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6392122 Apple promoters for expression of transgenes in plants  
The present invention is directed to apple fruit-associated and Thi 1.3:actin fusion promoters capable of promoting the expression of heterologous genes. The invention provides apple...
6392123 Female-preferential promoters isolated from maize and wheat  
The present invention provides a method for hybrid seed production comprising producing a conditional female sterile plant comprising a female-preferential promoter operably linked to a coding...
6392121 Gemini virus vectors for gene expression in plants  
A gene amplification system based on plant viral genetic elements dramatically increases foreign protein production in plants. A safer and more economical production system for vaccines and...
6388173 Scarecrow promotor and uses thereof  
The structure and function of a regulatory gene, SCARECROW (SCR), is described. The SCR gene is expressed specifically in root progenitor tissues of embryos, and in roots and stems of seedlings and...
6388067 Rice cysteine proteinase gene promoter  
The invention relates to a rice cysteine proteinase gene promoter, as well as vectors, transformed cells, and transgenic plants containing the promoter.
6388168 DNA constructs and methods for stably transforming plastids of multicellular plants and expressing recombinant proteins therein  
DNA constructs are provided for stable transformation of plastids of multicellular plants and expression of foreign proteins in plastids. The DNA constructs comprise a transforming DNA which is...
6384304 Conditional sterility in wheat  
The invention relates to the use of a deacetylase coding sequence for obtaining conditional sterility in wheat. The invention relates to vectors comprising a deacetylase coding sequence under...
6380463 Inducible herbicide resistance  
The invention relates to DNA constructs which are capable of conferring on a plant inducible resistance to a herbicide. The inducible effect may be achieved by using a gene switch such as the...
6379968 Transgenic plants or algae expressing an AGP enzyme coupled to a transit peptide  
The present invention relates to transgenic plants or algae expressing an AGP enzyme coupled to a transit peptide. In particular, the present invention relates to transgenic plants or algae in...
6376749 Starches via modification of expression of starch biosynthetic enzyme genes  
The instant invention discloses utilization of a cDNA clone to construct sense and antisense genes for inhibition of starch branching enzyme enzymatic activity in corn. More specifically, this...
6376750 Plant seedling and embryo promoter  
The invention relates to the promoter of a rice glycine-rich RNA binding protein gene and its use for expression of heterologous proteins in plant tissues, including tissues of the plant embryo and...
6365800 Transgenic crops accumulating fructose polymers and methods for their production  
A method for producing fructose polymers of various lengths through expression of plant-derived FTF genes in transgenic monocot plants is disclosed. Also disclosed are transgenic monocot plants...
6359197 Transgenic plants with altered senescence characteristics  
The identification of senescence-specific promoters from plants is described. Using information from the first senescence-specific promoter, SAG12 from Arabidopsis, other homologous promoters from...
6350935 Fruit-specific and ripening-regulation expansin gene to control fruit texture and softening  
Expansins are proteins that induce extension in isolated plant cell walls in vitro and have been proposed to disrupt non-covalent interactions between hemicellulose and cellulose microfibrils....
6350934 Nucleic acid encoding delta-9 desaturase  
The present invention relates to nucleic acid molecules encoding delta 9 desaturase gene, and expression vectors, plant cells, and transgenic plants expressing delta 9 desaturase nucleic acid. The...
6344602 Method to obtain male sterile plants  
A plant having in the nuclear genome of its cells foreign DNA comprising i) a male-sterility gene comprising a male-sterility DNA encoding a sterility RNA, protein or polypeptide which, when...
6342657 Seed specific promoters  
The present invention is directed to isolated promoter sequences from seed-specific genes, such as KNAT411. When operably linked to either the coding sequence of a heterologous gene or a sequence...
6338961 Isolated DNA sequence capable of serving as regulatory element in a chimeric gene which can be used for the transformation of plants  
An isolated DNA sequence capable of serving as regulatory element in a chimeric gene which can be used for the transformation of plants is disclosed. A chimeric gene for the transformation of...
6329570 Cotton modification using ovary-tissue transcriptional factors  
Novel methods are provided whereby encoding sequences preferentially directing gene expression in ovary tissue, particularly in very early fruit development, are utilized to express genes encoding...
6329574 High lysine fertile transgenic corn plants  
This invention relates to a reproducible system for the production of stable, genetically transformed maize cells, and to methods of selecting cells that have been transformed. One method of...
6326528 Wheat aleurone regulatory region  
This invention is directed to a regulatory region obtained from a wheat aleurone gene LtpW1. This regulatory region, or truncated derivatives of this regulatory region, can be used to express...
6323023 Vectors containing nucleic acids coding for Arabidopsis thaliana endo-1,4-β-glucanase secretion signal peptide  
The present invention discloses genetically engineered plants which display altered structure or morphology. The transgenic plants express a cell wall modulation transgene or gene construct that...
6323393 Enhancer-increased gene expression in plants  
The invention provides enhancers for one or more gene promoters, which enhancers are nucleotide sequences rich in A and T bases, the total amount of A and T bases comprising more than 50% of the...
6320101 Enhancing inorganic carbon fixation by photosynthetic organisms  
A method of enhancing inorganic carbon fixation by a photosynthetic organism. The method is effected by transforming cells of the photosynthetic organism with an expressible polynucleotide encoding...
6316697 Constitutive disease resistance(CDR1) gene and methods of use thereof  
Substantially purified CDR1 polypeptide, isolated polynucleotides encoding CDR1 polypeptide, vectors containing CDR1, host cells expressing CDR1, and antibodies which bind to CDR1 are all provided....
