| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 800306000 | Brassica | 57 |
| 20110179529 | MODULATING LIGHT RESPONSE PATHWAYS IN PLANTS - Methods and materials for modulating low light and/or shade tolerance, and red light specific responses in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding low light and/or SD+EODFR-tolerance polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased low light and/or SD+EODFR tolerance. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20120174266 | NOVEL CANOLA CULTIVARS HAVING HIGH YIELD AND STABILIZED FATTY ACID PROFILES - According to the invention, there are provided novel canola cultivars, seeds of canola cultivars, to the plants, or plant parts, of novel canola cultivars and to methods for producing a canola plants produced by crossing the novel canola cultivars with themselves or another canola cultivar, and the creation of variants by mutagenesis or transformation of the canola cultivars. The novel canola cultivar(s) include canola plants having a desired trait that includes an oleic acid value of about 70% and a yield greater than about 2100 kg/ha, and oils canola seeds having an oleic acid content of greater than about 70% and an α-linolenic acid value of less than about 3%. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20100083408 | Gene Expression Modulating Element - The present invention provides a method of screening for the purpose of obtaining gene expression modulating elements and gene insulator elements. The invention includes a method of identifying gene expression modulating elements and gene insulator elements through use of the following steps: a) locating intergenic regions of a plant genome that are flanked by a gene on each side that have differing gene expressions b) taking that intergenic region or a portion of that intergenic region and adding it to a cassette comprising an isolated gene c) introducing the cassette into a plant cell d) analyzing expression of the isolated gene. The present invention also includes identified sequences that act as gene expression modulating elements. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20130031678 | BRASSICA PLANTS YIELDING OILS WITH A LOW TOTAL SATURATED FATTY ACID CONTENT - plants producing oils with a low total saturated fatty acid content and methods for producing such plants are described. The oils have a low total saturated fatty acid in combination with a low, mid, or high oleic acid content. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20090183285 | Novel Bacillus Thuringiensis Gene with Coleopteran Activity - The invention provides nucleic acids, and variants and fragments thereof, obtained from strains of | 07-16-2009 |
| 20100077514 | Gene Expression Modulating Element - The present invention provides a method of screening for the purpose of obtaining gene expression modulating elements and gene insulator elements. The invention includes a method of identifying gene expression modulating elements and gene insulator elements through use of the following steps: a) locating intergenic regions of a plant genome that are flanked by a gene on each side that have differing gene expressions b) taking that intergenic region or a portion of that intergenic region and adding it to a cassette comprising an isolated gene c) introducing the cassette into a plant cell d) analyzing expression of the isolated gene. The present invention also includes identified sequences that act as gene expression modulating elements. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20130081156 | BRASSICA PLANTS YIELDING OILS WITH A LOW ALPHA LINOLENIC ACID CONTENT - plants producing oils with a low alpha-linolenic acid content and methods for producing such plants are described. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20090158472 | TRANSFORMANT PLANT - A transformant plant transformed with an expression vector, the expression vector including a nucleotide sequence encoding a first polypeptide which has thermophilic endo-1,4-beta-glucanase activity, so that the polypeptide is capable of being expressed in a host cell of the transformant plant. | 06-18-2009 |
| 20120192318 | Transformation system for Camelina sativa - In order to better aid consumers of prescription medicine and the like in efficient and rapid identification of the correct pill to be taken from among multiple containers, a novel group of articles of manufacture adapted for use with end-use prescription medicine containers at least includes a plurality of predetermined medicine purpose types corresponding to different types of medical or vitality purposes that underlying medicines are targeted to treat or address. Each article of manufacture is adapted to be coupled to an end-use, target prescription medicine container by an end-user or pharmacy function, and each article of manufacture at least includes an ideogram adapted to encourage a psychological association with, and identification of, the medicine expected to be placed in the target prescription medicine container to which the article of manufacture is adapted, and each article of manufacture is associated with a particular medicine purpose type. