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Multicellular Living Organisms And Unmodified Parts Thereof And Related Processes > Method Of Introducing A Polynucleotide Molecule Into Or Rearrangement Of Genetic Material Within A Plant Or Plant Part > The Polynucleotide Contains A Tissue, Organ, Or Cell Specific Promoter The Polynucleotide Contains A Tissue, Organ, Or Cell Specific PromoterThe Polynucleotide Contains A Tissue, Organ, Or Cell Specific Promoter patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.09/27/07 - 20070226842 - 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 ... 08/23/07 - 20070199107 - Early flowering in genetically modified plants The present invention provides polynucleotides encoding CCAAT-binding transcription factor polypeptides that modulate the onset of reproductive development in plants. Polynucleotides encoding functional CCAAT-binding transcription factors were incorporated into expression vectors, introduced into plants, and ectopically expressed. The encoded polypeptides of the invention significantly shortened the time to flower development in ... 08/23/07 - 20070199106 - Novel endosperm-specific plant promoter for cultivated plants The invention relates to a novel endosperm-specific plant promoter and the production and use thereof, preferably in cultivated plants. ... 08/16/07 - 20070192904 - Flowering inhibition The present invention relates to nucleic acids or nucleic acid fragments encoding amino acid sequences for proteins involved in the control of flowering in plants, and the use thereof for the modification of flowering, particularly inhibiting flowering. In particular, the present invention relates to nucleic acids or nucleic acid fragments ... 08/02/07 - 20070180582 - Dna fragment specific to cytoplasmic male sterile pepper and use thereof The present invention relates to a DNA fragment specific to a cytoplasmic male sterile pepper comprising a polynucleotide of SEQ ID NO: 1, a candidate polynucleotide (named orf456) associated with cytoplasmic male sterile pepper consisting of a 223rd to 678th nucleic acid of SEQ ID NO:1, and a polynucleotide of ... 07/26/07 - 20070174935 - Pericarp-preferred regulatory element The present invention provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of heterologous nucleotide sequences in a plant. Compositions are novel nucleotide sequences for a pericarp-preferred promoter and terminator isolated from the maize lipid transfer protein 1 coding region. A method for expressing a heterologous nucleotide sequence in a plant using ... 07/26/07 - 20070174934 - Method of selectively producing male or female sterile plants A method of producing male or female sterile plants comprising the steps of transforming plant material with a polynucleotide which encodes at least one enzyme which reacts with a non-phytotoxic substance to produce a phytotoxic one, and regenerating the thus transformed material into a plant, wherein the said non-phytotoxic substance ... 07/19/07 - 20070169228 - Nucleic acid molecules associated with plant cell proliferation and growth and uses thereof The present invention provides a gene encoding ANT-like polypeptide comprising in the N-terminal to C-terminal direction two AP2 DNA binding domains followed in the C-terminal by an amino acid subsequence selected from the group consisting of Xaa-Ser-Ser-Ser-Arg-Glu, Xaa-Ser-Asn-Ser-Arg-Glu, and Asn-Ser-Ser-Ser-Arg-Asn, wherein Xaa is an amino acid residue selected from the ... 07/19/07 - 20070169227 - Dominant gene suppression transgenes and methods of using same Pairs of plants are provided in which complementing constructs result in suppression of a parental phenotype in the progeny. Methods to generate and maintain such plants, and methods of use of said plants, are provided, including use of parental plants to produce sterile plants for hybrid seed production. Also provided ... 07/19/07 - 20070169226 - Early endosperm promoter eep1 This invention relates generally to the field of plant molecular biology. More specifically, this invention relates to methods and reagents for the temporally- and/or spatially-regulated expression of genes, particularly in plant seeds and related female reproductive tissue. The present invention also provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of heterologous ... 07/19/07 - 20070169225 - Methods and compositions for modifying flower development The present invention provided methods and compositions for modifying flower development and reproductive development in plants. The methods involve transforming a plant with a polynucleotide construct comprising a promoter operably lined to polynucleotide molecule encoding a short vegetative phase-like transcription factor. The compositions include transformed plants, plant cells, seeds, and ... 07/19/07 - 20070169224 - Novel vector and method of constructing transformant plant using the vector Gene introduction to a plant is carried out by using a vector which comprises the following constitutional units A and B: A: a DNA sequence comprising P1, an expression inhibitory sequence and a desired gene which is controlled by P1 and the expression inhibitory sequence; B: a DNA sequence comprising ... 07/05/07 - 20070157342 - 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 ... 07/05/07 - 20070157341 - Floral development genews This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding floral development proteins, more specifically FT, TFL or Ap3 homologs. The invention also relates to the construction of a recombinant DNA construct encoding all or a portion of the floral development proteins, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of ... 06/14/07 - 20070136895 - Nucleic acids and methods for producing seeds with a full diploid complement of the maternal genome in the embryo The present invention relates to DYAD genes, mutants thereof, and use of them for making plants that retain heterozygosity of the female parent plant. The invention also encompasses plants, plant tissues, and seeds of plants that have a dyad phenotype and so retain heterozygosity of the female parent, either constitutively ... 06/14/07 - 20070136894 - Plants having increased yield and method for making the same The present invention concerns a method for increasing plant yield, particularly seed yield, comprising introducing into a plant a nucleic acid encoding a CDKD or a functional variant thereof. The invention also provides transgenic plants produced by the methods of the invention and provides constructs useful in methods of the ... 05/24/07 - 20070118933 - Seed-specific gene promoters and uses thereof An objective of the present invention is to provide promoters having seed-specific promoter activity, and methods of expressing foreign proteins in seeds. The present inventors isolated the promoters of a number of genes that are expressed in rice seeds, constructed binary vectors in which each promoter is inserted upstream of ... 