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Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes April category listing, related patent applications 04/09

20090113561 - Gene trap cassettes for random and targeted conditional gene inactivation: A new type of gene trap cassette, which can induce conditional mutations, relies on directional site-specific recombination systems, which can repair and re-induce gene trap mutations when activated in succession. After the gene trap cassettes are inserted into the genome of the target organism, mutations can be activated at a... Agent: Norris, Mclaughlin & Marcus, Pa

20090113562 - Novel t7 phage peptide display system and uses thereof: A bacteriophage T7 display vector for expressing and displaying an exogenous peptide, wherein the display vector comprises a polynucleotide encoding a bacteriophage T7 tail fiber protein p17 in which a hepatocyte-targeting determinant sequence is inactivated, and wherein a cloning site is contained in a coding sequence for the tail fiber... Agent: Kening Li Pinsent Masons

20090113563 - Probe for detecting nuclear receptor agonist or antagonist and method for screening agonist or antagonist to nuclear receptor with the use of the same: A probe for detecting an agonist or an antagonist to a nuclear receptor, in which, at least, a ligand-recognition site containing a ligand-binding domain of the nuclear receptor is connected with a binding-responsive site containing a peptide chain that specifically binds to a coactivator-binding site in the ligand-binding domain by... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090113564 - 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: Lexicon Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

20090113565 - Methods for detecting fluorescent proteins and animals having fluorescent proteins: Provided are methods for detecting expression of nucleic acids encoding mutant fluorescent proteins. In the methods, a nucleic acid encoding a mutant fluorescent protein, or a full complement thereof, is introduced into a cell or organism. The cell or organism is allowed to replicate. Expression of the nucleic acid is... Agent: Whyte Hirschboeck Dudek S.c. Intellectual Property Department

20090113566 - Flower pigmentation in tetraploid lobularia: The present invention relates to novel tetraploid Lobularia maritima plants having pigmented flower petals. The present invention also relates to methods for creating novel tetraploid Lobularia maritima plants having pigmented flower petals.... Agent: Jondle & Associates P.C.

20090113568 - Flower pigmentation in tetraploid lobularia: The present invention relates to novel tetraploid Lobularia maritima plants having pigmented flower petals. The present invention also relates to methods for creating novel tetraploid Lobularia maritima plants having pigmented flower petals.... Agent: Jondle & Associates P.C.

20090113567 - Guzmania hybrid named 'ritmo': A new and distinct Guzmania hybrid named ‘RITMO’ characterized by solid growth habit; funnel-form rosette plant, measuring about 20 cm in height (above the pot when flowering); numerous, relatively narrow, green color foliage, measuring about 25 cm in length and about 2.4 cm to 2.7 cm in width; superior floral... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090113570 - Plants with altered root architecture, related constructs and methods involving genes encoding exostosin family polypeptides and homologs thereof: 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

20090113569 - Root-specific phosphate transporter promoters: The current invention provides plant promoter sequences. Compositions comprising the promoter sequence are described, as are methods for the expression of transgenes in plants comprising the use of these sequences. The methods of the invention include the direct creation of transgenic plants with the promoters by genetic transformation, as well... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20090113571 - Root-specific phosphate transporter promoters: The current invention provides plant promoter sequences. Compositions comprising the promoter sequence are described, as are methods for the expression of transgenes in plants comprising the use of these sequences. The methods of the invention include the direct creation of transgenic plants with the promoters by genetic transformation, as well... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20090113572 - Starchy-endosperm and/or germinating embryo-specific expression in mono-cotyledonous plants: The present invention relates to the field of agricultural biotechnology. Disclosed herein are expression constructs with expression specificity for the starchy endosperm and/or the germinating embryo, transgenic plants comprising such expression constructs, and methods of making and using such DNA constructs and transgenic plants.... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20090113573 - Modification of flavonoid biosynthesis in plants: The present invention relates to nucleic acids encoding flavonoid biosynthetic enzymes, more particularly flavonoid biosynthesis-regulating transcription factors, and the use thereof for the modification of flavonoid biosynthesis in plants. The present invention also relates to constructs and vectors including such nucleic acids, and related polypeptides. More particularly, the present invention... Agent: Larson & Anderson, LLC

