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20080216199 | Molybdenum Transporter and Gene Thereof - It is to provide a novel molybdenum ion transporter MoTR1 gene responsible for molybdenum transport for the first time in plants, enabling to promote effectively molybdenum absorption from the environment or molybdenum transport in vivo. By QTL analysis of | 09-04-2008 |
20080263728 | PLASTIDIAL TARGETING PEPTIDE - The invention relates to a non-cleavable, plastidial targeting polypeptide derived from a protein from the inner membrane of plant chloroplasts. Said peptide is particularly suitable for importing proteins of interest in plants. | 10-23-2008 |
20080271209 | HIGH-THROUGHPUT EVALUATION OF RUBISCO AND PLANT PHOTOSYNTHETIC PERFORMANCE IN VIVO - The present invention provides a method for determining a level of a RuBP, PGA, 2-PA in a photosynthetic cellular extract by resolving at least one RuBP, PGA, or 2-PA or combinations thereof in a photosynthetic cellular extract obtained from a plant. In another aspect, it provides for detecting at least one resolved RuBP, PGA, or 2-PA or combinations, thereby determining a level of the resolved RuBP, PGA, or 2-PA or combinations. In one aspect the photosynthetic cellular extract is obtained from a plant subjected to an abiotic stress. A method of the invention can be useful, for example, for identifying plants with increased photosynthetic performance. Also included herein is a high throughput system for identifying a plant with increased photosynthetic performance. | 10-30-2008 |
20080301842 | PLANT RNA TRANSPORT AND RNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE PROTEINS - This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a RNA-directed RNA polymerase. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a substantial portion of the RNA-directed RNA polymerase, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the RNA-directed RNA polymerase in a transformed host cell. | 12-04-2008 |
20090025107 | Polypeptides Having Organophosphorus Hydrolase Activity and Polynucleotides Encoding Same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having organophosphorus hydrolase (OPH) activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides. | 01-22-2009 |
20090064374 | Expression cassettes for seed-preferential expression in plants - The present invention relates to expression cassettes comprising transcription regulating nucleotide sequences with seed-preferential or seed-specific expression profiles in plants obtainable from a tonoplast intrinsic protein gamma 2 gene, preferably from the | 03-05-2009 |
20090172842 | EXPRESSION OF RECOMBINANT GENES ENCODING RUBISCO PROTEINS IN C3 PLANTS - The invention describes isolation and functional expression of RUBISCO genes derived from C4 plants and red algae in C3 plant hosts. Specifically the RUBISCO genes of | 07-02-2009 |
20090183282 | Insecticidal compounds and methods for selection thereof - A series of potent and highly specific insecticidal toxins characterized by an amino acid sequences SEQ ID NO: 2-35. | 07-16-2009 |
20090188009 | HEAT SHOCK RNA FROM VARIOUS SPECIES AND ITS USE IN ACTIVATION OF HEAT SHOCK TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR, IN TREATMENT OF VARIOUS DISEASES IN ANIMALS AND IN GENERATION OF STRESS-RESISTANT PLANTS - The present invention provides a novel RNA, designated herein as the “HSR1” (Heat Shock RNA), and its use together with translation elongation factor eEF1A in activation of heat shock transcription factor HSF. The invention further provides the use of HSR1 for generation of novel therapeutics for the treatment of various diseases in animals and for generation of stress-resistant plants. | 07-23-2009 |
20090217419 | EXPRESSION CASSETTES FOR VASCULAR TISSUE-PREFERENTIAL EXPRESSION IN PLANTS - The present invention relates to expression cassettes comprising transcription regulating sequences with vascular tissue-preferential or vascular tissue-specific expression profiles in plants obtainable from | 08-27-2009 |
20090222955 | DELTA 6 DESATURASES FROM PRIMULACEAE, EXPRESSING PLANTS AND PUFA-CONTAINING OILS - The present invention relates to an improved method for the specific production of unsaturated ω-3 fatty acids and a method for the production of triglycerides having an increased content of unsaturated fatty acids, in particular ω-3 fatty acids having more than three double bonds. The invention relates to the production of a transgenic organism, preferably a transgenic plant or a transgenic microorganism, having an increased content of fatty acids, oils or lipids having Δ6 double bonds due to the expression of a Δ6-desaturase from Primulaceae. The invention additionally relates to expression cassettes containing a nucleic acid sequence, a vector and organisms containing at least one nucleic acid sequence or an expression cassette. The invention further relates to unsaturated fatty acids and triglycerides having an increased content of unsaturated fatty acids and use thereof. | 09-03-2009 |
