Patents by Inventor Marie Sylvie Jacqueline Cloutier

Marie Sylvie Jacqueline Cloutier 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).

  • Matrix attachment regions
    Patent number: 6177612
    Abstract: Matrix attachment regions isolated from the 5′ flanking region of endosperm-specific storage protein genes of monocotyledonous plants are provided. An exemplified matrix attachment region is derived from the 5′ flanking region of the Bx7 gluten gene of Triticum aestivum. Recombinant nucleic acid molecules and plant vectors containing such recombinant nucleic acid molecules include DNA constructs having a promoter, a coding sequence, and a poly(A) addition site, the DNA constructs operably linked to at least one of the matrix attachment regions. Gene expression in transgenic plants, preferably monocotyledonous cereal crop species, is improved by transforming plants with such recombinant nucleic acid molecules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2001
    Assignee: Her Majesty the Queen in right of Canada, as represented by the Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
    Inventors: Mark Carlyle Jordan, Christof Rampitsch, Marie Sylvie Jacqueline Cloutier