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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7838742 | Pepper plants having fruit with altered vitamin content The present invention provides pepper plants having edible fruit with altered vitamin content, specifically fruit comprising an elevated content of vitamin E, further comprising at least one of an elevated content of pro-vitamin A, an elevated content of vitamin C a... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7423197 | Methods of using non-plant lipase encoding nucleic acids Methods of creating and enhancing insect resistance in plants by introducing non-plant lipases into plants are provided. Plants with enhanced insect resistance and seed from plants thereof are provided. DNA sequences encoding insecticidal lipases and insecticidal li... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7414174 | Methods of using non-plant lipase encoding nucleic acids Methods of creating and enhancing insect resistance in plants by introducing non-plant lipases into plants are provided. Plants with enhanced insect resistance and seed from plants thereof are provided. DNA sequences encoding insecticidal lipases and insecticidal li... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7351878 | Methods of protecting plants from pathogenic fungi Methods for protecting a plant from a plant pathogenic fungus are provided. A method for enhancing fungal pathogen resistance in a plant using the nucleotide sequences disclosed herein is further provided. The method comprises introducing into a plant an expression ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7332650 | Methods of protecting plants from pathogenic fungi Methods for protecting a plant from a plant pathogenic fungus are provided. A method for enhancing fungal pathogen resistance in a plant using the nucleotide sequences disclosed herein is further provided. The method comprises introducing into a plant an expression ... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7314972 | Transgenic plants expressing biocidal proteins and method of producing the same The invention relates to transformed plant cells and plants having a novel nucleic acid and protein sequences from the mung bean Vigna radiata. The nucleic acid sequence, isolated from a bruchid resistant mung bean line, encodes a thionin-like protein with bi... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7312377 | Maize cellulose synthase encoding nucleic acids and uses thereof The invention provides isolated cellulose synthase nucleic acids and their encoded proteins. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering cellulose synthase concentration and/or composition of plants. The invention further provides re... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7307199 | PCR family genes which confer tolerance to heavy metals The present invention relates to novel Pcr family genes that confer tolerance to heavy metals to plants and microorganisms. More particularly, the present invention relates to novel Pcr family genes that confer tolerance to cadmium. The invention also relates to pla... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7285702 | Maize cellulose encoding nucleic acids and uses thereof The invention provides isolated cellulose synthase nucleic acids and their encoded proteins. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering cellulose synthase levels in plants. The invention further provides recombinant expression casse... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7276646 | Synthetic polynucleotide coding for human lactoferrin, vectors, cell and transgenic plants containing it A synthetic polynucleotide encoding human lactoferrin, modified with respect to the natural gene so as to maximize its expression in vegetals, on the basis of the preferential use of the codons is described. Moreover, the vectors containing such sequence, that havin... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7273965 | Methods of protecting plants from pathogenic fungi Methods for protecting a plant from a plant pathogenic fungus are provided. A method for enhancing fungal pathogen resistance in a plant using the nucleotide sequences disclosed herein is further provided. The method comprises introducing into a plant an expression ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7265264 | Gene for a Dof transcription factor capable of altering the size and stature of a plant A transgenic plant transformed by a Dof transcription factor, OBP3, coding nucleic acid, wherein expression of the nucleic acid sequence in the plant results in an alteration in the size of the resulting plant as compared to a corresponding wild-type variety of plan... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7232939 | Nucleic acid molecules encoding cyclotide polypeptides and methods of use The present invention relates to isolated nucleic acids encoding plant cyclotides. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the plant cyclotides, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chime... | 06/19/2007 |
| RE39685 | Method for shortening internode of inflorescence by introducing gene for petunia transcription factor petSPL2 A gene encoding DNA which is selected from a) or b): a) DNA having a nucleotide sequence from the 190th position to the 807th position of a nucleotide sequence represented in SEQ ID NO: 1 of the Sequence Listing; or b) DNA which hybridizes to DNA of a) under stringe... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7214860 | Methods of using non-plant encoding nucleic acids Methods of creating and enhancing insect resistance in plants by introducing non-plant lipases into plants are provided. Plants with enhanced insect resistance and seed from plants thereof are provided. DNA sequences encoding insecticidal lipases and insecticidal li... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7214852 | Maize cellulose synthases encoding nucleic acids and uses thereof The invention provides isolated cellulose synthase nucleic acids and their encoded proteins. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering cellulose synthase concentration and/or composition of plants. The invention further provides re... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7205453 | Crop plant cystatin proteinase inhibitors encoding nucleic acids and methods of use Methods and compositions for modulating development and defense responses are provided. Nucleotide sequences encoding maize, soybean, wheat and rice cystatin proteins are provided. The sequences can be used in expression cassettes for modulating development, ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7179955 | Maize cellulose synthases genes and uses thereof The invention provides isolated cellulose synthase nucleic acids and their encoded proteins. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering cellulose synthase levels in plants. The invention further provides recombinant expression casse... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7166765 | Isolated LEC1 transcriptional regulator encoding nucleic acids and methods of use thereof The invention provides isolated nucleic acids and their encoded proteins which act as transcriptional activators and methods of use thereof. The invention further provides expression cassettes, transformed host cells, transgenic plants and plant parts. ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7161062 | DNA Sequences from Nucleotide sequences for two genes, tcdB and tccC2, from the tcd genomic region of Photorhabdus luminescens W-14 are useful in heterologous expression of orally active insect toxins. ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7157618 | Impartment of virus-resistance with the use of plant protein binding to plant virus transport protein A method for conferring resistance to a plant virus to plants by introducing into the plant a polynucleotide encoding a protein capable of binding to a movement protein of the plant virus is provided. Also provided are transgenic plants having resistance to a plant ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7151204 | Maize chloroplast aldolase promoter compositions and methods for use thereof The current invention provides the promoter of the Zea mays nuclear gene encoding chloroplast-localized fructose-1,6-bisphosphate (F16BP) aldolase. Compositions comprising this sequence are described, as are plants transformed with such compositions. Further ... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7148397 | late blight resistance gene and use thereof A Solanum bulbocastanum gene has been cloned from a late blight-resistance locus and its sequence provided, together with the sequence of the encoded protein. DNA encoding the resistance protein has been introduced into potato plants and confers resistance to... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7098378 | Transgenic plants compromising nucleic acid molecules encoding RAR1 disease resistance proteins and uses thereof The present invention pertains to transgenic plants comprising nucleic acid molecules comprising nucleotide sequences that encode RAR1 proteins involved in disease resistance, and the RAR1 polypeptides. The invention particularly relates to methods of altering the e... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7098382 | Promoter having specific activity to pistil tissue and use of the same A novel promoter is provided which has an expression activity specific to any pistil tissue. The promoter has any one of the DNA sequence from position 1 to 2595 of SEQ ID NO. 1, the DNA sequence from position 1 to 2322 of SEQ ID NO. 2, and the DNA sequence from pos... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7094951 | Cloning and characterization of the broad-spectrum resistance gene Compositions and methods for enhancing or creating plant disease resistance to plant pests are provided. Transforming a plant with a novel rice Pi2-like disease resistance gene of the invention enhances disease resistance of the plant. Transformed plants, plant cell... | 08/22/2006 |
| 7091398 | Isolated sucrose sythase polynucleotides and uses thereof The invention provides a novel isolated sucrose synthase nucleic acid and its encoded protein. The present invention also provides methods and compositions relating to altering sucrose synthase levels in plants, and in particular, in plant stalks and/or plant seeds.... | 08/15/2006 |
| 7074985 | Development of a stress-responsive promoter from maize The present invention provides a composition and method for regulating expression of heterologous nucleotide sequences in a plant. The method comprises transforming a plant cell to contain a heterologous nucleotide sequence operably linked to the stress-responsive p... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7045681 | DNA sequences capable of expressing foreign proteins and metabolites in dicotyledonous plants and cell culture The present invention relates to a method for producing a gene product by expressing a gene encoding said gene product in angiosperm host cells, which method comprises: a) constructing a vector expressible in angiosperm host cells, said vector comprising a promoter ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7041873 | Compositions and methods for promoting expression of nucleic acids in plants The present invention relates to nematode-regulated promoter sequences and their use in creating or enhancing nematode-resistance in plants. Nucleic acid molecules comprising a heterologous nucleotide sequence operably linked to a nematode-regulated promoter and vec... | 05/09/2006 |
| RE38966 | Gene for transcription factor capable of altering characters of a plant and use thereof A gene encoding DNA which is selected from a) or b): a) DNA having a nucleotide sequence from the 90th position to the 728th position of a nucleotide sequence represented in SEQ ID NO: 1 of Sequence Listing; or b) DNA which hybridizes to DNA of a) under stringent co... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6956147 | Genetically modified plants with enhanced resistance to fungal diseases and a method of production thereof The present invention discloses genetically modified plants, such as potato plants. The plants are more resistant to a pathogen of interest following transformation of plant cells with a chimeric gene comprising a chitinase gene and β-1,3-glucanase gene. The invent... | 10/18/2005 |
| 6930225 | Maize cellulose synthases and uses thereof The invention provides isolated cellulose synthase nucleic acids and their encoded proteins. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering cellulose synthase levels in plants. The invention further provides recombinant expression casse... | 08/16/2005 |
| 6921847 | Lipoxygenase polynucleotides and methods of use Methods and nucleotide sequences encoding maize lipoxygenase proteins for modulating defense response are provided. The nucleotide sequences can be used in expression cassettes for modulating plant defense response. Transformed plants, plant cells and seed are also ... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6906241 | Endoglucanase gene promoter upregulated by nematodes The present invention provides a nucleic acid construct comprising a cyst and root knot nematode responsive promoter, preferably the Nicotiana Ntcel7 promoter or promoters that hybridize thereto, operatively associated with a heterologous nucleic acid segment... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6864404 | Engineering disease resistance with pectate lyase-like genes A mutant gene coding for pectate lyase and homologs thereof is provided, which when incorporated in transgenic plants effect an increased level disease resistance in such plants. Also is provided the polypeptide sequence for the pectate lyase of the present inventio... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6855865 | Nucleic acids encoding plant defensins and methods of use thereof This invention relates to isolated nucleic acids encoding plant defensins. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the plant defensin, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene r... | 02/15/2005 |
| 6849780 | Plants resistant to cucumber mosaic virus strain V34 The CP gene of CMV strain V34 (CMV-V34) is provided. ... | 02/01/2005 |
| 6825398 | Seed specific 7Sα promoter for expressing genes in plants This invention provides promoters capable of transcribing heterologous nucleic acid sequences in seeds, and methods of modifying, producing, and using the same. ... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6822140 | Compositions and methods for fumonisin detoxification Compositions and methods for the complete detoxification of fumonisin and fumonisin degradation products are provided. Particularly, nucleotide sequences corresponding to the detoxification enzymes are provided. The sequences find use in preparing expression cassett... | 11/23/2004 |
