethal to the larvae of insects. Nucleotide sequences were isolated from Bacillus popilliae that encode two adjacent, putative genes; orf1 and cryhime1. The cryhime1 seque... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7361808 | DNA encoding insecticidal Cry9Fa proteins and recombinant hosts expressing same The present invention relates to new DNA sequences encoding an insecticidal Cry9Fa protein and insecticidal parts thereof, which are useful to protect plants from insect damage. Also included herein are micro-organisms and plants transformed with a DNA sequence enco... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7361751 | strains and their insecticidal proteins Four novel Bacillus thuringiensis strains, which are deposited at the BCCM-LMG under accession nos. LMG P-12592, LMG P-12593, LMG P-12594, and LMG P-13493, produce new crystal proteins during sporulation that are toxic to Lepidoptera, more particularly... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7355003 | Pesticidal proteins The subject invention concerns new classes of pesticidally active proteins and the polynucleotide sequences which encode these proteins. More specifically, in preferred embodiments, pesticidal proteins of approximately 40-50 kDa and of approximately 10-15 kDa are us... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355099 | AXMI-004, a delta-endotoxin gene and methods for its use Compositions and methods for conferring pesticidal activity to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions comprising a coding sequence for a delta-endotoxin polypeptide are provided. The coding sequences can be used in DNA constructs... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351881 | AXMI-008, a delta-endotoxin gene and methods for its use Compositions and methods for conferring pesticidal activity to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions comprising a coding sequence for a delta-endotoxin and delta-endotoxin-associated polypeptides are provided. The coding sequenc... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7345229 | Insect resistant cotton plants A method for expressing insecticidal protein structural genes in cotton plant genomes is provided. In the preferred embodiments this invention comprises placing a structural gene for the Bacillus thuringiensis crystal protein under control of a plant or a T-D... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7339092 | Plant activation of Cry8Bb1 by insertion of a plant protease-sensitive site Compositions and methods for protecting a plant from an insect pest are provided. In particular, nucleic acid sequences encoding insect protoxins modified to comprise at least one proteolytic activation site that is sensitive to a plant protease or an insect gut pro... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7309785 | Modified chimeric 35 proteins This invention provides modified, insecticidal Cry35 proteins with enhanced properties as compared to wild-type Cry35 proteins. The modifications to these proteins were based in part on analysis of the atomic coordinates and three-dimensional (3D) structure of the Ë... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7304206 | Plants transformed with polynucleotides encoding broad-spectrum delta-endotoxins Disclosed are novel synthetically-modified B. thuringiensis chimeric crystal proteins having improved insecticidal activity and broader insect host range against coleopteran, dipteran and lepidopteran insects. Also disclosed are the nucleic acid segments enco... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7265269 | Nucleic acids encoding a novel Cry2Ae bacillus thuringiensis insecticidal protein The invention pertains to novel insecticidal compounds derived from Bacillus thuringiensis strains. New proteins designated Cry2Ae, Cry2Af, and Cry2Ag, and variants thereof are provided, as well as DNA sequences encoding these proteins or their variants. Furt... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7265268 | Insecticidal proteins derived from The present invention relates to the field of plant pest control, particularly insect control. Provided are nucleotide sequences from Bacillus thuringiensis encoding insecticidal proteins. Further provided are methods and means for using said nucleotide seque... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7256017 | Methods for generating lepidopteran-toxic polypeptides Disclosed are novel synthetically-modified B. thuringiensis nucleic acid segments encoding δ-endotoxins having insecticidal activity against lepidopteran insects. Also disclosed are synthetic crystal proteins encoded by these novel nucleic acid sequences. Me... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7253343 | AXMI-003, a delta-endotoxin gene and methods for its use Compositions and methods for conferring pesticidal activity to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions comprising a coding sequence for a delta-endotoxin polypeptide are provided. The coding sequences can be used in DNA constructs... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7250501 | Hybrid Cry1A/Cry1F DNA and plants and host cells transformed with same Disclosed are novel synthetically-modified B. thuringiensis chimeric crystal proteins having improved insecticidal activity against coleopteran, dipteran and lepidopteran insects. Also disclosed are the nucleic acid segments encoding these novel peptides. Met... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7247613 | Pesticidal proteins The subject invention concerns new classes of pesticidally active proteins and the polynucleotide sequences that encode these proteins. In preferred embodiments, these pesticidal protein have molecular weights of approximately 40–50 kDa and of approximately 10–1... | 07/24/2007 |
