Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes inventions 08/06

20060195915 - Novel neurotrophic factor protein and uses thereof: The present invention discloses a novel neurotrophic factor protein, MANF2 and a genetic sequence encoding the same. The molecule will be useful in the development of a range of therapeutics and diagnostics useful in the treatment, prophylaxis and/or diagnosis of MANF2 dependent conditions. The molecule of the present invention is...

20060195916 - Transgenic animal as a model for fibrotic diseases: Disclosed is a transgenic non-human animal with broad or cell type-specific ectopic expression of fra-2 that manifests itself in a fibrotic disease, methods for obtaining such animal and their use. Fra-2 transgenic animals, in particular mice, are useful as model systems for human fibrotic disease, e.g. lung scleroderma and pulmonary...

20060195917 - Non-mammalian transgenic animal having an adult onset neurodegenerative phenotype: Transgenic non-mammalian animals, e.g. flies, that exhibit an adult onset neurodegenerative phenotype, as well as methods for preparing the same, are provided. Also provided are methods of using the subject transgenic non-mammalian animals to identify compounds having activity with respect to adult onset neurodegenerative diseases. Finally, kits for screening compounds...

20060195918 - Embryonic stem cell self maintenance and renewal reporter: The present invention relates to methods and compositions for assaying embryonic stem cell maintenance. In particular, the present invention provides reporter constructs for stem cell pluripotency and differentiation and cells and organisms containing such constructs....

20060195919 - Arabidopsis promoters: The present invention provides several promoters isolated from Arabidopsis thaliana, which promoters are capable of driving and/or regulating the expression of an operably linked nucleic acid in a plant. The expression patterns of the promoters according to the present invention have been studied in Arabidopsis thaliana and some of the...

20060195920 - Chalcone synthase dihydroflavonol 4-reductase and leucoanthocyanidine 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...

20060195937 - Compositions and methods for genetic modification of plants: Methods for the targeted integration of nucleotide sequences into a plant are provided. Transfer cassettes comprising nucleotide sequences of interest flanked by non-identical recombination sites are used to transform a plant comprising a target site. The target site contains at least a set of non-identical recombination sites corresponding to those...

20060195921 - Fruits of the genus capsium with improved taste and enhanced nutritional value: The present invention relates to a method for obtaining fruits of plants of the genus Capsicum with improved taste and enhanced nutritional value and especially to fruits with increased sucrose and/or ascorbic acid content as compared to plants of a similar type. The method involves manipulation of the CL and...

20060195933 - Inbred sweet corn line r420b: An inbred sweet corn line, designated R420B, the plants and seeds of inbred sweet corn line R420B, methods for producing a maize plant produced by crossing the inbred sweet corn line R420B with itself or with another maize plant, and hybrid maize seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred...

20060195936 - Methods and compositions for tobacco plants with reduced nicotine: The present application describes isolated nucleic acids that contain a Nic gene product responsive element, and the use thereof in methods of producing transgenic tobacco plants having reduced levels of nicotine and/or TSNA therein, as well as other plants or host cells that contain altered levels of a protein of...

20060195934 - Modulating plant alkaloids: Materials and methods are provided for identifying regulatory region-regulatory protein associations and modulating expression of a sequence of interest. For example, a plant cell is provided containing a regulatory protein that can modulate expression of one or more genes involved in alkaloid biosynthesis in plants, which, in turn, can modulate...

20060195932 - Nucleic acid molecules and other molecules associated with the carbon assimilation pathway: The present invention is in the field of plant biochemistry. More specifically the invention relates to nucleic acid sequences from plant cells, in particular, nucleic acid sequences from maize and soybean associated with the carbon assimilation pathway enzymes. The invention encompasses nucleic acid molecules that encode proteins and fragments of...

20060195935 - Selection of host cells expressing protein at high levels: The invention provides a DNA molecule comprising an open reading frame sequence that encodes a selectable marker polypeptide, wherein said DNA molecule in the coding strand comprises a translation start sequence for the selectable marker polypeptide having a GTG startcodon or a TTG startcodon, and wherein the open reading frame...

