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7173166 DNA sequence for root preferred gene expression in plants  
Expression of DNA sequences in a preferred manner in the roots of a plant is often desirable. For instance improved resistance to soil-borne pathogens may be attained by expression of a pathogen...
7173165 Variants of ADP-glucose pyrophosphorylase affecting phosphate sensitivity and other parameters  
The subject invention concerns chimeric AGP subunit proteins and polynucleotides that encode the chimeric proteins. The subject invention provides for mutant AGP enzymes comprising a chimeric...
7169967 Globulin-1 promoter from maize and method of using same  
A globulin-1 regulatory region is shown, a nucleotide sequence of approximately 3 kb which provides improved seed preferred, and particularly embryo preferred expression in plants. Methods of use...
7169968 Elongase promoters  
The present invention relates to the use of recombinant DNA technology in the modification of plant oils. In particular, the invention relates to the identification of novel promoter sequences of...
7161061 Metabolite transporters  
The present invention is in the field of plant genetics and biochemistry. More specifically, the invention relates to genes associated with nucleotide triphosphate transport. The present invention...
7157619 Plant sterol acyltransferases  
The present invention is directed to lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase-like polypeptides (LCAT) and acyl CoA:cholesterol acyltransferases-like polypeptides (ACAT). The invention provides...
7154023 Transgenic plants with altered levels of phenolic compounds  
Methods for altering levels in plants of one or more phenolic compounds that are intermediates or final products of the plant phenylpropanoid pathway are provided. One method comprises transforming...
7154029 Compositions and methods for altering tocotrienol content  
The invention provides isolated nucleic acids and their encoded polypeptides that alter tocol content in seeds. The invention further provides expression cassettes, host cells and transformed...
7154027 Compositions isolated from forage grasses and methods for their use  
Isolated polynucleotides encoding polypeptides active in lignin, fructan and tannin biosynthetic pathways are provided, together with expression vectors and host cells comprising such isolated...
7154024 Male tissue-preferred regulatory sequences of Ms45 gene and method of using same  
The present invention relates to isolated male tissue-preferred regulatory sequences from Ms45 gene. The invention also relates to the use of Ms45 gene male tissue-preferred regulatory sequences in...
7151206 Arabidopsis argos, a novel gene involved in organ development  
The present invention is directed to a novel auxin-inducible gene, ARGOS, that is involved in organ development, including size control, in plants. Methods of influencing this development are also...
7148402 Promotion of somatic embryogenesis in plants by PGA37 gene expression  
The present invention relates to methods for promoting somatic embryogenesis from a plant cell, tissue, organ, callus or cell culture, by overexpressing a PGA37 gene in the tissue or organ. In one...
7145060 Nucleic acid encoding a chitinase and methods of using it to make fungal resistant plants  
The present invention provides a nucleic acid encoding a chitinase and methods for it to enhance resistance of plants to fungal infections.
7138565 Methods and means for obtaining modified phenotypes  
Methods and means are provided for reducing the phenotypic expression of a nucleic acid of interest in eukaryotic cells, particularly in plant cells, by providing aberrant, preferably...
7138278 Maize cytoplasmic glutamine synthetase promoter compositions and methods for use thereof  
The current invention provides the promoter of the Zea mays nuclear gene encoding glutamine synthetase. Compositions comprising this sequence are described, as are plants transformed with such...
7138566 Methods of modulating cytokinin related processes in a plant using B3 domain proteins  
The present invention is directed to plant genetic engineering. In particular, it relates to methods of modulating cytokinin related processes in a plant and selecting a plant having a phenotype...
7135620 Genetic engineering of plant chloroplasts  
Novel chimeric constructions and methods for their use are provided for expression of exogenous genes in a plant chloroplast. Particularly, expression is achieved by the use of a chloroplast or...
7135616 Biochemistry-related polynucleotides and polypeptides in plants  
The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and...
7132589 Manipulation of the phenolic acid content and digestibility of plant cell walls by targeted expression of genes encoding cell wall degrading enzymes  
Described herein are methods to enhance the production of more highly fermentable carbohydrates in plants, especially forage grasses. The invention provides for transgenic plants transformed with...
7129398 Reversible male sterility in transgenic plants by expression of a GA-insensitive mutant protein, gai.  
Methods for the production of reversibly male-sterile plants by introduction of a polynucleotide encoding a GA-insensitive mutant protein are disclosed along with nucleic acid constructs and...
7129089 Annexin and P34 promoters and use in expression of transgenic genes in plants  
A seed specific plant annexin and P34 promoters and subfragments thereof, recombinant expression construct comprising these promoters and their use in driving seed-specific expression of one or...
7126043 ADC polynucleotides and polypeptides, uses thereof including methods for improving seeds  
The invention provides methods of modulating seed mass and other traits in plants, including oat, wheat, rice, and maize. The methods involve producing transgenic plants comprising a recombinant...
7122721 Plant gene expression under the control of constitutive plant V-ATPase promoters  
To express selection genes and resistance genes, it would be desirable to have available plant constitutive promoters which has a strong uniform constitutive activity in as many plant tissues or...
7119254 Endoglucanase gene promoter upregulated by the root-knot nematode  
The present invention relates to a root knot nematode responsive promoter isolated from Arabidopsis thaliana elongation specific endo-1, 4-beta-glucanase (cel1) gene, and a method of producing...
7119251 Basal endosperm transfer cell layer (BELT) specific genes  
Described are nucleic acid molecules encoding basal endosperm transfer cell layer (BETL) specific proteins as well as regulatory sequences which naturally regulate the expression of such nucleic...
