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Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes August list of inventions 08/08

20080209580 - Mouse developing visceral fat type obesity and diabetes: An object of the present invention is to provide a mouse which has the characteristics of early developing visceral fat type obesity and also has concurrent diabetes and hyperlipemia and in which the trait is genetically established and recessively inherited. An ICR-derived mouse strain, Daruma, spontaneously developing obesity, exhibiting autosomal... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080209581 - Induction of exon skipping in eukaryotic cells: Described is a method for at least in part decreasing the production of an aberrant protein in a cell, the cell comprising pre-mRNA comprising exons coding for the protein, by inducing so-called exon skipping in the cell. Exon-skipping results in mature mRNA that does not contain the skipped exon, which... Agent: Trask Britt

20080209583 - Cucumber hybrid excelsior: Hybrid cucumber cultivars designated ‘Excelsior’, ‘15620’, ‘15660’, and ‘15597’, which are the first pickling cucumbers suitable for a vertical growing system under covered cultivation, are disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of hybrid cucumber cultivars ‘Excelsior’, ‘15620’, ‘15660’ and ‘15597’, to the plants of hybrid cucumber cultivars ‘Excelsior’, ‘15620’,... Agent: Jondle & Associates P.c.

20080209584 - Pepper plants having fruit with altered vitamin content: The present invention provides pepper plants having edible fruit with altered vitamin content, specifically fruit comprising an elevated content of vitamin E, further comprising at least one of an elevated content of pro-vitamin A, an elevated content of vitamin C and combinations thereof. The concentration of vitamin E is at... Agent: Fennemore Craig

20080209582 - Soybean variety xb40k07: According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated XB40K07. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety XB40K07, to the plants of soybean XB40K07 to plant parts of soybean variety XB40K07 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of... Agent: Mckee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C Attn: Pioneer Hi-bred

20080209585 - Genes which produce staygreen characteristics in maize and their uses: The present invention is directed to plant genetic engineering. In particular, it is directed to producing green leaves in maize through inhibition of ethylene. The genes involved in producing this phenotype include 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-Carboxylate (“ACC”) synthase, ACC oxidase, ACC deaminase, ethylene response sensor (“ERS”), ethylene resistant (“ETR”), and ethylene insensitive (“EIN”).... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20080209586 - Novel tobacco compositions and methods of making: The present disclosure describes tobacco varieties having reduced levels of DVTs, methods of making such varieties, and tobacco compositions including such varieties.... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.c.

20080209588 - 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 Arabidopsis thaliana genes At4g12910, At1g66250, At4g00820, At2g36640, At2g34200, At3g11180, At4g00360, At2g48030, At2g38590, At1g23000, At3g15510, At3g50870, At4g00220, or At4g26320.... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20080209587 - Methods and compositions for using zinc finger endonucleases to enhance homologous recombination: Embodiments relate to methods of generating a genetically modified cell. The methods can include providing a primary cell containing an endogenous chromosomal target DNA sequence in which it is desired to have homologous recombination occur. The methods also can include providing a zinc finger endonuclease (ZFE) that includes an endonuclease... Agent: Robins & Pasternak

20080209589 - Soybean cultivar s060077: A soybean cultivar designated S060077 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S060077, to the plants of soybean S060077, to plant parts of soybean cultivar S060077 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar S060077 with itself or with another soybean... Agent: Jondle & Associates P.c.

20080209590 - Soybean cultivar s060293: A soybean cultivar designated S060293 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S060293, to the plants of soybean S060293, to plant parts of soybean cultivar S060293 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar S060293 with itself or with another soybean... Agent: Jondle & Associates P.c.

20080209591 - Mutant allele of cucurbita pepo: The present invention relates to a Cucurbita pepo plant, seed, variety and hybrid. More specifically, the invention relates to a C. pepo plant having a mutant allele designated HSPMR which results in a powdery mildew resistant plant. The invention also relates to crossing inbreds, varieties and hybrids containing the HSPMR... Agent: Jondle & Associates P.c.

