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Multicellular living organisms and unmodified parts thereof and related processes June invention type 06/09

20090165151 - Canine transient receptor potential v2 (ctrpv2) and methods of screening for trpv2 channel modulators: A recombinant canine TRPV2 channel which has been prepared by cDNA cloning and polymerase chain reaction techniques is disclosed. Expression systems for these channels and an assay using the expression systems are also disclosed. The recombinant TRPV2 channel can be used in assays to evaluate compounds which directly or indirectly... Agent: Philip S. Johnson Johnson & Johnson

20090165150 - Directed complementation with removable gene of interest: The invention provides an improved directed complementation method for generating a conditionally tumorigenic mouse cell. In a directed complementation method, the tumorigenicity of a conditionally tumorigenic mouse cell depends on either the expression of an inducible recombinant oncogene or the expression of a recombinant gene of interest that functionally complements... Agent: Goodwin Procter LLP Attn: Patent Administrator

20090165152 - Mesothelin vaccines and model systems: Mesothelin can be used as an immunotherapeutic target. It induces a cytolytic T cell response. Portions of mesothelin which induce such responses are identified. Vaccines can be either polynucleotide- or polypeptide-based. Carriers for raising a cytolytic T cell response include bacteria and viruses. A mouse model for testing vaccines and... Agent: Banner & Witcoff, Ltd.

20090165153 - Modified gene-silencing rna and uses thereof: Methods and means for efficiently downregulating the expression of any gene of interest in eukaryotic cells and organisms are provided. To this end, the invention provides modified antisense and sense RNA molecules, chimeric genes encoding such modified antisense or sense RNA molecules and eukaryotic organisms such as plants, animals or... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090165154 - Transgenic ungulates having reduced prion protein activity and uses thereof: The invention provides cloned transgenic ungulates (e.g., bovines) in which prion protein activity is reduced by one or more genetically engineered mutations. Desirably, these transgenic bovines are also genetically modified to express xenogenous (e.g., human) antibodies. Because of their resistance to prion-related diseases such as bovine spongiform encephalopy (also known... Agent: Clark & Elbing LLP

20090165155 - Tissue specific expression of exogenous proteins in transgenic chickens: Transgenes encoding exogenous proteins are stably integrated into embryonic stem cells and are present in the somatic tissue of transgenic or chimeric birds. The transgenes encode exogenous proteins and are expressed in any of endodermal, ectodermal, mesodermal, or extra embryonic tissue. Tissue specificity is provided by selecting the content of... Agent: Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLPIPProsecution Department

20090165156 - Method for increasing the saltwater tolerance of a fish: The present invention relates to a method for obtaining an indication of the saltwater tolerance of a fish, and methods for increasing the saltwater tolerance of a fish. In particular, the invention relates to methods involving biomarkers in the transferrin gene which are correlated with high or low saltwater tolerance.... Agent: Wolf Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.

20090165157 - Cotton variety 00h29: The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 00H29. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 00H29. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the cotton variety 00H29 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20090165160 - Cotton variety 04v073: The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 04V073. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 04V073. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the cotton variety 04V073 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20090165158 - Cotton variety 05h229: The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 05H229. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 05H229. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the cotton variety 05H229 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20090165159 - Cotton variety 05h270: The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 05H270. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 05H270. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the cotton variety 05H270 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20090165162 - Cotton variety 03h070: The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 03H070. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 03H070. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the cotton variety 03H070 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20090165163 - Cotton variety 05h210: The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 05H210. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 05H210. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the cotton variety 05H210 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20090165164 - Cotton variety 05h284: The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 05H284. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 05H284. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the cotton variety 05H284 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20090165161 - Cotton variety 05z855: The invention relates to the novel cotton variety designated 05Z855. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants, plant parts and derivatives of the cotton variety 05Z855. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the cotton variety 05Z855 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20090165166 - Method to enhance yield and purity of hybrid crops: The present invention provides a method of herbicide treatment of selected female and male parents in a hybrid seed production system. The system results in enhanced trait purity and efficiency in the hybrid seed production system.... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20090165165 - 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

20090165168 - Drought tolerant plants and related constructs and methods involving genes encoding mir827: Isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides and recombinant DNA constructs useful for conferring drought tolerance, 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 that is functional in a plant, wherein... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20090165167 - Means and methods to enhance the production of vinblastine and vincristine in catharanthus roseus: The present invention relates to the field of plant secondary metabolites, particularly terpenoid indole alkaloids. More particularly the present invention relates to the production of the anti-cancer metabolites vincristine and vinblastine. The invention provides novel polynucleotide sequences derived from Catharanthus roseus and the use of said polynucleotide sequences to stimulate... Agent: Traskbritt, P.C.