| 7241940 | Soybean variety XB005B06 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB005B06. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB005B06, to the plants of soybean XB005B06 to plant parts of soybean variety XB005B06 and to methods for producing... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7230167 | Modified Cry3A toxins and nucleic acid sequences coding therefor Compositions and methods for controlling plant pests are disclosed. In particular, novel nucleic acid sequences encoding modified Cry3A toxins having increased toxicity to corn rootworm are provided. By inserting a protease recognition site such as cathepsin G, that... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7227059 | Soybean variety 91M61 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated 91M61. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety 91M61, to the plants of soybean 91M61 to plant parts of soybean variety 91M61 and to methods for producing a soybean p... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7227060 | Soybean variety XB16S06 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB16S06. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB16S06, to the plants of soybean XB16S06 to plant parts of soybean variety XB16S06 and to methods for producing a s... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7227058 | Soybean variety XB33N06 According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB33N06. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB33N06, to the plants of soybean XB33N06 to plant parts of soybean variety XB33N06 and to methods for producing a s... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7214788 | Insect inhibitory proteins, fusions, and methods of use therefor Novel insect inhibitory proteins are disclosed comprising two different components, both of which are required for biological activity. Various methods of linking both components together, so that a single protein provides insect inhibitory activity, are disclosed. ... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7169971 | DNA encoding insecticidal Cry1Bf proteins and recombinant hosts expressing same The present invention relates to new DNA sequences encoding an insecticidal Cry1Bf protein and insecticidal parts thereof, which are useful to protect plants from insect damage. Also included herein are micro-organisms and plants transformed with a DNA sequence enco... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7166465 | Constitutive promoter from The present invention is directed to a promoter derivable from an Arabidopsis ENDO gene. Nucleic acid constructs, vectors, plant cells and transgenic plants comprising the promoter are also provided. ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7138568 | isolate active against lepidopteran pests, and genes encoding novel lepidopteran-active toxins Novel Bacillus thuringiensis genes encoding toxins which are active against lepidopteran insects have been cloned from novel lepidopteran-active B. thuringiensis microbes. The DNA encoding the B. thuringiensis toxins can be used transform variou... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7129392 | Materials and methods for increasing isoprenoid production in cells Disclosed are the uses of specific genes of the mevalonate and isoprenoid biosynthetic pathways, and of inactive gene sites (the pseudogene) to (1) enhance biosynthesis of isopentenyl diphosphate, dimethylallyl diphosphate and isoprenoid pathway derived products in ... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7105722 | Plant acyl-CoA synthetases The present invention relates to genes encoding plant acyl-CoA synthetases and methods of their use. In particular, the present invention is related to plant acyl-coenzyme A synthetases. The present invention encompasses both native and recombinant wild-type forms o... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7102057 | Self-processing plants and plant parts The invention provides polynucleotides, preferably synthetic polynucleotides, which encode processing enzymes that are optimized for expression in plants. The polynucleotides encode mesophilic, thermophilic, or hyperthermophilic processing enzymes, which are activat... | 09/05/2006 |
| 7094554 | (pink bollworm) toxin receptor BT-R A cDNA encoding a 200 kD receptor, BT-R2, from the pink boll worm, Pectinophora gossypiella, that binds specifically to a Bacillus thuringiensis toxin has been cloned, sequenced and characterized. The minimum toxin binding fragment has been ... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7091177 | isolates active against weevils The subject invention concerns the discovery of Bacillus thuringiensis isolates with advantageous activity against weevils. In preferred embodiments of the invention, B.t. isolates, or toxins therefrom, are used to control alfalfa weevils, boll weevils... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7078592 | Nucleic acids encoding coleopteran-toxic polypeptides and insect-resistant transgenic plants comprising them Disclosed are nucleic acids encoding novel insecticidal δ-endotoxin polypeptides, and vectors, transformed host cells, and transgenic plants that contain the nucleic acids. Also disclosed are methods of making and using transgenic cells comprising these polynucleot... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7070982 | Polynucleotide compositions encoding broad spectrum delta-endotoxins Disclosed are novel synthetically-modified B. thuringiensis chimeric crystal proteins having improved insecticidal activity and broader insect host range against coleopteran, dipteran and lepidopteran insects. Also disclosed are the nucleic acid segments enco... | 07/04/2006 |