20080209593 - Soybean cultivar 6421326: A soybean cultivar designated 6421326 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 6421326, to the plants of soybean 6421326, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 6421326 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 6421326 with itself or with another soybean... Agent: Jondle & Associates P.c.

20080209592 - Soybean cultivar 6600375: A soybean cultivar designated 6600375 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 6600375, to the plants of soybean 6600375, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 6600375 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 6600375 with itself or with another soybean... Agent: Jondle & Associates P.c.

20080209594 - Soybean cultivar 6733322: A soybean cultivar designated 6733322 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 6733322, to the plants of soybean 6733322, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 6733322 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 6733322 with itself or with another soybean... Agent: Jondle & Associates P.c.

20080209595 - Compositions and methods for the targeted insertion of a nucleotide sequence of interest into the genome of a plant: 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... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP Pioneer Hi-bred International, Inc.

20080209596 - Plant sugar transport proteins: This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a sugar transport protein. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the sugar transport protein, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20080209597 - Transgenic cells expressing glucosyltransferase nucleic acids: The invention relates to transgenic cells which have been transformed with nucleic acids encoding glycosyltransferase polypeptides (GTases) and vectors for use in transformation of said cells.... Agent: Crowell & Moring LLP Intellectual Property Group

20080209598 - Plant cultivation method: Method for the production of young plants and/or micro-parent stock of 5 herbaceous ornamentals. Method for the production of young plants and/or of micro-parent stock of herbaceous ornamentals, which comprises an in vitro culture phase during which explants obtained from parent stock of species to be propagated, or derivatives of... Agent: Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc. Patent Department

20080201787 - Transgenic mouse whose genome comprises a homozygous disruption of its alpha1g gene, a method of preparing the same and use thereof: The disclosure concerns a method for resistance of epilepsy by suppressing the function of alpha 1G protein of T-type calcium channels, use of suppressor of alpha 1G protein for prevention or treatment for epilepsy, knockout mice resisting epilepsy by disrupting alpha 1G subunit of T-type calcium channel, and preparation method... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20080201786 - Transgenic zebrafish models of alzheimer's disease: The present invention relates to zebrafish models for Alzheimer's disease that allow recapitulation of pathologies associated with Alzheimer's disease. This invention also relates to methods for screening of compounds for their ability to modulate a pathology associated with Alzheimer's disease in vivo in a whole vertebrate organism. The present invention... Agent: Needle & Rosenberg, P.C.

20080201788 - Mouse in which genome is modified: A mouse or progenies thereof in which genome is modified so as to have decreased or deleted activity of an enzyme relating to modification of a sugar chain in which the 1-position of fucose is bound to the 6-position of N-acetylglucosamine in the reducing end through α-bond in a complex... Agent: Sughrue-265550

20080201789 - Variants and exons of the glyt1 transporter: The present invention provides polypeptide and polynucleotide sequences for novel splice variants of the sodium and chloride-dependent glycine transporter type 1 (GlyT1). These polypeptides and polynucleotides are useful in the treatment and diagnosis of disorders such as neurological and psychiatric disorders including schizophrenia. The invention also provides antibodies directed specifically... Agent: Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik A Professional Association

20080201790 - Method and product for regulating cell responsiveness to external signals: The present invention relates to isolated MEKK proteins, nucleic acid molecules having sequences that encode such proteins, and antibodies raised against such proteins. The present invention also includes methods to use such proteins to regulate signal transduction in a cell. The present invention also includes therapeutic compositions comprising such proteins... Agent: Lahive & Cockfield, LLP

20080201791 - T cell line-based packaging cell line for the production of retroviruses by enriching of cd3 expressing cells: The present invention relates to retroviral vector systems, in particular the development of packaging or helper cell lines that are based on T cells and that are suitable for producing T cell receptor retroviruses. Thereby, the present invention relates to T cell line specific retroviral expression vectors, and mammalian T... Agent: Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik A Professional Association

