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Combination Beverage Container and Spittoon
A combination beverage container and spittoon includes a bottom portion including outer wall and a first inner wall defining a spittoon space.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7265280 | Polynucleotides encoding carnation senescence-induced DHS Regulation of expression of programmed cell death, including senescence, in plants is achieved by integration of a gene or gene fragment encoding senescence-induced deoxyhypusine synthase, senescence-induced elF-5A or both into the plant genome in antisense orientat... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7129393 | Transgenic plants and method for transforming carnations A method of transforming a carnation (Dianthus L.) plant genome with a DNA molecule. The method comprises (a) preparing stem explants from carnation cuttings; (b) wounding the explants by microprojectile bombardment; (c) cocultivating the wounded explants wit... | 10/31/2006 |
| 6756524 | Gene controlling fruit size and cell division in plants The present invention relates to the isolation and identification of a nucleic acid molecule which regulates fruit size and/or cell division in plants and the protein encoded by such a nucleic acid molecule. The invention also relates to an expression vector contain... | 06/29/2004 |
| 6504082 | Ecdysone receptors and methods for their use The field of the invention is inducible gene expression systems wherein expression is controlled by a novel ecdysone receptor or its derivatives. The field particularly relates to the isolation and characterization of nucleic acid and polypeptides for a n... | 01/07/2003 |
| 6380465 | Cytochrome P450 enzymes and related compounds and methods The present invention provides, inter alia, nucleic acids which encode P450s in corn that, when expressed in the presence of a reductase, metabolize compounds exemplary of several distinct classes of insecticides and herbicides. The invention also include... | 04/30/2002 |
| 6228644 | Hypersensitive response elicitor from Erwinia amylovora, its use, and encoding gene The present invention is directed to an isolated protein or polypeptide which elicits a hypersensitive response in plants as well as an isolated DNA molecule which encodes the hypersensitive response eliciting protein or polypeptide. This isolated protein... | 05/08/2001 |
| 6114601 | Plant genes encoding flavonoid-3', 5'-hydroxylase The present invention relates to a DNA which encodes a polypeptide having flavonoid-3',5'-hydroxylase activity, a recombinant DNA containing said DNA, and a plant having a pigment pattern which the plant does not originally have and which is acquired by t... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6080920 | Transgenic plants exhibiting altered flower color and methods for producing same The present invention relates generally to novel approaches in generating transgenic plants exhibiting altered flower colour by the introduction of a nucleotide sequence encoding dihydroflavonol-4-reductase (DFR) which preferably acts on dihydromyricetin ... | 06/27/2000 |
| 5948955 | Transgenic plants having altered anthocyann levels The present invention relates generally to transgenic flowering plants. More particularly, the present invention is directed to transgenic rose, carnation and chrysanthemum plants genetically modified to enable expression of flavonoid 3',5'-hydroxylase th... | 09/07/1999 |
| 5945579 | Modification of crop plant architecture to enhance yield by causing proximity-conditional dwarfing to control shade avoidance reactions Provided are trnasgenic plants comprising cells transformed or transfected with a recombinant DNA construct containing a coding sequence which encodes phytochrome A, which when expressed, causes the stimulation of phytochrome A and confers upon said plant... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5859329 | Genetic sequences encoding flavonol synthase enzymes and uses therefor The present invention relates generally to genetic sequences encoding flavonoid pathway metabolising enzymes and in particular enzymes having flavonol synthase activity and their use such as in manipulating production of pigmentory molecules in plants. Mo... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5859334 | Genetic sequences encoding glycosyltransferase enzymes and uses therefor The present invention relates generally to genetic sequences encoding flavonoid pathway metabolising enzymes and in particular flavonoid glycosylating enzymes and their use such as in manipulating production of pigmentory molecules in plants. More particu... | 01/12/1999 |
| 5702933 | Control of fruit ripening and senescence in plants A method for controlling the ripening of fruits and vegetables as well as a method for controlling senescence of plant tissue is described. The method generally embraces the expression of an ACC metabolizing enzyme in the fruit or other desired plant tiss... | 12/30/1997 |
| 5589613 | Carnation plants and methods for their transformation and propagation Carnation plant material is transformed by cocultivation with Agrobacterium cells carrying an exogenous DNA sequence. In particular, by initiating callus formation on the plant material, transformed shoots may be produced in a suitable medium. Plantlets m... | 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 |
| 5530190 | DNA constructs containing the gene for ACC Oxidase, cells and plants derived therefrom DNA constructs which inhibit ethylene production in plants comprise a transcriptional initiation region operative in plants for transcribing a DNA sequence encoding an RNA sequence (which may be inverted) complementary to a substantial run of bases showin... | 06/25/1996 |
| 5349125 | Genetic sequences encoding a 3',5'-hydroxylase 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... | 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 |