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20130061354 | POLYPEPTIDE HAVING CELLOBIOHYDROLASE ACTIVITY AND USES THEREOF - The invention relates to a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence set out in SEQ ID NO: 2 or an amino acid sequence encoded by the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, or a variant polypeptide or variant polynucleotide thereof, wherein the variant polypeptide has at least 93% sequence identity with the sequence set out in SEQ ID NO: 2 or the variant polynucleotide encodes a polypeptide that has at least 93% sequence identity with the sequence set out in SEQ ID NO: 2. The invention features the full length coding sequence of the novel gene as well as the amino acid sequence of the full-length functional polypeptide and functional equivalents of the gene or the amino acid sequence. The invention also relates to methods for using the polypeptide in industrial processes. Also included in the invention are cells transformed with a polynucleotide according to the invention suitable for producing these proteins. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130097737 | Nucleic acid molecules and other molecules associated with plants and uses thereof for plant improvement - Recombinant polynucleotides and recombinant polypeptides useful for improvement of plants are provided. The disclosed recombinant polynucleotides and recombinant polypeptides find use in production of transgenic plants to produce plants having improved properties. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130104264 | POLYPEPTIDE HAVING BETA-GLUCOSIDASE ACTIVITY AND USES THEREOF - The invention relates to a polypeptide comprising the amino acid sequence set out in SEQ ID NO: 2 or an amino acid sequence encoded by the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1, or a variant polypeptide or variant polynucleotide thereof, wherein the variant polypeptide has at least 96% sequence identity with the sequence set out in SEQ ID NO: 2 or the variant polynucleotide encodes a polypeptide that has at least 96% sequence identity with the sequence set out in SEQ ID NO: 2. The invention features the full length coding sequence of the novel gene as well as the amino acid sequence of the full-length functional polypeptide and functional equivalents of the gene or the amino acid sequence. The invention also relates to methods for using the polypeptide in industrial processes. Also included in the invention are cells transformed with a polynucleotide according to the invention suitable for producing these proteins. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20090165176 | Artificial Plant Minichromosomes - Artificial plant minichromosomes comprising a functional centromere which specifically bind centromeric protein C (CENPC) and methods for making such minichromosomes are described. | 06-25-2009 |
| 20130125268 | PLANT HAEMOGLOBIN - The invention relates generally to a method for improving growth of plants, under normal and under stress conditions, more particularly under osmotic stress and/or temperature extremes, comprising modifying plant haemoglobin gene expression and/or by modifying plant haemoglobin protein levels in a plant. The invention furthermore relates to a method for increasing yield of a plant, comprising modifying plant gene expression and/or by modifying plant haemoglobin levels in a plant. The invention also relates to a nucleic acid encoding a haemoglobin conferring this altered growth and stress tolerance. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20110289634 | Xanthomonas Campestris Pv. Campestris Resistant Brassica Plant and Preparation Thereof - The present invention relates to a | 11-24-2011 |
| 20090070902 | Production of hydroxylated fatty acids in genetically modified plants - This invention relates to plant fatty acyl hydroxylases. Methods to use conserved amino acid or nucleotide sequences to obtain plant fatty acyl hydroxylases are described. Also described is the use of cDNA clones encoding a plant hydroxylase to produce a family of hydroxylated fatty acids in transgenic plants. In addition, the use of genes encoding fatty acid hydroxylases or desaturases to alter the level of lipid fatty acid unsaturation in transgenic plants is described. | 03-12-2009 |
| 20120297508 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR SILENCING GENE FAMILIES USING ARTIFICIAL MICRORNAS - Methods and compositions are provided which allow for a single microRNA (miRNA) to reduce the level of expression of at least two members of the same protein and/or gene family. Such methods and compositions employ miRNA expression constructs having a structure such that the most abundant form of miRNA produced from the construct is a 22-nucleotide miRNA. The 22-nucleotide miRNA produced from the miRNA expression construct thereby reduces the level of expression of not only the target sequence for the miRNA, but also reduces the level of expression of at least one additional sequence from the same protein and/or gene family as the target sequence. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20090151027 | DIACYLGLYCEROL ACYL TRANSFERASE PROTEINS - The invention provides diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DAGAT) proteins, wherein said proteins are active in the formation of triacylglycerol from fatty acyl and diacylglycerol substrates. In one aspect, | 06-11-2009 |
| 20120036601 | Broccoli Type Adapted for Ease of Harvest - A broccoli plant characterized in having an exerted head having a crown higher than the leaf canopy and a harvestable head of at least about 200 grams when planted at a density of 40,000 plants per hectare, where the harvestable head comprises the top 25 centimeters of said stalk. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20110231964 | Sclerotinia-resistant Brassica - The invention provides | 09-22-2011 |
| 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 |
| 20090100550 | Artificial Plant Minichromosomes - Artificial plant minichromosomes comprising a functional centromere which specifically bind centromeric protein C (CENPC) and methods for making such minichromosomes are described. | 04-16-2009 |