20090241226 | Gene Encoding Lignan Methylation Enzyme - The present invention relates to genes for enzymes having the activity of transferring a methyl group to lignans, plants with an altered lignan composition using these methyltransferases, and so on. More particularly, the present invention relates to enzyme genes having the activity of synthesizing methylated lignans, preferably enzyme genes having the activity of synthesizing sesame-derived methylated lignans, and use thereof. | 09-24-2009 |
20100071096 | PLANT DISEASE AND INSECT DAMAGE CONTROL COMPOSITION AND PLANT DISEASE AND INSECT DAMAGE PREVENTION METHOD - The invention provides a plant disease and insect damage control composition including, as active ingredients, dinotefuran and at least one fungicidal compound; and a plant disease and insect damage prevention method that includes applying such a composition to a plant body, soil, plant seed, stored cereal, stored legume, stored fruit, stored vegetable, silage, stored flowering plant, or export/import timber. The invention provides a new plant disease and insect damage control composition and a plant disease and insect damage prevention method with very low toxicity to mammals and fishes, the composition and method showing an effect against plural pathogens and pest insects, including emerging resistant pathogens and resistant pest insect, by application to a plant body, soil, plant seed, stored cereal, stored legume, stored fruit, stored vegetable, silage, stored flowering plant, or export/import timber. | 03-18-2010 |
20100077512 | Pyridazin-4-ylmethyl-sulfonamides used as Fungicides and Against Arthropods - The present invention relates to novel pyridazin-4-ylmethyl-sulfonamide compounds (I) and to their N-oxides, their agriculturally acceptable salts and their veterinarily acceptable salts and also to agricultural compositions comprising at least one such compound as active component, and also to their use for controlling harmful fungi. The present invention also relates to a method for controlling arthropod pests. | 03-25-2010 |
20100115668 | Ocp3 gene of arabidopsis thaliana and the ocp3 recessive mutation thereof, and the use of same as a resistance regulator in plants with disease caused by necrotrophic fungal pathogens - The invention relates to the technical field of plant biotechnology and, more specifically, to the OCP3 gene of | 05-06-2010 |
20100122379 | Active Ingredient Compositions for Plant Protection - The present invention relates to novel active substance compositions for plant protection in the form of finely divided active-substance-containing particles which compositions comprise
| 05-13-2010 |
20100122380 | Polypeptides having feruloyl esterase activity and polynucleotides encoding same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having feruloyl esterase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. | 05-13-2010 |
20100170008 | Use of plants with reduced levels of de-esterified homogalacturonan in the cell wall or portions thereof for improving the saccharification of plant biomasses - The present invention relates to expression in plants of pectinolytic enzymes and of pectin methylesterase inhibitors for increasing the degradability of plant tissues through enzymatic digestion, thus improving saccharification efficiency. | 07-01-2010 |
20100186123 | Suppression of Resistance in Insects to Bacillus Thuringiensis Cry Toxins, Using Toxins that do not Require the Cadherin Receptor - The present invention provides a method to obtain DNA constructs that encode 3-domain Cry toxins (also called Cry toxins, Bt toxins, or β-endotoxins) lacking helix α-1. These DNA constructs have been modified to encode proteins that kill insects that are resistant to the corresponding unmodified Cry toxins. The DNA constructs encoding the Modified 3-Domain Cry Toxins and the encoded Modified 3-Domain Cry Toxins are provided together with the molecular vectors and the host cell comprising said constructs and the recombinant methods to produce the Modified 3-Domain Cry Toxins. Additionally, compositions comprising the Modified 3-Domain Cry Toxins are disclosed. The resistance of the insects to unmodified Cry toxins is due to reduced toxin binding to the insects' midgut receptors. The invention further provides methods to overcome resistance in crop pests. | 07-22-2010 |
20100192260 | Polypeptides having alpha-glucosidase activity and polynucleotides encoding same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having alpha-glucosidase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides. | 07-29-2010 |
20100205693 | PROMOTERS FOR REGULATION OF GENE EXPRESSION IN PLANT ROOTS - The present invention is directed to promoters isolated from maize and functional equivalents thereto. The promoters of the present invention have particular utility in driving root-specific expression of heterologous genes that impart increased agronomic, horticultural and/or pesticidal characteristics to a given transgenic plant. The present invention is also drawn to DNA molecules comprising the promoters of the invention and transformed plant tissues containing DNA molecules comprising a promoter of the invention operably linked to a heterologous gene or genes, and seeds thereof. | 08-12-2010 |
