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| 20090113573 | Modification of Flavonoid Biosynthesis in Plants - The present invention relates to nucleic acids encoding flavonoid biosynthetic enzymes, more particularly flavonoid biosynthesis-regulating transcription factors, and the use thereof for the modification of flavonoid biosynthesis in plants. The present invention also relates to constructs and vectors including such nucleic acids, and related polypeptides. More particularly, the present invention relates to a PURPLE ANTHOCYANIN PIGMENT 1 (PAP1) or PAP1-like transcription factor. | 04-30-2009 |
| 20100186114 | Modification of Plant Flavonoid Metabolism - The present invention relates to nucleic acids encoding flavonoid biosynthetic enzymes, flavonoid-regulating transcription factors and a flavonoid-specific membrane transporter in plants, and the use thereof for the modification of flavonoid biosynthesis in plants. The present invention also relates to constructs and vectors including such nucleic acids, and related polypeptides. More particularly, the protein involved in flavonoid biosynthesis is selected from the group consisting of: MADS box factor, WRKY box factor, MYC factor, TT1, HLH factor, MYB factor, FMT, UG3E, GST, OMT, RT, CYTb5, laccase, and ABC transporter proteins, and functionally active fragments and variants thereof. | 07-22-2010 |
| 20100192259 | MANIPULATION OF PLANT SENESCENCE USING MODIFIED PROMOTERS - The present invention relates to methods of manipulating senescence in plants. The invention also relates to vectors useful in such methods, transformed plants with modified senescence characteristics and plant cells, seeds and other parts of such plants. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100275330 | Plant Technology - Genetic constructs capable of manipulating fructan biosynthesis in photosynthetic cells of a plant, said genetic constructs include a promoter operatively linked to a nucleic acid encoding a bacterial FT enzyme. These constructs can be used in modification of fructan biosynthesis in plants and, more particularly, for manipulating fructan biosynthesis in photosynthetic cells. The constructs can also be used for increasing plant biomass and, more particularly, for enhancing biomass yield and/or yield stability, including shoot and/or root growth in a plant, and for enhancing the productivity of biochemical pathways. | 10-28-2010 |
| 20100287660 | Modification of Lignin Biosynthesis Via Sense Suppression - The present invention relates to the modification of lignin biosynthesis in plants, to enzymes involved in the lignin biosynthetic pathway and nucleic acids encoding such enzymes and, more particularly, to methods of modifying lignin biosynthesis via sense suppression and to related nucleic acids and constructs. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20110219475 | Manipulation of Organic Acid Biosynthesis and Secretion - The present invention relates to nucleic acid fragments encoding amino acid sequences for organic acid biosynthetic enzymes in plants, and the use thereof for the modification of, for example, organic acid biosynthesis and secretion in plants. In particularly preferred embodiments, the invention relates to the combinatorial expression of citrate synthase (CS) and/or malate dehydrogenase (MDH) and/or phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase (PEPC) in plants to modify, for example, organic acid synthesis and secretion. | 09-08-2011 |
| 20110277186 | Modification of Flavonoid Biosynthesis in Plants - The present invention relates to nucleic acids encoding flavonoid biosynthetic enzymes, flavonoid-regulating transcription factors and a flavonoid-specific membrane transporter in plants, and the use thereof for the modification of flavonoid biosynthesis in plants. The present invention also relates to constructs and vectors including such nucleic acids, and related polypeptides. More particularly, the protein involved in flavonoid biosynthesis is selected from the group consisting of TRANSPARENT TESTA 12 (TT12), TRANSPARENT TESTA GLABRA 1 (TTG1), TRANSPARENT TESTA 2 (TT2), TRANSPARENT TESTA 8 (TT8), leucoanthocyanidin dioxygenase (LDOX), cinnamate-4-hydroxylase (C4H), 4-coumaroyl:CoA-ligase (4CL); and functionally active fragments and variants thereof. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110277187 | Modification of Fructan Biosynthesis, Increasing Plant Biomass, and Enhancing Productivitiy of Biochemical Pathways in a Plant - The present invention relates to the modification of fructan biosynthesis in plants and, more particularly, to methods of manipulating fructan biosynthesis in photosynthetic cells, and to related nucleic acids and constructs. The present invention also relates to increasing plant biomass and, more particularly, to methods of enhancing biomass yield and/or yield stability, including shoot and/or root growth in a plant, and to related nucleic acids and constructs. The present invention also relates to methods of enhancing the productivity of biochemical pathways and, more particularly, to fusion proteins in plants, and to related nucleic acids and constructs. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20120005783 | ICE RECRYSTALLISATION INHIBITION PROTEIN OR ANTIFREEZE PROTEINS FROM DESCHAMPSIA, AND FESTUCA SPECIES OF GRASS - The present invention relates to nucleic acids or nucleic acid fragments encoding amino acid sequences for polypeptides involved in tolerance to freezing and/or low temperature stress in plants. More particularly, the present invention relates to nucleic acids or nucleic acid fragments encoding amino acid sequences for ice recrystallisation inhibition proteins (IRIPs) in plants, and the use thereof for the modification of plant response to freezing and/or low temperature stress. Even more particularly, the present invention relates to polypeptides involved in tolerance to freezing and/or low temperature stress in | 01-05-2012 |
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| 20090133155 | Modification of Flavonoid Biosynthesis in Plants - The present invention relates to nucleic acids encoding flavonoid biosynthetic enzymes, flavonoid-regulating transcription factors and a flavonoid-specific membrane transporter in plants, and the use thereof for the modification of flavonoid biosynthesis in plants. The present invention also relates to constructs and vectors including such nucleic acids, and related polypeptides. More particularly, the protein involved in flavonoid biosynthesis is selected from the group consisting of TRANSPARENT TESTA 12 (TT12), TRANSPARENT TESTA GLABRA 1 (TTG1), TRANSPARENT TESTA 2 (TT2), TRANSPARENT TESTA 8 (TT8), leucoanthocyanidin dioxygenase (LDOX), cinnamate-4-hydroxylase (C4H), 4-coumaroyl:CoA-ligase (4CL); and functionally active fragments and variants thereof. | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090191636 | Method of Producing Transgenic Graminaceous Cells and Plants - The present invention provides a method for producing a transgenic graminaceous plant cell, said method comprising: (i) obtaining embryonic cells from a mature graminaceous grain; and (ii) contacting said embryonic cells with a bacterium capable of transforming a plant cell, said bacterium comprising transfer-nucleic acid to be introduced into the embryonic cells, said contacting being for a time and under conditions sufficient for said bacterium to introduce said transfer-nucleic acid into one or more of the embryonic cells, thereby producing a transgenic graminaceous plant cell. The present invention also provides a method for producing a transgenic graminaceous plant. The present invention also provides a transgenic graminaceous plant cell and/or a transgenic graminaceous plant produced by said method. The present invention also provides a method for expressing a nucleic acid in a transgenic graminaceous plant cell or a transgenic graminaceous plant. | 07-30-2009 |
| 20110209228 | METHOD OF TREATMENT USING ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOSITION - The present invention provides peptides and analogs and derivatives thereof having antimicrobial activity at least against | 08-25-2011 |
| 20120036593 | Plant Promoter Operable in Endosperm and Uses Thereof - The present invention provides compositions of matter comprising plant-operable promoter sequences that confer selective/specific endosperm expression on genes to which they are operably connected and uses of such compositions to confer gene expression, especially in developing endosperm. | 02-09-2012 |