| 20090241230 | 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, said gene being selected from the group consisting of the | 09-24-2009 |
| 20120246766 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS RELATING TO TRANSGENIC PLANTS AND CELLULOSIC ETHANOL PRODUCTION - Transgenic lignocellulosic plants are provided according to embodiments of the present invention, the transgenic plants transformed with an expression cassette encoding a protein operably linked to a signal peptide which targets the protein to a cell wall of the transgenic plant, where at least 5% of the total amino acid residues of the protein are tyrosine, lysine, serine, threonine or cysteine. Methods of increasing lignin-protein bonds in a lignocellulosic plant are provided according to embodiments of the present invention which include expressing a recombinant nucleic acid in a lignocellulosic plant, the recombinant nucleic acid encoding a protein operably linked to a signal peptide which targets the protein to the cell wall of a plant, where at least 5% of the total amino acid residues of the protein are tyrosine, lysine, serine, threonine or cysteine. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20100154083 | Methods and Compositions for the Selection of A Transgenic Plant - Compositions and methods are provided to screen, identify, select, isolate, and/or regenerate targeted integration events using seed priming. Seed priming provides the identification of a seed having stably incorporated into its genome a site-specific recombinase mediated integration of a selectable marker at a target locus operably linked to a promoter active in the seed. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100154082 | SHADE TOLERANCE IN PLANTS - Materials and methods for increasing shade tolerance in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding shade-tolerance polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased shade tolerance and plant products produced from plants having increased shade tolerance. | 06-17-2010 |
| 20100235951 | NOVEL GENES ENCODING INSECTICIDAL PROTEINS - The present invention relates to novel gene sequences encoding insecticidal proteins produced by | 09-16-2010 |
| 20120144535 | SEED-OIL SUPPRESSION TO ENHANCE YIELD OF COMMERCIALLY IMPORTANT MACROMOLECULES - This invention relates to a method for making a genetically modified cotton plant by regenerating a whole plant from a plant cell that has been transfected with DNA sequences including a gene, the expression of which results in suppression of oil biosynthesis in the developing seed. Plants made according to this method exhibit increased production of fiber. Also disclosed is a method for making a non-genetically modified cotton plant with reduced seed-oil content by selecting native alleles or alleles produced through mutagenesis that result in reduced oil content with resulting enhanced fiber yield. Methods are disclosed for developing commercially acceptable cultivars that contain the cottonseed-oil suppression trait. Plant cells, plant tissues, plant seed and whole plants containing the above DNA sequences and alleles form part of the invention. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20100037358 | METHOD FOR SEED DEVITALIZATION - The invention provides a method for devitalizing plant seed, the method comprising the steps of hydrating a viable whole plant seed and freezing the hydrated whole plant seed. The invention further provides a collection of devitalized whole plant seed wherein the integrity of genomic DNA and protein within the devitalized plant seed is preserved. | 02-11-2010 |
| 20080229457 | S-ADENOSYL-L-METHIONINE SYNTHETASE PROMOTER AND ITS USE IN EXPRESSION OF TRANSGENIC GENES IN PLANTS - A constitutive plant S-adenosyl-L-methionine synthetase (SAMS) promoter and subfragments thereof and their use in promoting the expression of one or more heterologous nucleic acid fragments in plants are described. | 09-18-2008 |
| 20100293674 | TRANSGENIC PLANTS EXPRESSING RECOMBINANT BARLEY ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE - Transgenic plants containing recombinant barley alanine aminotransferase are described. Also provided are methods for generating transgenic plants containing recombinant barley alanine aminotransferase. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100325759 | Protein Kinase Stress-Related Proteins and Methods of Use in Plants - A transgenic plant transformed by a Protein Kinase Stress-Related Protein (PKSRP) coding nucleic acid, wherein expression of the nucleic acid sequence in the plant results in increased tolerance to environmental stress as compared to a wild type variety of the plant. Also provided are agricultural products, including seeds, produced by the transgenic plants. Also provided are isolated PKSRPs, and isolated nucleic acid coding PKSRPs, and vectors and host cells containing the latter. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20110030106 | BRASSICA PLANT COMPRISING A MUTANT INDEHISCENT ALLELE - This invention relates to crop plants of which the fruit dehiscence properties are modulated. More specifically the invention relates to improved methods and means for reducing seed shattering, or delaying seed shattering until after harvest, in plants, while maintaining at the same time an agronomically relevant threshability of the pods. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110004965 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MODULATION OF PLANT CELL DIVISION - The present invention provides compositions and methods for modulating cell division in plants. In particular, the present invention provides polynucleotides that encode REVOLUTA. In addition, REVOLUTA vectors and transformed plants are provided wherein plant cell division is modulated by expression of a REVOLUTA transgene as compared to a control population of untransformed plants. The present invention also provides methods for the isolation and identification of REVOLUTA genes from higher plants. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110247103 | METHODS FOR USING ARTIFICIAL POLYNUCLEOTIDES AND COMPOSITIONS THEREOF TO REDUCE TRANSGENE SILENCING - The materials and methods disclosed provide for polynucleotide molecules sufficiently divergent from polynucleotides naturally contained in plants, or polynucleotides previously introduced into plants as transgenes to permit trait stacking in plant breeding methods or plant transformation methods. The disclosure also provides for methods and compositions to detect the polynucleotides of the invention in plants. | 10-06-2011 |
| 20110252509 | Method for Producing a Transgenic Cell with Increased Gamma-Aminobutyric Acid (Gaba) Content - This invention relates generally to a method for producing a transgenic cell with increased gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) content as compared to a corresponding non-transformed wild type cell. | 10-13-2011 |
| 20110023193 | DROUGHT AND HEAT TOLERANCE IN PLANTS - Methods and materials for modulating heat and/or drought tolerance in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding heat and/or drought-tolerance polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having increased heat and/or drought tolerance and plant products produced from plants having increased heat and/or drought tolerance. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20080201806 | Tetracycline Repressor and Uses Thereof - Compositions and methods relating to the use of tetracycline repressor in plants are provided. Compositions include a polynucleotide modified for expression in a plant, wherein the polynucleotide encodes a tetracycline repressor protein, as well as constructs, vectors, cells, plants and seeds comprising the polynucleotide, an/or produced by the methods. Also provided are methods to provide tetracycline repressor to a cell, and to regulate expression of a polynucleotide of interest in a cell, including a plant cell. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20110167522 | CYCLIN D POLYNUCLEOTIDES, POLYPEPTIDES AND USES THEREOF - The invention provides isolated polynucleotides, specifically Cyclin D polynucleotides, and their encoded proteins that are involved in cell cycle regulation. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells, transgenic plants, and antibody compositions. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering cell cycle protein content and/or composition of plants for the purpose of increasing transformation efficiency. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110119795 | ARTIFICIAL PLANT MINICHROMOSOMES - Artificial plant minichromosomes comprising a functional centromere which specifically bind centromeric protein C (CENPC) and methods for making such minichromosomes are described. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110219478 | RECOMBINANT ANTIBODIES TO SCLEROTINIA ANTIGENS - The invention is directed to recombinant antibodies which bind to | 09-08-2011 |
| 20120079628 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR MODULATION OF PLANT CELL DIVISION - The present invention provides compositions and methods for modulating cell division in plants. In particular, the present invention provides polynucleotides that encode REVOLUTA. In addition, REVOLUTA vectors and transformed plants are provided wherein plant cell division is modulated by expression of a REVOLUTA transgene as compared to a control population of untransformed plants. The present invention also provides methods for the isolation and identification of REVOLUTA genes from higher plants. | 03-29-2012 |
| 20110167523 | MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF BIODIESEL - The subject invention provides novel microorganisms comprising polynucleotides and polypeptides encoding a methyltransferase. The subject invention provides novel methods for the production of biodiesel. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20090151028 | Transgenic camelina sativa - The present invention relates to plant biotechnology and specifically to a method for genetically transforming | 06-11-2009 |
| 20120017340 | F-Box Protein Targeted Plant Oil Production - Disclosed are genetic constructs, transgenic plant cells and transgenic plants, as well as associated methods, for increasing oil production in a plant using F-box gene sequences. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120317683 | METHOD FOR INCREASING PHOTOSYNTHETIC CARBON FIXATION USING GLYCOLATE DEHYDROGENASE MULTI-SUBUNIT FUSION PROTEIN - The invention relates to a method for stimulating the growth of the plants and/or improving the biomass production and/or increasing the carbon fixation by the plant comprising introducing into a plant cell, plant tissue or plant one or more nucleic acids, wherein the introduction of the nucleic acid(s) results inside the chloroplast of a de novo expression of one or more polypeptides having the enzymatic activity of a glycolate dehydrogenase made up from translationally fused subunits of bacterial multi-subunit glycolate dehydrogenase enzymes. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120216319 | BRASSICA PLANTS YIELDING OILS WITH A LOW ALPHA LINOLENIC ACID CONTENT - plants producing oils with a low alpha-linolenic acid content and methods for producing such plants are described. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120216320 | METHOD FOR MODULATING PLANT GROWTH, NUCLEIC ACID MOLECULES AND POLYPEPTIDES ENCODED THEREOF USEFUL AS MODULATING AGENT - The invention provides isolated nucleic acids molecules, designated CCP nucleic acid molecules, which encode novel cell cycle associated polypeptides. The invention also provides antisense nucleic acid molecules, recombinant expression vectors containing CCP nucleic acid molecules, host cells into which the expression vectors have been introduced, and transgenic plants in which a CCP gene has been introduced or disrupted. The invention still further provides isolated CCP proteins, fusion proteins, antigenic peptides and anti-CCP antibodies. Agricultural, diagnostic, screening, and therapeutic methods utilizing compositions of the invention are also provided. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120174265 | BROCCOLI PLANTS TOLERANT TO HOLLOW/SPLIT STEM DISORDER - The invention provides broccoli seed and plants that combine high yield and quality with tolerance to hollow/split stem disorder. The invention further provides seed and plants of the broccoli lines designated BRM53-3915 and BRM53-3916 and progeny produced with at least one of these plants as a parent. The invention also relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of hybrid broccoli variety RX05951180. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120260373 | TRANSGENIC PLANTS HAVING ENHANCED BIOMASS COMPOSITION - Methods and materials for modulating biomass composition in plants are disclosed. For example, nucleic acids encoding biomass-modulating polypeptides are disclosed as well as methods for using such nucleic acids to transform plant cells. Also disclosed are plants having enhanced biomass composition and plant products produced from plants having enhanced biomass composition. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20110004966 | DRY BLENDING AID - A method of monitoring and evaluating the dry-blending of powders and granular materials via the use of non-dissolvable particulate matter such as mustard seed as a blending aid. The mustard seed is blended into the total batch of dry blend materials and the mustard send can subsequently be extracted by a process of sieving from a known volume of sample taken of the mixture since the mustard seed is larger than the other particles that are being blended. The weight and or sight count of the extracted mustard seed present in the sample is determined and compared with the amount of seed that should be present in a perfect blend to determine if the dry blend materials are thoroughly mixed. | 01-06-2011 |
| 20110047658 | BROCCOLI LINE M7028 - Heat tolerant broccoli plants and seed produced therefrom are described. The heat tolerant broccoli plants are capable of producing a commercially acceptable broccoli head under heat stress growth conditions. The heat tolerant broccoli plants are exemplified by seeds deposited with the American Type Culture Collection and having ATCC Accession numbers: 203530, 203531, 203532, and 203533. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20100229261 | NOVEL BRASSICA PLANTS - The present invention relates to novel brassica plants, in particular to novel cauliflower plants. In one embodiment, the novel cauliflower plants provided herein comprise a long stem and are suitable for mechanical harvesting. The application also further discloses seeds the cauliflower plants of the present invention and parts thereof, for example pollen, ovules and curds. The application also further discloses methods of using a plant of instant invention, such as methods of producing a cauliflower curd of the instant invention, and methods of harvesting the curds of plants of the instant invention. | 09-09-2010 |
| 20120284879 | Brassica Juncea Lines With High Oleic Acid Profile In Seed Oil - In various aspects, the invention provides | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120284880 | REGULATORY POLYNUCLEOTIDES AND USES THEREOF - The present disclosure provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of transcribable polynucleotides in plant cells, plant tissues, and plants. Compositions include regulatory polynucleotide molecules capable of providing expression in plant tissues and plants. Methods for expressing polynucleotides in a plant cell, plant tissue, or plants using the regulatory polynucleotide molecules disclosed herein are also provided. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120137393 | COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS FOR ALTERING ALPHA- AND BETA-TOCOTRIENOL CONTENT - Preparation and use of isolated nucleic acids useful in altering the oil phenotype in plants. Isolated nucleic acids and their encoded polypeptides that alter alpha- and beta-tocotrienol content in seeds and oil obtained from the seeds. Expression cassettes, host cells and transformed plants containing the foregoing nucleic acids. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20110162116 | Method For Growing Plants - The invention relates to method for increasing the yield of a plant grown under conditions that cause periodic oxidative stress in said plant, comprising the step of growing a seedling, tissue culture or plantlet into a plant, and further comprising the step of manipulating said plant or the environment of said plant such that an increase in the rate of respiration and/or protein turnover in said plant due to said periodic oxidative stress is intentionally prevented during the early ontogeny of said plant. | 06-30-2011 |