20080201792 - Dry bean line 08520700: The invention provides seed and plants of the dry bean line designated 08520700. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of dry bean line 08520700, and to methods for producing a dry bean plant produced by crossing a plant of dry bean line 08520700 with itself... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080201794 - Dry bean line 08530714: The invention provides seed and plants of the dry bean line designated 08530714. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of dry bean line 08530714, and to methods for producing a dry bean plant produced by crossing a plant of dry bean line 08530714 with itself... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080201793 - Pea line 08530731: The invention provides seed and plants of the pea line designated 08530731. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of pea line 08530731, and to methods for producing a pea plant produced by crossing a plant of pea line 08530731 with itself or with another pea... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080201795 - Pea line 08550848: The invention provides seed and plants of the pea line designated 08550848. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of pea line 08550848, and to methods for producing a pea plant produced by crossing a plant of pea line 08550848 with itself or with another pea... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080201797 - Pearl millet line 53 1 1 with pp3 gene and all derivatives produced by any method: The invention relates to a pearl millet plant, seed, variety, parental line and hybrid. More specifically the invention relates to a pearl millet plant having a mutant allele that increases purple pigmentation in many plant parts. The invention relates to crossing inbreds, varieties, and hybrids containing the purple allele to... Agent: Mckee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C

20080201796 - Transformed plants accumulating mono-and/or sesquiterpenes: The present invention relates to plant expressing transgenes and to plants transformed to comprise additional copies of genes, said genes encoding at least a HMGR-CoA reductase and a terpene synthase. The invention further claims methods for preparing the plants, and a method for producing terpenes. The present thus provides a... Agent: Winston & Strawn LLP Patent Department

20080201798 - Pea line 08540793: The invention provides seed and plants of the pea line designated 08540793. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of pea line 08540793, and to methods for producing a pea plant produced by crossing a plant of pea line 08540793 with itself or with another pea... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080201799 - Protein kinase stress-related proteins and methods of use in plants: A transgenic plant transformed by a Protein Kinase Stress-Related Protein (PKSRP) coding nucleic acid, wherein expression of the nucleic acid sequence in the plant results in increased tolerance to environmental stress as compared to a wild type variety of the plant. Also provided are agricultural products, including seeds, produced by... Agent: Basf Corporation

20080201800 - Antifungal plant proteins and methods of their use: DNA constructions that provide for production of potent antifungal proteins in transgenic plants and transformed yeast cells are described. Methods of using the DNA constructs to produce transgenic plants that inhibit growth of plant pathogenic fungi are also disclosed. The use of transformed yeast cells containing the DNA constructs to... Agent: Thompson Coburn, LLP

20080201801 - Invertebrate micrornas: This invention provides plants having resistance to invertebrate pests. More specifically, this invention discloses a non-natural transgenic plant cell expressing at least one invertebrate miRNA in planta for suppression of a target gene of an invertebrate pest or of a symbiont associated with the invertebrate pest. Also provided are recombinant... Agent: Monsanto Company

20080201802 - Altered linolenic and linoleic acid content in plants: Transformed plants which have increased or decreased linolenic acid content are disclosed. Also disclosed are plants which express a linoleic acid desaturase gene.... Agent: Howrey LLP

20080201803 - Plants with altered root architecture, involving the rum1 gene, related constructs and methods: Isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides and recombinant DNA constructs particularly useful for altering root structure of plants, compositions (such as plants or seeds) comprising these recombinant DNA constructs, and methods utilizing these recombinant DNA constructs. The recombinant DNA construct comprises a polynucleotide operably linked to a promoter functional in a plant,... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20080201805 - Polypeptides having beta-glucosidase activity and polynucleotides encoding same: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having beta-glucosidase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods for producing and using the polypeptides.... Agent: Novozymes, Inc.

