Guo, NC
Hongtao Guo, Chapel Hill, NC US
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20110190386 | Aptamer Inhibitors of Osteopontin and Methods of Use Thereof - The present invention polynucleotide aptamers that selectively bind to and inhibit the function of osteopontin, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, and methods of use for diagnostics and treatment of diseases and disorders associated with osteopontin. | 08-04-2011 |
Jian Guo, Durham, NC US
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20110071086 | COMPOSITIONS FOR TISSUE REPAIR/REGENERATION - The invention provides compositions and methods for cardiac repair and/or regeneration of tissues such as myocardium. | 03-24-2011 |
Jianxin Guo, Clayton, NC US
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20130131192 | COMPOSITION, METHOD, AND KIT FOR ALPHA-1 PROTEINASE INHIBITOR - The present invention provides compositions comprising API and at least one amino acid, in particular a liquid API formulation comprising amino acids, and methods and kits related thereto. These amino acids when incorporated into the API composition afford stability to the API formulation. | 05-23-2013 |
20160106843 | COMPOSITION, METHOD, AND KIT FOR ALPHA-1 PROTEINASE INHIBITOR - The present invention provides compositions comprising API and at least one amino acid, in particular a liquid API formulation comprising amino acids, and methods and kits related thereto. These amino acids when incorporated into the API composition afford stability to the API formulation. | 04-21-2016 |
Jihui Guo, Cary, NC US
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20120035318 | POLYURETHANE DISPERSION, METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME, COATED ARTICLES, AND METHOD FOR COATING ARTICLES - The instant invention is a polyurethane dispersion, method of producing the same, coated articles, and method for coating articles. The polyurethane dispersion according to the present inventions includes (a) one or more polyurethane units derived from one or more prepolymers wherein the one or more prepolymers comprise the reaction product of a mixture dissolved in dipropylene glycol dimethyl ether in the presence of one or more first surfactants with one or more isocyanates, wherein the mixture comprises one or more natural oil based polyols, and one or more adipate polyols, and optionally one or more short diols; and (b) water. | 02-09-2012 |
Jong Guo, Charlotte, NC US
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20160117958 | PRESSURE SENSITIVE ADHESIVE COMPOSITONS - Disclosed are removable pressure sensitive adhesive compositions (PSAs) useful with facestocks and/or packaging labels designed to be removed in the recycling of polymeric packaging. The PSAs of the invention include (a) at least one monomer which may undergo free radical polymerization and whose homopolymer has a glass transition temperature of less than or equal to 10° C., (b) at least one mono-olefinically unsaturated monomer having aldehyde or ketone functionality, and (c) an effective amount of at least one polyhydrazide crosslinker having hydrazine functionality. The PSA composition of the invention exhibits a peel adhesion value of between about 0.4 lbs/in (70 N/m) and about 4 lbs/in (700 N/m), and the percent film remaining on the polymeric packaging after a sink-float testing is 0% to about 8%. | 04-28-2016 |
Jong S. Guo, Charlotte, NC US
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20140142238 | PRESSURE SENSITIVE ADHESIVE COMPOSITONS - Disclosed are pressure sensitive adhesive compositions having enhanced water resistance and adhesion properties, which compositions include 70-99 wt % of an acrylic polymer dispersion and 1-30 wt % of a polyolefin dispersion. The acrylic polymer dispersion includes (1) one or more acrylic acid ester or (meth)acrylate acid ester(s), (2) one or more hydrocarbon monomer(s), (3) one or more ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid(s), (4) one or more nitrile(s) or amide(s) of an ethylenically unsaturated carboxylic acid(s), (5) one or more vinyl ester(s) of a carboxylic acid(s), optionally (6) one or more nitrogen containing acetoacetoxy functional compound(s), and optionally (7) one or more mercaptan chain transfer agent(s), and the polyolefin dispersion includes one or more polyolefins, which may or may not contain acid functionality. | 05-22-2014 |
Lining Guo, Durham, NC US
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20110030099 | PLANTS AND MODULATORS FOR IMPROVED DROUGHT TOLERANCE - Methods of conferring increased drought tolerance to a plant by reducing or inhibiting ammonia accumulation, and plants produced thereby. | 02-03-2011 |
Lining Guo, Chapell Hill, NC US
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20090203612 | XENORHABDUS TC PROTEINS AND GENES FOR PEST CONTROL - The subject invention relates to novel | 08-13-2009 |
Lining Guo, Chapel Hill, NC US
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20110300571 | Determination of the Liver Toxicity of an Agent - The present invention provides various biomarkers for hepatotoxicity and various methods of using the biomarkers Some of the biomarkers within the scope of this invention are cholate, glycochenodeoxycholate, glycocholate, taurine, 3-hyroxy-2-ethylpropionate, 4-imidazoleacetate, tyramine, anthranilate, 2′-deoxycytidine, N-acetyl aspartate (NAA), beta-hydroxy-hexanoate, and sarcosine (N-methylglycine) The methods of using the biomarkers include exposing a first hepatocyte culture to a test agent and comparing the levels of the one or more biomarkers obtained in the first hepatocyte culture to the levels of the one or more biomarkers obtained in a second hepatocyte culture without the test agent, where differential levels of the one or more biomarkers in the first hepatocyte culture as compared to the levels in the second hepatocyte culture is indicative of the test agent being a hepatotoxicant. | 12-08-2011 |
