Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090061492 | Method for producing biodiesel - The present invention relates to the production of biodiesel. In particular, the present invention provides systems and methods for fermenting biomass materials with transgenic plant materials expressing the WRI1 transcription factor. In preferred embodiments, WRI1 is expressed in canola. The transgenic canola plants are fermented with a biomass source so that oil is produced using carbohydrates from the biomass source as an energy source. | 03-05-2009 |
20090100551 | Plant Seed Specific Promoters - The present invention relates to novel seed specific promoter regions. The present invention further provide methods of producing proteins and other products of interest and methods of controlling expression of nucleic acid sequences of interest using the seed specific promoter regions. The present invention also provides methods of identifying and isolating novel seed specific promoters. | 04-16-2009 |
20090265810 | Arabidopsis genes encoding proteins involved in sugar and lipid metabolism and methods of use - Isolated nucleic acids and polypeptides associated with lipid and sugar metabolism regulation are provided. In particular, lipid metabolism proteins (LMP) and encoding nucleic acids originating from | 10-22-2009 |
20100088782 | SEED ENHANCEMENT BY COMBINATIONS OF PYRUVATE KINASES - Described herein are inventions in the field of genetic engineering of plants, including combinations of nucleic acid molecules encoding pyruvate kinase subunits to improve agronomic, horticultural, and quality traits. This invention relates generally to the combination of nucleic acid sequences encoding pyruvate kinase proteins that are related to the presence of seed storage compounds in plants. More specifically, the present invention relates to the use of these combinations of these sequences, their order and direction in the combination, and the regulatory elements used to control expression and transcript termination in these combinations in transgenic plants. In particular, the invention is directed to methods for manipulating seed storage compounds in plants and seeds. The invention further relates to methods of using these novel combinations of polypeptides to stimulate plant growth and/or root growth and/or to increase yield and/or composition of seed storage compounds. | 04-08-2010 |
20100105078 | Compositions And Methods Of A Phosphatidic Acid Binding Protein - TGD2 proteins of | 04-29-2010 |
20100192258 | Enzyme Directed Oil Biosynthesis In Microalgae - The present invention is related to biosynthetic oil compositions and methods of making thereof. In some embodiments, the invention relates to the use of endogenous enzymes in plants capable of synthesizing oil. In preferred embodiments, said plants are algae. In further embodiments, said algae are from the family | 07-29-2010 |
20100255550 | Regulatory Factors Controlling Oil Biosynthesis In Microalgae And Their Use - The production of transgenic plant oils is described by transfecting plant host cells with heterologous transcription inducers. Such inducers are specific for endogenous biosynthetic plant oil genes, such that the inducers induce an overexpression of the plant oil genes. The overexpressed gene product (i.e., for example, diacylglycerol transferase) thereby results in a increased intracellular production of a plant oil (i.e., for example, triacylglycerol). In one embodiment, the transfected plant host cell can be a plant algae species (i.e., for example, | 10-07-2010 |
20120237949 | SPECIFIC DETECTION AND QUANTIFICATION OF PHOSPHATIDIC ACID USING AN ARABIDOPSIS TRIGALACTOSYLDIACYLGLYCEROL-4 (TGD4) PROTEIN - The present invention is related to the field of phospholipid detection. In particular, certain embodiments provide the detection of phosphatidic acid. For example, certain proteins are capable of binding phosphatidic acid and can be used as a diagnostic and/or research tool to identify and quantitate phosphatidic acid. Phosphatidic acid may be in or from cells and tissues isolated from plants, animals and humans. For example, a trigalactosyldiacylglycerol-2 (TGD2) protein may be fused with a fluorescent probe to monitor and measure phosphatidic acid in vitro as well as in vivo. In other embodiments, a trigalactosyldiacylglycerol-4 (TGD4) protein may be fused with a fluorescent probe to monitor and measure phosphatidic acid in vitro as well as in vivo. In additional embodiments, a fragment comprising either a truncated TGD2 or TGD4 phosphatidic acid binding region protein may be used to monitor or measure phosphatidic acid. | 09-20-2012 |
20130104261 | Arabidopsis Genes Encoding Proteins Involved in Sugar and Lipid Metabolism and Methods of Use - Isolated nucleic acids and polypeptides associated with lipid and sugar metabolism regulation are provided. In particular, lipid metabolism proteins (LMP) and encoding nucleic acids originating from | 04-25-2013 |
20130212736 | ENZYME DIRECTED OIL BIOSYNTHESIS IN MICROALGAE - The present invention is related to biosynthetic oil compositions and methods of making thereof. In some embodiments, the invention relates to the use of endogenous enzymes in plants capable of synthesizing oil. In preferred embodiments, said plants are algae. In further embodiments, said algae are from the family | 08-15-2013 |
20140020133 | Genetically Engineered Plants with Increased Vegetative Oil Content - The invention relates to genetically modified agricultural plants with increased oil content in vegetative tissues, as well as to expression systems, plant cells, seeds and vegetative tissues related thereto. | 01-16-2014 |
20140134685 | METHOD TO INCREASE ALGAL BIOMASS AND ENHANCE ITS QUALITY FOR THE PRODUCTION OF FUEL - The invention provides a recombinant cell having a nucleotide sequence encoding a polypeptide which is a lipase having at least 40% amino acid sequence identity to a polypeptide having SEQ ID NO:1, and methods of using the recombinant cell to produce triacylglycerols or to increase oil production by the cell. | 05-15-2014 |
20140274777 | LIPID DROPLET PROTEIN MARKERS FOR ALGAL OIL ACCUMULATION - The application relates to apparatuses, methods and kits for detecting and quantifying oil content in algal samples. | 09-18-2014 |