6313282 Isolated DNA sequence which can serve as terminator region in a chimeric gene capable of being used for the transformation of plants  
Isolated DNA sequence which can serve as terminator region in a chimeric gene capable of being used for the transformation of plants 1) Chimeric gene for the transformation of plants. 2) It...
6297428 Method for inducing viral resistance into a plant  
The present invention concerns a method for inducing resistance to a virus comprising a TGB3 sequence with the proviso that it is not the potato virus X, into a plant cell or plant, comprising the...
6294713 Modification of sucrose accumulation in the tubers of potatoes  
A sequence from the gene encoding for reduced sugar production is used, in sense or antisense orientation to transform potato such that less sugar is stored in the tubers of the transformed plant.
6291741 Method for the production of modified plants  
Methods for the production of modified plants are provided. In these methods a first line and a second line are crossed to produce a plant having a phenotypic trait, wherein neither the first or...
6291745 Limonene and other downstream metabolites of geranyl pyrophosphate for insect control in plants  
Methods for manipulating metabolic pathways in plants, particularly those pathways involved in the biosynthesis of monoterpenes are provided. Methods are directed at transforming plants with one or...
6291744 Nucleic acids encoding plant group 2 proteins and uses thereof  
This invention relates to compositions and methods useful in the production of transgenic plants. In particular, the invention relates to nucleic acids that hybridizes under stringent conditions to...
6288302 Application of α-amylase gene promoter and signal sequence in the production of recombinant proteins in transgenic plants and transgenic plant seeds  
Disclosed is a method for producing a transgenic angiosperm plant, particularly a monocot, comprising the step of transforming an immature embryo of an angiosperm plant with a DNA fragment...
6288304 Expression of somatotropin in plant seeds  
The present invention provides a method of preparing somatotropins in plants and transgenic plant seeds containing somatotropins. The method provides an economical way to produce somatotropins.
6288303 Rice β-glucanase enzymes and genes  
A group of novel rice β-glucanase genes, identified as β-glucanases 2-9 (Gns 2-9), and the corresponding β-glucanase enzymes, are disclosed. The genes, and the gene promoters, are useful in a...
6281410 Methods and compositions for regulated transcription and expression of heterologous genes  
Regulatory regions from genes expressed during a particular developmental stage or in a specific tissue are identified employing cDNA screening. The resulting regulatory regions are manipulated for...
6281409 Blackcurrant promoters and genes  
Promoters capable of driving fruit-specific expression of DNA sequences in transgenic blackcurrant and other non-climacteric fruit are presented.
6274790 Nucleic acids encoding a plant enzyme involved in very long chain fatty acid synthesis  
Nucleic acid molecules encoding an enzyme involved in very long chain fatty acid (VLCFA) elongation in plants are disclosed. The invention includes a cDNA, genomic clone and encoded protein, as...
6271444 Enhancer elements for increased translation in plant plastids  
Provided are methods for increasing the production of protein in a plant cell by transforming plastids of plant cells with a construct comprising a promoter functional in a plant plastid, a...
6271437 Soybean gene promoters  
The present invention provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of heterologous nucleotide sequences in a plant. Compositions are novel nucleotide sequences for promoters isolated...
6268546 Ovary-tissue transcriptional factors  
Novel DNA constructs are provided which may be used as molecular probes or inserted into a plant host to provide for modification of transcription of a DNA sequence of interest in ovary tissue,...
6262344 Nematode-inducible plant gene promoter  
An isolated DNA fragment that promotes root knot or cyst nematode indcuible transcription of a coding sequence downstream of and operably linked to the fragment in at least an Arabidopsis thaliana...
6262339 Process for generating male sterile plants  
The invention is directed to a process for the generation of male sterility in plants comprising the steps of (a) transforming a plant cell with DNA sequences that selectively inhibit the...
6259003 Cotton plant promoters  
Novel plant promoters isolated from cotton fiber tissues are provided. The plant promoters are located upstream cotton plant genes KC03, KC18, KC22, and Gh3, all of which are expressed in cotton...
6255562 Process for producing transgenic inulin-generating plants  
The present invention relates to a process for preparing recombinantly modified, inulin-producing plants, to the DNA sequences which are used in this context and to the transformed plants which are...
6252134 Transformed wheat having improved breadmaking characteristics  
Transgenic plants with increased amounts of high molecular weight glutenin subunits (HMW-GS) have improved breadmaking capability. A specific example of wheat (cv Bob White) transformed to express...
6252138 Pathogen-induced plant promoters  
New pathogen-induced promoters are provided, particularly nematode-induced promoters, which are characterized by their selective induction of expression in the vicinity of the pathogen infection...
6248936 Sugarbeet storage-root-tissue-specific regulon  
The present invention relates to a new regulon which in storage roots of the sugar beet (Beta vulgaris L.) constitutively expresses the gene which is under its control, such that a transition from...
6248937 Transcription factor and method for regulation of seed development, quality and stress-tolerance  
Identification, cloning and sequencing of the Arabidopsis ABI4 gene involved in seed response to abscisic acid (ABA) that regulates production of seed nutrient reserves and desiccation protectants....
6242668 Strawberry endo-1,4-β-glucanase genes and their uses  
The invention provides nucleic acid molecules and methods useful in controlling cell wall degradation in plants.
6239329 Shoot meristem specific promoter sequences  
A novel tissue-specific promoter is provided which has been isolated from the upstream non-coding region of a plant UFO gene. This promoter, operably associated with a nucleic acid sequence...