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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6262338 | Resistance genes The present invention relates to DNA isolated from Arachis hypogaea which encodes or hybridizes to DNA which encodes a protein that repels pests. Such DNA is useful in the transformation of vectors, host organisms and plants and for the production of plan... | 07/17/2001 |
| 6184369 | Anti-viral guanosine-rich oligonucleotides The oligonucleotides have sufficient guanosine to form a guanosine tetrad and can be composed of at least about 40% guanosine nucleotides, the nucleotide sequence containing at least two runs of at least two guanosines. Some of the new oligonucleotides al... | 02/06/2001 |
| 6166302 | Modified Bacillus thuringiensis gene for lepidopteran control in plants Synthetic DNA sequences which are optimized for expression in plants, particularly maize, and which encode a Bacillus thuringiensis protein that is toxic to specific insects are provided, along with methods for the engineering of any synthetic insecticida... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6147277 | Potato -amylase -Amylase, an enzyme that hydrolyses starch, can be found in all plants. The modification of potato starch production, in particular, is important in the preparation of various food products. The present invention discloses nucleotide sequences of p... | 11/14/2000 |
| 6143950 | Plant steroid 5 reductase, DET2 A novel plant steroid 5 reductase, DET2, is provided, as well as polynucleotides encoding DET2. DET2 is useful in promoting increased plant yield and/or increased plant biomass. Genetically modified plants characterized as having increased yield an... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6143562 | Carbon-based process for selection of transgenic plant cells A carbon-based process for the selection of heterotrophically cultured plant cells is contemplated as are plants transformed using that process and a kit useful for effecting such a transformation. Plant cells are transformed with a heterologous DNA segme... | 11/07/2000 |
| 6118046 | Inbred broccoli line KI-13 capable of combining with other inbred broccoli to produce superior commercial cultivar (varieties) An inbred broccoli line, designated KI-13, including to the seeds to the plants, the method of development of inbred broccoli line KI-13, and the methods for producing a broccoli plant produced by crossing the inbred line KI-13 with itself or other brocco... | 09/12/2000 |
| 6114606 | Inbred corn line 3204 An inbred corn line, designated ASG17, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred corn line ASG17, to the plants of inbred corn line ASG17 and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing the inbred line ASG17 with itself or ... | 09/05/2000 |
| 6100451 | Pathogen-inducible regulatory element Qualitative transcriptional regulatory sequences functional in plants, plant tissue and in plant cells for inducible gene expression and quantitative transcriptional regulatory sequences for increasing the transcriptional expression of downstream genetic ... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6077832 | Antiviral benzimidazole nucleoside analogues and a method for their preparation The present invention relates to benzimidazole derivatives and their use in medical therapy particularly for the treatment or prophylaxis of virus infections such as those caused by herpes viruses. The invention also relates to the preparation of the benz... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6077995 | Fungal gene encoding resistance to the phytotoxin cercosporin The present invention is directed to nucleic acid and amino acid sequences which are responsible for moving the fungal toxin cercosporin across the plasma membrane of living cells. The DNA can be introduced into a plant using conventional methods of trans... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6077996 | Inbred corn line ASG09 An inbred corn line, designated ASG09, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred corn line ASG09, to the plants of inbred corn line ASG09 and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing the inbred line ASG09 with itself or ... | 06/20/2000 |
| 6060446 | Method and composition for treating renal disease and failure A nutritional composition and methods of using same for treating and preventing renal failure is provided. The nutritional composition includes a therapeutically effective amount of a source protein including meat proteins. Furthermore, the nutritional co... | 05/09/2000 |
| 6054634 | Methods for within family selection in woody perennials using genetic markers A method using genetic markers to determine whether a quantitative trait is a heritable oligogenic trait in a woody perennial plant. The method is useful in trees where a three-generation pedigree is not available. Exemplary quantitative traits include di... | 04/25/2000 |
| 6046172 | Hydrolytically processed oligodeoxyribonucleotides and their pharmaceutical compositions The invention discloses new oligodeoxyribonucleotides of animal origin, having a molecular weight comprised between 4000 and 10000 daltons, that can be obtained by fractionation of polydeoxyribonucleotides or otherwise by chemical or enzymatic depolymeriz... | 04/04/2000 |
| 6037525 | Method for reducing expression variability of transgenes in plant cells A method of making recombinant plant cells having reduced variability of expression of foreign genes therein is described herein. The method comprises (a) providing a plant cell capable of regeneration; and (b) transforming the plant cell with a DNA const... | 03/14/2000 |
| 6030943 | Dehydrodidemnin B as an L-type calcium channel enhancer This invention relates to a new use discovered for the compound known as Aplidine (dehydrodidemnin B) which has the following structure: Aplidine has been found to be a potent L-type calcium channel enhancer in the human heart. This effect makes Aplidine ... | 02/29/2000 |
| 6028247 | Plant C18:1 preferring thioesterases This invention relates to plant thioesterases, means to identify such proteins, amino acid and nucleic acid sequences associated with such protein, methods to obtain, make and/or use such plant thioesterases. Also, by this invention, the existence of a he... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6028246 | Bacillus thuringiensis 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 ag... | 02/22/2000 |
| 6025541 | Method of using as a selectable marker a nucleic acid containing AHAS promoter useful for expression of introduced genes in plants The present invention is directed to isolated non-coding nucleotide sequences useful as promoters for heterologous gene expression in plants. The present invention is also directed to vectors and plant cells comprising the isolated nucleotide sequences. A... | 02/15/2000 |