20090113574 - Nucleic acid molecules and other molecules associated with plants: Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs) isolated from soybean 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... Agent: Arnold & Porter LLP

20090106851 - Non-invasive, in vivo fluorescent imaging of the nervous system in whole living animal: A method is disclosed involving detecting the expression of a fluorescent protein of interest in an animal, wherein the animal is a transgenic animal having in its genome nucleic acid encoding said fluorescent protein operably linked to promoter nucleic acid from a protein that is normally expressed in the nervous... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20090106852 - Influenza therapeutic: The present invention provides methods and compositions for inhibiting influenza infection and/or replication based on the phenomenon of RNA interference (RNAi) well as systems for identifying effective siRNAs and shRNAs for inhibiting influenza virus and systems for studying influenza virus infective mechanisms. The invention also provides methods and compositions for... Agent: Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP

20090106853 - Methods and materials using signaling probes: The present invention relates to methods of isolating cells or generating cell lines using signaling probes that produce a signal upon hybridization to a target sequence. Other methods that utilize the signaling probe include methods of quantifying the level of RNA expression, methods for identifying genetic recombinational events in living... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20090106855 - Expression cassette for transformation comprising a modified viral sequence driven by a suitable promoter: Disclosed herein are novel methods and materials directed to transforming a host cell and expressing exogenous RNA therein. Specifically disclosed are DNA-launching platforms used to introduce a replicating viral segment attached to an exogenous polynucleotide into a cell, whereby the exogenous polynucleotide is expressed in said cell and confers a... Agent: Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik A Professional Association

20090106857 - Maize stress-responsive nac transcription factors and promoter and methods of use: Methods and compositions for modulating plant development are provided. Polynucleotide sequences encoding ZmSNAC polypeptides are provided, as are the amino acid sequences of the encoded polypeptides. The sequences can be used in a variety of methods including modulating root development, modulating floral development, modulating leaf and/or shoot development, modulating senescence,... Agent: Pioneer Hi-bred International, Inc.

20090106854 - Polyubiquitin rubi3 promoter and 5' regulatory sequences: The present invention provides novel expression control elements and methods for expressing a heterologous nucleotide sequence of interest in plants. Isolated nucleic acids, expression cassettes and vectors comprising the expression control elements are provided. Also provided are transformed plants, plant tissues, plant cells, plant seed, and the like, comprising the... Agent: Myers Bigel Sibley & Sajovec

20090106856 - Selection system for wheat: The present invention relates to improved methods for the incorporation of DNA into the genome of a wheat plant based on a D-alanine or D-serine selection. Preferably, the transformation is mediated by Agrobacterium.... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20090106858 - Isolation and characterization of the csb3-1 mutant of arabidopsis thaliana and use thereof as a regulator of resistance in plants to diseases caused by biotrophic pathogens: The invention relates to the technical field of plant biotechnology and, more specifically, to the identification and characterization of the csb3-1 mutant of Arabidopsis thaliana, as well as to the use thereof in the regulation of resistance to diseases caused by biotrophic pathogens and to the applications of same in... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090106860 - Regulatory elements associated with cbf transcription factor of rye: The present invention provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of heterologous nucleotide sequences in a plant. Compositions are novel nucleotide sequences for a stress-induced promoter endogenously associated with the rye CBF31 coding region. A method for expressing a heterologous nucleotide sequence in a plant or plant cell using the... Agent: Pioneer Hi-bred International, Inc.

20090106859 - Root-preferred regulatory elements: The present invention provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of heterologous nucleotide sequences in a plant. Compositions are novel nucleotide sequences for a root-preferred promoter and terminator isolated from the maize 6PGD coding region. A method for expressing a heterologous nucleotide sequence in a plant using the regulatory sequences... Agent: Pioneer Hi-bred International, Inc.