05/24/07 - 20070118932 - Plants having improved yield and method for making the same The present invention concerns a method for improving the yield of plants by introducing into a plant a nucleic acid encoding a cyclin D3 protein under the control of a promoter capable of preferentially expressing the nucleic acid in shoots. The invention also relates to transgenic plants comprising a nucleic ... 05/24/07 - 20070118931 - Plants having modified growth characteristics and method for making the same The present invention concerns a method for modifying the growth characteristics of plants by modulating expression in a plant of a nucleic acid sequence encoding a GRUBX protein and/or modulating activity and/or levels in a plant of a GRUBX protein. The present invention furthermore provides novel GRUBX proteins and nucleic ... 05/10/07 - 20070107084 - Dof (dna binding with one finger) sequences and methods of use Methods and compositions are provided to improve nitrogen use efficiency in plants or plant parts, increase carbon fixation in a plant or plant part, increase grain yield or biomass production of the plant, and/or increase the stress tolerance of the plant. The compositions and methods of the invention modulate these ... 05/10/07 - 20070107083 - Method for regulating plant growth Described is a method for regulating plant growth which is characterised in that the activity of a brassinosteroid specific glycosyltransferase is influenced. ... 05/10/07 - 20070107082 - Transgenic monocotyledonous plants overexpressing a nhx protein and having improved growth characteristics and a method for making the same The present invention concerns a method for improving plant growth characteristics, comprising increasing, in a monocotyledonous plant, expression of a nucleic acid encoding an NHX protein and/or increasing activity of an NHX protein, wherein said plant is grown under non-salt stress conditions. ... 05/03/07 - 20070101460 - Nucleotide sequences and polypeptides encoded thereby useful for producing transformed plants expressing lethal/nonviability genes Isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides encoded thereby are described, together with the use of those products for making transgenic plants that are characterized by producing seeds that are not viable, not fertile, are not capable of germinating, or are otherwise not capable of regenerating into mature plants. ... 05/03/07 - 20070101459 - Conditional sterility in plants The present disclosure provides methods, recombinant DNA molecules, recombinant host cells containing the DNA molecules, and transgenic plant cells, plant tissue and plants which contain and express at least one antisense or interference RNA specific for a thiamine biosynthetic coding sequence or a thiamine binding protein, wherein the RNA or ... 05/03/07 - 20070101458 - Plant seed-specific expression promoter derived from sesame and seed-specific expression vector comprising the promoter Provided are a seed-specific expression promoter derived from sesame microsomal oleic acid desaturase (Si-FAD2) gene, an intron for expression enhancement, a seed-specific expression vector including the promoter and/or the intron, and a transgenic plant transformed with the seed-specific expression vector. Therefore, a useful product can be produced in a seed-specific ... 04/05/07 - 20070079401 - Control of floral induction The present application discloses plant polynucleotides, their encoded polypeptide sequences, and sRNA sequences which are putative regulators of long-distance florigenic signaling and flowering control. Methods of use of these sequences related to long-distance florigenic signaling are also disclosed. ... 04/05/07 - 20070079400 - 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 the plants's increased growth under normal or stress conditions and/or increased tolerance to environmental stress as compared to a wild type variety of the ... 04/05/07 - 20070079399 - Expression of desirable proteins in plant roots and cell cultures A new expression cassette for directing heterologous protein expression in plant roots has at least two portions, nucleotides encoding MsPRP2 promoter or a fragment thereof, said promoter or fragment comprising a portion of SEQ ID NO: 1; and nucleotides comprising a gene for a heterologous protein, operably linked to the ... 03/22/07 - 20070067875 - Plants having improved growth characteristics and a method for making the same The present invention concerns a method for improving plant growth characteristics by increasing expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding a CCS52 protein and/or by increasing level and/or activity in a plant of a CCS52 protein. The invention also relates to transgenic plants having improved growth characteristics, such ... 03/01/07 - 20070050867 - Methods of modulating cytokinin related processes in a plant using b3 domain proteins The present invention is directed to plant genetic engineering. In particular, it relates to methods of modulating cytokinin related processes in a plant and selecting a plant having a phenotype associated with an altered cytokinin-related process. ... 03/01/07 - 20070050866 - Control of hypocotyllength and flowering time by col8 gene The present invention provides an isolated nucleic acid including a nucleotide sequence encoding COL8, which controls hypocotyl length and flowering time in a plant. It is found that plants over-expressing COL8 under long day conditions show slight hypocotyl elongation and delayed flowering in comparison with the wild type. In addition, ... 01/25/07 - 20070022502 - 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 ... 01/25/07 - 20070022501 - Methods for altering organ mass in plants The invention provides methods of altering organ mass, controlling fertility and enhancing asexual reproduction in plants through the modulation of plant growth and cell proliferation. The methods involve producing transgenic plants comprising a recombinant expression cassette containing a modified ANT nucleic acid linked to a plant promoter. ... 01/11/07 - 20070011781 - Male sterility in grasses of the genus lolium A method of producing male sterile plants of the genus Lolium is provided. The method involves the mutagenesis of wild-type plants, followed by the identification of completely male sterile plants, preferably by methods such as pollen vitality measurements or by molecular biology techniques. The invention also includes the male sterile ... 01/11/07 - 20070011780 - Cloning of novel gene sequences expressed and repressed during winter dormancy in the apical buds of tea The present invention relates to cloning of novel gene sequences expressed and repressed during winter dormancy in the apical buds of Camellia sinesis L. (O.) Kuntze (hereinafter, referred to tea) bush, particularly, relates to identification, cloning and analysis of novel 3 prime (hereinafter called as 3′) ends of the genes ... 