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7385105 Root active promoters and uses thereof  
The present invention is directed to root active promoter sequences, polynucleotide constructs comprising the root active promoters and methods of identifying the root active promoters, or...
7381813 Nucleic acids encoding estrogen receptor ligand binding domain variants  
Mutants of steroid receptor ligand binding domains and synthetic ligands which have specific binding affinities for these receptors are provided. The use of these LBD-ligand combinations for...
7381405 Methods of preparing lymphocytes that express interleukin-2 and their use in the treatment of cancer  
The invention provides methods of preparing autologous T-lymphocytes for re-introduction into a patient having cancer, which method comprises obtaining peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs)...
7378273 Expression vectors  
The present invention provides novel regulatory elements and vectors for the expression of one or more proteins in a host cell. The present invention also provides methods for expressing one or...
7378572 Constitutive expression cassettes for regulation of plant expression  
The present invention relates to expression cassettes comprising transcription regulating sequences with constitutive expression profiles in plants obtainable from Arabidopsis thaliana genes...
7378256 Aspergillus niger promoter for expressing genes in host cells  
The present invention relates to isolated promoter sequences, particularly a promoter isolated from Aspergillus niger designated herein as A4-L or A4 and DNA constructs and vectors including the...
7378244 Telomerase promoters sequences for screening telomerase modulators  
Telomerase reverse transcriptase is part of the telomerase complex responsible for maintaining telomere length and increasing the replicative capacity of progenitor cells. Telomerase activity is...
7378571 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...
7378485 Peptide nucleic acids with polyamide-containing backbones  
A novel class of compounds, known as peptide nucleic acids, bind complementary ssDNA and RNA strands more strongly than a corresponding DNA. The peptide nucleic acids generally comprise ligands...
7378274 Regulatory nucleic acid for the ABC1 gene, molecules modifying its activity and therapeutic uses  
The present invention concerns a nucleic acid which is capable of regulating the transcription of the ABC1 gene, which is a causal gene for pathologies linked to a dysfunctioning of cholesterol...
7375198 Modified nucleic acid probes  
Oligonucleotide analogue arrays attached to solid substrates and methods related to the use thereof are provided. The oligonucleotide analogues hybridize to nucleic acids with either higher or...
7375209 Expression cassettes for seed-preferential expression in plants  
The present invention relates to expression cassettes comprising transcription regulating sequences with seed-preferential or seed-specific expression profiles in plants obtainable from ...
7375212 Modulation of Aurora B expression  
Compounds, compositions and methods are provided for modulating the expression of Aurora B. The compositions comprise oligonucleotides, targeted to nucleic acid encoding Aurora B. Methods of using...
7371848 Chimeric promoters comprising a caulimovirus promoter enhancer for use in plants  
The present invention provides polynucleotide molecules useful for expressing transgenes in plants. More particularly, the present invention provides chimeric promoters comprising a Cauliflower...
7371734 Oligonucleotide compositions and their use for the modulation of immune responses  
The present invention relates to 3′-OH, 5′-OH polynucleotide sequence compositions and methods for activating an immune response in an individual, and more preferably, for activating antigen...
7371925 Cytokinin oxidase promoter from maize  
The present invention provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of nucleotide sequences in a plant. Compositions may comprise a novel nucleic acid sequence for a promoter with...
7371847 Yeast-origin promoter and vector and expression system using the same  
The present invention provides a DNA fragment having a cold-inducible promoter function of yeast, which has high activity in a low temperature range, by identifying a DNA fragment, which exists in...
7371928 Plant seed-specific expression promoter derived from sesame and seed-specific expression vector comprising the promoter  
Provided are a seed-specific expression promoter derived from sesame microsomal oleic acid desaturase (Si-FAD2) gene, an intron for expression enhancement, a seed-specific expression vector...
7371570 Cell-specific adenovirus vector comprising EBV-specific promoter  
Replication-competent adenoviral vectors comprising an EBV-specific transcriptional regulatory element (TRE) operably linked to a gene required for adenovirus replication are provided. By providing...
7365177 Recombinant plasmid expressing two fluorescence genes  
Recombinant plasmids comprising (a) a ubiquitous promoter, (b) one fluorescent gene, the gene being operably liked to and inserted downstream of the ubiquitous promoter, (c) a skin-specific or...
7364727 Metastatic colon cancer specific promoter and uses thereof  
Colon cancer specific promoter sequences and adenovirus vehicles are provided. By providing for transcriptional initiating regulation dependent upon transcription factors that are only active in...
7365186 Vascular-preferred promoter sequences and uses thereof  
Plant polynucleotide promoter sequences are provided, together with DNA constructs comprising the inventive polynucleotide. Methods for using the inventive constructs for regulating gene expression...
7364847 Nucleic acid participating in the formation of presenilin-2-gene exon 5-defective splicing variant  
The present invention provides a means for treatment and/or prevention of a disease caused by aberrant splicing, a neurodegenerative disease represented by Alzheimer's disease, or the like. The...
7365185 Genomic plant sequences and uses thereof  
The present invention discloses rice genomic promoter sequences. The promoters are particularly suited for use in rice and other cereal crops. Methods of modifying, producing, and using the...
7365241 Seed specific USP promoters for expressing genes in plants  
The present invention relates to the field of plant genetic engineering. More specifically, the present invention relates to seed specific gene expression. The present invention provides promoters...
