Patents Assigned to DNA Landmarks, Inc.
  • Map-based genome mining method for identifying regulatory loci controlling the level of gene transcripts and products
    Patent number: 8090541
    Abstract: A method is provided for identifying one or more regions within a genome of an organism of interest that mediate the expression of one or more genes of interest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2012
    Assignees: DNA Landmarks Inc., Her Majesty the Queen in the Right of Canada as Represented by the Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Soils and Crops Research and Dev
    Inventors: Yves Castonguay, Louise S. O'Donoughue, Serge Laberge, Antonio F. Monroy, Louis P. Vezina, Benoit S. Landry
  • Methods for relative quantification of specific nucleic acid sequences
    Patent number: 7829312
    Abstract: This invention relates generally to a method for quantifying the number of occurrences of a specific nucleic acid sequence within a nucleic acid sample in order to circumvent the shortcomings of the methods currently available and to provide reliable quantification of a specific nucleic acid sequence within a nucleic acid sample. The present invention provides a method of assessing an amount of a known target nucleic acid sequence in a sample comprising co-amplifying said target nucleic acid sequence and a known amount of a known control nucleic acid sequence to produce respective target and control amplicons, wherein said control nucleic acid sequence is different than said target nucleic acid sequence; and determining relative amounts of said respective amplicons by determining relative quantities of a primer extension reaction using each of said respective amplicons as a template.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: DNA Landmarks, Inc.
    Inventors: Martin Laforest, Nathalie Hubert, Benoît S. Landry
  • Methods for relatvie quantification of specific nucleic acid sequences
    Publication number: 20070148646
    Abstract: This invention relates generally to a method for quantifying the number of occurrences of a specific nucleic acid sequence within a nucleic acid sample in order to circumvent the shortcomings of the methods currently available and to provide reliable quantification of a specific nucleic acid sequence within a nucleic acid sample. The present invention provides a method of assessing an amount of a known target nucleic acid sequence in a sample comprising co-amplifying said target nucleic acid sequence and a known amount of a known control nucleic acid sequence to produce respective target and control amplicons, wherein said control nucleic acid sequence is different than said target nucleic acid sequence; and determining relative amounts of said respective amplicons by determining relative quantities of a primer extension reaction using each of said respective amplicons as a template.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2003
    Publication date: June 28, 2007
    Applicant: DNA LANDMARKS INC.
    Inventors: Martin Laforest, Hubert Nathalie, Benoit Landry
  • Nuclear fertility restorer genes and methods of use in plants
    Patent number: 7071375
    Abstract: The present invention includes nuclear fertility restorer genes, proteins encoded by those genes and transgenic plants and plant cells containing those genes. More particularly, the nuclear fertility restorer genes can be used to restore fertility in cytoplasmic male-sterile plants such as Brassica napus. Preferably, the nuclear fertility restorer genes are used with the Ogura (ogu) CMS system in Brassica napus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignees: McGill University, DNA Landmarks, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory G. Brown, Natasa Formanova, Charles Dendy, Benoit S. Landry, Wing Cheung, Jin Hua