01/11/07 - 20070011779 - Regulation of growth in plants The present invention is related to a birch BpCol2 nucleic acid sequence and BpCol2-like nucleic acid sequences, which are related to CONSTANS (CO) gene family, and gene products thereof as well as methods and use therein for influencing growth of a plant or roots of a plant. Particularly the invention ... 01/04/07 - 20070006346 - Nucleotide sequences and corresponding polypeptides conferring modulated plant growth rate and biomass in plants The present invention relates to isolated nucleic acid molecules and their corresponding encoded polypeptides able confer the trait of modulated plant size, vegetative growth, organ number, plant architecture, growth rate, seedling vigor, growth rate, fruit and seed yield, tillering and/or biomass in plants. The present invention further relates to the ... 01/04/07 - 20070006345 - Nucleotide sequences and corresponding polypeptides conferring modulated plant growth rate and biomass in plants The present invention relates to isolated nucleic acid molecules and their corresponding encoded polypeptides able confer the trait of modulated plant size, vegetative growth, organ number, plant architecture, growth rate, seedling vigor and/or biomass in plants. The present invention further relates to the use of these nucleic acid molecules and ... 12/21/06 - 20060288454 - Plants having modified growth characteristics and method for making the same The present invention concerns a method for modifying the growth characteristics of plants by modulating expression in a plant of a nucleic acid sequence encoding a metallothionein and/or modulating activity in a plant of a metallothionein. The invention also relates to transgenic plants having modified growth characteristics, which plants have ... 12/14/06 - 20060282919 - Ryegrass pollen-specific promoters and expression constructs The present invention relates to a nucleic acid molecule capable of modifying pollen-specific expression, constructs including the molecule and methods of using the molecule. ... 12/07/06 - 20060277633 - Genes regulating circadian clock function and photoperiodism Nucleic acid molecules that encode plant proteins involved in photoperiodism and circadian rhythms are disclosed. These molecules may be introduced into plants in order to alter the photoperiodic and/or circadian clock-based gene expression of the plants. ... 11/30/06 - 20060272058 - Seed preferred regulatory elements The present invention provides compositions for regulating expression of isolated nucleotide sequences in a plant. The compositions are novel nucleic acid sequences for seed-preferred regulatory sequences. ... 11/30/06 - 20060272057 - Methods for improving crop plant architecture and yield The present invention provides methods for altering plant characteristics by introducing into plants, isolated nucleic acid molecules that can be used to produce transgenic plants characterized by altered plant architecture, plant maturity, carbon and nitrogen partitioning and or improved harvestable yield. Also provided are isolated nucleic acids that encode PDR ... 11/16/06 - 20060260013 - 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 ... 11/16/06 - 20060260012 - Method of transforming soybean The present disclosure provides methods for Agrobacterium-mediated transformation of soybean cells or tissue and regeneration of the transformed cells or tissue into transformed plants. The methods may be used for transforming many soybean cultivars. ... 11/09/06 - 20060253934 - Methods for conditional transgene expression and trait removal in plants This invention relates to constructs for the conditional or regulated expression or excision of transgenes in plants using site-specific recombinase systems. The constructs comprise a variety of constitutive, inducible, tissue specific or developmental stage-specific promoters operably linked to either a transgene or the elements of one or more site-specific recombinase ... 11/09/06 - 20060253933 - Nucleic acid molecules and other molecules associated with the gibberellin pathway The present invention is in the field of plant biochemistry. More specifically the invention relates to nucleic acid sequences from plant cells, in particular, nucleic acid sequences from maize and soybean associated with the gibberellin pathway enzymes. The invention encompasses nucleic acid molecules that encode proteins and fragments of proteins. ... 11/09/06 - 20060253932 - Plants having modified growth characteristics and method for making the same The present invention concerns a method for modifying the growth characteristics of plants by modulating expression in a plant of a nucleic acid sequence encoding a TAD protein and/or modulating activity in a plant of a TAD protein. The invention also relates to transgenic plants having modified growth characteristics, which ... 11/09/06 - 20060253931 - Method of imparting or controlling fertility with the use of fertility restoring gene for rice bt-male sterility cytoplasm and method of judging the existence of fertility restoring gene The purpose of the present invention is to provide a method for providing and inhibiting the rice fertility to the rice BT type cytoplasmic male sterility, and discerning the presence of the rice restorer gene. The present invention employs a nucleic acid having the base sequence of SEQ ID NO.27, ... 11/02/06 - 20060248614 - Implementation of a mitochondrial mutator Plant MSH1 polynucleotides and polypeptides are described. Also described are methods for the use and modulation of such MSH1 polynucleotides and polypeptides. ... 11/02/06 - 20060248613 - Implementation of a mitochondrial mutator Plant MSH1 polynucleotides and polypeptides are described. Also described are methods for the use and modulation of such MSH1 polynucleotides and polypeptides. ... 11/02/06 - 20060248612 - Methods and means for delaying seed shattering in plants The invention relates to methods and compositions for modulating properties of fruit dehiscence in plants such Brassicaceae plants, specifically to improved methods and means for reducing seed shattering in Brassicaceae plants, particularly the Brassicaceae plants grown for oil production, to a degree which is agronomically important. ... 10/26/06 - 20060242737 - Modulation of flowering time by the pft1 locus The PFT1 (Phytochrome and Flowering Time 1) locus is described and identified. PFT1 acts in a light-quality pathway downstream of phyB that acts through modulation of FT transcription. Plants containing a truncated pft1 gene display an altered shade avoidance syndrome including an increase in time to flowering. The corresponding PFT1 ... 10/19/06 - 20060236431 - Gene encoding protein involved in cytokinin synthesis A gene is provided that encodes an amino acid sequence indicated in SEQ ID NO. 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 or 14 originating in, for example, Arabidopsis thaliana. ... 