Patents by Inventor J. Antoni Rafalski

J. Antoni Rafalski has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING PROTEINS INVOLVED IN PLANT METABOLISM
    Publication number: 20110214204
    Abstract: The invention provides isolated pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase nucleic acids and their encoded polypeptides. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase levels in plants. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells, transgenic plants, and antibody compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Publication date: September 1, 2011
    Applicant: EI DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY; AND PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL INC
    Inventors: Quinn Qun Zhu, Sabine S. Hantke, Xiping Niu, Zheng Peizhong, Michele Morgante, Joan T. Odell, Saverio Carl Falco, Yiwen Fang, J. Antoni Rafalski, Hajime Sakai, Edgar B. Cahoon, Rebecca E. Cahoon, Jian-Ming Lee, Guo-Hua Miao, Zhongsen Li, Anthony J. Kinney
  • Disease resistance genes
    Publication number: 20110030090
    Abstract: The invention provides isolated peptide-methionine sulfoxide reductase nucleic acids and their encoded proteins. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering peptide-methionine sulfoxide reductase levels in plants. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells, transgenic plants, and antibody compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Saverio Carl Falco, Omolayo O. Famodu, Blake C. Meyers, Guo-Hua Miao, Joan T. Odell, J. Antoni Rafalski, Catherine J. Thorpe, Hajime Sakai, Zude Weng
  • POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING PROTEINS INVOLVED IN PLANT METABOLISM
    Publication number: 20100242137
    Abstract: The invention provides isolated pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase nucleic acids and their encoded polypeptides. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase levels in plants. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells, transgenic plants, and antibody compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: EI DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY; AND PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL INC
    Inventors: Quinn Qun Zhu, Sabine S. Hantke, Xiping Niu, Zheng Peizhong, Michele Morgante, Joan T. Odell, Saverio Carl Falco, Yiwen Fang, J. Antoni Rafalski, Hajime Sakai, Edgar B. Cahoon, Rebecca E. Cahoon, Jian-Ming Lee, Guo-Hua Miao, Zhongsen Li, Anthony J. Kinney
  • UDP-GLUCOSE MODIFIERS
    Publication number: 20100242136
    Abstract: This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a UDP-galactose 4-epimerase. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the UDP-galactose 4-epimerase, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the UDP-galactose 4-epimerase in a transformed host cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Thomas J. Carlson, Gary M. Fader, Omolayo O. Famodu, Anthony J. Kinney, Richard W. Pearlstein, J. Antoni Rafalski, Catherine J. Thorpe
  • NITROGEN TRANSPORT METABOLISM
    Publication number: 20100138956
    Abstract: This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragments encoding an ammonium transporter. The invention also relates to the construction of a recombinant DNA construct encoding all or a portion of ammonium transporters, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the recombinant DNA construct may alter levels of the ammonium transporter in a transformed host cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2010
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Stephen M. Allen, J. Antoni Rafalski
  • Plant caffeic acid-3-O-methyltransferase homologs
    Patent number: 7704717
    Abstract: This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a protein involved in phenylpropanoid metabolism. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the protein involved in phenylpropanoid metabolism, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the protein involved in phenylpropanoid metabolism in a transformed host cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Rebecca E. Cahoon, J. Antoni Rafalski, Jennie B. Shen
  • Nitrogen transport metabolism
    Patent number: 7692064
    Abstract: This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragments encoding an ammonium transporter. The invention also relates to the construction of a recombinant DNA constructencoding all or a portion of ammonium transporters, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the recombinant DNA construct may alter levels of the ammonium transporter in a transformed host cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Stephen M. Allen, J. Antoni Rafalski
  • Lcb1 subunit of serine palmitoyltransferase
    Patent number: 7659450
    Abstract: This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a serine palmitoyltransferase Lcb1 subunit. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the serine palmitoyltransferase Lcb1 subunit, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the serine palmitoyltransferase Lcb1 subunit in a transformed host cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2010
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Rebecca E. Cahoon, Anthony J. Kinney, J. Antoni Rafalski
  • SUCROSE TRANSPORT PROTEINS
    Publication number: 20100029489
    Abstract: This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a sucrose transport protein. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the sucrose transport protein, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the sucrose transport protein in a transformed host cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2009
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Stephen M. Allen, William D. Hitz, J. Antoni Rafalski
  • Plant caffeic acid 3-O-methyltransferase homologs
    Patent number: 7655448
    Abstract: This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a protein involved in phenylpropanoid metabolism. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the protein involved in phenylpropanoid metabolism, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the protein involved in phenylpropanoid metabolism in a transformed host cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Rebecca E. Cahoon, J. Antoni Rafalski, Jennie B. Shen
  • GENETIC LOCI ASSOCIATED WITH MECHANICAL STALK STRENGTH IN MAIZE
    Publication number: 20100015623
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods and compositions for identifying and for selecting maize plants with mechanical stalk strength characteristics. The methods use molecular markers to identify and select plants with increased mechanical stalk strength or to identify and counter-select plants with decreased mechanical stalk strength. Maize plants generated by the methods of the invention are also a feature of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2009
