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Wearable Device For Feeding and Observing Birds and Other Flying Animals
A device for feeding and observing flying animals comprising a hat, a support mounted on the hat and extending outward from the hat, and a feeder mounted on the support.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5426051 | Gene for A-type inclusion body of poxvirus A gene fragment coding for a major protein of A-type inclusion body in poxvirus; a DNA fragment comprising an expression control region related to the gene; a plasmid comprising the gene and the expression control region for the gene; and a process for pr... | 06/20/1995 |
| 5399680 | Rice chitinase promoter Novel chitinase gene, and its associated regulatory region, from a monocotyledon plant is described.... | 03/21/1995 |
| 5389526 | Plasmid vectors for cellular slime moulds of the genus dictyostelium The present invention relates generally to the fields of molecular biology and the production of recombinant protein using cellular slime moulds of the genus Dictyostelium. Most particularly, the present invention relates to novel strains of the genus Dic... | 02/14/1995 |
| 5387519 | Recombinant avipoxvirus A recombinant Avipoxvirus having inserted exogenous DNA in a DNA region non-essential to proliferation of Avipoxvirus is provided. The recombinant Avipoxvirus is produced by inserting a promoter and exogenous DNA capable of expression under its control in... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5378457 | Interferon sensitive recombinant poxvirus vaccine What is described is a recombinant poxvirus, such as vaccinia virus, having enhanced sensitivity to interferon. In one embodiment, the recombinant poxvirus has an open reading frame conferring resistance to interferon deleted therefrom. In another embodim... | 01/03/1995 |
| 5374558 | Fowlpox virus promoter Avipox virus, especially fowlpox virus (FPV), for promoting the transcription of a foreign gene inserted in a fowlpox virus (FPV) vector, said DNA comprising the promoter of the gene which encodes a protein of about 53 amino acids in a sequence beginning:... | 12/20/1994 |
| 5368855 | Pox virus vaccine A gene sequence including a first promoter for the expression of a major early fowlpox virus (FPV) protein. In a preferred aspect, the gene sequence further includes a second promoter for the expression of a late fowlpox virus protein in opposite orientat... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5369026 | DNA encoding bovine coronavirus polypeptides E2 and E3 Bovine coronavirus (BCV) E2 and E3 coding sequences and materials for producing the proteins E2 and E3 are provided. E2, E3, or antigenic fragments thereof are useful components for a BCV vaccine.... | 11/29/1994 |
| 5360726 | Polypeptides enabling sorting of proteins to vacuoles in plants A polypeptide enabling sorting of proteins to vacuoles in plants, particularly tobacco is described. The polypeptide has the sequence VFAEAIAANSTLVAE. Without this sequence, the protein is not sorted to the vacuoles. The polypeptide is attached to the C-t... | 11/01/1994 |
| 5354678 | Production of recombinant adeno-associated virus vectors Simplified methods to produce recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) vectors are described. The methods involve the use of chimeric plasmids which incorporate the Epstein Barr nuclear antigen (EBNA) gene, the latent origin of replication of Epstein Bar... | 10/11/1994 |
| 5352451 | Biological insect control agents and methods of use Insect control agents comprising genes encoding proteins affecting the growth, development or behavior of an insect are provided. The gene is either activated to prevent insect molting and pupation or is inactivated to reduce the feeding behavior, inhibit... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5338842 | Yersinia INV nucleic acids Novel methods and microorganisms are provided, where novel genetic mammalian cell invasive capability is imparted to a microorganism by the introduction of an exogenous inv gene. The resulting organisms are then capable of binding to mammalian cells and a... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5338679 | Vertebrate poxvoris expression vector under the control of entomopoxvirus spheroidin gene promoter Disclosed is a recombinant vertebrate F such as vaccinia virus which comprises in its genome (i) spheroidin promoter of entomopoxvirus such as Choristoneura biennis and (ii) at least one structural gene coding for at least one protein foreign to entomopox... | 08/16/1994 |