10/19/06 - 20060236430 - Methods and compositions for producing male sterile plants The invention relates to methods of producing male sterile plants by increasing the level of activity of the hydroxyjasmonate sulfotransferase by genetic modification of such plant. Furthermore, the present invention provides methods to restore the fertility of the male sterile phenotype observed in such genetically modified plants by the application ... 10/12/06 - 20060230470 - Promoter expressing foreign gene in root and shoot apex The present invention provides a promoter for inducing expression specifically in at least one site of roots and stem apices. By using this promoter, it is possible to synthesize a resistance substance against nematodes or soil pathogens in roots; synthesize a substance promoting the development of roots in the roots; ... 10/05/06 - 20060225153 - Eg1117 and eg307 polynucleotides and uses thereof The present invention provides methods for identifying polynucleotide and polypeptide sequences which may be associated with a commercially relevant trait in plants, specifically, so identified polynucleotides and polypeptide sequences for yield-related genes EG307 and EG1117 for corn, wheat, barley, sorghum, and sugarcane. Sequences thus identified are useful in enhancing commercially ... 09/28/06 - 20060218676 - Compositions and method for modulation of plant cell division The present invention provides compositions and methods for modulating cell division in plants. In particular, the present invention provides polynucleotides that encode REVOLUTA. In addition, REVOLUTA vectors and transformed plants are provided wherein plant cell division is modulated by expression of a REVOLUTA transgene as compared to a control population ... 09/28/06 - 20060218675 - Alteration of embryo/endosperm size during seed development Isolated nucleic acid fragments and recombinant constructs comprising such fragments for altering embryo/endosperm size during seed development are disclosed along with a method of controlling embryo/endosperm size during seed development in plants. ... 09/28/06 - 20060218674 - Alteration of plant embryo/endosperm size during development Isolated nucleic acid fragments and recombinant constructs comprising such fragments useful for altering embryo/endosperm size during seed development are disclosed along with a method of controlling embryo/endosperm size during seed development in plants using such recombinant constructs. ... 09/21/06 - 20060212971 - Nucleotide sequences mediating male fertility and method of using same Nucleotide sequences mediating male fertility in plants are described, with DNA molecule and amino acid sequences set forth. Promoter sequences and their essential regions are also identified. The nucleotide sequences are useful in mediating male fertility in plants. ... 09/21/06 - 20060212970 - Plant regulatory sequences for selective control of gene expression The current invention relates to enhancing gene expression in plants. A promoter drives the expression of structural genes or other polynucleotides in the abscission zone of a plant is provided. The sequence of such a promoter, and its use in a transgenic plant comprising such a promoter, is described. ... 09/14/06 - 20060206965 - Combination of genes for the regulation of the induction of flowering in useful and ornamental plants The invention relates to the combination of genes MADSA, FPF1 or MADSB and FPF1 for flowering induction. As a result, the flowering time of useful and ornamental plants can be regulated while taking a balanced development of the plants into consideration. ... 08/31/06 - 20060195944 - Transcription factor sequences for conferring advantageous properties to plants The invention relates to plant transcription factor polypeptides, polynucleotides that encode them, homologs from a variety of plant species, and methods of using the polynucleotides and polypeptides to produce transgenic plants having advantageous properties compared to a reference or control plant, including increased plant size, seed size, increased leaf size, ... 08/31/06 - 20060195943 - Nucleotide sequences and corresponding polypeptides conferring modulated plant size and biomass in plants The present invention relates to isolated nucleic acid molecules and their corresponding encoded polypeptides able confer the trait of modulated plant size, vegetative growth, organ number, plant architecture and/or biomass in plants. The present invention further relates to the use of these nucleic acid molecules and polypeptides in making transgenic ... 08/24/06 - 20060191044 - Seed-specific gene promoters and uses thereof An objective of the present invention is to provide promoters having seed-specific promoter activity, and methods of expressing foreign proteins in seeds. The present inventors isolated the promoters of a number of genes that are expressed in rice seeds, constructed binary vectors in which each promoter is inserted upstream of ... 08/24/06 - 20060191043 - Low maintenance turfgrass The invention relates to DNA constructs and methods for producing transgenic glyphosate tolerant, dwarf turfgrass plants that contain these constructs. The invention also relates to the maintenance of the transgenic turfgrass stand. ... 08/24/06 - 20060191042 - Nucleic acid sequences and methods of use for the production of plants with modified polyunsaturated fatty acids The present invention is directed to nucleic acid molecules and nucleic acid constructs, and other agents associated with fatty acid synthesis, particularly the ratios of saturated and unsaturated fats. Moreover, the present invention is directed to plants incorporating such agents where the plants exhibit altered ratios of saturated and unsaturated ... 08/24/06 - 20060191041 - Dwf4 polynucleotides, polypeptides and uses thereof The present invention relates to novel, polynucleotides isolated from dwarf plants. The dwf4 polynucleotides that encode all, or a portion of, a DWF4 polypeptide, a cytochrome P450 enzyme that mediates multiple steps in synthesis of brassinosteriods. The present invention also relates to isolated polynucleotides that encode regulatory regions of dwf4. ... 08/24/06 - 20060191040 - Nucleotide sequences encoding ramosa3 and sister of ramosa3 and methods of use for same The invention relates to the isolation and characterization of a maize gene, RAMOSA3 (RA3), responsible for meristem development and inflorescence development including branching. The gene, gene product, and regulatory regions may be used to manipulate branching, meristem growth, inflorescence development and arrangement, and ultimately to improve yield of plants. The ... 08/10/06 - 20060179519 - Modified plants A method for controlling endosperm size and development in plants. The method employs nucleic acid constructs encoding proteins involved in genomic imprinting, in the production of transgenic plants. The nucleic acid constructs can be used in the production of transgenic plants to affect interspecific hybridisation. ... 