20090165170 - Phosphatase stress-related proteins and methods of use in plants: A transgenic plant transformed by a phosphatase stress-related protein (PHSRP) 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 the... Agent: Basf Corporation

20090165169 - Poplar transcription factors: A nucleic acid molecule comprising a nucleotide sequence selected from the group consisting of nucleotide sequences set forth in SEQ ID NO: 1-6 and 11, particularly SEQ ID NO: 3. The nucleotide sequence encodes at least a corresponding amino acid sequence set forth in SEQ ID NO: 12-17 and 26.... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20090165172 - Methods and compositions for increasing biomass in genetically modified perennials used for biofuels: Genes can be introduced into plants that confer desirable traits such as, drought and stress tolerance, insect and pest resistance, as well as traits for enhancing biofuel production, such as increased vegetative biomass and prolonged vegetative growth. The development of reproductive structures diverts resources from vegetative growth resulting in lower... Agent: Gauthier & Connors, LLP

20090165173 - Novel nucleic acid sequences and their use in methods for achieving pathogen resistance in plants: The invention relates to novel RacB cDNA sequences from barley and to expression cassettes and vectors comprising these promoter sequences. The invention furthermore relates to transgenic plants transformed with these expression cassettes or vectors, to cultures, parts or transgenic propagation material derived from them, and to their use for the... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20090165171 - Transgenic plants exhibiting increased tolerance to stress and methods of generating same: Methods of increasing tolerance of a plant to stress are provided. According to an exemplary aspect a method of increasing tolerance of a plant to a biotic stress is provided. The method comprising expressing within the plant an exogenous thereby increasing the tolerance of the plant to the biotic stress.... Agent: Martin D. Moynihan D/b/a Prtsi, Inc.

20090165174 - Cytokinin oxidase sequences and methods of use: Methods and compositions for modulating plant development are provided. Polynucleotide sequences and amino acid sequences encoding cytokinin oxidase polypeptides are provided. The sequences can be used in a variety of methods including modulating root development, modulating floral development, modulating leaf and/or shoot development, modulating seed size and/or weight, modulating tolerance... Agent: Pioneer Hi-bred International, Inc.

20090165175 - Methods for high efficiency transformation and regeneration of plant suspension cultures: The present invention provides methods for high efficiency plant transformation via Agrobacterium-mediated T-DNA conjugation to suspension-cultured cells or calli. The methods described herein employ membranes of filters as porous solid support for the co-culture of T-DNA donor and recipient.... Agent: Rothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck, P.C.

20090165176 - 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.

20090165177 - Isopentenyl transferase sequences and methods of use: Methods and compositions for modulating plant development are provided. Polynucleotide sequences and amino acid sequences encoding isopentenyl transferase (IPT) polypeptides are provided. 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, modulating seed size and/or... Agent: Pioneer Hi-bred International, Inc.

20090158448 - Dna encoding polypeptide capable of modulating muscle-specific tyrosine kinase activity: Disclosed are DNA encoding a polypeptide which can modulate the activity of a muscle-specific tyrosine kinase, and others. The DNA is selected from the following members (a) to (d): (a) DNA comprising a specific nucleotide sequence; (b) DNA comprising a nucleotide sequence capable of hybridizing with a specific nucleotide sequence... Agent: Hoffmann & Baron, LLP

20090158447 - Tlr ligand and il-1 response-injured animal model: The present invention provides a TLR ligand/IL-1 response-impaired non-human animal model wherein IL-6 production responding to a TLR ligand/IL-1 is impaired, a method for screening a substance promoting or suppressing a response to a TLR ligand/IL-1 by using the TLR ligand/IL-1 response-impaired non-human animal model, and a method for screening... Agent: King & Spalding