7358353 Nucleic acid and corresponding protein named 158P1D7 useful in the treatment and detection of bladder and other cancers  
A novel gene (designated 158P1D7) and its encoded protein are described. While 158P1D7 exhibits tissue specific expression in normal adult tissue, it is aberrantly expressed in multiple cancers...
7358419 Enhanced silk exsertion under stress  
The invention provides methods for enhancing maize silk exsertion under stress conditions and compositions relating to such methods, including nucleic acids and proteins. The invention further...
7354909 Method for rapid generation of mature dendritic cells  
Novel methods for rapidly generating dendritic cells are disclosed herein. The methods include contacting a dendritic cell precursor with a D ODN to generate a mature dendritic cell. In one...
7354390 Seed coat specific nucleotide sequence encoding peroxidase  
A novel seed coat specific peroxidase genomic sequence is characterized and presented. The seed coat peroxidase is translated as a 352 amino acid precursor protein of 38 kDa comprising a 26 amino...
7355096 Ryegrass pollen-specific promoters and expression constructs  
The present invention relates to a nucleic acid molecule capable of modifying pollen-specific expression, constructs including the molecule and methods of using the molecule.
7351813 Liver-specific gene expression cassettes, and methods of use  
In one aspect, the present invention provides nucleic acid expression cassettes that are predominantly expressed in the mammalian liver. The present invention also provides vectors comprising a...
7351535 Compositions and methods for increasing cholesterol efflux and raising HDL using ATP binding cassette transporter protein ABC1  
The present invention relates to novel ABC1 polypeptides and nucleic acid molecules encoding the same. The invention also relates to recombinant vectors, host cells, and compositions comprising...
7351818 Method to improve translation of polypeptides by using untranslated regions from heat-shock proteins  
Untranslated regions associated with the heat shock response can be used to obtain increased efficiency of translation of polypeptides that are not necessarily normally associated with the heat...
7351879 Compositions and methods for modulating plant development  
The present invention provides compositions and methods for modulating plant development by modulating the expression or activity of plant polycomb genes including FIE and MEA.
7351550 Exoenzyme toxin of Aeromonas salmonicida, and uses thereof  
A protein toxin named Aeromonas salmonicida exoenzyme T (AcxT), which belongs to the family of ADP-ribosylating toxins, is disclosed as is a Calcium (or other cation concentration) dependent...
7348468 Wuschel (wus) gene homologs  
This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a WUS protein. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the WUS protein,...
7348471 Rice glutelin gene promoters  
A nucleic acid containing a glutelin gene promoter. Disclosed are transformed plant cells and transgenic plants containing a nucleic acid that includes the promoter operably linked to a sequence...
7348156 7B2 knockout transgenic animals as models of endocrine disease  
In general, the invention features methods and uses for transposon-mediated gene targeting which greatly enhance the insertion and detection of desired genes in genomic exons by homologous...
7344888 Blueberry red ringspot virus, sequences, promoters, and uses thereof  
A nucleic acid sequence of the blueberry red ringspot virus is disclosed. Also disclosed are putative promoter regions of the sequence and promoter regions capable of directing transgene expression...
7345216 Expression cassettes for meristem-preferential expression in plants  
The present invention relates to expression cassettes comprising transcription regulating sequences with meristem-preferential or meristem-specific expression profiles in plants obtainable from ...
7344838 Gene encoding brain specific membrane protein  
A novel gene apparently encoding a transmembrane glycoprotein has been successfully isolated by constructing a cDNA library of 4 kb or above in size from mRNA expressed in human adult brain and...
7342147 Expression cassettes for root-preferential expression in plants  
The present invention relates to expression cassettes comprising transcription regulating sequences with root-preferential or root-specific expression profiles in plants obtainable from ...
7341871 Nucleotide sequences for gene regulation and methods of use thereof  
The invention provides nucleic acid sequences which regulate expression of a nucleotide sequence of interest. In particular, the invention provides nucleic acid sequences which regulate expression...
7341867 Human preprotachykinin gene promoter  
Compositions and methods are provided for identifying novel therapeutic agents for the treatment of breast cancer, bone marrow metastasis, pain, arthritis, aggressive behavior, depression, and...
7341847 Promoter construct for gene expression in neuronal cells  
The invention relates to a chimeric promoter construct useful for neuronal cell specific gene expression. The invention provides a recombinant nucleic acid molecule that comprises a neuronal cell...
7339050 Stress-induced promoter and method of using the same  
This invention provides a stress-inducible promoter that effectively functions in monocotyledonous plants such as rice, and environmental stress-tolerant plants using the promoter. Such promoter is...
7338759 HCV variants  
HCV variants are described. The variants include polynucleotides comprising non-naturally occurring HCV sequences and HCV variants that have a transfection efficiency and ability to survive...
7339049 Polymorphisms in human mitochondrial DNA  
The invention provides novel human mitochondrial polymorphisms, and probes and primers for detecting the same. Detection of such polymorphisms is useful in a variety of fields such as forensic...
7335813 Expression cassettes for guard cell-preferential expression in plants  
The present invention relates to expression cassettes comprising transcription regulating sequences with guard cell-preferential or guard cell-specific expression profiles in plants obtainable from...
7335761 Avian gene expression controlling regions  
The present invention includes avian ovomucoid gene expression controlling regions which may be operably linked to one or more useful amino acid coding sequences.