20100242139 | XENOHORMESIS BASED COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS - The present invention provides methods and compositions for improving the health of subjects, such as their resistance to stress. | 09-23-2010 |
20100242140 | Modulation Of Plant Cell Wall Deposition - The present invention is predicated, in part, on the functional characterisation of a homeodomain/leucine zipper (HD-Zip) polypeptide which modulates various aspects of cell wall deposition in plant cells, including secondary cell wall deposition. The present invention provides, among other things, methods for modulating cell wall deposition in plant cells; plant cells and plants having modulated cell wall deposition; and methods for determining and/or predicting the rate and/or extent of cell wall deposition in plant cells and plants. | 09-23-2010 |
20100263091 | Polypeptides Having Acetylxylan Esterase Activity And Polynucleotides Encoding Same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having acetylxylan esterase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. | 10-14-2010 |
20100263092 | Polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and polynucleotides encoding same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. | 10-14-2010 |
20100281582 | Polypeptides having xylanase activity and polynucleotides encoding same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having xylanase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. | 11-04-2010 |
20100299788 | Polypeptides having Cellulolytic Enhancing Activity and Polynucleotides Encoding Same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellulolytic enhancing activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. | 11-25-2010 |
20100306879 | Polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase activity and polynucleotides encoding same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having cellobiohydrolase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. | 12-02-2010 |
20110016587 | PROMOTER, PROMOTER CONTROL ELEMENTS, AND COMBINATIONS, AND USES THEREOF - The present invention is directed to promoter sequences and promoter control elements, polynucleotide constructs comprising the promoters and control elements, and methods of identifying the promoters, control elements, or fragments thereof. The invention further relates to the use of the present promoters or promoter control elements to modulate transcript levels. | 01-20-2011 |
20110030102 | GENERATION OF ACYL AMINO ACIDS - Engineered polypeptides useful in synthesizing acyl amino acids are provided. Also provided are methods of making acyl amino acids using engineered polypeptides. In certain embodiments, an acyl amino acid produced using compositions and/or methods of the present invention comprises cocoyl glutamate. | 02-03-2011 |
20110093986 | TOMATO SIMYB12 TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AND GENETIC SELECTION THEREOF - The present invention discloses that down regulation of the SlMYB12 transcription factor results in the colorless peel y phenotype in tomato fruit. The present invention provides polynucleotides encoding the tomato SlMYB12 transcription factor and genetic markers derived therefrom, useful in the breeding of tomato plants having the colorless peel phenotype and in the production of transgenic plants having altered flavonoid content. | 04-21-2011 |
20110131686 | Polypeptides having beta-glucosidase activity and polynucleotides encoding same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having beta-glucosidase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. | 06-02-2011 |
20110154540 | RECOMBINANT VECTORS CARRYING ZEARALENONE-INDUCIBLE PROMOTER AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING PROTEINS AND DETECTING ZEARALENONE USING THEM - The present invention relates to a zearalenone-inducible promoter originated from | 06-23-2011 |
20110162113 | ANTIBODIES - The application discloses a method of making an antibody molecule, the antibody containing an immunoglobulin heavy chain comprising a α3 domain or a mu domain, the method comprising: (a) Providing a nucleotide sequence encoding the immunoglobulin heavy chain; (b) Modifying the nucleotide sequence in the region of the nucleotide sequence encoding the C-terminus 18 amino acids of the completed heavy chain to remove, or reduce the effectiveness of, one or more vacuolar targeting signal sequences to form a modified nucleotide sequence; (c) Inserting the modified nucleotide sequence into a host cell; and (d) Causing the host cell to express the modified nucleotide sequence to form the modified antibody heavy chain and secrete the modified antibody heavy chain from the host cell. This improves the secretion of the antibody from, for example, plant cells. Methods of adding J-chain binding activity to antibodies are also provided. The modified antibodies and their use is also disclosed. | 06-30-2011 |
20110162114 | SELECTION METHOD II - The invention relates to a method for producing a transformed plant cell. More particularly, the method involves the transformation of a plant cell with a Transformation Cassette which is targeted to plant plastids and which comprises a selection gene, for example isopentenyl transferase (IPT), and a transgene. After selection for transformed plastids, expression of a recombinase is induced in the plant cell, which leads to the excision of the selection gene from the plastid and the expression of the transgene in the plastid. The invention also provides cells and plants comprising the Transformation Cassette. | 06-30-2011 |