20090158449 - Transgenic avian which has foreign gene containing sequence encoding feline-derived protein and method for production thereof: The present invention has for its object to provide a transgenic bird with a foreign gene containing a feline-derived protein-encoding sequence as transferred therein, and a method of producing the same. The present invention provides a method of producing a feline-derived protein by using a transgenic bird with a method... Agent: Sughrue Mion, PLLC

20090158450 - Method for the transfer of episomal vectors into animal cells: The present invention refers to a method for the transfer of DNA sequences or exogenous genes into animal sperm cells by means of the use of episomal vectors. The invention also relates to the use of “Sperm Mediated Gene Transfer” (SMGT) technology for the creation of genetically modified individuals.... Agent: Steinfl & Bruno

20090158451 - Indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase-2: The nucleotide and amino acid sequences of indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase-2 (IDO2) and methods of use thereof are provided.... Agent: Dann, Dorfman, Herrell & Skillman

20090158452 - 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

20090158453 - Soybean cultivar sg3870nrr: A soybean cultivar designated SG3870NRR is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar SG3870NRR, to the plants of soybean SG3870NRR, to plant parts of soybean cultivar SG3870NRR and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar SG3870NRR with itself or with another soybean... Agent: Jondle & Associates P.C.

20090158455 - Compositions and methods for modulating lysine production: Compositions and methods which modulate LL-diaminopimelate aminotransferase are disclosed. Also provided are compositions and methods for enhancing lysine biosynthesis in a cell.... Agent: Dann, Dorfman, Herrell & Skillman

20090158458 - Drought tolerant plants and related constructs and methods involving genes encoding ferrochelatases: Isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides and recombinant DNA constructs useful for conferring drought tolerance, 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 that is functional in a plant, wherein... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20090158454 - Lecitin-like protein kinase stress-related polypeptides and methods of use in plants: A transgenic plant transformed by a Lectin-like Protein Kinase Stress-Related Polypeptide (LPKSRP) coding nucleic acid, wherein expression of the nucleic acid sequence in the plant results in increased plant growth and/or increased tolerance to an environmental stress as compared to a wild type variety of the plant. Also provided are... Agent: Basf Corporation

20090158459 - Novel transcription factor for increasing kernel mass and yield in plants (1403): The present invention provides novel polynucleotides, related polypeptides and all conservatively modified variants of a novel transcription factor which is associated with kernel mass in plants. Methods are disclosed to alter the genetic composition of crop plants, enhance kernel size and to improve yield. The invention also includes vectors, cells,... Agent: Mckee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C Attn: Pioneer Hi-bred

20090158460 - Plant diacylglycerol acyltransferases: This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a diacylglycerol acyltransferase. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the diacylglycerol acyltransferase, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20090158456 - Polynucleotides encoding phenylpropanoid pathway enzymes in coffee: Polynucleotides and polypeptides involved in the biosynthetic pathway of chlorogenic acids in the coffee plant are disclosed. Also disclosed are methods for using these polynucleotides and polypeptides for the manipulation of flavor, aroma, and other features of coffee beans, as well as for the protection of coffee plants against diseases... Agent: Drinker Biddle & Reath Attn: Intellectual Property Group

20090158457 - Specific expression using transcriptional control sequences in plants: The present invention relates generally to methods and transcriptional control sequences suitable for effecting expression of a nucleotide sequence of interest in a plant. More particularly, the present invention relates to methods and transcriptional control sequences suitable for directing specific or preferential expression of a nucleotide sequence of interest in... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090158461 - 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

20090158463 - Enhanced zein reduction in transgenic corn seed: Anti-sense-oriented RNA gene suppression agents in the form of a loop of anti-sense-oriented RNA is produced in cells of transgenic organisms, e.g. plants, by transcription from a recombinant DNA construct that comprises in 5′ to 3′ order a promoter element operably linked to more than one anti-sense-oriented DNA element and... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20090158462 - Method for producing polyunsaturated c20 and c22 fatty acids with at least four double bonds in transgenic plants: t