20080201804 - Protein production: The present invention relates to a method for producing heterologous glycosylated proteins in non-animal eukaryotic cells such as in transformed bryophyte, yeast, ciliate or algae cells. In particular, the method relates to a method for producing glycosylated proteins comprising animal glycosylation patterns—comprising sialic acid residues—, such as pharmaceutical proteins for... Agent: Biotech Beach Law Group , PC

20080201806 - Tetracycline repressor and uses thereof: Compositions and methods relating to the use of tetracycline repressor in plants are provided. Compositions include a polynucleotide modified for expression in a plant, wherein the polynucleotide encodes a tetracycline repressor protein, as well as constructs, vectors, cells, plants and seeds comprising the polynucleotide, an/or produced by the methods. Also... Agent: Pioneer Hi-bred International, Inc.

20080201807 - Gelatinization temperature manipulation: The subject invention relates to plants and the starch produced by plants. In particular, the invention relates to processes for the modification of a plant so that the starch produced by the plant comprises amylopectin of an altered structure and/or the starch has an altered gelatinization temperature. The processes principally... Agent: Catalyst Law Group, Apc

20080196111 - Expression vectors and methods for obtaining nk cell specific expression: The present invention relates to expression constructs and methods of specifically marking NK cells in nonhuman mammals. Specifically, methods are presented that allow the specific expression of foreign genes in the NK cells of a nonhuman mammal. Such methods are useful for the generation of animal models for disorders involving... Agent: Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik A Professional Association

20080196110 - Immune-compromised transgenic mice expressing human hepatocyte growth factor (hhgf): A transgenic animal model for evaluating growth, survival and/or metastasis of xenotransplanted normal or tumor cells or tissue is disclosed, in which a human growth factor, hHGF stimulates growth in vivo of human cells or tissue. A strain of Tg mice on the C3H background that is immunocompromised as a... Agent: Price Heneveld Cooper Dewitt & Litton, LLP

20080196112 - Transgenic animals and methods of making recombinant antibodies: The present invention concerns a means for obtaining cells which produce human, humanized or chimeric antibodies in commercially useful quantities. The invention permits high antibody producer cells to be selected and isolated from animals for use in culture to produce antibodies. The invention also provides methods for the affinity maturation... Agent: Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik A Professional Association

20080196113 - Lipocalin protein: The invention is based on the discovery that the human protein referred to herein as INSP153 protein is a lipocalin.... Agent: Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik A Professional Association

20080196114 - Rgmc modified transgenic animals: The invention provides a new reproducible transgenic mouse model for the study of iron accumulation in the body. In particular, the invention concerns the study of iron overload in an RGMc knockout mouse model and its use in drug discovery and research.... Agent: Novartis Corporate Intellectual Property

20080196116 - Dry bean line 08540800: The invention provides seed and plants of the dry bean line designated 08540800. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of dry bean line 08540800, and to methods for producing a dry bean plant produced by crossing a plant of dry bean line 08540800 with itself... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080196115 - Dry bean line 08550813: The invention provides seed and plants of the dry bean line designated 08550813. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of dry bean line 08550813, and to methods for producing a dry bean plant produced by crossing a plant of dry bean line 08550813 with itself... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20080196118 - Rice cultivar calmati-202: A rice cultivar designated Calmati-202 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of rice cultivar Calmati-202, to the plants of rice Calmati-202 and to methods for producing a rice plant produced by crossing the cultivar Calmati-202 with itself or another rice variety. The invention further relates to hybrid rice... Agent: Jondle & Associates P.c.

20080196117 - Rice cultivar m-208: A rice cultivar designated M-208 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of rice cultivar M-208, to the plants of rice M-208 and to methods for producing a rice plant produced by crossing the cultivar M-208 with itself or another rice variety. The invention further relates to hybrid rice... Agent: Jondle & Associates P.c.