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Applicant: E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: ADA CHING, J. Antoni Rafalski, Stanley Luck, Marymar Goncalves Butruille
  • Nucleic acid molecules encoding a wheat sucrose transporter
    Patent number: 7605247
    Abstract: This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a sucrose transport protein. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the sucrose transport protein, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the sucrose transport protein in a transformed host cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2009
    Assignee: E.I. du Point de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Stephen M. Allen, William D. Hitz, J. Antoni Rafalski
  • Brittle stalk 2 polynucleotides, polypeptides, and uses thereof
    Publication number: 20090222945
    Abstract: This invention relates to an isolated polynucleotide encoding a BRITTLE STALK 2 (BK2) polypeptide. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the BK2 polypeptide, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the BK2 polypeptide in a transformed host cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Publication date: September 3, 2009
    Inventors: Ada S. Ching, J. Antoni Rafalski
  • Using Oligonucleotide Microarrays to Analyze Genomic Differences for the Prediction of Heterosis
    Publication number: 20090170712
    Abstract: A novel method for prediction of the degree of heterotic phenotypes in plants is disclosed. Structural variation analyses of the genome are used to predict the degree of a heterotic phenotype in plants. In some examples, copy number variation is used to predict the degree of heterotic phenotype. In some methods copy number variation is detected using competitive genomic hybridization arrays. Further, methods for optimizing the arrays are disclosed, together with kits for producing such arrays, as well as hybrid plants selected for development based on the predicted results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicants: PIONEER HI-BRED INTERNATIONAL, INC., E.I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: Mary Beatty, James A. Janni, Jonathan E. Lightner, J. Antoni Rafalski
  • POLYNUCLEOTIDES ENCODING PROTEINS INVOLVED IN PLANT METABOLISM
    Publication number: 20090054247
    Abstract: The invention provides isolated pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase nucleic acids and their encoded polypeptides. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering pyruvate dehydrogenase kinase levels in plants. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells, transgenic plants, and antibody compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2008
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Inventors: Quinn Qun Zhu, Sabine S. Hantke, Xiping Niu, Zheng Peizhong, Michele Morgante, Joan T. Odell, Saverio Carl Falco, Yiwen Fang, J. Antoni Rafalski, Hajime Sakai, Edgar B. Cahoon, Rebecca E. Cahoon, Jian-Ming Lee, Guo-Hua Miao, Zhongsen Li, Anthony J. Kinney
  • POLYNUCLEOTIDES AND POLYPEPTIDES INVOLVED IN POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL GENE SILENCING
    Publication number: 20090055967
    Abstract: This invention relates to isolated nucleic acid fragments encoding polypeptides involved in post-transcriptional gene silencing. The invention also relates to construction of a recombinant DNA construct encoding all or a portion of the polypeptide involved in post-transcriptional gene silencing, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the recombinant DNA construct results in production of altered levels in a transformed host cell of the polypeptide involved in post-transcriptional gene silencing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Karlene H. Butler, Rebecca E. Cahoon, Leslie T. Harvell, J. Antoni Rafalski, Hajime Sakai
  • Nitrogen Transport Metabolism
    Publication number: 20080189807
    Abstract: This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragments encoding an ammonium transporter. The invention also relates to the construction of a recombinant DNA constructencoding all or a portion of ammonium transporters, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the recombinant DNA construct may alter levels of the ammonium transporter in a transformed host cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2008
    Publication date: August 7, 2008
    Inventors: Stephen M. Allen, J. Antoni Rafalski
  • Plant caffeic acid-3-O-methyltransferase homologs
    Publication number: 20080166754
    Abstract: This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a protein involved in phenylpropanoid metabolism. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the protein involved in phenylpropanoid metabolism, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the protein involved in phenylpropanoid metabolism in a transformed host cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2008
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Inventors: Rebecca E. Cahoon, J. Antoni Rafalski, Jennie B. Shen
  • Plant caffeic acid-3-O-methytransferase homologs
    Publication number: 20080166731
    Abstract: This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a protein involved in phenylpropanoid metabolism. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the protein involved in phenylpropanoid metabolism, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the protein involved in phenylpropanoid metabolism in a transformed host cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2008
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Inventors: Rebecca E. Cahoon, J. Antoni Rafalski, Jennie B. Shen
  • Nucleic Acid Fragments Encoding Proteins Involved In Stress Response
    Publication number: 20080161191
    Abstract: The invention provides isolated peptide-methionine sulfoxide reductase nucleic acids and their encoded proteins. The present invention provides methods and compositions relating to altering peptide-methionine sulfoxide reductase levels in plants. The invention further provides recombinant expression cassettes, host cells, transgenic plants, and antibody compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Publication date: July 3, 2008
    Applicant: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Saverio Carl Falco, Omolayo O. Famodu, Blake C. Meyers, Guo-Hua Miao, Joan T. Odell, J. Antoni Rafalski, Catherine J. Thorpe, Hajime Sakai, Zude Weng