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20080313774 | Modification of lignin biosynthesis - The present invention relates to the modification of lignin biosynthesis in plants and, more particularly, to enzymes involved in the lignin biosynthetic pathway and nucleic acids encoding such enzymes. | 12-18-2008 |
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 |
20120131695 | Chalcone synthase dihyrdoflavonol 4-reductase and leucoanthocyanidine reductase from clover, medic ryegrass or fescue - The present invention relates to nucleic acid fragments encoding amino acid sequences for flavonoid biosynthetic enzymes in plants, and the use thereof for the modification of, for example, flavonoid biosynthesis in plants, and more specifically the modification of the content of condensed tannins. In particularly preferred embodiments, the invention relates to the combinatorial expression of chalcone synthase (CHS) and/or dihydroflavonol 4-reductase (BAN) and/or leucoanthocyanidine reductase (LAR) in plants to modify, for example, flavonoid biosynthesis or more specifically the content of condensed tannins. | 05-24-2012 |
20120144526 | Manipulating fructan biosynthesis and enhancing plant biomass - Genetic constructs capable of manipulating fructan biosynthesis in photosynthetic cells of a plant include a promoter, or functionally active fragment or variant thereof, operatively linked to a nucleic acid encoding a bacterial FT enzyme, or a functionally active fragment or variant thereof. Such constructs can be used in the modification of fructan biosynthesis in plants and, more particularly, to methods of manipulating fructan biosynthesis in photosynthetic cells, for 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 for enhancing the productivity of biochemical pathways. | 06-07-2012 |
20120204289 | Manipulation of flavonoid biosynthetic pathway - The present invention relates to a method of identifying a gene encoding a polypeptide or polypeptide isoform which is substantially more active in either a proanthocyanidin (PA) or anthocyanin (ANT) pathway of a plant, said method including providing material from said plant; and an oligonucleotide probe capable of hybridizing with RNA from a gene encoding a polypeptide which is active in a flavonoid biosynthetic pathway; extracting RNA from said plant material; hybridizing the oligonucleotide probe with the RNA to generate an expression profile; measuring PA and/or ANT levels in said plant material to generate a metabolic profile; comparing said expression profile with said metabolite profile to identify said gene encoding a polypeptide or polypeptide isoform which is substantially active in either a PA or ANT pathway. | 08-09-2012 |
20120309092 | Angiogenin Expression in Plants - The present invention relates to plant-produced angiogenins, to related plant cells, plant calli, plants, seeds and other plant parts and products derived therefrom and to uses of plant-produced angiogenins. The present invention also relates to expression of angiogenin genes in plants and to related nucleic acids, constructs and methods. | 12-06-2012 |
20130254942 | 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. | 09-26-2013 |
20130340117 | 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), Ieucoanthocyanidin dioxygenase (LDOX), cinnamate-4-hydroxylase (C4H), 4-coumaroyl:CoA-ligase (4CL); and functionally active fragments and variants thereof. | 12-19-2013 |
20130340118 | 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), Ieucoanthocyanidin dioxygenase (LDOX), cinnamate-4-hydroxylase (C4H), 4-coumaroyl:CoA-ligase (4CL); and functionally active fragments and variants thereof. | 12-19-2013 |
20140007291 | Manipulation of Flavonoid Biosynthesis in Plants | 01-02-2014 |
20140075593 | FLUORESCENCE ACTIVATED CELL SORTING (FACS) ENRICHMENT TO GENERATE PLANTS - An Engineered Transgene Integration Platform (ETIP) is described that can be inserted randomly or at targeted locations in plant genomes to facilitate rapid selection and detection of a GOI that is perfectly targeted (both the 3′ and 5′ ends) at the ETIP genomic location. One element in the invention is the introduction of specific double stranded breaks within the ETIP. In some embodiments, an ETIP is described using zinc finger nuclease binding sites, but may utilize other targeting technologies such as meganucleases, TALs, CRISPRs, or leucine zippers. Also described are compositions of, and methods for producing, transgenic plants wherein the donor or payload DNA expresses one or more products of an exogenous nucleic acid sequence (e.g. protein or RNA) that has been stably-integrated into an ETIP in a plant cell. In embodiments, the ETIP facilitates testing of gene candidates and plant expression vectors from ideation through Development phases. | 03-13-2014 |
20140075598 | 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 | 03-13-2014 |
20140090112 | FAD2 PERFORMANCE LOCI AND CORRESPONDING TARGET SITE SPECIFIC BINDING PROTEINS CAPABLE OF INDUCING TARGETED BREAKS - A method of gene editing or gene stacking within a FAD2 loci by cleaving, in a site directed manner, a location in a FAD2 gene in a cell, to generate a break in the FAD2 gene and then ligating into the break a nucleic acid molecule associated with one or more traits of interest is disclosed. | 03-27-2014 |
20140090113 | ENGINEERED TRANSGENE INTEGRATION PLATFORM (ETIP) FOR GENE TARGETING AND TRAIT STACKING - An Engineered Transgene Integration Platform (ETIP) is described that can be inserted randomly or at targeted locations in plant genomes to facilitate rapid selection and detection of a GOI that is perfectly targeted (both the 5′ and 3′ ends) at the ETIP genomic location. One element in the subject disclosure is the introduction of specific double stranded breaks within the ETIP. In some embodiments, an ETIP is described using zinc finger nuclease binding sites, but may utilize other targeting technologies such as meganucleases, CRISPRs, TALs, or leucine zippers. Also described are compositions of, and methods for producing, transgenic plants wherein the donor or payload DNA expresses one or more products of an exogenous nucleic acid sequence (e.g. protein or RNA) that has been stably-integrated into an ETIP in a plant cell. In embodiments, the ETIP facilitates testing of gene candidates and plant expression vectors from ideation through Development phases. | 03-27-2014 |
20140304853 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR INTEGRATION OF AN EXOGENOUS SEQUENCE WITHIN THE GENOME OF PLANTS - Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for parallel or sequential transgene stacking in plants to produce plants with selected phenotypes. | 10-09-2014 |
20150067921 | FAD3 PERFORMANCE LOCI AND CORRESPONDING TARGET SITE SPECIFIC BINDING PROTEINS CAPABLE OF INDUCING TARGETED BREAKS - A method of gene editing or gene stacking within a FAD3 loci by cleaving, in a site directed manner, a location in a FAD3 gene in a cell, to generate a break in the FAD3 gene and then ligating into the break a nucleic acid molecule associated with one or more traits of interest is disclosed. | 03-05-2015 |