20090106861 - Plants having increased yield and a method for making the same: The present invention concerns a method for increasing plant yield by modulating expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding a polypeptide having two WRKY domains or a homologue of such polypeptide. One such method comprises introducing into a plant a two-WRKY domain nucleic acid or variant thereof. The... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20090106862 - Production of syringyl lignin in gymnosperms: The present invention relates to a method for producing syringyl lignin in gymnosperms. The production of syringyl lignin in gymnosperms is accomplished by genetically transforming a gymnosperm genome, which does not normally contain genes which code for enzymes necessary for production of syringyl lignin, with DNA which codes for enzymes... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090106864 - Novel dna sequences, vectors and proteins of avian influenza hemagglutinin: The subject invention provides novel amino acid sequences (including a consensus sequence) of the Avian Influenza A virus hemagglutinin protein. These newly constructed genes are designed to provide a broader spectrum of activity across the serotype family thus providing a basis for a vaccine that has broad heterologous disease protection.... Agent: Saliwanchik Lloyd & Saliwanchik A Professional Association

20090106863 - Overexpression of starch synthase in plants: The present invention relates to a process for increasing the phosphate content of starches of genetically modified plant cells in comparison with starches from corresponding wild-type plant cells by introducing a foreign nucleic acid molecule which codes for a soluble starch synthase II. The present invention furthermore relates to the... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20090106866 - Promoter, promoter control elements, and combinations, and uses thereof: The present invention is directed to promoter sequences and promoter control elements, polynucleotide constructs comprising the promoters and control elements, and methods of identifying the promoters, control elements, or fragments thereof. The invention further relates to the use of the present promoters or promoter control elements to modulate transcript levels.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090106865 - Systemic non-nodular endosymbiotic nitrogen fixation in plants: Non-leguminous crops, e.g. wheat, maize and rice, do not form nodules and are dependant for their nutrition on fixed nitrogen from the soil, or from chemical/nitrogenous fertilizers. The present invention provides non-leguminous plants and leguminous plants, including legumes that fail to nodulate with Rhizobia, with bacteria that enable them to... Agent: Mathews, Shepherd, Mckay, & Bruneau, P.A.

20090106867 - Red lettuce: The present invention relates to a head-forming lettuce plant of the species Lactuca sativa having red leaves throughout the head, including the heart. The red leaves in the heart are red even in the absence of radiation with wavelengths shorter than 400 nm, wherein the absence of radiation with wavelengths... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20090100532 - Transgenic mice expressing hypersensitive nicotinic receptors: Provided herein are transgenic non-human animals having a transgene encoding a variant nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) subunit, wherein the variant nAChR subunit is selected from the group consisting of α6, α5, and β2. The transgenic animals display a modified phenotype that includes nicotinic hypersensitivity. Also provided are methods of generating... Agent: Dla Piper LLP (us)

20090100533 - Expression of gamma-carboxylated polypeptides in gamma-carboxylation deficient host sytems: The present invention relates to a novel method for preparing gamma-carboxylated poly-peptides, including coagulation Factors VII, IX, X and Protein C. The present invention also relates to novel host cells and recombinant vectors to be used in this improved method for preparing gamma-carboxylated polypeptides.... Agent: Novo Nordisk, Inc. Intellectual Property Department

20090100534 - Muscle lamin a/c interacting protein, gene encoding same, and uses therefor: Peptide sequences of human and murine muscle lamin A/C interacting protein and nucleotide sequences encoding same and are provided. Uses of the muscle lamin A/C interacting protein are also provided herein.... Agent: Borden Ladner Gervais LLP Anne Kinsman

20090100535 - Chimeric dna-binding proteins: Chimeric proteins containing composite DNA-binding regions are disclosed together with DNA constructs encoding them, compositions containing them and applications in which they are useful.... Agent: Choate, Hall & Stewart LLP