7119255 Promoter from maize prolamin seed storage protein and uses thereof  
Provided is a nucleotide sequence of a promoter from a gene encoding a 55 kDa maize prolamin family protein. Also provided are methods that utilize the 55 kDa maize prolamin family gene promoter to...
7115798 Methods for regulated expression of triats in plants using multiple site-specific recombination systems  
This invention relates to constructs for the conditional or regulated expression of transgenes in plants using site-specific recombinase systems. The constructs comprise a variety of constitutive,...
7112723 Globulin 2 regulatory region and method of using same  
A globulin-2 regulatory region is shown, which provides improved seed preferred, and particularly embryo preferred expression in plants. Methods of use are also shown in preferentially expressing a...
7109001 COBRA gene and uses thereof  
A method by which many plants control organ shape is by regulated, differential cellular expansion. A gene involved in regulating the expansion of plants cells, such as Arabidopsis thaliana root...
7109395 Dehiscence gene and methods for regulating dehiscence  
The present invention relates to isolated DNA sequences from Arabidopsis encoding proteins for regulating dehiscence of mature fruits and transgenic plants with delayed fruit dehiscence. The...
7109394 Methods for modulating floral organ identity, modulating floral organ number, increasing of meristem size, and delaying flowering time  
This invention is directed to plant genetic engineering. In particular, it relates to DEMETER (DMT) nucleic acids and polypeptides that control, for example, seed (and in particular endosperm,...
7109392 Methods for increasing oleic acid content in seeds from transgenic plants containing a mutant delta 12 desaturase  
The preparation and use of nucleic acid fragments encoding fatty acid desaturase enzymes are described. The invention permits alteration of plant lipid composition. Chimeric genes incorporating...
7105654 Ethylene receptor gene from Glycine max and its use  
The present invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid sequence from a soybean plant ( Glycine max ) encoding an ethylene receptor polypeptide. The present invention also relates to methods for...
7102057 Self-processing plants and plant parts  
The invention provides polynucleotides, preferably synthetic polynucleotides, which encode processing enzymes that are optimized for expression in plants. The polynucleotides encode mesophilic,...
7098381 Plant uridine diphosphate-glucose dehydrogenase genes, proteins, and uses thereof  
Methods are provided that diminish UDPGdH expression in plant cells as compared to wild-type plant cells. These methods find use in increasing the nutritional value of animal feed and improving...
7098382 Promoter having specific activity to pistil tissue and use of the same  
A novel promoter is provided which has an expression activity specific to any pistil tissue. The promoter has any one of the DNA sequence from position 1 to 2595 of SEQ ID NO. 1, the DNA sequence...
7098324 Chitinase encoding DNA molecules from cotton expressed preferentially in secondary walled cells during secondary wall deposition and a corresponding promoter  
The present invention relates to isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding endogenous cotton chitinases and corresponding promoters, which are preferentially expressed in secondary walled cells...
7098383 Methods for the production of multimeric immunoglobulins, and related compositions  
Improved methods for the production of multimeric-protein-complexes, such as redox proteins and immunoglobulins, in association with oil bodies are described. The redox protein is enzymatically...
7094958 Rice α-amylase transcriptional enhancers  
A recombinant nucleic acid containing a transcriptional enhancer from a rice αAmy8 gene, a promoter operably linked to the enhancer, and a coding sequence operably linked to the promoter and...
7091400 Transgenic fiber producing plants with increased expression of sucrose phosphate synthase  
The present invention relates to a method of controlling the cellulose synthesis in plants to optimize the level of production and quality of the products derived from the plant. In particular, the...
7081565 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...
7081566 Seed preferred regulatory elements  
The present invention provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of isolated nucleotide sequences in a plant. The compositions are novel nucleic acid sequences for seed-preferred...
7078234 Maize embryo-specific promoter compositions and methods for use thereof  
This invention provides an embryo specific promoter, e.g. derived from the 5′ regulatory region of an emb5 gene. Compositions comprising this promoter include DNA constructs useful for plant...
7078587 Tapetum-specific promoters  
The present invention relates to nucleic acid sequences encoding tapetum specific promoters, for use in Artificial Male Sterility systems in plants. In particular, the promoters may be the pMAC2...
7078589 Isolated nematode regulated gene promoter and use thereof  
The present invention relates to nematode-regulated promoter and polypeptide-encoding nucleotide sequences and their use in creating or enhancing nematode-resistance in plants. Nucleic acid...
7071383 Chimeric genes and methods for increasing the lysine and threonine content of the seeds of plants  
This invention relates to four chimeric genes, a first encoding lysine-insensitive aspartokinase (AK), which is operably linked to a plant chloroplast transit sequence, a second encoding...
7071378 Plant seed endosperm specific promoter  
The invention concerns promoter nucleotide sequences enabling expression of encoding sequences whereto they can be bound, which is specific of the endosperm region enclosing the embryo of seeds of...
7067718 Method of producing diacylglycerol and gene for inactivating function of gene which encodes diacylglycerol acyltransferase  
The present invention provides a method of producing diacylglycerol characterized by inactivating the function of a gene which encodes diacylglycerol acyltransferase having the function of...
7067720 Inositol polyphosphate kinase genes and uses thereof  
This invention relates to newly identified polynucleotides and polypeptides in the phytic acid biosynthetic pathway, variants and derivatives of same; methods for making the polynucleotides,...
7067726 Commercial production of recombinant manganese-dependent peroxidase in plants  
Expression of a recombinant manganese-dependent peroxidase in plants is described. Methods for the recovery of transgenic corn seeds that express high levels of functional manganese-dependent...