08/10/06 - 20060179518 - Plant proteins having an abscisic acid binding site and methods of use Proteins having binding sites for abscisic acid (ABA) and methods of use are disclosed. The physiological functions of ABA, plant life cycles, seed dormancy and ripening can be altered by manipulating the binding of ABA to its receptors. ... 08/10/06 - 20060179517 - The rice restorer gene to the rice bt type cytoplasmic male sterility The purpose of the present invention is to provide the rice restorer gene to the rice BT type cytoplasmic male sterility. The gene of the present invention comprises a nucleic acid encoding the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO.75, or an amino acid sequence which is identical to at ... 07/27/06 - 20060168696 - Nucleotide sequences and corresponding polypeptides conferring modulated plant size and biomass and other 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 ... 07/27/06 - 20060168695 - Transgenic expression cassettes for expressing nucleic acids in non-reproductive floral tissues of plants The invention relates to methods for the specific, transgenic expression of nucleic acid sequences in non-reproductive flower tissues of plants, and expression cassettes and expression vectors containing promoters which have an expression specificity for non-productive tissues of the flower. The invention also relates to organisms (preferably plants), cultures, parts, or ... 07/27/06 - 20060168694 - Male sterility restoration as a selectable marker in plant transformation The present invention provides methods of identifying transformed plants using the restoration of male fertility as a selectable marker. Preferably, the fertility restorer genes are used to restore fertility in Brassica napus. The present invention also includes vectors comprising male sterility genes flanked by recombinase sites, vector comprising a fertility ... 07/27/06 - 20060168693 - Method of increasing plant organ and seed size in a plant The present invention provides methods and DNA molecules useful for producing transgenic plants with agronomically desired traits based on altered sizes of plant organs and tissues. ... 07/20/06 - 20060162024 - Compositions and methods for plant genetic modification Mixed duplex oligonucleotides (MDON) are used to effect site-specific genetic alterations in a target DNA sequence of a plant. The MDON are introduced by electroporation into microspores. Thereafter, plants having a desired genetic alteration are produced by germinating the microspores. ... 07/20/06 - 20060162023 - Plants having changed development and a method for making the same A method to change development of a plant or plant part, when compared to the wild-type plant or plant part, by increasing or decreasing expression in a plant or plant part of a cdc27a nucleic acid sequence and/or increasing or decreasing levels and/or activity in a plant of a CDC27A ... 07/13/06 - 20060156439 - Maize cyclo1 gene and promoter The present invention provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of heterologous nucleotide sequences in a plant. Compositions include a novel nucleotide sequence for a root-preferred promoter for the gene encoding Cyclo1. A method for expressing a heterologous nucleotide sequence in a plant using the promoter sequences disclosed herein is ... 07/13/06 - 20060156438 - Protein containing a burp domain The anther recruits a number of specific-genes to support microspore development. Here we report identification of a novel gene, RAFTIN1, from bread wheat and rice, encoding a protein containing a BURP domain hallmarked with 4 CII repeats at its C-terminus. This single copy gene (per haploid complement in cereals) is ... 06/22/06 - 20060137041 - Method of producing plants having enhanced transpiration efficiency and plants produced therefrom The present invention provides methods of selecting plants having modified transpiration efficiency using plant ERECTA gene sequences and nucleic acids linked thereto, and to methods of producing plants having modified transpiration efficiency using isolated plant ERECTA gene sequences, in both traditional plant breeding and genetic engineering approaches. The invention further ... 06/15/06 - 20060130184 - Seed-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 seed-preferred promoter and terminator isolated from the maize legumin 1 coding region. A method for expressing a heterologous nucleotide sequence in a plant using the regulatory ... 06/01/06 - 20060117415 - Expression cassettes for root-preferential expression in plants The present invention relates to expression cassettes comprising transcription regulating sequences with root-preferential or root-specific expression profiles in plants obtainable from Arabidopsis thaliana genes At1g66280, At1g74500, At1g49570, At1g70710, At5g66690, At3g29630, At5g48070, or At4g17800. ... 05/25/06 - 20060112452 - 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. ... 04/27/06 - 20060090223 - Method for accumulating arbitrary peptide in plant protein granules The present inventors presumed that rice globulins accumulating in vacuole-derived type II protein bodies comprise a vacuolar translocating signal and proceeded to identify such a signal. As a result, fusion proteins composed of a 15 amino acid residue peptide of globulin, extending from the 72nd leucine residue to the 86th ... 04/20/06 - 20060085872 - Increased plant seed yield The invention provides methods of producing plants with increased seed production. Also provided are nucleic acids and transformation constructs conferring increased seed yields and plants transformed with these sequences. The invention allows the modification of plant seed production and therefore represents an important advance to agriculture. ... 04/06/06 - 20060075520 - Brittle stalk 2 polynucleotides, polypeptides and uses thereof This invention relates to an isolated polynucleotide encoding a BRITTLE STALK 2 (BK2) polypeptide. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the BK2 polypeptide, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered ... 03/30/06 - 20060070143 - Wheat variety xw03u A wheat variety designated XW03U, the plants and seeds of wheat variety XW03U, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety XW03U with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety XW03U with another wheat line or plant, and the creation ... 03/30/06 - 20060070142 - Methods of suppressing flowering in transgenic plants The present invention provides a transgenic plant characterized by suppressed flowering. The transgenic plant contains a nucleic acid molecule including a floral organ selective regulatory element operatively linked to a nucleotide sequence encoding a cytotoxic gene product, wherein the nucleic acid molecule is heritable by progeny thereof. ... 03/30/06 - 20060070141 - Method of repressing flowering in a plant The isolation and function of a plant LpTFL1 from Lolium perenne (perennial ryegrass) are described, along with generation of transgenic Arabidopsis ryegrass, and red fescue plants. Thc gene prevents or represses flowering of transgenic plants. Methods for using the gene to repress or prevent flowering are described. ... 