Patents Assigned to Brazilian Agricultural Research Organization-Embrapa/Cenargen
  • Seed-specific promoter region
    Patent number: 5623067
    Abstract: A seed-specific promoter is described which is obtained from an Arabidopsis seed storage protein gene encoding 2S albumin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: April 22, 1997
    Assignees: Plant Genetic Systems, N.V., Brazilian Agricultural Research Organization-Embrapa/Cenargen
    Inventors: Joel S. Vandekerckhove, Enno Krebbers, John Botterman, Jan Leemans
  • Process for the production of transgenic plants with increased nutritional value via the expression of modified 2S storage albumins
    Patent number: 5589615
    Abstract: A process for the production of plants with increased content of appropriate amino acids having high nutritional properties through the modification of plant genes encoding plant storage proteins, particularly the 2S albumins. Seed-forming plants susceptible to Agrobacterium transformation, the genome of which plants includes a recombinant DNA encoding a precursor of a modified 2S albumin, under the control of a promoter, are described, including the particular recombinant DNA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1994
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1996
    Assignees: Plant Genetic Systems N.V., Brazilian Agricultural Research Organization-Embrapa/Cenargen
    Inventors: Ann De Clercq, Enno Krebbers, Joel Vandekerckhove, Luiz Barreto De Castro, Eugen Gander, Marc Van Montagu