20110173722 | NOVEL INSULIN DERIVATIVES HAVING AN EXTREMELY DELAYED TIME-ACTION PROFILE - The invention relates to novel insulin analogs having a basal time-action profile, which are characterized by the addition and/or substitution of negatively and positively charged amino acid residues and by an amidation of the C-terminal carboxy group of the B chain and histidine in position 8 of the insulin A chain. The invention also relates to the production and use thereof. | 07-14-2011 |
20110173723 | EG82013 and EG81345 Nucleic Acids and Uses Thereof - The present invention provides methods for identifying nucleic acid and polypeptide sequences which may be associated with a commercially relevant trait in plants, specifically, so-identified nucleic acids and polypeptide sequences for yield genes EG82013 and EG81345. Sequences thus identified are useful in enhancing commercially desired traits in domesticated plants or wild ancestor plants, identifying related nucleic acid sequences, genotyping a plant, and marker assisted breeding. Sequences thus identified may also be used to generate heterologous DNA, transgenic plants, and transfected host cells. | 07-14-2011 |
20110225678 | RICE PROMOTERS FOR REGULATION OF PLANT EXPRESSION - The present invention provides promoters from plants capable of driving gene expression in plant cells. The promoters vary in strength and in tissue specificity, and can be used to facilitate the development of transgenic plants in which tissue preferred expression, constitutive expression, and the strength of transgene expression is either more or less critical. | 09-15-2011 |
20110247100 | PLANT PEPTIDE GAMMA-ZEIN FOR DELIVERY OF BIOMOLECULES INTO PLANT CELLS - A method of introducing a molecule of interest into a plant cell having a cell wall includes interacting a gamma-zein peptide with a molecule of interest to form a gamma-zein linked structure. The gamma-zein linked structure is then placed in contact with the plant cell having a cell wall, and allowing uptake of the gamma-zein linked structure into the plant cell. Alternatively, a gene of interest can be expressed in a plant cell having an intact cell wall by interacting a gamma-zein peptide with the gene of interest to form a gamma-zein linked gene structure, allowing uptake of the gamma-zein linked gene structure into the plant cell, and expressing the gene of interest in the plant cell and its progeny. | 10-06-2011 |
20110258742 | Stress Tolerant Transgenic Crop Plants - Disclosed herein are novel variant bacterial cold shock proteins and recombinant DNA for expressing such proteins to produce transgenic plants with enhanced stress tolerance and/or enhanced yield. | 10-20-2011 |
20110307975 | METHOD FOR DIVIDING SOMATIC EMBRYO MASS - The present invention relates to a method for inducing a single somatic embryo, which comprises physically dividing a plant somatic embryo mass, and to a method for mass-propagation of a plant comprising inducing a large number of single somatic embryos from a somatic embryo mass according to the above method and germinating the somatic embryos. | 12-15-2011 |
20110321200 | Rejuvenation or preservation of germ cells - Certain embodiments disclosed herein include, but are not limited to, at least one of compositions, methods, devices, systems, kits, or products regarding rejuvenation or preservation of germ cells or gametes. Certain embodiments disclosed herein include, but are not limited to, methods of modifying germ cells or gametes, or methods of administering modified germ cells or gametes to at least one biological tissue. | 12-29-2011 |
20120023623 | Polypeptides having beta-glucosidase activity and polynucleotides encoding same - The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having beta-glucosidase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides. | 01-26-2012 |
20120030838 | NOVEL FUNGAL ENZYMES - This invention relates to novel enzymes and novel methods for producing the same. More specifically this invention relates to a variety of fungal enzymes. Nucleic acid molecules encoding such enzymes, compositions, recombinant and genetically modified host cells, and methods of use are described. The invention also relates to a method to convert lignocellulosic biomass to fermentable sugars with enzymes that degrade the lignocellulosic material and novel combinations of enzymes, including those that provide a synergistic release of sugars from plant biomass. The invention also relates to methods to use the novel enzymes and compositions of such enzymes in a variety of other processes, including washing of clothing, detergent processes, deinking and biobleaching of paper and pulp, and treatment of waste streams. | 02-02-2012 |