03/16/06 - 20060059586 - Plants with delayed flowering The invention provides plants with delayed flowering and methods of making such plants. Also provided are constructs comprising nucleic acids for making these plants. The invention is significant in that plants with delayed flowering may exhibit increased nutritional value and cold tolerance. Delayed flowering will also find use in plant ... 03/02/06 - 20060048246 - Sweet potato mads-box promoter directing high level expression in plant storage root The present invention relates to a promoter directing high levels of expression of a gene in plant storage roots, derived from the sweet potato MADS-box gene, a vector directing high levels of expression of a gene in plant storage roots comprising the same and a transient assay method expressing a ... 03/02/06 - 20060048245 - Methods for improving seeds The invention provides methods of modulating seed mass and other traits in plants. The methods involve producing transgenic plants comprising a recombinant expression cassette containing an ADC nucleic acid linked to a plant promoter. ... 02/23/06 - 20060041960 - Root-specific, stimulant inducible promoter and its use This invention relates to an isolated isoflavone synthase 1 (IFS1) promoter nucleic acid fragment. The invention also relates to the construction of chimeric genes comprising all or a portion of the IFS1 promoter directing the expression of transgenes, in sense or antisense orientation. ... 02/23/06 - 20060041959 - Control of plant growth and developmental process The invention relates to a method of modulating plant growth or developmental processes in a plant or plant cell, more particularly, organogenesis and/or embryogenesis, through the provision of a plant protein which can act as a transcriptional regulator of the processes. The invention further provides a plant and propagating material ... 02/23/06 - 20060041958 - Plant gene A process is described for decreasing organ abscission in plants by modifying the IDA gene, a homologue, fragment, or derivative thereof, or the expression thereof. ... 02/23/06 - 20060041957 - Recombinant constructs for use in reducing gene expression Recombinant constructs useful for reducing the expression of at least one target nucleic acid fragment of interest and any substantially similar endogenous nucleic acid fragment of interest are disclosed. In particular, a recombinant construct comprising at least one nucleic acid of interest is inserted between two convergent promoters. A plant ... 02/16/06 - 20060037106 - Method for modifying plant growth characteristics The present invention concerns a method for modifying plant growth characteristics by modifying expression in a plant of a nucleic acid encoding a methionine aminopeptidase (MAP protein) and/or by modifying level and/or activity in a plant of a MAP protein. The invention also relates to transgenic plants having modified growth ... 02/02/06 - 20060026717 - Globulin 2 regulatory region and method of using same A globulin-2 regulatory region is shown, which provides improved seed preferred, and particularly embryo preferred expression in plants. Methods of use are also shown in preferentially expressing a heterologous protein to the embryo tissue of a plant. The sequence is particularly useful in expression of heterologous proteins to the embryo ... 02/02/06 - 20060026716 - Transcriptional activators involved in abiotic stress tolerance The present invention provides compositions and methods for regulating expression of nucleotide sequences in a plant. Compositions comprise novel nucleic acid sequences encoding a transcription factor involved in modulating gene expression in response to abiotic stress such as cold or drought. Methods for expressing the nucleic acid sequence in a ... 01/19/06 - 20060015968 - Nucleotide sequences mediating male fertility and method of using same Nucleotide sequences mediating male fertility in plants are described, with DNA molecule and amino acid sequences set forth. Promoter sequences and their essential regions are also identified. The nucleotide sequences are useful in mediating male fertility in plants. ... 01/19/06 - 20060015967 - role in lignification and growth for plant phenylcoumaran benzylic ether reductase The present invention relates to the role of plant phenylcoumaran benzylic ether reductase (PCBER) (1) in lignification and growth of plants. More particular, the invention relates to plants in which PCBER has been down-regulated, resulting in a lower lignin content, higher soluble phenolics, a higher resistance to plant pathogens and ... 01/12/06 - 20060010518 - Nucleotide sequences and polypeptides encoded thereby useful for modifying plant characteristics Isolated polynucleotides and polypeptides encoded thereby are described, together with the use of those products for making transgenic plants with modified biomass. ... 01/05/06 - 20060005281 - Production of plants having improved rooting efficiency and vase life using stress-resistance gene Provided is a plant having improved efficiency in propagation by cutting resulting from the enhanced rooting efficiency, and improved vase life. A method of producing a transformed plant having improved rooting efficiency and/or prolonged vase life, comprising transforming a plant using a gene wherein a DNA encoding a protein that ... 12/15/05 - 20050278808 - Methods for imparting desirable phenotypic traits, including drought, freeze, and high salt tolerance and methods for increasing seed production Methods are provided for imparting desirable pohenotypic traits to transgenic plants, among them being increased tolerance to external stresses such as drought, freezing temperatures, high salt conditions, and the like. In addition, the present invention is directed toward methods for increasing the yield of seeds from plants by using the ... 12/08/05 - 20050273887 - Stress resistant plants The invention provides improved plants, and cells, seeds, fruits, tissues and progeny thereof. Plants comprise constructs that encode a heterologous anti-apoptotic protein, the expression of which provide resistance to infection, such as viruses, and environmental insult, such as temperature extremes. Methods for the production of such plants and their propagation ... 12/01/05 - 20050268357 - Method for producing direct in vitro flowering and viable seed from cotyledon, radicle, and leaf explants, and plants produced therefrom The present invention relates to a method of reprogramming plant development that allows flower buds and seeds to arise de novo, directly from a cotyledon or radicle explants or from shoots produced on a cotyledon or radicle. The present invention also provides for an improved culturing media that provide for ... 11/24/05 - 20050262597 - Method for increasing transgene expression The present invention provides a method for increasing expression of a transgene using the 5′ untranslated region (5′UTR) of a GOS2 gene, or part of such 5′UTR, comprising the first intron. The 5′UTR is integrated in or at the 5′ end of a nucleic acid of interest and is combined ... 