20090158464 - Soybean promoter ltp4 and flower-preferred expression thereof in transgenic plants: The promoter of a soybean lipid transfer protein LTP4 and fragments thereof and their use in promoting the expression of one or more heterologous nucleic acid fragments in plants are described.... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20090158465 - Transgenic plants with enhanced drought-resistance and method for producing the plants: Mutation of ELO2 is newly demonstrated to result in plants with increased sensitivity to abscisic acid (ABA).... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090158466 - Plants having increased tolerance to heat stress: 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 increase the level of expression of a MYB-subgroup14 polynucleotide or a MYB68 polypeptide. The method also relates to expression of a nucleic acid... Agent: Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky And Popeo, P.c

20090158467 - Methods and compositions for modulating flowering and maturity in plants: The present invention provides compositions and methods for modulating flowering time in plants. Maize RAP2.7 nucleotide sequences are disclosed which upon overexpression cause later flowering and when inhibited cause earlier flowering. Also disclosed is a DNA sequence which acts as a regulator/enhancer of RAP2.7, termed VGT1. This sequence does not... Agent: Mckee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C Attn: Pioneer Hi-bred

20090158468 - Metabolic engineering of lipid metabolism by improving fatty acid binding and transport: CHI like fatty acid binding proteins and genes, recombinant cells and organisms, methods of metabolic pathway engineering to improve lipid production in cells, Crystal structures of CHI like fatty acid binding proteins, methods of engineering CHI like fatty acid binding proteins and systems thereof are provided.... Agent: Quine Intellectual Property Law Group, P.C.

20090158469 - Herbicide-resistance gene and utilization thereof: To provide a novel herbicide-resistance gene and a plant imparted a resistance to herbicides by using this gene, a plant having a resistance to herbicides is constructed by transforming a plant cell by a DNA encoding the following protein (A) or (B) and then regenerating the thus transformed plant cell... Agent: Knobbe Martens Olson & Bear LLP

20090158470 - Compositions and methods for the treatment of pierce's disease: Chimeric anti-microbial proteins, compositions, and methods for the therapeutic and prophylactic treatment of plant diseases caused by the bacterial pathogen Xylella fastidiosa are provided. The anti-microbial proteins of the invention generally comprise a surface recognition domain polypeptide, capable of binding to a bacterial membrane component, fused to a bacterial lysis... Agent: Los Alamos National Security, LLC

20090158471 - Novel bacillus thuringiensis gene with lepidopteran activity: The invention provides nucleic acids, and variants and fragments thereof, obtained from strains of Bacillus thuringiensis encoding polypeptides having pesticidal activity against insect pests, including Lepidoptera. Particular embodiments of the invention provide isolated nucleic acids encoding pesticidal proteins, pesticidal compositions, DNA constructs, and transformed microorganisms and plants comprising a nucleic... Agent: Pioneer Hi-bred International, Inc.

20090158472 - Transformant plant: A transformant plant transformed with an expression vector, the expression vector including a nucleotide sequence encoding a first polypeptide which has thermophilic endo-1,4-beta-glucanase activity, so that the polypeptide is capable of being expressed in a host cell of the transformant plant.... Agent: Arent Fox LLP

20090158473 - Seed-preferred gene promoters from the castor plant: A nucleotide sequence comprising a nucleotide sequence having at least about 90% homology to the sequence of SEQ ID NO:9 or SEQ ID NO:10. Nucleotide sequences interest operatively linked to nucleotide sequence having at least about 90% homology to the sequence of SEQ ID NO:9 or SEQ ID NO:10 are... Agent: Traskbritt, P.C.\dow Global Technologies Inc.

20090151012 - Animal model having a chimeric human liver and susceptible to human hepatitis c virus infection: The present invention features a non-human animal model that is susceptible to infection by human hepatotrophic pathogens, particularly human hepatitis C virus (HCV). The model is based on a non-human, immunocompromised transgenic animal having a human-mouse chimeric liver, where the transgene provides for expression of a urokinase-type plasminogen activator in... Agent: Bozicevic, Field & Francis LLP

20090151011 - Chimeric non-human animal and use thereof: This invention provides: a pluripotent cell derived from a non-human animal comprising foreign DNA that encodes a desired protein in such a manner that the expression of the desired protein is regulated by the control region of a gene expressed in certain cells and/or tissue, wherein the foreign DNA is... Agent: Foley And Lardner LLP Suite 500