20090100536 - Transgenic plants with enhanced agronomic traits: This invention provides transgenic plant cells with recombinant DNA for expression of proteins that are useful for imparting enhanced agronomic trait(s) to transgenic crop plants. This invention also provides transgenic plants and progeny seed comprising the transgenic plant cells where the plants are selected for having an enhanced trait selected... Agent: Monsanto Company

20090100537 - Methods and compositions for high yielding soybeans with nematode resistance: The present invention is in the field of plant breeding and host plant resistance. More specifically, the invention provides methods to evaluate and select soybean plants that exhibit resistance to multiple races of nematodes in addition to yield parity and an agronomically phenotype. The invention provides methods and compositions for... Agent: Monsanto Company

20090100538 - Methods for producing microspore derived doubled haploid apiaceae: The present invention relates to culturing isolated microspores and the subsequent generation of doubled-haploid plant lines that are suitable for the rapid selection of plants with improved composition and agronomic performance. Processes developed for the recovery of microspore-derived embryos from fennel and caraway may be adapted to related species in... Agent: National Research Council Of Canada 1200 Montreal Road

20090100539 - Nucleotide sequences and corresponding polypeptides conferring modulated growth rate and biomass in plants grown in saline conditions: The present invention relates to isolated nucleic acid molecules and their corresponding encoded polypeptides able confer the trait of improved plant size, vegetative growth, growth rate, seedling vigor and/or biomass in plants challenged with saline conditions. The present invention further relates to the use of these nucleic acid molecules and... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090100540 - Transcription factor stress-related proteins and methods of use in plants: A transgenic plant transformed by a Transcription Factor Stress-Related Protein (TFSRP) 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

20090100541 - Transcription factor stress-related proteins and methods of use in plants: A transgenic plant transformed by a Transcription Factor Stress-Related Protein (TFSRP) 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

20090100543 - Axmi-018, axmi-020, and axmi-021, a family of delta-endotoxin genes and methods for their use: Compositions and methods for conferring pesticidal activity to bacteria, plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions comprising a coding sequence for a delta-endotoxin polypeptide are provided. The coding sequences can be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and expression in plants and bacteria. Compositions also... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20090100544 - Drought tolerant corn with reduced mycotoxin: Transgenic corn plants having recombinant DNA for expressing a protein or proteins that provides water-deficit tolerance have improved yield under water deficit conditions and improved fungal resistance, and exhibit lower levels of colonization by mycotoxins in grain that is harvested from plants that experience water deficit tolerance.... Agent: Monsanto Company

20090100542 - Promoter for epidermis-specific, pathogen-inducible transgenic expression in plants: The invention relates to promoter regions, under the control of which transgenes can be expressed in plants in an epidermis-specific and pathogen-inducible manner. The invention also relates to recombinant nucleic acid molecules, including said promoters, to transgenic plants and plant cells, transformed with said nucleic acid molecules and to methods... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20090100545 - Means and methods to modulate flavonoid biosynthesis in plants and plant cells: The present invention provides a method for increasing the flavonoid content of plants and plant cells wherein said method comprises increasing the activity of genes implicated in the flavonoid biosynthesis pathway. The invention further relates to recombinant plant and plant cells obtainable by the process of the invention and to... Agent: Trask Britt

20090100546 - Plants with improved morphogenesis and method of constructing the same: The invention relates to plants and their progeny with improved morphogenesis in a variety of organs; to a method for producing the plants; and to a method for producing calli.... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20090100547 - Plants with improved morphogenesis and method of constructing the same: The invention relates to plants and their progeny with improved morphogenesis in a variety of organs; to a method for producing the plants; and to a method for producing calli.... Agent: Leydig Voit & Mayer, Ltd

20090100548 - Gene silencing: The present invention relates to unique strategies and constructs for producing a nucleic acid product that downregulates or prevents expression of a desired target polynucleotide.... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090100549 - Plant galactinol synthase homologs: Isolated nucleic acid fragments encoding galactinol synthase are disclosed. Recombinant DNA construct(s) for use in altering expression of endogenous genes encoding galactinol synthase are also disclosed.... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20090100550 - Artificial plant minichromosomes: Artificial plant minichromosomes comprising a functional centromere which specifically bind centromeric protein C (CENPC) and methods for making such minichromosomes are described.... Agent: Pioneer Hi-bred International, Inc.