11/24/05 - 20050262596 - Embryo preferred promoter and method of using same A regulatory region is shown, a nucleotide sequence of approximately 3 kb which provides improved seed preferred, and particularly embryo preferred expression in plants. Methods of use are also shown in preferentially expressing a heterologous protein to the embryo tissue of a plant. The sequence is particularly useful in expression ... 11/24/05 - 20050262595 - Promotion of somatic embryogenesis in plants by pga37 gene expression The present invention relates to methods for promoting somatic embryogenesis from a plant cell, tissue, organ, callus or cell culture, by overexpressing a PGA37 gene in the tissue or organ. In one embodiment, such overexpression can be used as a silent selectable marker for transgenic plants. In another embodiment, such ... 11/24/05 - 20050262594 - Broccoli type adapted for ease of harvest A broccoli plant characterized in having an exerted head having a crown higher than the leaf canopy and a harvestable head of at least about 200 grams when planted at a density of 40,000 plants per hectare, where the harvestable head comprises the top 25 centimeters of said stalk. ... 11/17/05 - 20050257293 - Biological containment system The invention relates to materials and methods useful for controlling the unwanted spread of transgenic traits. The methods involve a male-sterile female containing a transgene for a desired trait and a transgene causing seed infertility. The methods also involve a male-fertile plant carrying a transcription activator that activates expression of ... 11/17/05 - 20050257292 - Ehd1gene promoting plant flowering, and utlization thereof A detailed linkage analysis of the Ehd1 region was performed with a large segregating population, essential for map-based cloning. As a result, the Ehd1 gene promoting rice heading (flowering) was successfully isolated. Rice heading time was also found to be altered upon introduction of this gene. Based on these facts, ... 11/10/05 - 20050251884 - Generation of multiple embryo maize The present invention is generally related to plant genetic engineering. In particular, the invention provides methods of inhibiting programmed cell death in maize and other grasses. This invention also provides transgenic maize plants having kernels with multiple embryos and kernels from transgenic maize plants having multiple embryos. ... 11/10/05 - 20050251883 - Dwarfism genes and dwarf plants The present invention discloses the function, the cDNA sequences, and the expressed amino acid sequences of two genes the expression of which reduced bioactive GA levels and the height of a plant. This information enables creation of dwarf transgenic plants or transgenic plants with a specific dwarf organ. ... 11/03/05 - 20050246796 - Dominant gene suppression transgenes and methods of using same Pairs of plants are provided in which complementing constructs result in suppression of a parental phenotype in the progeny. Methods to generate and maintain such plants, and methods of use of said plants, are provided, including use of parental plants to produce sterile plants for hybrid seed production. Also provided ... 11/03/05 - 20050246795 - Root-specific expansin gene regulating root growth and obstacle-touching stress resistance in the plant The invention relates to root-specific expansin gene to regulating root growth and obstacle-touching stress resistance in the plant, and more particularly to a root growth regulating gene, GmEXP1, isolated from soybean (Glycine max), an expansin polypeptide encoded by the gene and a method for enhancing root growth of plants by ... 10/27/05 - 20050241021 - Acetolactate synthase gene promoter The present invention enables characteristic gene expression control and relates to a promoter, which comprises any one of the following DNAs (a) to (c): (a) a DNA, which comprises the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1; (b) a DNA, which comprises a nucleotide sequence derived from the nucleotide ... 10/20/05 - 20050235379 - Development of controlled total vegetative growth for prevention of transgene escape from genetically modified plants and for enhancing biomass production Genes can be introduced into plants that confer desirable traits such as, drought and stress tolerance, insect and pest resistance, as well as environmental qualities such as phyto-remediation. However, possibility for transgene escape to wild and non-transformed species raises commercial and ecological concerns. Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for ... 10/13/05 - 20050229274 - Regulated expression of cytokinin-modulating genes This invention relates generally to the field of plant molecular biology. More specifically, this invention relates to methods and reagents for the temporal and/or spatial expression of genes that affect metabolically effective levels of cytokinins in plant seeds and related maternal tissue. This invention further relates to transgenic plants having ... 10/13/05 - 20050229273 - Plant transcription factors and enhanced gene expression The invention relates to transgenic plants that demonstrate enhanced expression of a plant transcription factor under the control of a seed specific promoter such that expression of the transcription factor activates transcription of a native or non-native coding sequence in the plant. The invention further relates to a method of ... 10/06/05 - 20050223429 - Method for modifying plant morphology, biochemistry and physiology The present invention relates to methods for stimulating root growth and/or enhancing the formation of lateral or adventitious roots and/or altering root geotropism comprising expression of a cytokinin oxidase or comprising expression of another protein that reduces the level of active cytokinins in plants or plant parts. Also provided by ... 10/06/05 - 20050223428 - Methods for modulating plant growth The invention provides methods for modulating plant height and organ shape, comprising the step of expressing a transgene in a plant, wherein the transgene encodes an ERECTA-like protein lacking an active kinase domain and wherein expression of the transgene modulates plant height or organ shape. The invention also provides methods ... 09/22/05 - 20050210549 - Sesquiterpene synthases and methods of use The invention relates to sesquiterpene synthases and methods of their production and use. In one embodiment, the invention provides nucleic acids comprising a nucleotide sequence as described herein that encodes for at least one sesquiterpene synthases. In a further embodiment, the invention also provides for sesquiterpene synthases and methods of ... 09/01/05 - 20050193447 - Modulation of abscisic acid signal transduction in plants The present invention provides methods of modulating abscisic acid signal transduction in plants. The method comprise introducing into the plant a recombinant expression cassette comprising a promoter operably linked to an ABH1 polynucleotide. ... 