20090151013 - Modified es cells and es cell-specific genes: The invention concerns modified avian ES cells, specifically expressing an exogenous gene when they have a pluripotent character. The invention also concerns a nucleic acid and a polypeptide specifically expressed in pluripotent avian cells, and methods for detecting the pluripotent character of cells using said nucleic acid and polypeptide.... Agent: Buchanan, Ingersoll & Rooney PC

20090151014 - Soybean cultivar hfpr-5: A soybean cultivar designated HFPR-5 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar HFPR-5, to the plants of soybean HFPR-5, to plant parts of soybean cultivar HFPR-5 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar HFPR-5 with itself or with another soybean... Agent: Calfee Halter & Griswold, LLP

20090151015 - Disease-inducible promoters: Disease-inducible promoter sequences have been identified that may be used to produce transgenic plants that are both more resistant to disease than control plants, and are wild-type or nearly wild type in appearance. Any of these disease-inducible promoters may be incorporated into expression vectors that each comprise a defense response... Agent: Mendel 2 C/o Mofo Sf

20090151018 - Gdc-1 genes conferring herbicide resistance: Compositions and methods for conferring herbicide resistance to plants, plant cells, tissues and seeds are provided. Compositions comprising a coding sequence for a polypeptide that confers resistance or tolerance to glyphosate herbicides are provided. The coding sequences can be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and expression... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20090151017 - 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 concentration and/or composition of plants. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells, and transgenic plants.... Agent: Pioneer Hi-bred International, Inc.

20090151016 - Plants with increased hyaluronan production: 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

20090151020 - Chimeric and proline rich protein promoters for expression in plants: The present invention provides regulatory polynucleotide molecules isolated from plant proline rich protein genes and linked to a viral enhancer molecule. The invention further discloses compositions, polynucleotide constructs, transformed host cells, transgenic plants and seeds containing the regulatory polynucleotide sequences, and methods for preparing and using the same.... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20090151019 - Late blight resistance gene from wild potato: A novel resistance gene and its encoded protein isolated from the wild potato, Solanum verrucosum, are disclosed. The gene and protein are useful for conferring disease resistance to plants, particularly resistance to potato late blight disease in solanaceous species such as potato, tomato, and tobacco. Compositions and methods that use... Agent: Warf/bhgl

20090151021 - Novel stress-related microrna molecules and uses thereof: Naturally occurring and synthetic novel stress-related miRNAs are provided which can be used to modify the stress tolerance of plants.... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20090151022 - Novel transcription factor for increasing kernel mass and yield in plants (831): The present invention provides novel polynucleotides, related polypeptides and all conservatively modified variants of a novel transcription factor which is associated with kernel mass in plants. Methods are disclosed to alter the genetic composition of crop plants, enhance kernel size and to improve yield. The invention also includes vectors, cells,... Agent: Mckee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C Attn: Pioneer Hi-bred

20090151023 - Transformation system for camelina sativa: The present invention relates to plant biotechnology and specifically to a method for genetically transforming Camelina sativa with Agrobacterium-mediated transformation system. It comprises Camelina sativa for producing homologous and heterologous recombinant products including oil and protein products and assessing and screening the efficacy of plant transformation. Also disclosed are transgenic... Agent: Dodds & Associates

20090151025 - Indeterminate gametophyte 1 (ig1), mutations of ig1, orthologs of ig1, and uses thereof: This invention provides the genes for indeterminate gametophyte1 (ig1), mutants of ig1, homologs of ig1, and orthologs of ig1, as well as the proteins encoded by these genes. This invention also provides compositions and methods which utilize these genes and proteins.... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20090151024 - Method for controlling rust infections in leguminous plants: i

20090151026 - Polypeptides having feruloyl esterase activity and polynucleotides encoding same: The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having feruloyl esterase 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 of producing and using the polypeptides.... Agent: Novozymes, Inc.