20090100551 - 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 expression of nucleic acid sequences of interest using the seed specific promoter regions. The present invention also provides methods of identifying and... Agent: Medlen & Carroll, LLP

20090100552 - Transgenic plant transformed with stress-responsive gene: A plant having improved heat tolerance and/or increased growth is produced by steps of: introducing DNA into a plant cell to produce a transformed plant cell, wherein the DNA is selected from the group consisting of: (a) DNA coding for a protein consisting of the amino acid sequence represented by... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090094703 - Novel medulloblastoma-forming cell line: Isolated medulloblastoma-forming clonogenic cells are provided which are useful to form stable cell lines as well as a non-human animal models of medulloblastoma that mimic human medulloblastoma, thereby providing a means to screen for candidate therapeutic compounds.... Agent: Valentine A Cottrill Susan Tandan

20090094704 - Antibodies and peptide antigens for producing antibodies having a selective binding specificity to bioactive intact parathyroid hormone (pth) 1-84: Peptide antigens corresponding to amino acid residues 2-12, 1-12, 2-15 and 1-15 of parathyroid hormone (PTH), antibodies having an affinity to such peptide antigens and methods of producing the same. Such antigens, antibodies and methods producing the same according to the present invention are useful in determining bioactive intact PTH... Agent: Stetina Brunda Garred & Brucker

20090094705 - Laboratory-selected colonies of western corn rootworm with increased tolerance to maize containing event das-59122-7: Laboratory-selected colonies of western corn rootworm exhibiting tolerance to maize containing event DAS-59122-7 are described. Further, methods for various uses of these resistance western corn rootworm colonies are also described, including development of negative cross-resistance strategies and improved resistance management strategies.... Agent: Mckee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C Attn: Pioneer Hi-bred

20090094706 - Laboratory-selected colonies of western corn rootworm with increased tolerance to maize containing event das-59122-7 and methods of use: Laboratory-selected colonies of western corn rootworm exhibiting tolerance to maize containing event DAS-59122-7 are described. Further, methods for various uses of these resistance western corn rootworm colonies are also described, including development of negative cross-resistance strategies and improved resistance management strategies.... Agent: Mckee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C Attn: Pioneer Hi-bred

20090094707 - Method for producing polyunsaturated long-chain fatty acids in transgenic organisms: The invention relates to a method for producing polyunsaturated fatty acids in an organism, according to which nucleic acids coding for polypeptides with an acyl-CoA:lysophospholipid-acyltransferase activity am introduced into the organism. Advantageously, said nucleic acid sequences can be expressed in the transgenic organism optionally together with other nucleic acid sequences... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20090094708 - Vitamin k epoxide recycling polypeptide vkorc1, a therapeutic target of coumarin and their derivatives: The invention relates to a novel polypeptide vitamin K epoxide recycling polypeptide (VKORC1) as a target for coumarin and its derivatives. The invention further provides methods for identifying coumarin derivatives, and also claims VKORC1 polypeptides and VKORC1 nucleic acids containing a sequence abnormality associated with a VKORC1 associated deficiency such... Agent: Mcandrews Held & Malloy, Ltd

20090094709 - Use of protein phosphatase 2ce (pp2ce) having dephosphorylating action on ampk: A drug includes, RNA interference with protein phosphatase 2Cε (PP2Cε) as an active ingredient. According to the present invention, the activation and deactivation of AMPK can be regulated.... Agent: The Nath Law Group

20090094710 - 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

20090094712 - Methods and compositions for increasing the nitrogen storage capacity of a plant: The present invention provides methods and compositions for making and using transgenic plants that exhibit increased nitrogen storage capacity compared to wild-type plants. Methods of the invention comprise inducing overexpression of monocot-derived vegetative storage proteins (VSPs) in plants, particularly in monocots. In some embodiments, at least one nucleotide construct comprising... Agent: Pioneer Hi-bred International, Inc.