20140189903 | METHODS OF PREDICTING YIELD IN PLANTS AND APPLICATIONS OF USE THEREOF - The present invention relates to the fields of agriculture, plant breeding or genetic engineering for plants with increased yield, crop forecasting and crop management. In particular, the methods herein describe novel methods of predicting a plant's yield through the measurement of specific metabolites either individually or in combination with one another in a specific plant reproductive tissue. The plant predictive methods described herein may be used to predict yield of plant populations as well as allow for more efficient crop management practices (e.g. amount and timing of chemical applications or amount of irrigation water applied to a field). | 07-03-2014 |
Rong Guo, Durham, NC US
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20090181116 | AXMI-031, AXMI-039, AXMI-040 AND AXMI-049, A FAMILY OF NOVEL DELTA-ENDOTOXIN GENES AND METHODS FOR THEIR USE - Compositions and methods for conferring pesticidal activity to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions comprising a coding sequence for a delta-endotoxin polypeptide are provided. The coding sequences can be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and expression in plants and bacteria. Compositions also comprise transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues, and seeds. In particular, isolated delta-endotoxin nucleic acid molecules are provided. Additionally, amino acid sequences corresponding to the polynucleotides are encompassed, and antibodies specifically binding to those amino acid sequences. In particular, the present invention provides for isolated nucleic acid molecules comprising nucleotide sequences encoding the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, or 38, or the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, or 37, as well as variants and fragments thereof. | 07-16-2009 |
20120167251 | AXMI-031, AXMI-039, AXMI-040 AND AXMI-049, A FAMILY OF NOVEL DELTA-ENDOTOXIN GENES AND METHODS FOR THEIR USE - Compositions and methods for conferring pesticidal activity to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions comprising a coding sequence for a delta-endotoxin polypeptide are provided. The coding sequences can be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and expression in plants and bacteria. Compositions also comprise transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues, and seeds. In particular, isolated delta-endotoxin nucleic acid molecules are provided. Additionally, amino acid sequences corresponding to the polynucleotides are encompassed, and antibodies specifically binding to those amino acid sequences. | 06-28-2012 |
Rong Guo, Cary, NC US
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20100162439 | PESTICIDAL GENES FROM BREVIBACILLUS AND METHODS FOR THEIR USE - Compositions and methods for conferring insecticidal activity to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions including a coding sequence for a | 06-24-2010 |
20110023184 | AXMI-205 PESTICIDAL GENE AND METHODS FOR ITS USE - Compositions and methods for conferring pesticidal activity to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions comprising a coding sequence for pesticidal polypeptides are provided. The coding sequences can be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and expression in plants and bacteria. Compositions also comprise transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues, and seeds. In particular, isolated pesticidal nucleic acid molecules are provided. Additionally, amino acid sequences corresponding to the polynucleotides are encompassed. In particular, the present invention provides for nucleic acid molecules comprising nucleotide sequences encoding the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:2, 3, or 4, the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1, 9, 10, or 11, as well as variants and fragments thereof. | 01-27-2011 |
20110030096 | AXMI-192 Family of Pesticidal Genes and Methods for Their Use - Compositions and methods for conferring pesticidal activity to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions comprising a coding sequence for a toxin polypeptide are provided. The coding sequences can be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and expression in plants and bacteria. Compositions also comprise transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues, and seeds. In particular, isolated toxin nucleic acid molecules are provided. Additionally, amino acid sequences corresponding to the polynucleotides are encompassed, and antibodies specifically binding to those amino acid sequences. In particular, the present invention provides for isolated nucleic acid molecules comprising nucleotide sequences encoding the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:28-62, or the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1-27, as well as variants and fragments thereof. | 02-03-2011 |
20110263488 | FAMILY OF PESTICIDAL PROTEINS AND METHODS FOR THEIR USE - Compositions and methods for conferring pesticidal activity to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions comprising a coding sequence for pesticidal polypeptides are provided. The coding sequences can be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and expression in plants and bacteria. Compositions also comprise transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues, and seeds. In particular, isolated pesticidal nucleic acid molecules are provided. Additionally, amino acid sequences corresponding to the polynucleotides are encompassed. In particular, the present invention provides for isolated nucleic acid molecules comprising nucleotide sequences encoding the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37 or 61, the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, or 60, or the nucleotide sequence deposited in a bacterial host as Accession No. NRRL B-30961, B-30955, B-30956, B-30957, B-30958, B-30942, B-30939, B-30941, B-50047, B-30959, B-30960, B-30943, or B-50048, as well as variants and fragments thereof. | 10-27-2011 |