| 6022729 | Granule-associated proteins and methods for their use in polyhydroxyalkanoate biosynthesis The N-terminal amino acid sequence of the polyhydroxyalkanoic acid (PHA) granule-associated Mr 15,500 protein of Rhodococcus ruber, which is referred to as the GA14-protein, was analysed. The sequence revealed that the corresponding structural ... | 02/08/2000 |
| 6020190 | Plant ubiquitin promoter system A method of inducibly enhancing the constitutive expression of a DNA sequence of interest is described in which plant cells are transformed with a DNA sequence of interest that is operably joined to a plant ubiquitin regulatory region comprised of a heat ... | 02/01/2000 |
| 6018100 | Promoter for transgenic plants A full-length transcript promoter from figwort mosaic virus (FMV) is identified and its DNA sequence given. The promoter functions as a strong and uniform promoter for chimeric genes inserted into plant cells. This strong promoter function is exhibited by... | 01/25/2000 |
| 6013763 | Peptide variants of protein A Z domain variants of staphylococcal protein A have significantly reduced size but possess IgG-binding affinity equivalent to the wild type Z domain. These Z domain variants are suitable for use in affinity chromatography purification of proteins and in th... | 01/11/2000 |
| 6011198 | Constructs and methods for enhancing protein levels in photosynthetic organisms This invention provides novel gene constructs which enhance the efficiency of plant cells and cells of other photosynthetic organisms. Also provided are transgenic plants and seeds which overexpress proteins. Methods to elevate the amount of plastid prote... | 01/04/2000 |
| 6008436 | Nematode-resistant transgenic plants Nematode-resistant transgenic plants are disclosed. The plants comprise plant cells containing a DNA construct comprising a transcription cassette, which construct comprises, in the 5' to 3' direction, a promoter operable in the plant cells, and a DNA com... | 12/28/1999 |
| 6001617 | Electroporation device and method of use A method and apparatus for cell culture wherein cultured cells adhere and divide, in a monolayer, on an optically transparent planar electrode in the culture vessel. An electric current is applied between the planar electrode and a counter electrode so as... | 12/14/1999 |
| 5998699 | Potyvirus coat protein genes and plants transformed therewith The present invention relates to the coat protein genes of Papaya Ringspot Virus Strain papaya ringspot (PRV-p), Watermelon Mosaic Virus II (WMVII), and Zucchini Yellow Mosaic Virus (ZYMV); to expression vectors which contain a coat protein gene for PVP-p... | 12/07/1999 |
| 5994624 | In planta method for the production of transgenic plants The present invention relates to a method for producing a transgenic plant in which a transforming agent such as a recombinant Agrobacterium or an isolated DNA molecule capable of conferring a desired phenotypic trait is injected into plant tissues using ... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5994623 | Corn 4--glucanotransferase This invention relates to isolated nucleic acid fragments encoding all or a substantial portion of a corn 4--glucanotransferase. The invention also relates to the construction of chimeric genes encoding all or a portion of a corn 4--glucanot... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5994626 | Methods of regeneration of medicago sativa and expressing foreign DNA in same The invention relates to improved transformation and regeneration of alfalfa, Medicago sativa. A method is used to transform alfalfa by using particle acceleration. Optimum results with mature cotyledons occurs when bombarding after 24 to 120 hours of imb... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5986188 | Bicolor impatiens Conventional I. wallerana bicolor petal patterns, such as the "star" and "picotee" patterns are polygenic in nature. Consequently, the color patterns are often lost or diluted when merged with other desirable polygenic traits. The novel stardust pattern, ... | 11/16/1999 |
| 5981730 | RPS gene family, primers, probes, and detection methods Disclosed is substantially pure DNA encoding an Arabidopsis thaliana Rps2 polypeptide; substantially pure Rps2 polypeptide; and methods of using such DNA to express the Rps2 polypeptide in plant cells and whole plants to provide, in transgenic plants, dis... | 11/09/1999 |
| 5977443 | Aphid resistance in composites A plant in the Compositae family in which the Nr gene, for resistance to Nasonovia ribisnigri (a troublesome lettuce aphid) is present without any associated genetic information responsible for "Compact growth and Rapid Aging," or CRA, at least to the ext... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5977440 | DNA molecule encoding a 33kD cysteine proteinase and its use in transforming plants to provide insect resistance A cDNA molecule encoding for a particular 33 kD cysteine proteinase derived from maize is provided. When expressed in a plant, particularly corn or cotton, the protein provides insect resistance to the plant, and when expressed in the anther, the 33 kD cy... | 11/02/1999 |
| 5969219 | "Awn-inhibitor genes of triticale and their use" This invention relates to a triticale plant, seed, cultivar, and hybrid. More specifically, the invention relates to a triticale plant having mutant awn-inhibitor genes that result in an absence or reduction in length of awns. The invention also relates t... | 10/19/1999 |
| 5965791 | Vector for introducing a gene into a plant, and methods for producing transgenic plants and multitudinously introducing genes into a plant using the vector A vector for introducing a desired gene into a planet, which comprises the desired gene and at least one morphological abnormally induction (MAI) gene as a marker gene, or which comprises the desired gene, at least one MAI gene and a removable element. A ... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5965727 | For selectable markers and promoters for plant tissue culture transformation A selectable marker, the ASA2 gene of Nicotiana tabacum, is provided for transforming plant cells. The ASA2 promoter sequence is also provided which is capable of directing tissue culture specific transcription of a downstream structural gene. Also disclo... | 10/12/1999 |
| 5962670 | Promoters for enhancing plant productivity Tomato LapA promoters and gene sequences are provided. The promoters are induced in plants upon wounding, or other stress-related conditions. The gene sequences include a full-length LapA gene, particularly the amino terminal region of the gene. Methods o... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5959179 | Method for transforming soybeans Methods and materials for the production of transgenic soybeans are disclosed. Preparation of explants from specific regions of soybean seedlings resulted in improved transformation efficiencies. Incubation of soybean seedlings between about 0° C. and ab... | 09/28/1999 |