20090151027 - Diacylglycerol acyl transferase proteins: The invention provides diacylglycerol acyltransferase (DAGAT) proteins, wherein said proteins are active in the formation of triacylglycerol from fatty acyl and diacylglycerol substrates. In one aspect, Mortierella ramanniana DAGAT proteins have been isolated and have molecular weights of between approximately 36 and 37 kDa as measured by SDS-PAGE. The invention... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20090151028 - Transgenic camelina sativa: The present invention relates to plant biotechnology and specifically to a method for genetically transforming Camelina sativa with Agrobacterium-mediated transformation system. It comprises Camelina sativa for producing homologous and heterologous recombinant products including oil and protein products and assessing and screening the efficacy of plant transformation. Also disclosed are transgenic... Agent: Dodds And Associates

20090151029 - Nucleic acid constructs and methods for producing altered seed oil compositions: The present invention is in the field of plant genetics and provides recombinant nucleic acid molecules, constructs, and other agents associated with the coordinate manipulation of multiple genes in the fatty acid synthesis pathway. In particular, the agents of the present invention are associated with the simultaneous enhanced expression of... Agent: Arnold & Porter LLP

20090144839 - Methods and compositions for detecting and treating retinal diseases: The invention discloses multiple genes related to age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and/or phagocytosis by RPE cells of the eye, and methods and compositions for detecting and treating AMD and other retinal degenerative conditions based on these phagocytosis-related and/or AMD-related genes. Also provided are animal models useful for testing therapeutic compounds... Agent: Margaret J. Mclaren, P.A. Mclaren Legal Services

20090144840 - Beta-secretase enzyme compositions and methods: Disclosed are various forms of an active, isolated β-secretase enzyme in purified and recombinant form. This enzyme is implicated in the production of amyloid plaque components which accumulate in the brains of individuals afflicted with Alzheimer's disease. Recombinant cells that produce this enzyme either alone or in combination with some... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20090144841 - Polymorphisms in the human gene for the multidrug resistance-associated protein 1 (mrp-1) and their use in diagnostic and therapeutic applications: The present invention relates to a polymorphic MRP-1 polynucleotide. Moreover, the invention relates to genes or vectors comprising the polynucleotides of the invention and to a host cell genetically engineered with the polynucleotide or gene of the invention. Further, the invention relates to methods for producing molecular variant polypeptides or... Agent: Ropes & Gray LLP

20090144842 - Novel tomato plants: The present invention relates to a new and distinct inbred tomato lines and hybrids. This invention also relates to plants and seeds of such inbred tomato lines and hybrids, and to parts thereof. The invention also relates to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing such inbred tomato... Agent: Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc. Patent Department

20090144843 - Soybean variety 93y10: According to the invention, there is provided a novel soybean variety designated 93Y10. This invention thus relates to the seeds of soybean variety 93Y10, to the plants of soybean 93Y10 to plant parts of soybean variety 93Y10 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing plants of... Agent: Mckee, Voorhees & Sease, P.L.C Attn: Pioneer Hi-bred

20090144844 - Pentas clone 99/280-6: A Pentas variety designated 99/280-6 is disclosed. The invention relates to the tissue of Pentas clone 99/280-6, to the plants of Pentas 99/280-6, to plant parts of Pentas clone 99/280-6 and to methods for producing a Pentas plant produced by crossing Pentas clone 99/280-6 with itself or with another Pentas... Agent: Jondle & Associates P.C.

20090144845 - Ptilotus variety bept107: A Ptilotus variety designated BEPT107 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of Ptilotus variety BEPT107, to the plants of Ptilotus BEPT107, to plant parts of Ptilotus variety BEPT107 and to methods for producing a Ptilotus plant produced by crossing Ptilotus variety BEPT107 with itself or with another Ptilotus... Agent: Jondle & Associates P.C.

20090144846 - Tomato variety picus: The invention provides seed and plants of the tomato variety designated Picus. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato variety Picus and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing a plant of tomato variety Picus with itself or with another tomato... Agent: Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal LLP

20090144847 - Genes and uses for plant enhancement: Transgenic seed for crops with enhanced agronomic traits are provided by trait-improving recombinant DNA in the nucleus of cells of the seed where plants grown from such transgenic seed exhibit one or more enhanced traits as compared to a control plant. Of particular interest are transgenic plants that have increased... Agent: Monsanto Company

20090144852 - Axmi-066 and axmi-076: delta-endotoxin proteins 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 pesticidal polypeptides are provided. The coding sequences can be used in DNA constructs or expression cassettes for transformation and expression in plants and bacteria. Compositions also comprise... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20090144850 - Generation of plants with improved drought tolerance: The present invention is directed to plants that display a drought tolerance phenotype due to altered expression of a DR02 nucleic acid. The invention is further directed to methods of generating plants with a drought tolerance phenotype.... Agent: Klarquist Sparkman, LLP