20080196119 - Soybean varieties: This application is directed to novel soybean plant varieties, designated 5601TRR-292 (named ‘Allen’), 5601TRR-293, and 5601TRR-379. These varieties are glyphosate resistant cultivars, developed from BC3F2 single-plant derivatives of cultivar ‘5601T’. Also provided herein are seeds of the aforementioned soybean varieties, plants arising therefrom, plant parts of soybean varieties 5601TRR-292, 5601TRR-293,... Agent: Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik A Professional Association

20080196120 - Genes involved in plant fibre development: The present invention provides polypeptides, and polynucleotides encoding therefore, involved in the regulation of fibre initiation and/or elongation in fibre producing plants. In particular, the present invention provides methods of altering fibre initiation in cotton making use of transcription factors, regulatory proteins or cell cycle proteins produced at or around... Agent: Cooper & Dunham, LLP

20080196121 - Commercially viable process for in vitro mass culture of jatropha curcas: The present invention relates to a commercially viable process for in vitro mass culture of Jatropha curcas. The process for in vitro mass culture of Jatropha curcas is simple, faster, and suitable for production of disease-free root tubers of uniform quality and employs media with a reduced concentration of phytohormones.... Agent: Morrison & Foerster LLP

20080196122 - Rice cultivar l-206: A rice cultivar designated L-206 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of rice cultivar L-206, to the plants of rice L-206 and to methods for producing a rice plant produced by crossing the cultivar L-206 with itself or another rice variety. The invention further relates to hybrid rice... Agent: Jondle & Associates P.c.

20080196123 - Modulation of alkaloid siosynthesis in plants and plants having altered alkaloid biosynthesis: The invention relates to a method for altering alkaloid biosynthesis in a plant, comprising: i) introducing into cells of a plant, an expressible exogenous nucleic acid comprising or consisting of an (S)-N-methylcoclaurine 3′-hydroxylase gene (cyp80b) or a derivative thereof, and ii) optionally propagating the plant, wherein expression of the exogenous... Agent: Thompson Coburn, LLP

20080196124 - Plant growth hormone regulated transcription factors and promoters thereof: Methods for obtaining plants with decreased responses to auxins by reducing exprssion of endogenous MYB77 genes in plants are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods of using plant MYB77 transcriptional promoter sequences to drive expression of heterologous genes in select plant cells at select times in plant development. Methods of obtaining... Agent: Thompson Coburn, LLP

20080196125 - Cambium/xylem-preferred promoters and uses thereof: The present invention relates to nucleic acid molecules corresponding to regulatory portions of genes whose expression is predominant in cambium and/or xylem. The invention also relates to compositions and methods of using the same to regulate the expression, in a cambium/xylem-preferred manner, of genes and/or any kind of nucleotide sequences... Agent: Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP

20080196126 - Transgenic plants containing a dehydrin gene: The present invention provides a new dehydrin gene isolated from wild barley of the Negev desert capable of improving tolerance to abiotic stresses such as, drought, cold/freezing or high salinity stress in plants, and transgenic plants transformed thereby.... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080196127 - Elite event a5547-127 and methods and kits for identifying such event in biological samples: Tools are provided which allow rapid and unequivocal identification elite event A5547-127 in biological samples.... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080189798 - Non-mammalian transgenic animal model for cellular proliferative diseases: Non-mammalian, transgenic animals, e.g. flies, that exhibit neoplastic phenotypes, i.e. spontaneously produce metastatic tumors, are provided. Also provided are methods of using the subject transgenic non-mammalian animals to identify compounds having activity with respect to cellular proliferative, and particularly neoplastic, diseases. Finally, kits for screening compounds for anti-neoplastic activity are... Agent: Bozicevic, Field & Francis LLP

20080189799 - Genetically engineered and phenotyped mice and stem cell clones for producing the same: The current invention relates to genetically engineered mice, cells derived from those mice, and polynucleotides and polypeptides corresponding to genes affected by the engineered mutation. The invention also relates to antibodies raised in a mouse of the invention. The invention further provides methods for using the mice, cells, polynucleotides, polypeptides... Agent: Stahl Law Firm

20080189800 - Certain human genomic dna associated with total red-green colorblindness: e

20080189801 - Selective ablation of diploid embryos: Methods of selecting haploid embryos are disclosed. Methods of producing haploid embryos and non-viable diploid embryos on a plant are provided. Methods for selecting haploid embryos produced from haploid inducer maize lines are provided. Methods for producing improved maize haploid inducer lines are disclosed. Maize haploid inducer lines comprising transgenes... Agent: Pioneer Hi-bred International, Inc.

20080189802 - Soybean cultivar sg3865n: A soybean cultivar designated SG3865N is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar SG3865N, to the plants of soybean SG3865N, to plant parts of soybean cultivar SG3865N and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar SG3865N with itself or with another soybean... Agent: Jondle & Associates P.C.

20080189807 - Nitrogen transport metabolism: This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragments encoding an ammonium transporter. The invention also relates to the construction of a recombinant DNA constructencoding all or a portion of ammonium transporters, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the recombinant DNA construct may alter levels of the ammonium... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20080189804 - Novel genes and rna molecules that confer stress tolerance: Non-coding RNA molecules that include the sequence 5′-AUUU-3′, the expression of which confers resistance or tolerance to abiotic and biotic stresses, are described, as are genes encoding the same, expression cassettes and vectors harboring such genes, and transgenic eukaryotic organisms that express such RNAs.... Agent: Biotechnology Law Group C/o Portfolioip

20080189805 - Novel genes and rna molecules that confer stress tolerance: Non-coding RNA molecules that include the sequence 5′-UUAUUU-3′, the expression of which confers resistance or tolerance to abiotic and biotic stresses, are described, as are genes encoding the same, expression cassettes and vectors harboring such genes, and transgenic eukaryotic organisms that express such RNAs.... Agent: Biotechnology Law Group C/o Portfolioip

20080189806 - Protein kinase stress-related proteins and methods of use in plants: A transgenic plant transformed by a Protein Kinase Stress-Related Protein (PKSRP) coding nucleic acid, wherein expression of the nucleic acid sequence in the plant results in increased tolerance to environmental stress as compared to a wild type variety of the plant. Also provided are agricultural products, including seeds, produced by... Agent: Basf Corporation

20080189803 - Universal chloroplast integration and expression vectors, transformed plants and products thereof: The invention provides universal chloroplast integration and expression vectors which are competent to stably transform and integrate genes of interest into chloroplast genome of multiple species of plants. Transformed plants and their progeny are provided. Monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous plants are transformed which have never been transformed heretofore. Plants transformed with... Agent: Beusse Wolter Sanks Mora & Maire

20080189808 - Inbred corn line cc1: An inbred corn line, designated CC1, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred corn line CC1, to the plants and plant parts of inbred corn line CC1 and to methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing the inbred line CC1 with itself... Agent: Jondle & Associates P.C.

20080189810 - Compositions and methods of use of response regulators: Methods and compositions for modulating plant development are provided. Methods employing type A Response Regulators (RR) are provided. The type A RR sequences are used in a variety of methods including modulating root development, modulating leaf and/or shoot development, modulating shoot regeneration from callus, modulating tolerance under abiotic stress, modulating... Agent: Pioneer Hi-bred International, Inc.

20080189809 - Methods for modification of plant inflorescence architecture: The present invention relates to methods for the use of the Arabidopsis “BREVIPEDICELLUS” (BP) gene for alteration of plant architecture, in particular alteration of the morphology of the inflorescence of a flowering plant. The methods of the present invention provide a means to alter the development of the peduncle, notably... Agent: National Research Council Of Canada 1200 Montreal Road

20080189811 - Method for producing plants which are resistant to closterviruses: A method for producing cucumber plants which are resistant to cucumber closteroviruses. The method comprises the steps of providing a Cucumis sativus plant which contains alleles that confer resistance to the closteroviruses defined by two QTLs, crossing said C. sativus plant with C. sativus culture breeding material, collecting the seeds... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.