| 5332676 | Avipox virus promoter Fowlpox virus (FPV) or other avipox virus promoter DNA for use in expressing a foreign gene inserted in a FPV vector by homologous recombination, which comprises the promoter of the following 4a gene, said 4a gene encoding a protein of very roughly about ... | 07/26/1994 |
| 5310678 | Newcastle disease virus gene clones Recombinant DNA encoding a polypeptide precursor of the HN or F glycoprotein of Newcastle Disease Virus has been prepared and sequenced.... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5310661 | Nucleic acid encoding the chain prodomains of inhibin and method for synthesizing polypeptides using such nucleic acid DNA encoding the prepro inhibin and ଲ chains has been isolated. This DNA is ligated into expression vectors and used to transform host cells for the preparation of inhibin or activin. Also provided are prohormone domains and other inhibin &#... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5310668 | Varicella-zoster virus as a live recombinant vaccine A vaccine strain of varicella-zoster virus (VZV), tested in clinical trials, is capable of preventing chickenpox in children. This virus has been modified by the introduction into its genome of heterologous DNA which encodes an immunogenic polypeptide of ... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5310671 | Fowlpox virus non-essential regions The invention relates to DNA from fowlpox virus (FPV) providing a non-essential region for the insertion of foreign genes thereinto and thence the construction of a vector for homologous recombination with a wild type FPV, whereby the resulting recombinan... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5310654 | Method for determining virulence of Yersinia Novel methods and microorganisms are provided, where novel genetic mammalian cell invasive capability is imparted to a microorganism by the introduction of an exogenous inv or ail gene. The resulting organisms are then capable of binding to mammalian cell... | 05/10/1994 |
| 5306635 | DNA encoding immunogenic gpIII glycoprotein of varicella-zoster virus A gene of varicella-zoster virus (VZV) which encodes immunogenic outer surface viral proteins has been identified by DNA sequence analysis. Antibodies directed against peptides imputed from the DNA sequence can react with the glycoprotein, which itself is... | 04/26/1994 |
| 5304730 | Virus resistant plants and method therefore A DNA sequence encoding a potato leafroll virus coat protein having at least one internal translation initiation codon in a different reading frame than the native PLRV coat protein DNA sequence altered to a non-initiator codon is provided. Two translatio... | 04/19/1994 |
| 5300431 | Positive selection vector for the bacteriophage P1 cloning system Positive selection cassettes are disclosed which contain a lethal gene, a promoter, a repressor sequence overlapping the promoter, and a cloning site between the promoter and the lethal gene. Insertion of a foreign nucleic acid sequence into the cloning s... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5286639 | Recombinant avipoxvirus A recombinant Avipoxvirus having inserted all or a part of cDNA coding for Newcastle disease virus-derived hemagglutinin neuraminidase in a genome region non-essential to proliferation of Avipoxvirus is provided. The recombinant Avipoxvirus is utilizable ... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5278066 | Molecular cloning and expression of gene encoding lipolytic enzyme Novel microbial host strains are provided which are transformed by a vector molecule comprising a DNA fragment encoding a lipolytic enzyme and a marker for selection, capable of producing active lipase. Said DNA fragment is preferably derived from a Pseud... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5272063 | Process of making human nerve growth factor A method for the construction of recombinant DNA molecules capable of producing biologically active human nerve growth factor (hNGF) in insect cells is disclosed. Expression of the mature protein is achieved using the baculovirus expression system. The bi... | 12/21/1993 |
| 5266314 | Insecticide making use of viruses and preparation process thereof A composition comprising a hybrid nuclear polyhedrosis virus capable of destroying two species of insects and a method for obtaining the virus by infecting a mixture of two virus strains and successively culturing in two insect cell lines.... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5258294 | Bidirectional pox virus promoter element A gene sequence including a first promoter for the expression of a major early fowlpox virus (FPV) protein. In a preferred aspect, the gene sequence further includes a second promoter for the expression of a late fowlpox virus protein in opposite orientat... | 11/02/1993 |
