Abstract: A process for producing propylene glycol from glycerol including a catalyst of Cu and Ce at concentrations of up to 15% of each metal. In addition, it is described a catalyst of Cu and Ce to perform the selective reduction of glycerol and the process of production of such catalyst.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 16, 2015
Date of Patent:
December 8, 2020
Assignees:
CONSEJO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS Y TECNICAS (CONICET), UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL, INIS BIOTECH LLC.
Inventors:
Raul Alberto Comelli, Lisandro Roberto Ferrari
Abstract: The present invention provides isolated HaHB11 polypeptides and nucleic acids encoding the same. Also provided are methods of introducing a nucleic acid encoding HaHB11 polypeptides into a plant cell, plant part or plant, e.g., to increase tolerance to abiotic stress, to delay development and/or prolong the life span of a plant, and/or to increase yield from the plant. The invention also provides nucleic acids comprising HaHB11 promoter sequences and methods for expressing a nucleotide sequence of interest operably associated with the HaHB11 promoters of the invention in a plant cell, plant part, or plant. Also provided are transformed plants, plant tissues, plant cells and plant seed comprising the nucleic acids, expression cassettes and vectors of the invention.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 8, 2018
Date of Patent:
August 11, 2020
Assignee:
Universidad Nacional del Litoral (UNL)
Inventors:
Raquel Lia Chan, Julieta Virginia Cabello, Jorge Ignacio Giacomelli
Abstract: A polynucleotide having at least 80% sequence identity with the full-length nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 1 and substantially identical polynucleotides; an isolated polypeptide having at least 80% sequence identity with the full-length amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 and substantially identical polypeptides; and polynucleotides encoding the Ha WRKY76 polypeptide and substantially identical polypeptides are described. Also described are vectors and recombinant expression cassettes containing the c DNA polynucleotide, a polynucleotide encoding the Ha WRKY76 polypeptide, or substantially identical polynucleotides. Transgenic plants containing such expression cassettes, related methods and uses are also provided.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 30, 2015
Date of Patent:
September 17, 2019
Assignees:
CONSEJO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS Y TECNICAS, UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL
Inventors:
Jesica Raineri, Raquel Lia Chan, Jorge Giacomelli
Abstract: The present invention provides isolated HaHB11 polypeptides and nucleic acids encoding the same. Also provided are methods of introducing a nucleic acid encoding HaHB11 polypeptides into a plant cell, plant part or plant, e.g., to increase tolerance to abiotic stress, to delay development and/or prolong the life span of a plant, and/or to increase yield from the plant. The invention also provides nucleic acids comprising HaHB11 promoter sequences and methods for expressing a nucleotide sequence of interest operably associated with the HaHB11 promoters of the invention in a plant cell, plant part, or plant. Also provided are transformed plants, plant tissues, plant cells and plant seed comprising the nucleic acids, expression cassettes and vectors of the invention.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 1, 2013
Date of Patent:
February 20, 2018
Assignees:
Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas (CONICET), Universidad Nacional del Litoral (UNL)
Inventors:
Raquel Lia Chan, Julieta Virginia Cabello, Jorge Ignacio Giacomelli
Abstract: A process for producing propylene glycol from glycerol including a catalyst of Cu and Ce at concentrations of up to 15% of each metal. In addition, it is described a catalyst of Cu and Ce to perform the selective reduction of glycerol and the process of production of such catalyst.
Type:
Application
Filed:
December 16, 2015
Publication date:
December 14, 2017
Applicants:
CONSEJO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS Y TECNICAS (CONICET), UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL, INIS BIOTECH LLC
Inventors:
Raul Alberto COMELLI, Lisandro Roberto FERRARI
Abstract: The invention relates to a controlled-release injectable microparticle comprising a polyvinyl alcohol polymer and one or more hormones, in particular progesterone. Said microparticle induces estrus in female mammals after a single application. The invention also relates to a method for obtaining the microparticle.
Type:
Application
Filed:
May 11, 2012
Publication date:
November 13, 2014
Applicants:
CONICET - CONS. NAC. DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS Y TECNICAS, IPCVA- INSTITUTO DE PROMOCION DE LA CARNE VACUNA ARGENTINA, UNL UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL
Inventors:
Ignacio Rintoul, Juan Manuel Badano, Ricardo Grau
Abstract: The present invention refers to a gene from Helianthus annuus encoding a transcription factor that comprises a homeodomain associated with a leucine zipper. This gene is named Hahb-10. The transcription factor Hahb-10 can be used in DNA constructs to transform host cells and plants. Transgenic plants that overexpress this transcription factor are more tolerant to herbicides, and have a shorter life cycle.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 6, 2006
Date of Patent:
March 9, 2010
Assignees:
Universidad Nacional del Litoral, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas Y Technicas, Bioceres, S.A.
Inventors:
Raquel Lia Chan, Daniel H. Gonzalez, Carlos A. Dezar, Eva C. Rueda
Abstract: An isolated DNA molecule for enhancing gene expression of a coding sequence, fragment, genetic variant, cassette, vector, cell, plant and seed containing said molecule, wherein the molecule comprises introns for induce an increase in the expression level of a transgene, useful in DNA constructions for transforming plant cells, wherein the cell or plant has a construction containing one of these introns under control of a promoter and upstream of a coding sequence stably integrated in its genome displaying higher expression levels as compared to non-transformed cells or plants, or cells or plants transformed with constructions that lack the inventive intron, wherein the sequences of 5?-non-coding sequences of the genes mentioned above also comprise promoters and exonic sequences in DNA constructions displaying synergism with the effect produced by the intron, and wherein the 5?-non-coding sequences of COX5-c genes lacking said intron promote tissue-specific expression in pollen when they are comprised in DNA c
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 31, 2006
Date of Patent:
October 6, 2009
Assignees:
Universidad Nacional Del Litoral, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas, Bioceres S.A.
Inventors:
Raquel Lia Chan, Daniel H. Gonzalez, Graciela C. Curi, Julieta Cabello