20130167264 | PESTICIDAL GENES FROM BREVIBACILLUS AND METHODS FOR THEIR USE - Compositions and methods for conferring insecticidal activity to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions including a coding sequence for a | 06-27-2013 |
20130303440 | AXMI-192 FAMILY OF PESTICIDAL GENES AND METHODS FOR THEIR USE - Compositions and methods for conferring pesticidal activity to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions comprising a coding sequence for a toxin polypeptide are provided. The coding sequences can be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and expression in plants and bacteria. Compositions also comprise transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues, and seeds. In particular, isolated toxin nucleic acid molecules are provided. Additionally, amino acid sequences corresponding to the polynucleotides are encompassed, and antibodies specifically binding to those amino acid sequences. In particular, the present invention provides for isolated nucleic acid molecules comprising nucleotide sequences encoding the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:28-62, or the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1-27, as well as variants and fragments thereof. | 11-14-2013 |
20140046049 | AXMI-205 PESTICIDAL GENE AND METHOD FOR ITS USE - Compositions and methods for conferring pesticidal activity to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions comprising a coding sequence for pesticidal polypeptides are provided. The coding sequences can be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and expression in plants and bacteria. Compositions also comprise transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues, and seeds. In particular, isolated pesticidal nucleic acid molecules are provided. Additionally, amino acid sequences corresponding to the polynucleotides are encompassed. In particular, the present invention provides for nucleic acid molecules comprising nucleotide sequences encoding the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:2, 3, or 4, the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1, 9, 10, or 11, as well as variants and fragments thereof. | 02-13-2014 |
20140051829 | AXMI-205 PESTICIDAL GENE AND METHOD FOR ITS USE - Compositions and methods for conferring pesticidal activity to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions comprising a coding sequence for pesticidal polypeptides are provided. The coding sequences can be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and expression in plants and bacteria. Compositions also comprise transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues, and seeds. In particular, isolated pesticidal nucleic acid molecules are provided. Additionally, amino acid sequences corresponding to the polynucleotides are encompassed. In particular, the present invention provides for nucleic acid molecules comprising nucleotide sequences encoding the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:2, 3, or 4, the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1, 9, 10, or 11, as well as variants and fragments thereof. | 02-20-2014 |
20140051837 | AXMI-205 PESTICIDAL GENE AND METHOD FOR ITS USE - Compositions and methods for conferring pesticidal activity to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions comprising a coding sequence for pesticidal polypeptides are provided. The coding sequences can be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and expression in plants and bacteria. Compositions also comprise transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues, and seeds. In particular, isolated pesticidal nucleic acid molecules are provided. Additionally, amino acid sequences corresponding to the polynucleotides are encompassed. In particular, the present invention provides for nucleic acid molecules comprising nucleotide sequences encoding the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO:2, 3, or 4, the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO:1, 9, 10, or 11, as well as variants and fragments thereof. | 02-20-2014 |
20140344999 | FAMILY OF PESTICIDAL PROTEINS AND METHODS FOR THEIR USE - Compositions and methods for conferring pesticidal activity to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions comprising a coding sequence for pesticidal polypeptides are provided. The coding sequences can be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and expression in plants and bacteria. Compositions also comprise transformed bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues, and seeds. In particular, isolated pesticidal nucleic acid molecules are provided. Additionally, amino acid sequences corresponding to the polynucleotides are encompassed. In particular, the present invention provides for isolated nucleic acid molecules comprising nucleotide sequences encoding the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15, 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37 or 61, the nucleotide sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1, 3, 5, 8, 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, or 60, or the nucleotide sequence deposited in a bacterial host as Accession No. B-30955, B-30956, B-30957, B-30958, B-30942, B-30939, B-30941, B-50047, B-30959, B-30960, B-30943, or B-50048, as well as variants and fragments thereof. | 11-20-2014 |
Sheng Guo, Durham, NC US