20120036599 | NOVEL FUNGAL ENZYMES - This invention relates to novel enzymes and novel methods for producing the same. More specifically this invention relates to a variety of fungal enzymes. Nucleic acid molecules encoding such enzymes, compositions, recombinant and genetically modified host cells, and methods of use are described. The invention also relates to a method to convert lignocellulosic biomass to fermentable sugars with enzymes that degrade the lignocellulosic material and novel combinations of enzymes, including those that provide a synergistic release of sugars from plant biomass. The invention also relates to methods to use the novel enzymes and compositions of such enzymes in a variety of other processes, including washing of clothing, detergent processes, deinking and biobleaching of paper and pulp, and treatment of waste streams. | 02-09-2012 |
20130340121 | Temperature-Dependent Meganuclease Activity - The invention relates to methods for the production of genetically modified plants using engineered meganucleases and elevated temperature and to genetically modified plants produced by such methods. | 12-19-2013 |
20150361404 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS IN TRANSGENIC PLANTS - The present invention relates to a process for the production of polyunsaturated fatty acids in the seed of transgenic plants by introducing, into the organism, nucleic acids which encode polypeptides with a ω3-desaturase, Δ12-desaturase, Δ6-desaturase, Δ6-elongase, Δ5-desaturase, Δ5-elongase and/or Δ4-desaturase activity. The invention furthermore relates to recombinant nucleic acid molecules comprising the nucleic acid sequences which encode the aforementioned polypeptides, either jointly or individually, and transgenic plants which comprise the aforementioned recombinant nucleic acid molecules. Furthermore, the invention relates to the generation of a transgenic plant and to oils, lipids and/or fatty acids with an elevated content of polyunsaturated fatty acids, in particular arachidonic acid, eicosapentaenoic acid and/or docosahexaenoic acid, as the result of the expression of the elongases and desaturases used in the process according to the invention. | 12-17-2015 |
20160007613 | Clonostachys rosea Inoculated Plant Materials with Fungicides and Adjuvants | 01-14-2016 |
20160040177 | IRES Elements for Expression of Polypeptides and Methods of Using the Same - Compositions and methods for the expression of one or more coding sequences are provided which use an internal ribosome entry site (IRES) from | 02-11-2016 |
20160053218 | SYSTEM FOR DELIVERY OF MICROBIAL INOCULANTS AND RELATED MATERIALS AND METHODS - Described herein are systems, methods and kits for culturing and applying fresh microbial inoculants in the field. The system, methods and kits are easy to use, reliable, sealed to prevent contamination, and can be stored on location, for use on demand by those unskilled in the microbiological arts. Particular embodiments described herein may be used to increase agricultural crop yields. | 02-25-2016 |
20160060306 | DIG-14 INSECTICIDAL CRY TOXINS - DIG-14 insecticidal toxins, polynucleotides encoding such toxins, use of such toxins to control pests, and transgenic plants that produce such toxins are disclosed. | 03-03-2016 |
20160060606 | ACYLTRANSFERASES AND USES THEREOF IN FATTY ACID PRODUCTION - The present invention pertains to the recombinant manufacture of polyunsaturated fatty acids. Specifically, it relates to acyltransferase polypeptides, polynucleotides encoding said acyltransferases as well as vectors, host cells, non-human transgenic organisms containing said polynucleotides. Moreover, the present invention contemplates methods for the manufacture of polyunsaturated fatty acids as well as oils obtained by such methods. | 03-03-2016 |
20160106110 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ENHANCING GERMINATION - Described herein are compositions comprising one or more microorganisms and one or more germinants. Further described herein are methods for treating plants, plant parts, soils, with one or more microorganisms and one or more germinants, and compositions thereof. | 04-21-2016 |
20160145631 | METHODS FOR NON-TRANSGENIC GENOME EDITING IN PLANTS - Materials and methods for creating genome-engineered plants with non-transgenic methods are provided herein. | 05-26-2016 |
20160152995 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS TO IMPROVE THE SPREAD OF CHEMICAL SIGNALS IN PLANTS | 06-02-2016 |
20160168569 | Phased Small RNAs | 06-16-2016 |
20160186157 | INTEIN-MODIFIED ENZYMES, THEIR PRODUCTION AND INDUSTRIAL APPLICATION - A method of predicting an intein insertion site in a protein that will lead to a switching phenotype is provided. The method includes identifying a plurality of C/T/S sites within the protein; selecting from the plurality of C/T/S/sites those that are ranked 0.75 or higher by a support vector machine, within ten angstroms of the active site of the protein, and at or near a loop-β-sheet junction or a loop-α-helix junction. A method of controlling protein activity and hosts including proteins with controlled activity are also provided. Also, intein modified proteins and plants containing intein modified proteins are provided. | 06-30-2016 |
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