Abstract: The invention relates to transgenic expression cassettes for expressing two nucleic acid sequences in a plant cell comprising at least one regulatory sequence selected from the group consisting of a) the promoter shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 or 2, b) functional equivalents of the promoter shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 or 2 which have an identity of at least 80% to the sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 or 2 and which have substantially the same promoter activity as the promoter shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 or 2, c) functional equivalents of the promoter shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 or 2 which comprise at least 25 consecutive nucleotides of the sequences shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 or 2 and which have substantially the same promoter activity as the promoter shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 or 2, and d) functionally equivalent fragments of sequences a) or b) or c), which have at least 25 consecutive nucleotides of said sequences a) or b) or c) and have substantially the same promoter activity as the promoter shown in SEQ ID NO: 1 or 2, where said regulatory el
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 3, 2004
Publication date:
July 6, 2006
Applicant:
SunGene GmbH
Inventors:
Ute Linemann, Karin Herbers, Irene Kunze
Abstract: The invention relates to methods for the transgenic expression of nucleic acid sequences predominantly in starch-comprising tissues of plants, preferably in fruits, roots, seeds or tubers, wherein the nucleic acid sequence is expressed under the control of a promoter of a starch synthase 3. Furthermore in accordance with the invention are transgenic expression cassettes and vectors comprising a promoter of a starch synthase 3, and the use thereof for the production of foodstuffs, feedstuffs, seed, pharmaceuticals or fine chemicals.
Type:
Application
Filed:
January 15, 2004
Publication date:
June 15, 2006
Applicant:
SunGene Gmbh & Co. KGaA
Inventors:
Ute Heim, Karin Herbers, Uwe Sonnewald, Eric Glickmann
Abstract: The present invention relates to expression cassettes comprising transcription regulating sequences with meristem-preferential or meristem-specific expression profiles in plants obtainable from Arabidopsis thaliana genes At2g02180, At5g54510, At2g26970, At2g01180, At3g45560, At4g00580, At1g54480, or At4g11490, or the Arabidopsis thaliana genomic sequences as described by SEQ ID NO: 35 or 36.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 8, 2005
Publication date:
June 15, 2006
Applicant:
SunGene GmbH & Co. KGaA
Inventors:
Ulrich Keetman, Ute Linemann, Karin Herbers, Helke Hillebrand
Abstract: 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.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 22, 2005
Publication date:
June 1, 2006
Applicant:
SunGene GmbH & Co. KGaA
Inventors:
Ulrich Keetman, Ute Linemann, Karin Herbers, Helke Hillebrand
Abstract: The present invention relates to expression cassettes comprising transcription regulating sequences with guard cell-preferential or guard cell-specific expression profiles in plants obtainable from Arabidopsis thaliana gene At5g58580, or from Arabidopsis genomic DNA sequences as described by SEQ ID NO: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, or 15.
Type:
Application
Filed:
November 22, 2005
Publication date:
June 1, 2006
Applicant:
SunGene GmbH & Co. KGaA
Inventors:
Ulrich Keetman, Ute Linemann, Karin Herbers, Helke Hillebrand
Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for preparing ketocarotenoids by cultivation of genetically modified organisms which, compared with the wild type, have a modified ketolase activity, to the genetically modified organisms, and to the use thereof as human and animal foods and for producing ketocarotenoid extracts.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 18, 2003
Publication date:
May 25, 2006
Applicant:
SunGene GmbH & Co.KGaA
Inventors:
Matt Sauer, Ralf Flachmann, Martin Klebsattel, Christel Schopfer
Abstract: The invention relates to methods for the targeted transgenic expression of nucleic acid sequences in the flower of plants, and to transgenic expression cassettes and expression vectors which comprise promoters having an expression specificity for the flower of plants. The invention further relates to organisms (preferably plants) transformed with these transgenic expression cassettes or expression vectors, to cultures, parts or propagation material derived therefrom, and to the use of the same for producing human and animal foods, seeds, pharmaceuticals or fine chemicals.
Type:
Application
Filed:
July 30, 2003
Publication date:
May 18, 2006
Applicant:
SunGene GmbH & Co. KGaA
Inventors:
Christel Schopfer, Matt Sauer, Martin Klebsattel, Ralf Flachmann
Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for the production of ?-carotenoids by culturing genetically modified plants, the genetically modified plants, and their use as foodstuffs and feedstuffs and for the production of ?-carotenoid extracts.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 18, 2003
Publication date:
March 16, 2006
Applicant:
SunGene GmbH & Co. KGaA
Inventors:
Martin Klebsattel, Matt Sauer, Ralf Flachmann, Christel Schopfer
Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the production of ketocarotenoids by culturing plants which show a modified ketolase activity in petals in comparison with the wild type, to the genetically modified plants, to their use as foodstuffs and feedstuffs, and for the production of ketocarotenoid extracts.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 18, 2003
Publication date:
February 9, 2006
Applicant:
SunGene GmbH & Co. KGaA
Inventors:
Christel Schopfer, Ralf Flachmann, Karin Herbers, Irene Kunze, Matt Sauer, Martin Klebsattel
Abstract: The invention relates to a method for producing transgenic plants and/or plant cells having an elevated vitamin E content, said transgenic plants and/or plant cells having a serine-acetyltransferase (SAT) content and/or activity which is modified in relation to the wild type, and/or a modified thiol compound content. The invention also relates to the use of nucleic acids coding for a SAT, for producing transgenic plants or plant cells having an elevated vitamin E content. The invention further relates to a method for producing vitamin E by cultivating transgenic plants or plant cells having a modified SAT content in relation to the wild type.
Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of astaxanthin-containing plants or parts of plants of the genus Tagetes or astaxanthin-containing extracts of astaxanthin-containing plants or parts of plants of the genus Tagetes for oral administration to animals, methods for producing animal feed preparations, the animal feed preparations themselves, a method for pigmenting animals or animal products, and also a method for producing pigmented animals and animal products.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 18, 2003
Publication date:
December 22, 2005
Applicant:
SUNGENE GMBH & CO., KGAA
Inventors:
Ralf Flachmann, Matt Sauer, Christel Schopfer, Martin Klebsattel, Angelika-Maria Pfeiffer, Thomas Luck, Dirk Voeste
Abstract: The invention relates to methods for the directed, transgenic expression of nucleic acid sequences in the carbohydrate-storing sink tissues of plants using transgenic expression cassettes which comprise the Vicia faba plastidic 1,4-?-D-glucan:phosphate ?-D-glucosyltransferase promoter. Furthermore, the invention relates to said transgenic expression cassettes and to transgenic expression vectors and transgenic organisms comprising them, and to the use of the same for the production of foodstuffs, feedstuffs, seed, pharmaceuticals or fine chemicals.
Abstract: The invention relates to a method for hydrolysing enzymatic carotenoids esters and the use of said carotenoids and the products thereof as human and animal food.
Type:
Application
Filed:
August 20, 2003
Publication date:
November 17, 2005
Applicant:
SunGene GmbH & Co. KGaA
Inventors:
Ralf Flachmann, Matt Sauer, Christel Schopfer, Martin Klebsattel