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20130084641 | Compositions and Methods for Protein Production - The present invention provides a method of selecting a mRNA for production of a polypeptide of interest comprising: a) producing an array of individual mRNA sequences comprising different nucleotide sequences encoding the polypeptide of interest; b) determining one or more or two or more of the following parameters for each individual mRNA sequence of (a): (i) minimum free energy (MFE) RNA secondary structure; (ii) ensemble free energy (EFE); (iii) frequency of the minimum free energy (FMFE) RNA secondary structure in a thermodynamic ensemble; and (iv) ensemble diversity (ED); c) ranking the individual mRNA sequences of the array according the parameters determined in step (b); and d) selecting a mRNA sequence from the ranked array of step (c), wherein the selected mRNA produces the polypeptide of interest. The present invention further provides a method of selecting a mRNA for enhanced and reduced production of a polypeptide of interest. | 04-04-2013 |
20150152408 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR PROTEIN PRODUCTION - The present invention provides a method of selecting a mRNA for production of a polypeptide of interest comprising: a) producing an array of individual mRNA sequences comprising different nucleotide sequences encoding the polypeptide of interest; b) determining one or more or two or more of the following parameters for each individual mRNA sequence of (a): (i) minimum free energy (MFE) RNA secondary structure; (ii) ensemble free energy (EFE); (iii) frequency of the minimum free energy (FMFE) RNA secondary structure in a thermodynamic ensemble; and (iv) ensemble diversity (ED); c) ranking the individual mRNA sequences of the array according the parameters determined in step (b); and d) selecting a mRNA sequence from the ranked array of step (c), wherein the selected mRNA produces the polypeptide of interest. The present invention further provides a method of selecting a mRNA for enhanced and reduced production of a polypeptide of interest. | 06-04-2015 |
Xiaochuan Guo, High Point, NC US
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20100152170 | Benzazole Derivatives, Compositions, And Methods Of Use As Aurora Kinase Inhibitors - The present invention relates to compounds and methods from the treatment of cancer. The invention provides compounds that inhibit Aurora kinase, pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds that inhibit Aurora kinase, and methods for the treatment of cancer using the compounds of the presentation invention or pharmaceutical compositions comprising compounds of the present invention. | 06-17-2010 |
Xiao-Chuan Guo, High Point, NC US
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20120088778 | AZOLE DERIVATIVES AND FUSED BICYCLIC AZOLE DERIVATIVES AS THERAPEUTIC AGENTS - This invention provides certain compounds, methods of their preparation, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds, and their use in treating human or animal disorders. The compounds of the invention are useful as modulators of the interaction between the receptor for advanced glycated end products (RAGE) and its ligands, such as advanced glycated end products (AGEs), S100/calgranulin/EN-RAGE, β-amyloid and amphoterin, and for the management, treatment, control, or as an adjunct treatment for diseases in humans caused by RAGE. Such diseases or disease states include acute and chronic inflammation, the development of diabetic late complications such as increased vascular permeability, nephropathy, atherosclerosis, and retinopathy, the development of Alzheimer's disease, erectile dysfunction, and tumor invasion and metastasis. | 04-12-2012 |
Zhigang Guo, Research Triangle Park, NC US
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20140170660 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR PREDICTING UNOBSERVED PHENOTYPES (PUP) - Methods for predicting unobserved phenotypes are provided. In some embodiments, the methods include (a) determining marker effects for a plurality of markers in a genotyped and phenotyped reference population with respect to a phenotype, wherein the reference population includes an F | 06-19-2014 |
20140317773 | YIELD TRAITS FOR MAIZE - Methods for introgressing an allele of interest of a locus associated with a yield trait into | 10-23-2014 |
20150089691 | METHODS FOR INCREASING GENETIC GAIN IN A BREEDING POPULATION - Methods for method for increasing genetic gain in a breeding process are provided. The methods can include (a) providing effects with respect to a trait of interest of a plurality of genome-wide markers in a breeding population; (b) selecting from the breeding population a breeding pair, wherein crossing the breeding pair would produce a subsequent progeny population; (c) inferring or determining haplotypes based on genotypes with respect to the plurality of genome-wide markers for the breeding pair; (d) simulating a cross of the breeding pair to produce a subsequent generation, each member of the progeny generation having a simulated genotype; (e) calculating a genetic potential value of the progeny generation; (f) repeating steps (b)-(e) one or more times, wherein in each iteration of step (b) employs a different breeding pair; (g) ranking each simulated cross; and (h) selecting one or more optimal breeding pairs based on the ranking, wherein the optimal breeding pair(s) selected is/are predicted to generate progeny with increased genetic gain. Also provided are methods for choosing breeding pairs predicted to produce progeny having desired phenotypes, methods for increasing the likelihood of producing progeny individual having desired phenotypes, methods for generating progeny individual having desired genotypes and/or phenotypes, progeny produced thereby, and cells, seeds, parts, and tissues cultures thereof. | 03-26-2015 |