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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8163980 | Polynucleotides encoding isoprenoid modifying enzymes and methods of use thereof The present invention provides isolated nucleic acids comprising nucleotide sequences encoding isoprenoid modifying enzymes, as well as recombinant vectors comprising the nucleic acids. The present invention further provides genetically modified host cells comprisin... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8129588 | Regulatory sequences for expressing gene products in plant reproductive tissue Expression cassettes causing specific regulatory control of transgene expression in plants, wherein the expression cassettes include regulatory sequences from the MADS gene family for expression of recombinant gene products in the reproductive tissue of plants for t... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8115056 | Root-specific phosphate transporter promoters The current invention provides plant promoter sequences. Compositions comprising the promoter sequence are described, as are methods for the expression of transgenes in plants comprising the use of these sequences. The methods of the invention include the direct cre... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8115057 | Root-specific phosphate transporter promoters The current invention provides plant promoter sequences. Compositions comprising the promoter sequence are described, as are methods for the expression of transgenes in plants comprising the use of these sequences. The methods of the invention include the direct cre... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8115058 | Rice promoters for regulation of plant expression The present invention provides promoters from plants capable of driving gene expression in plant cells. The promoters vary in strength and in tissue specificity, and can be used to facilitate the development of transgenic plants in which tissue preferred expression,... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8106254 | Heat- and ethylene-inducible fruit specific promoter The present invention relates to a heat- and ethylene-inducible plant specific promoter, and its relevant recombinant plasmids and transgenic plants. ... | 01/31/2012 |
| 8093457 | Storage-induced promoter The invention relates to a promoter with an organ-specific activity in plants. Said promoter is characterised in that it exhibits greater activity in the storage organs of plants than in other organs of said plants and that the promoter activity is modified after th... | 01/10/2012 |
| 8088977 | Regulatory elements associated with CBF transcription factors of maize Compositions and methods for regulating expression of heterologous polynucleotide sequences in a plant are provided. Compositions are novel nucleotide sequences comprising an isolated stress-induced promoter natively linked to the maize CBF1 or CBF2 coding region. A... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8067672 | Flower tissue-specific promoter and uses thereof A flower tissue-specific promoter, and uses thereof, is the promoter for Phalaenopsis 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid synthase, ACC synthase gene PtACS2, and has a sequence as shown in SEQ ID No: 2. The invention further provides a gene expression casse... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8058511 | System for expression of genes in plants The present invention provides trans-complementation systems for expressing gene products in plants. In general, the invention provides systems including a carrier vector and a producer vector, both based on plant viruses. The producer vector is defective for at lea... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8053637 | transformation transformed cells, and related compositions and methods Reported herein are methods for obtaining stably transformed callus in Taxus media ‘Hicksii’, including particularly methods that involve using needles, stem, or bark peel as explant material for transformation. Also provided are descriptions of several p... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8034994 | Starchy-endosperm and/or germinating embryo-specific expression in mono-cotyledonous plants The present invention relates to the field of agricultural biotechnology. Disclosed herein are expression constructs with expression specificity for the starchy endosperm and/or the germinating embryo, transgenic plants comprising such expression constructs, and met... | 10/11/2011 |
| 8026411 | Enhanced floral sink strength and increased stability of seed set in plants The invention discloses a transgenic method for enhancing sink strength in female reproductive organs. It involves the temporal and spatial expression of genes affecting the starch and sucrose metabolic pathways in a plant organ or plant tissue. The invention also i... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8017834 | Enhanced silk exsertion under stress The invention provides methods for enhancing maize silk exsertion under stress conditions and compositions relating to such methods, including nucleic acids and proteins. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells, and transgenic pla... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8013212 | Site-specific recombination in eukaryotes and constructs useful therefor Site-specific recombinases provide a means of efficiently manipulating chromosomal sequences in mammalian cells in culture and in mice. Embryonic stem cells containing recombinase nucleic acid constructs that were expressed in the male germline would simplify curren... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7999149 | Vascular-preferred promoter sequences and uses thereof Plant polynucleotide promoter sequences are provided, together with DNA constructs comprising the inventive polynucleotide. Methods for using the inventive constructs for regulating gene expression are provided, along with transgenic plants comprising the inventive ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7999150 | Expression cassettes for root-preferential expression in plants The present invention relates to expression cassettes comprising transcription regulating sequences with root-preferential or root-specific expression profiles in plants obtainable from Arabidopsis thaliana genes At1g66280, At1g74500, At1g49570, At1g70710, At... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7982097 | Promoter molecules for use in plants The present invention relates to polynucleotide molecules for regulating gene expression in plants. In particular, the invention relates to promoters that are useful for regulating gene expression of heterologous polynucleotide molecules in plants. The invention als... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7982096 | Root specific promoters Promoters and genes involved in avenacin production in oats are cloned and characterized. Promoters for oxidosqualene cyclase and a cytochrome P450 are shown to be useful in root-specific expression of genes operatively linked to these promoters when introduced into... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7964770 | Seed-preferred promoter from gene The present invention provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of nucleotide sequences in a plant. Compositions are novel nucleotide sequences for a tissue preferred promoter isolated from the sorghum δ-kafirin coding region. The sequences drive ... | 06/21/2011 |