| 5248606 | DNA encoding inactive precursor and active forms of maize ribosome inactivating protein The present invention is directed to a ribosome inactivating protein from maize. The protein is characterized by being in a single chain proRIP inactive form that can be converted into an active form by cleavage with proteases.... | 09/28/1993 |
| 5242808 | Production of bioadhesive precursor protein analogs by genetically engineered organisms Recombinant production of bioadhesive precursor protein analogs is disclosed. The bioadhesive precursor protein analogs can be hydroxylated and used as an adhesive in wet environments.... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5243038 | Construction of synthetic DNA and its use in large polypeptide synthesis Methods are provided for the production of large polypeptides containing repeating sequences of amino acids utilizing biochemical techniques, specifically DNA sequences coding for the expression of the large polypeptides. Systems utilizing exogenous trans... | 09/07/1993 |
| 5240838 | Regulatory sequences of alcohol oxidase (MOX) and dihydroxyacetonesynthase (DAS) of Hansenula polymorpha The structural genes and their regulatory DNA sequences of an alcohol oxidase (MOX) and a dihydroxyacetone synthase (DHAS) of Hansenula polymorpha have been isolated and the nucleotide sequences determined. The invention relates to the use of the MOX gene... | 08/31/1993 |
| 5239066 | Yersinia ail nucleic acids Nucleic acids encoding all or part of a Yersinia ail gene are provided. The nucleic acid comprises at least 50 base pairs of a Yersinia ail gene in isolated form or consists or a fragment consisting essentially of at least 50 base pairs but not more than ... | 08/24/1993 |
| 5217879 | Infectious Sindbis virus vectors Compositions and methods are disclosed for expressing heterologous coding sequences in host cells. The compositions include infectious Sindbis virus RNA molecules containing at least one heterologous coding sequence inserted within the structural region o... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5218099 | Post-transfusion, non-A, non-B hepatitis virus polynucleotides Purified virus particles, antigens, antibodies reactive with viral antigens, and a viral genetic material associated with non-A, non-B hepatitis are provided by the present invention. Cloned genetic material useful both in identifying intact virus particl... | 06/08/1993 |
| 5215893 | Nucleic acid encoding the ba chain prodomains of inhibin and method for synthesizing polypeptides using such nucleic acid DNA encoding the prepro inhibin and ଲ chains has been isolated. This DNA is ligated into expression vectors and used to transform host cells for the preparation of inhibin or activin. Also provided are prohormone domains and other inhibin &#... | 06/01/1993 |
| 5206157 | Preparation of N-substituted-2-morpholone N-substituted dialkanolamine may be converted to N-substituted-2-morpholone by the action of Gluconobacter oxydan ATCC #621 or Gluconobacter roseus IAM 1841.... | 04/27/1993 |
| 5204243 | Recombinant poxvirus internal cores What is described is a modified recombinant poxvirus, such as vaccinia virus, fowlpox virus and canarypox virus, having an internal core containing DNA from a non-pox source in a nonessential region of the poxvirus genome. The recombinant poxvirus is modi... | 04/20/1993 |
| 5202256 | Bioadhesive precursor protein expression vectors Vectors are provided that are capable of expressing, in microbial transformants, a protein having the native amino acid sequence of a bioadhesive precursor protein of a marine animal selected from the group consisting of mussels, barnacles, and oysters. T... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5202236 | Method of producing bioadhesive protein Vectors are provided that are capable of expressing, in microbial transformants, a protein having the native amino acid sequence of a bioadhesive precursor protein of a marine animal selected from the group consisting of mussels, barnacles, and oysters. T... | 04/13/1993 |
| 5200326 | Method for the fermentative production of L-amino acids from -keto acids The invention is directed to a method of producing L-amino acids from -ketocarboxylic acids by means of continuous fermentation with the aid of glutamate producing bacteria with biomass retention in which the cells are separated by microfiltration ... | 04/06/1993 |