08/18/05 - 20050183168 - Plants having decreased dormancy period and methods producing the plants The present invention provides a plant having a decreased dormancy period, a plant having a decreased dormancy period and uniform budding and/or germination timing, and a method for producing these plants. The intracellular 2-OG content in the plant may be increased, for example, by overexpressing an intracellular GDH gene in ... 08/18/05 - 20050183167 - Microspore-specific promoter and method for producing hybrid plants The invention concerns a microspore-specific promoter and its use for obtaining plants with gametophytic male sterility with inducible fertility. It also concerns a method for obtaining hybrid plants. ... 08/18/05 - 20050183166 - Gene controlling flowering time and method for controlling flowering time in plants using the gene The present invention relates to a gene regulating flowering time and a method for regulating flowering time in plants using the same. More particularly, the present invention relates to a COG gene having nucleotide sequence represented by SEQ ID No: 1 which is isolated from Arabidopsis thaliana, and a method ... 08/04/05 - 20050172362 - Pasture, forage and seed production technology through pod and leaf retention on annuals of the medicago genus (annual medics) The present invention relates to improved cultivars, varieties, lines or plants of annual medics (Medicago genus) wherein the majority of seed pods, upon reaching maturity, remain attached to their respective pedicels. In particular, the present invention relates to improved cultivars, varieties, lines or plants of annual medics (Medicago genus), having ... 07/21/05 - 20050160499 - Vernalization-related molecules and methods for inducibly-conferring epigenetic changes The invention provides vernalization-related polypeptides, nucleic acids and methods of using the same for inducibly-conferring epigenetic change on a target gene in plant or non-plant settings. ... 07/21/05 - 20050160498 - Gene encoding cysteine protease and its promoter which are expressed specifically in rice anther, a method for producing male sterile rice by suppressing expression of the gene The present invention relates to a novel gene encoding cysteine protease expressed specifically in rice anther, an anther-specific promoter of the gene and a method for producing male sterile rice by suppressing expression of the gene. The rCysP1 gene of the present invention is a novel gene encoding cysteine protease ... 07/14/05 - 20050155112 - Pesticidal proteins The subject invention concerns new classes of pesticidally active proteins and the polynucleotide sequences which encode these proteins. More specifically, in preferred embodiments, pesticidal proteins of approximately 40-50 kDa and of approximately 10-15 kDa are used for controlling corn rootworms. Also described are novel pesticidal isolates of Bacillus thuringiensis. ... 07/14/05 - 20050155111 - Methods for increasing the frequency of apomixis expression in angiosperms The present invention is directed to the seed-to-seed perpetuation of hybrid vigor and other traits through apomixis (asexual seed formation) in flowering plants (angiosperms). More particularly, to predictable methods for producing, from sexual or facultatively-apomictic plants, progeny plants that express an increased percentage of apomictic seed set or one or ... 07/07/05 - 20050150013 - Method for selectively producing male or female sterile plants A method of producing male or female sterile plants comprising the steps of transforming plant material with a polynucleotide which encodes at least one enzyme which reacts with a non-phytotoxic substance to produce a phytotoxic one, and regenerating the thus transformed material into a plant, wherein the said non-phytotoxic substance ... 07/07/05 - 20050150012 - Method for modifying plant morphology biochemistry and physiology The present invention relates to methods for stimulating root growth and/or enhancing the formation of lateral or adventitious roots and/or altering root geotropism comprising expression of a plant cytokinin oxidase or comprising expression of another protein that reduces the level of active cytokinins in plants or plant parts. Also provided ... 06/23/05 - 20050138691 - Auxin transport proteins This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding an auxin transport protein. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a substantial portion of the auxin transport protein, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production ... 06/16/05 - 20050132447 - Solely pollen-specific promoter The present invention is to provide a solely pollen-specific promoter derived from Arabidopsis comprising (a) a nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 or (b) a nucleotide sequence substantially identical to the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1. The novel promoter has specific roles in particular organs and at ... 06/16/05 - 20050132446 - Methods and means for modification of plant characteristics using the vernalization gene vrn2 An isolated nucleic acid obtainable from the VRN2 locus of a plant, which nucleic acid encodes a polypeptide which is capable of affecting one or more physical characteristics of a plant into which the nucleic acid is introduced, the physical characteristics being selected from vernalization response, flowering time, leaf size, ... 06/16/05 - 20050132445 - Methods for altering organ mass, controlling fertility and enhancing asexual reproduction in plants The invention provides methods of altering organ mass, controlling fertility and enhancing asexual reproduction in plants through the modulation of plant growth and cell proliferation. The methods involve producing transgenic plants comprising a recombinant expression cassette containing an ANT nucleic acid linked to a plant promoter. ... 06/02/05 - 20050120418 - Tomatoes having altered acid invertase activity due to non-transgenic alterations in acid invertase genes A series of independent non-transgenic mutations found in acid invertase genes of tomatoes; tomato plants having these mutations in their acid invertase genes; and a method of creating and finding similar and/or additional mutations in acid invertase genes by screening pooled and/or individual tomato plants. The tomato plants of the ... 06/02/05 - 20050120417 - Control of fruit dehiscence in plants by indehiscent1 genes The present application provides methods and compositions that modulate fruit dehiscence in plants. ... 06/02/05 - 20050120416 - Novel method for the production of hybrid maize seeds The invention relates to a method for production and multiplication of maize plants homozygous for a transgene which confers male sterility, useful in the production of hybrid maize seed. ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |