Patents by Inventor Marta Roldan Medina

Marta Roldan Medina 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).

  • Protection against environmental toxicity through manipulation of the processing of messenger RNA precursors
    Publication number: 20100095398
    Abstract: This invention describes the identification of pre-messenger RNA processing as a novel target of environmental stress caused by example of lithium and sodium toxicity. Overexpression of different types of proteins (or protein fragments) from different organisms but all involved in pre-mRNA processing, protects yeast from salt stress, which indicates that any stimulation of this process, independently of its mechanism, may counteract the toxic effects of mineral salts. A similar phenotype of tolerance to NaCl and to LiCl has been observed by overexpression of these types of proteins in transgenic Arabidopsis plants, demonstrating the generality of this protective effect in eukaryotic cells and organisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2009
    Publication date: April 15, 2010
    Inventors: Oscar Vicente Meana, Marta Roldan Medina, Ramon Serrano Salom, José Javier Millet, Miquel Angel Naranjo Olivero, Roc Ros Palau, Rodolpho Arthur Kahnonou
  • Protection against environmental toxicity through manipulation of the processing of messenger RNA precursors
    Patent number: 7566552
    Abstract: This invention describes the identification of pre-messenger RNA processing as a novel target of environmental stress caused for example by lithium and sodium toxicity. Overexpression of different types of proteins (or protein fragments) from different organisms but all involved in pre-mRNA processing, protects yeast from salt stress, which indicates that any stimulation of this process, independently of its mechanism, may counteract the toxic effects of mineral salts. A similar phenotype of tolerance to NaCl and to LiCl has been observed by overexpression of these types of proteins in transgenic Arabidopsis plants, demonstrating the generality of this protective effect in eukaryotic cells and organisms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2009
    Assignee: CropDesign N.V.
    Inventors: Oscar Vicente Meana, Marta Roldan Medina, Ramon Serrano Salom, José Javier Forment Millet, Miguel Angel Naranjo Olivero, Roc Ros Palau, Rodolpho Arthur Kahnonou
  • Protection against environmental toxicity through manipulation of the processing of messenger rna precursors
    Publication number: 20040203157
    Abstract: This invention describes the identification of pre-messenger RNA processing as a novel target of environmental stress caused for example by lithium and sodium toxicity. Overexpression of different types of proteins (or protein fragments) from different organisms but all involved in pre-mRNA processing, protects yeast from salt stress, which indicates that any stimulation of this process, independently of its mechanism, may counteract the toxic effects of mineral salts. A similar phenotype of tolerance to NaCl and to LiCl has been observed by overexpression of these types of proteins in transgenic Arabidopsis plants, demonstrating the generality of this protective effect in eukaryotic cells and organisms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2002
    Publication date: October 14, 2004
    Inventors: Oscar Vicente Meana, Marta Roldan Medina, Ramon Serrano Salom, Jose Javier Forment Millet, Miguel Angelo Naranjo Olivero, Roc Ros Palau, Rodolpho Arthur Kahnonou