| RE42415 | Promoter molecules for use in plants The present invention relates to polynucleotide molecules for regulating gene expression in plants. In particular, the invention relates to promoters that are useful for regulating gene expression of heterologous polynucleotide molecules in plants. The invention als... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7915482 | Anther specific promoters and uses thereof The present invention provides an expression cassette comprising a functional anther specific promoter nucleic acid molecule, homologous to the Ta39 promoter of tobacco, as well as functional homologues, orthologues and fragments of said functional anther specific p... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7910802 | nucleotide sequences impacting plant male fertility and method of using same Nucleotide sequences of a Msca1 gene, critical to male fertility in plants are described, with DNA molecule and amino acid sequences set forth. Promoter sequences and their essential regions are also identified. The nucleotide sequences are useful in impacting male ... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7902423 | Expression cassettes for seed-preferential expression that utilize the promoter from a flax tonoplast intrinsic protein gene The present invention relates to expression cassettes comprising transcription regulating nucleotide sequences with seed-preferential or seed-specific expression profiles in plants obtainable from a tonoplast intrinsic protein, said gene being selected from the grou... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7888556 | Root cap specific promoter and methods of use in plants The invention provides an AtCel5 promoter isolated from Arabidopsis thaliana that is expressed exclusively in root cap cells of both primary and secondary roots. AtCel5 is believed to be a soluble and secreted protein that plays a role in the sloughing of roo... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7834242 | S-adenosyl-L-methionine synthetase promoter and its use in expression of transgenic genes in plants A constitutive plant S-adenosyl-L-methionine synthetase (SAMS) promoter and subfragments thereof and their use in promoting the expression of one or more heterologous nucleic acid fragments in plants are described. ... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7834243 | Promoter for epidermis-specific, pathogen-inducible transgenic expression in plants The invention relates to promoter regions, under the control of which transgenes can be expressed in plants in an epidermis-specific and pathogen-inducible manner. The invention also relates to recombinant nucleic acid molecules, including the promoters, to transgen... | 11/16/2010 |
| 7807873 | Seed specific USP promoters for expressing genes in plants The present invention relates to the field of plant genetic engineering. More specifically, the present invention relates to seed specific gene expression. The present invention provides promoters capable of transcribing heterologous nucleic acid sequences in seeds,... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7786351 | Recombinant DNA constructs and methods for controlling gene expression The present invention provides molecular constructs and methods for use thereof, including constructs including heterologous miRNA recognition sites, constructs for gene suppression including a gene suppression element embedded within an intron flanked on one or on ... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7763774 | Root-specific and xylem parenchyma-specific promoter The invention relates to a promoter that is provided with tissue-specific activity and is more active in xylem parenchyma cells of plant roots than it is in other cells of said plant. The inventive promoter allows transgenic plants to be produced with particular cha... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7750207 | ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase activase promoter The present invention provides gene regulatory element polynucleotide molecules, including a promoter and a leader, identified from the ribulose bisphosphate carboxylase activase (RUA) Zea mays gene, useful for expressing transgenes in plants. The invention f... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7750208 | Anther-specific expression promoter in plant and application thereof The invention provides an anther-specific expression promoter in plant, wherein said promoter is a promoter of Oncidium aureusidin synthase gene OgAS1, and has a sequence as SEQ ID No: 3. The invention provides further a gene expression cassette that comprised a pro... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7745697 | MEG1 endosperm-specific promoters and genes The present invention relates to promoters that enable gene expression which is both specific to the endosperm and early during the development of the endosperm, as well as nucleic acid molecules encoding basal endosperm transfer cell layer (BETL) proteins. ... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7728192 | Process for converting storage reserves of dicotyledonous seeds into compositions comprising one or more gene products The present invention is related to a process based on a source-sink principle, for producing products of interest from crushed or uncrushed germinating dicotyledonous seeds comprising an expression system, which is induced or can be induced during germination. The ... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7705201 | Transgenic plants expressing cytokinin biosynthetic genes and methods of use therefor The present invention provides an approach to increase yield and vigor in a plant. The present invention describes expressing a heterologous gene in a plant that control cytokinin expression under the control of a cell cycle regulated promoter. ... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7700835 | AGPase promoter from rice and uses thereof An objective of the present invention is to provide promoters having seed-specific promoter activity, and methods of expressing foreign proteins in seeds. The present inventors isolated the promoter of ADP-Glucose pyrophosphorylase which is expressed in rice seeds, ... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7700836 | Seed-preferred regulatory elements The present invention provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of nucleotide sequences in a plant. Compositions are novel nucleotide sequences for a tissue preferred promoter isolated from the sorghum 16 kDa oleosin coding region. The sequences dr... | 04/20/2010 |
| 7674950 | Plant regulatory sequences for selective control of gene expression Promoters from male reproductive tissues are isolated from corn and wheat. These promoters can be used in plants to regulate transcription of target genes including genes for control of fertility, insect or pathogen tolerance, herbicide tolerance or any gene of inte... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7674951 | Isolated cellulose synthase promoter regions The invention relates to methods of inducing expression of coding sequences including cellulose synthase coding sequences in transgenic plants using promoters of cellulose synthase genes from Populus plant species and transgenic plants produced by the methods... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7674952 | Stress-inducible plant promoters The present invention discloses and claims stress-inducible plant promoters, DNA constructs with such promoters, transgenic plants containing such promoters and DNA constructs, isolated DNAs encoding such promoters, and methods of making and using such promoters, DN... | 03/09/2010 |