20090144848 - Nucleic acid molecules and other molecules associated with plants and uses thereof for plant improvement: Recombinant polynucleotides and recombinant polypeptides useful for improvement of plants are provided. The disclosed recombinant polynucleotides and recombinant polypeptides find use in production of transgenic plants to produce plants having improved properties.... Agent: Arnold & Porter LLP

20090144849 - Nucleic acid molecules and other molecules associated with transcription in plants: The present invention is in the field of plant molecular biology. More specifically, this invention pertains to nucleic acid fragments encoding transcription factors, transcription factors, antibodies to transcription factors as well as plants and other organisms expressing transcription factors. This invention also relates to methods of using such agents, for... Agent: Arnold & Porter LLP

20090144851 - Plant amino acid biosynthetic enzymes: This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a plant cysteine γ synthase. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the plant cysteine γ synthase, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in... Agent: E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company Legal Patent Records Center

20090144855 - Compositions and methods comprising stinging capsules/cells for delivering a biologically active agent into a plant cell: The invention relates to stinging cells or isolated capsules and to their use in compositions and methods for efficient delivery of biologically active agents into a plant cell or plant tissue. The biologically active agent to be delivered by the methods of the present invention is selected from a nucleic... Agent: Fennemore Craig

20090144853 - Control of gene expression in plants: Disclosed is an isolated nucleic acid molecule, which molecule comprises at least 500 bases of the nucleotide sequence shown in FIG. 1, or a sequence of at least 500 bases which hybridises with the complement of the sequence shown in FIG. 1 under stringent hybridisation conditions.... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20090144856 - Methods for producing pathogen-resistant plants with allene oxide synthase and divinyl ether synthase, and the amino acid and nucleotide sequences thereof: The present invention relates to enzymes from the cytochrome P450 family and to the nucleotide sequences encoding them, and to their use in a method for the generation of pathogen-resistant plants.... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20090144854 - Novel bacterial proteins with pesticidal activity: Provided are pesticidal, particularly insecticidal, proteins which resemble S-layer proteins, as well as variants or mutants thereof, and DNAs encoding them. Further provided are methods and means for using said DNA or protein for controlling pests, particularly plant insect pests.... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20090144857 - Receptors for hypersensitive response elicitors and uses thereof: The present invention is directed to an isolated protein which serves as a receptor in plants for a plant pathogen hypersensitive response elicitor. Also disclosed are nucleic acid molecules encoding such receptors as well as expression vectors, host cells, transgenic plants, and transgenic plant seeds containing such nucleic acid molecules.... Agent: Nixon Peabody LLP - Patent Group

20090144858 - Genetic method: The present invention describes a method of increasing plan yield. Also described are DNA constructs comprising DNA sequences coding for proteins involved in sucrose transport, metabolism and uptake operably linked to controllable promoter regions and plants transformed with said constructs. More particularly a method for the controlled production of said... Agent: Syngenta Biotechnology, Inc. Patent Department

20090144859 - Gtp binding stress-related proteins and methods of use in plants: A transgenic plant transformed by a GTP Binding Stress-Related Protein (GBSRP) 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

20090144860 - Genes involved in asymmetric cell division: The present invention relates to a method to isolate genes involved in the process of asymmetric cell division. The invention relates further to genes isolated using this method, and their use in controlling root formation, preferably lateral root formation.... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP

20090144861 - Fungicides and bioregulatory mixtures: in a synergistically effective amount, methods for controlling pathogenic harmful fungi and for regulating the growth of plants using mixtures of a compound I and at least one active compound II and the use of a compound I with active compounds II for preparing such mixtures, and also compositions comprising... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090144862 - Ptilotus: A Ptilotus plant with an increased germination rate of 61% or greater is disclosed.... Agent: Jondle & Associates P.C.

20090144863 - Expression enhancing intron sequences: The invention relates to methods for the identification and use of introns with gene expression enhancing properties. The teaching of this invention enables the identification of introns causing intron-mediated enhancement (IME) of gene expression. The invention furthermore relates to recombinant expression construct and vectors comprising said IME-introns operably linked with... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz, LLP