Patents Assigned to Advanced Technologies (Cambridge) Ltd.
  • Enhancer-increased gene expression in plants
    Patent number: 6323393
    Abstract: The invention provides enhancers for one or more gene promoters, which enhancers are nucleotide sequences rich in A and T bases, the total amount of A and T bases comprising more than 50% of the nucleotide sequence. Particular sequences are identified from the pea plastocyanin promoter which are active as enhancers, as is a solely A/T nucleotide sequence, and methods of carrying out the invention are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2001
    Assignee: Advanced Technologies (Cambridge) Ltd.
    Inventors: John Clinton Gray, Jagdeep Singh Sandhu, Carl Innes Webster
  • Plant parasitic nematode control
    Patent number: 5589622
    Abstract: A method of controlling nematodes, the method includes the steps of identification of a gene induced within a successfully infected plant by nematode infection of said plant and modifying the gene to confer nematode resistance to the plant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1996
    Assignee: Advanced Technologies (Cambridge) Ltd.
    Inventors: Sarah J. Gurr, Michael J. McPherson, Howard J. Atkinson, Dianna J. Bowles