20060195927 - Soybean cultivar 1339013: A soybean cultivar designated 1339013 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 1339013, to the plants of soybean 1339013, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 1339013 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 1339013 with itself or with another soybean...

20060195930 - Soybean cultivar 3133014: A soybean cultivar designated 3133014 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 3133014, to the plants of soybean 3133014, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 3133014 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 3133014 with itself or with another soybean...

20060195931 - Soybean cultivar 4136015: A soybean cultivar designated 4136015 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 4136015, to the plants of soybean 4136015, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 4136015 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 4136015 with itself or with another soybean...

20060195928 - Soybean cultivar 4328386: A soybean cultivar designated 4328386 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 4328386, to the plants of soybean 4328386, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 4328386 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 4328386 with itself or with another soybean...

20060195925 - Soybean cultivar 4423183: A soybean cultivar designated 4423183 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 4423183, to the plants of soybean 4423183, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 4423183 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 4423183 with itself or with another soybean...

20060195926 - Soybean cultivar 4441080: A soybean cultivar designated 4441080 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 4441080, to the plants of soybean 4441080, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 4441080 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 4441080 with itself or with another soybean...

20060195922 - Soybean cultivar 4817034: A soybean cultivar designated 4817034 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 4817034, to the plants of soybean 4817034, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 4817034 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 4817034 with itself or with another soybean...

20060195923 - Soybean cultivar 4929388: A soybean cultivar designated 4929388 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 4929388, to the plants of soybean 4929388, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 4929388 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 4929388 with itself or with another soybean...

20060195924 - Soybean cultivar s040131: A soybean cultivar designated S040131 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S040131, to the plants of soybean S040131, to plant parts of soybean cultivar S040131 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar S040131 with itself or with another soybean...

20060195929 - Soybean cultivar s040132: A soybean cultivar designated S040132 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S040132, to the plants of soybean S040132, to plant parts of soybean cultivar S040132 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar S040132 with itself or with another soybean...

20060195938 - Polynucleotides encoding insect acetyl coenzyme-a carboxylase and uses thereof: The instant invention provides nucleic acid molecules encoding insect acetyl CoA carboxylase, as well as acetyl CoA carboxylase encoded thereby. The invention further provides methods of identifying agents that modulate a level of acetyl CoA carboxylase mRNA, polypeptide, or enzyme activity. Such agents are candidate insecticidal compounds....

20060195939 - Delta-8 desaturase and its use in making polyunsaturated fatty acids: Isolated nucleic acid fragments and recombinant constructs comprising such fragments encoding a delta-8 desaturase along with a method of making long chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) using this delta-8 desaturase in plants and oleaginous yeast....

20060195941 - Nucleic acid molecules and other molecules associated with plants: Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs) isolated from cotton are disclosed. The ESTs provide a unique molecular tool for the targeting and isolation of novel genes for plant protection and improvement. The disclosed ESTs have utility in the development of new strategies for understanding critical plant developmental and metabolic pathways. The disclosed...

20060195942 - Nucleic acid molecules and other molecules associated with plants: Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs) isolated from cotton are disclosed. The ESTs provide a unique molecular tool for the targeting and isolation of novel genes for plant protection and improvement. The disclosed ESTs have utility in the development of new strategies for understanding critical plant developmental and metabolic pathways. The disclosed...

20060195940 - Transgenic plants having a modified carbohydrate content: The present invention provides plants with a modified taste, solids content and/or texture. The invention also provides methods of obtaining such plants via transformation with DNA constructs containing genes encoding enzymes capable of degrading plant polysaccharides and optionally additional genes encoding enzymes which are capable of further modifying the degradation...

20060195943 - Nucleotide sequences and corresponding polypeptides conferring modulated plant size and biomass in plants: The present invention relates to isolated nucleic acid molecules and their corresponding encoded polypeptides able confer the trait of modulated plant size, vegetative growth, organ number, plant architecture and/or biomass in plants. The present invention further relates to the use of these nucleic acid molecules and polypeptides in making transgenic...

20060195944 - Transcription factor sequences for conferring advantageous properties to 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 polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties compared to a reference or control plant, including increased plant size, seed size, increased leaf size,...

20060195946 - Expression of biologically active polypeptides in duckweed: Methods, nucleic acid sequences, and transformed duckweed plant or duckweed nodule cultures for the expression and the secretion of biologically active polypeptides from genetically engineered duckweed are provided. Expression of recombinant polypeptides in duckweed is improved by modifying the nucleotide sequence of the expression cassette encoding the polypeptide for improved...

20060195947 - Ketoreductase polypeptides and related polynucleotides: The present invention is directed to variant polypeptides having enhanced ketoreductase activity and/or thermostability for use in the stereospecific reduction of ketones. In addition, the present invention is directed to polynucleotides that encode the ketoreductase polypeptides, including codon optimized versions of the polynucleotides which provide for enhanced expression in host...

20060195945 - Method for preparing fusion polypeptide comprising epidermal growth factor and human serum albumin in plants: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a fusion polypeptide comprising epidermal growth factor (EGF) and human serum albumin in a plant....

20060195949 - Environmental stress-tolerant plants: The present invention relates to an environmental stress-tolerant plant. The invention discloses a transgenic plant containing a gene in which a DNA encoding the following protein (a) or (b) is ligated downstream of a stress responsive promoter: (a) a protein consisting of the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ...

20060195948 - High salt plants and uses for bioremediation: The subject invention includes non-naturally occurring salt tolerant plants that accumulate sodium in their tissues substantially in the vacuole. The present invention also includes methods of making such non-naturally occurring plants. One preferred method is generating a transgenic plant that has an ectopically expressed NHX related gene product....

20060195950 - Garden bean named sb4252: A novel garden bean cultivar, designated SB4252, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of garden bean cultivar SB4252, to the plants of garden bean line SB4252 and to methods for producing a bean plant by crossing the cultivar SB4252 with itself or another bean line. The invention further...

20060195951 - Cotton variety fm 989b2r: A novel cotton variety, designated as FM 989B2R, is disclosed. The invention relates to seeds, plants, plant cells, plant tissue, harvested products and cotton lint as well as to hybrid cotton plants and seeds obtained by crossing plants of variety FM 989B2R with other plants. The invention also relates to...

20060195953 - Inbred corn line ph907: A novel inbred maize line designated PH907 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing inbred maize line PH907 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH907 through...

20060195954 - Inbred corn line phaje: A novel inbred maize line designated PHAJE and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing inbred maize line PHAJE with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PHAJE through...

20060195952 - Inbred corn line wbb53: An inbred corn line, designated WBB53, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred corn line WBB53, to the plants and plant parts of inbred corn line WBB53 and to methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing the inbred line WBB53 with itself...

20060191023 - Automated method for high throughput screening of nematodes: This invention provides a high throughput survival assay, using uptake of a marker dye (e.g. a fluorescent dye) as a marker of death of a nematode. The assay permits high throughput screening of thousands of compounds possible. By the application of automated worm handling technology we are able to accurately...

20060191024 - Method for preparing anti-mif antibodies: The specification provides methods of preparing high-affinity antibodies to a macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) in animals in which the MIF gene has been homozygously knocked-out (MIF−/−). Also provided are methods of preparing hybridomas which produce the anti-MIF antibodies, methods of administering the antibodies to treat inflammatory or cancerous conditions...

20060191025 - Method for the rapid selection of homozygous primary cell lines for the production of transgenic animals by somatic cell nuclear transfer: The present invention provides for the production of homozygous primary cells that carry a specific transgenic integration of interest on both chromosomes by bypassing breeding. These cell lines can they be used for the accelerated production of homozygous transgenic animals by somatic cell nuclear transfer. The invention is thus useful...

20060191026 - Tissue specific expression of antibodies in chickens: Transgenes encoding exogenous antibodies are stably integrated into donor cells and are present in the somatic tissue of chimeric birds. The transgenes encode exogenous antibodies and are preferably expressed in the oviduct for collection in the egg. Tissue specificity is provided by selecting the content of the transgene accordingly. Birds...

20060191027 - Cystine-knot polypeptides: cloaked-2 molecules and uses thereof: The present invention relates to novel Cloaked-2 polypeptides and nucleic acid molecules encoding the same. The invention also provides vectors, host cells, selective binding agents, and methods for producing Cloaked-2 polypeptides. Also provided for are methods for the treatment, diagnosis, amelioration, or prevention of diseases with Cloaked-2 polypeptides....

20060191028 - Developmental animal model of temporal lobe epilepsy: Disclosed is a developmental animal model of temporal lobe epilepsy and other seizure-related disorders. In particular, the invention provides a method of inducing a permanent change in the neurological development of a rodent, such as a rat, comprising daily administration of low doses of a kainate receptor agonist to the...

20060191029 - Method and system for fusion and activation following nuclear transfer in reconstructed embryos: The present invention provides data to demonstrate that the re-fusion, of a mammalian karyoplast to an enucleated in vivo ovulated oocyte, following an unsuccessful initial simultaneous electrical fusion and activation event offers an additional alternative and improvement in the creation of activated and fused nuclear transfer-capable embryos for the production...

20060191033 - Novel glyphosate-n-acetyltransferase (gat) genes: Novel proteins are provided herein, including proteins capable of catalyzing the acetylation of glyphosate and other structurally related proteins. Also provided are novel polynucleotides capable of encoding these proteins, compositions that include one or more of these novel proteins and/or polynucleotides, recombinant cells and transgenic plants comprising these novel compounds,...

20060191031 - Soybean cultivar 4348019: A soybean cultivar designated 4348019 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 4348019, to the plants of soybean 4348019, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 4348019 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 4348019 with itself or with another soybean...

20060191032 - Soybean cultivar 4713487: A soybean cultivar designated 4713487 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 4713487, to the plants of soybean 4713487, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 4713487 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 4713487 with itself or with another soybean...

20060191030 - Soybean cultivar s040122: A soybean cultivar designated S040122 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S040122, to the plants of soybean S040122, to plant parts of soybean cultivar S040122 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar S040122 with itself or with another soybean...

20060191034 - Insecticidal proteins secreted from bacillus thuringiensis and uses therefor: The present invention relates to the isolation and characterization of nucleotide sequences encoding novel insecticidal proteins secreted into the extracellular space from Bacillus thuringiensis and related strains. The proteins are isolated from culture supernatants of Bacillus thuringiensis and related strains and display insecticidal activity against coleopteran insects including Colorado potato...

20060191035 - Methods and compositions for protein production in tobacco plants with reduced nicotine: DNA encoding a plant quinolate phosphoribosyl transferase (QPRTase) enzyme, and constructs comprising such DNA are provided. Methods of altering quinolate phosphoribosyl transferase expression are provided....

20060191036 - Tobacco products with increased nicotine: DNA encoding a plant quinolate phosphoribosyl transferase (QPRTase) enzyme, and constructs comprising such DNA are provided. Methods of altering quinolate phosphoribosyl transferase expression are provided....

20060191037 - Plant transcription factor that is involved in sugar signalling: Provided are nucleotide sequences which encodes a sugar-signalling transcription factors capable of activating a promoter of a gene encoding an enzyme involved in the synthesis or deposition of starch e.g. in response to sugar levels in a plant. Preferred sequences encode WRKY proteins such as the sugar signaling in barley2...

20060191039 - Methods and compositions for protein production in tobacco plants with reduced nicotine: The present application describes isolated nucleic acids that contain a Nic gene product responsive element, and the use thereof in methods of producing transgenic tobacco plants having reduced levels of nicotine and/or TSNA therein, as well as other plants or host cells that contain altered levels of a protein of...

20060191038 - Methods for using artifical polynucleotides and compositions thereof to reduce transgene silencing: The materials and methods disclosed provide for polynucleotide molecules sufficiently divergent from polynucleotides naturally contained in plants, or polynucleotides previously introduced into plants as transgenes to permit trait stacking in plant breeding methods or plant transformation methods. The disclosure also provides for methods and compositions to detect the polynucleotides of...

20060191041 - Dwf4 polynucleotides, polypeptides and uses thereof: The present invention relates to novel, polynucleotides isolated from dwarf plants. The dwf4 polynucleotides that encode all, or a portion of, a DWF4 polypeptide, a cytochrome P450 enzyme that mediates multiple steps in synthesis of brassinosteriods. The present invention also relates to isolated polynucleotides that encode regulatory regions of dwf4....

20060191043 - Low maintenance turfgrass: The invention relates to DNA constructs and methods for producing transgenic glyphosate tolerant, dwarf turfgrass plants that contain these constructs. The invention also relates to the maintenance of the transgenic turfgrass stand....

20060191042 - Nucleic acid sequences and methods of use for the production of plants with modified polyunsaturated fatty acids: The present invention is directed to nucleic acid molecules and nucleic acid constructs, and other agents associated with fatty acid synthesis, particularly the ratios of saturated and unsaturated fats. Moreover, the present invention is directed to plants incorporating such agents where the plants exhibit altered ratios of saturated and unsaturated...

20060191040 - Nucleotide sequences encoding ramosa3 and sister of ramosa3 and methods of use for same: The invention relates to the isolation and characterization of a maize gene, RAMOSA3 (RA3), responsible for meristem development and inflorescence development including branching. The gene, gene product, and regulatory regions may be used to manipulate branching, meristem growth, inflorescence development and arrangement, and ultimately to improve yield of plants. The...

20060191044 - Seed-specific gene promoters and uses thereof: An objective of the present invention is to provide promoters having seed-specific promoter activity, and methods of expressing foreign proteins in seeds. The present inventors isolated the promoters of a number of genes that are expressed in rice seeds, constructed binary vectors in which each promoter is inserted upstream of...

20060191047 - Cotton variety fm 800b2r: A novel cotton variety, designated as FM 800B2R, is disclosed. The invention relates to seeds, plants, plant cells, plant tissue, harvested products and cotton lint as well as to hybrid cotton plants and seeds obtained by crossing plants of variety FM 800B2R with other plants. The invention also relates to...

20060191046 - Cotton variety fm 960b2r: A novel cotton variety, designated as FM 960B2R, is disclosed. The invention relates to seeds, plants, plant cells, plant tissue, harvested products and cotton lint as well as to hybrid cotton plants and seeds obtained by crossing plants of variety FM 960B2R with other plants. The invention also relates to...

20060191045 - Cotton variety fm 991b2r: A novel cotton variety, designated as FM 991B2R, is disclosed. The invention relates to seeds, plants, plant cells, plant tissue, harvested products and cotton lint as well as to hybrid cotton plants and seeds obtained by crossing plants of variety FM 991B2R with other plants. The invention also relates to...

20060185024 - Avians that produce eggs containing exogenous proteins: This invention provides for proteins which are expressed in the avian oviduct, packaged into eggs laid by the avian, then isolated....

20060185025 - Human artificial chromosome (hac) vector: The present invention relates to a human artificial chromosome (HAC) vector and a method for producing the same. The present invention further relates to a method for introducing foreign DNA using a human artificial chromosome vector and a method for producing a cell which expresses foreign DNA. Furthermore, the present...

20060185026 - Atypical protein kinase c isoforms in disorders of the nervous system and cancer: The present invention establishes a link between altered aPKC function and nervous system disorders and cancers, such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) and neuroblastoma. Methods of using aPKC in diagnosis, drug screening and gene therapy in nervous system disorders and cancers are provided....

20060185027 - Systems and methods for identifying mirna targets and for altering mirna and target expression: The present invention generally relates to microRNAs such as vertebrate microRNA (miRNA), for example, mammalian miRNA. Various aspects of the invention are directed to the detection, production, or expression of miRNA. In one aspect, the invention provides systems and methods for identifying targets of miRNA sequences. For instance, in one...

20060185028 - Transgenic mice containing socs-5 cytokine signalling suppressor gene disruptions: The present invention relates to transgenic animals, as well as compositions and methods relating to the characterization of gene function. Specifically, the present invention provides transgenic mice comprising mutations in a SOCS-5 gene. Such transgenic mice are useful as models for disease and for identifying agents that modulate gene expression...

20060185029 - Avians that produce eggs containing exogenous proteins: This invention provides for proteins which are expressed in the avian oviduct, packaged into eggs laid by the avian....

20060185032 - Cytochrome p450 reductases from poppy plants: The present invention relates to production of alkaloids from poppy plants and in particular togenes encoding enzymes in the alkaloid pathway, to proteins encoded by the gens, to plants transformed or transfected with the genes and to methods of altering alkaloid content or blend of poppy plants....

20060185030 - Cytokinin response regulators and uses thereof: The invention generally features methods for increasing yield, shoot formation, and delaying senesence in plants with the use of transgenes that regulate the cytokinin response. The invention also features plants and plant components that harbor the transgene(s)....

20060185031 - Soybean cultivar s040133: A soybean cultivar, designated S040133, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S040133, to the plants of soybean S040133, to plant parts of soybean cultivar S040133 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar S040133 with itself or with another soybean...

20060185034 - Capsicum variety exhibiting a hyper-accumulation of zeaxanthin and products derived therefrom: The present invention is concerned with Capsicum plants producing greater than about 0.4% zeaxanthin, by weight in the dried, ripe fruit pod flesh, which plants have been developed from commercially grown Capsicum cultivars by plant breeding techniques. Zeaxanthin is the dominant carotenoid in the dried ripe fruit pod flesh, when...

20060185033 - Doubled haploid cells, embryos and plants: Methods for producing homozygous plants, seeds, and plant cells are provided. Methods of forming haploid tissue and then doubling the chromosomes to form doubled haploid cells are provided. Also provided are methods of transformation....

20060185035 - Plant cellulose synthases: This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a cellulose synthase. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the cellulose synthase, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels...

20060185036 - Transgenic plants containing ligninase and cellulase which degrade lignin and cellulose to fermentable sugars: The present invention provides transgenic plants which after harvest degrade the lignin and cellulose therein to fermentable sugars which can further be fermented to ethanol or other products. In particular, the transgenic plants comprise ligninase and cellulase genes from microbes operably linked to a DNA encoding a signal peptide which...

20060185037 - Transgenic plants containing ligninase and cellulase which degrade lignin and cellulose to fermentable sugars: The present invention provides transgenic plants which after harvest degrade the lignin and cellulose therein to fermentable sugars which can further be fermented to ethanol or other products. In particular, the transgenic plants comprise ligninase and cellulase genes from microbes operably linked to a DNA encoding a signal peptide which...

20060185038 - Methods and means for increasing the tolerance of plants to stress conditions: Methods and means are provided to increase the tolerance of plants to abiotic stress or adverse growing conditions, including drought, high light intensities, high temperatures, nutrient limitations and the like by reducing the activity of endogenous PARG proteins in plants....

20060185039 - Hybrid maize x0842k: A novel hybrid maize variety designated X0842K and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing an inbred maize line with a Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize line. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X0842K with another maize plant. Methods for...

20060174354 - Hcv gene transgenic animal: The present invention provides a transgenic animal expressing the full-length human hepatitis C virus (HCV) for the purpose of constructing a system for screening for a remedy for human hepatitis C. The present invention is a transgenic hepatitis C model animal, which has the full-length DNA of the hepatitis C...

20060174355 - Method of screening drug: A method of screening a substance which serves as the active ingredient in a drug for obesity and/or diabetes is provided. This method comprises treating cells or an animal individual with a candidate substance and specifying a candidate substance fulfilling one or more of the following requirements as the target...

20060174356 - Methods and compositions for screening for modulators of neuronal cell death in parkinson's disease: Methods and compositions for identifying an agent (e.g., a gene product or small molecule compound that modulates neuronal cell death in a Parkinson's disease animal model are provided. In practicing the subject methods, a non-mammalian animal model, such as Drosophila melanogaster, that includes a mutant parkin gene and at least...

20060174357 - Transgenic fibrinogen: A transgenic, non-human mammalian animal is capable of expressing a heterologous gene for human or other recombinant physiologically functional fibrinogen holoprotein or individual subunit chain polypeptides thereof or a modified or fusion fibrinogen in mammary glands of the animals and secreting the expressed product into a body fluid. Methodology employing...

20060174358 - Method for cloning animals with targetted genetic alterations by transfer of long-term cultured male or female somatic cell nuclei, comprising artificially-induced genetic alterations, to enucleated recipient cells: An improved method of nuclear transfer employing long-term cultured somatic cells as the donor cells and enucleated oocytes as the recipient cells to produce dividing cybrids. Such cybrids are useful for developing viable animals clones when nurtured in a suitable host environment....

20060174359 - Method for selecting cell lines to be used for nuclear transfer in mammalian species: The present invention provides data to demonstrate that the fusion performance of a cell-line in procedures involving fusion and cleavage indices either alone or in combination are a means for selecting a cell lines that will be successful in a nuclear transfer or microinjection program. This technique and method of...

20060174360 - Non-inbred embryonic stem cells having good developmental potential: The present invention provides non-inbred mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells comprising alleles derived from at least two different mouse strains and having high developmental potential. The ES cells optionally comprises a docking site for a transgene. Methods for production of the ES cells are also disclosed. This invention further provides...

20060174361 - Transgenic mice containing adrenocorticotropin hormone receptor gene disruptions: The present invention relates to transgenic animals, as well as compositions and methods relating to the characterization of gene function. Specifically, the present invention provides transgenic mice comprising mutations in an ACTHR gene. Such transgenic mice are useful as models for disease and for identifying agents that modulate gene expression...

20060174364 - Artificial chromosomes and transchromosomic avians: The invention includes avians containing an artificial chromosome in their genome and methods of making the avians....

20060174363 - Germline transmission of avian primordial germ cells (pgcs): The present invention is long-term cultures of avian PGCs and techniques to produce germline chimeric and transgenic birds derived from prolonged PGC cultures. In some embodiments, these PGCs can be transfected with genetic constructs to modify the DNA of the PGC, specifically to introduce a transgene encoding an exogenous protein....

20060174362 - Long-term culture of avian primordial germ cells (pgcs): The present invention is long-term cultures of avian PGCs and techniques to produce germline chimeric and transgenic birds derived from prolonged PGC cultures. In some embodiments, these PGCs can be transfected with genetic constructs to modify the DNA of the PGC, specifically to introduce a transgene encoding an exogenous protein....

20060174365 - Process of producing environmentally safe transgenic organisms: A process of producing a transgenic multi-cellular plant or animal organism expressing a trait of interest and having a controlled distribution of said trait to progeny, wherein said process comprises hybridising a first multi-cellular organism or a cell thereof having a first heterologous DNA sequence comprising a first fragment of...

20060174370 - Genetic insulator for preventing influence by another gene promoter: A 16 bp polynucleotide sequence of Arabidopsis thaliana is a genetic insulator that can effectively isolate a transgene from positional effects of neighboring gene activities in transgenic plant cells....

20060174367 - Methods and compositions for transformation and regeneration of maize: Methods for transforming plants, particularly commercially important elite maize inbreds, are provided. The methods involve transformation of meristematic organogenic tissue or immature embryos, and include the use of defined plant growth media. The methods disclosed provide more stable transgenic plants, and permit the transformation of varieties of cereals that are...

20060174368 - Soybean cultivar 4405070: A soybean cultivar designated 4405070 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 4405070, to the plants of soybean 4405070, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 4405070 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 4405070 with itself or with another soybean...

20060174369 - Soybean cultivar 4417380: A soybean cultivar designated 4417380 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 4417380, to the plants of soybean 4417380, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 4417380 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 4417380 with itself or with another soybean...

20060174371 - Synthetic nucleic acid molecule for imparting multiple traits: The present invention is directed to a DNA construct which includes a modified DNA molecule with a nucleotide sequence which is at least 80%, but less than 100%, homologous to two or more desired trait DNA molecules and which imparts the desired trait to plants transformed with the DNA construct....

20060174366 - Use of ahas mutant genes as selection marker in potato transformation: The present invention relates to the use of mutated AHAS genes conferring resistance to herbicides and resulting in an highly efficient selection system for the production of transgenic potato lines. The invention provides a key advantage by minimizing the escapes to almost zero of all shoots regenerated without interfering with...

20060174372 - Plants transformed with polynucleotides encoding broad-spectrum delta-endotoxins: Disclosed are novel synthetically-modified B. thuringiensis chimeric crystal proteins having improved insecticidal activity and broader insect host range against coleopteran, dipteran and lepidopteran insects. Also disclosed are the nucleic acid segments encoding these novel peptides. Methods of making and using these genes and proteins are disclosed as well as methods...

20060174374 - Generation of plants with altered oil content: The present invention is directed to plants that display an altered oil content phenotype due to altered expression of an aconitase nucleic acid. The invention is further directed to methods of generating plants with an altered oil content phenotype....

20060174375 - Generation of plants with altered oil content: The present invention is directed to plants that display an altered oil content phenotype due to altered expression of a citrate synthase nucleic acid. The invention is further directed to methods of generating plants with an altered oil content phenotype....

20060174376 - Novel plant acyltransferases specific for long-chained, multiply unsaturated fatty acids: The present invention relates to a process for the production of long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids in an organism by introducing, into the organism, nucleic acids which code for polypeptides with acyl transferase activity. These nucleic acid sequences, if appropriate together with further nucleic acid sequences which code for polypeptides of...

20060174373 - Use of a gene for increasing the oil content in plants: The invention relates to methods for increasing the oil content in plants, preferably in plant seeds, by expressing a polypeptide from yeast. The invention furthermore relates to expression constructs for expressing the yeast polypeptide in plants, preferably in plant seeds, the transgenic plants expressing the yeast polypeptide and to the...

20060174377 - Novel glycosyltransferase gene: Using probes corresponding to conservative regions of the glycosyltransferase, some tens of glycosyltransferase genes having nucleotide sequences corresponding to the conservative regions were cloned from flower petal cDNA libraries of carnation and the like. Furthermore, each of the glycosyltransferase genes was expressed in Escherichia coli, activity to transfer glucose to...

20060174379 - 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 during secondary wall deposition. The polypeptide encoded by the nucleic acid molecule, a DNA construct linking the isolated nucleic acid molecule with a promoter, the DNA...

20060174378 - High level production of arbutin in green plants and microbes: This invention relates to methods and materials to produce hydroquinone glucoside in genetically modified green plants and microorganisms....

20060174380 - Method to trigger rna interference: A method to generate siRNAs in vivo is described, as are constructs and compositions useful in the method. The method does not depend on the use of DNA or synthetic constructs that contain inverted duplications or dual promoters so as to form perfect or largely double-stranded RNA. Rather, the method...

20060174381 - Soybean variety 91m70: According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated 91M70. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety 91M70, to the plants of soybean 91M70 to plant parts of soybean variety 91M70 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of...

20060174382 - Inbred corn line ph8wd: A novel inbred maize line designated PH8WD and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing inbred maize line PH8WD with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH8WD through...