20090094711 - Methods of affecting plant growth with microrna: Provided herein are compositions and methods for producing transgenic plants. In specific embodiments, transgenic plants comprise a construct comprising a polynucleotide encoding microRNA167 (miR167), or precursor thereof, operably linked to a plant pericycle-specific promote, wherein the miR167 is ectopically overexpressed in the transgenic plants, and wherein the promoter is optionally... Agent: Jones Day

20090094714 - Coleopteran-toxic polypeptide compositions and insect-resistant transgenic plants: Disclosed are novel insecticidal polypeptides, and compositions comprising these polypeptides, peptide fragments thereof, and antibodies specific therefor. Also disclosed are vectors, transformed host cells, and transgenic plants that contain nucleic acid segments that encode the disclosed δ-endotoxin polypeptides. Also disclosed are methods of identifying related polypeptides and polynucleotides, methods of... Agent: Howrey LLP

20090094713 - Plant regulatory region that directs transgene expression in the maternal and supporting tissue of maize ovules and pollinated kernels: Compositions and methods for regulating expression of heterologous nucleotide sequences in a plant are provided. Compositions include a novel nucleotide sequence for a maize actin depolymerization factor 4 promoter. Also provided is a method for expressing a heterologous nucleotide sequence in a plant using a promoter sequence disclosed herein.... Agent: Pioneer Hi-bred International, Inc.

20090094715 - Methods of use of antibodies with reduced immunogenicity or toxicity: Humanized antibodies which bind the NR-LU-13 antigen, conjugates containing such antibodies, and their use in pretargeting methods and conventional antibody therapy and immunodiagnosis are provided.... Agent: Schwegman, Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

20090094717 - Nucleotide sequences and corresponding polypeptides conferring modulated plant characteristics: 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, sterility or seedling lethality in plants. The present invention further relates to the use of these nucleic acid molecules and polypeptides in... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090094716 - Plants having increased biomass: The invention relates to methods of producing a desired phenotype in a plant by manipulation of gene expression within the plant. The method relates to means which inhibit the level of FVE gene expression or activity, wherein a desired phenotype, such as increased biomass relative to a wild-type control plant,... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.c

20090094718 - Maize cellulose synthases and uses thereof: The invention provides isolated cellulose synthase nucleic acids and their encoded proteins. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering cellulose synthase levels in plants. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells, and transgenic plants comprising said nucleic acids.... Agent: Pioneer Hi-bred International, Inc.

20090089899 - Method for enhancing drought stress tolerance in plants by active areb1: Provided are: active AREB1 capable of improving plant tolerance against environmental stresses such as drought, salt, and low temperature through expression at high levels in plant bodies; and a method for improving plant environmental stress tolerance using the active AREB1. Also provided is an active environmental stress responsive transcription factor... Agent: Davidson, Davidson & Kappel, LLC

20090089898 - Methods of increasing abiotic stress tolerance and/or biomass in plants and plants generated thereby: Polynucleotide sequences and methods of utilizing same for increasing the tolerance of a plant to abiotic stresses and/or increasing the biomass, vigor and/or yield of a plant are provide... Agent: Martin D. Moynihan D/b/a Prtsi, Inc.

20090089900 - Parthenocarpic tomatoes and production method thereof: The invention relates to parthenocarpic tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) which are grown from seeds, which are smaller than wild tomatoes and which, when ripe, display a more intense red colour than wild tomatoes. The tomatoes are obtained by cultivating a transgenic tomato plant which produces said parthenocarpic tomatoes and which... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090089901 - Nucleic acid molecules and other molecules associated with plants: Expressed Sequence Tags (ESTs) isolated from maize 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... Agent: Arnold & Porter LLP