Patents by Inventor Piera Sun

Piera Sun 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).

  • Nucleotide sequences of shrimp beta-actin and actin promoters and their use in gentic transformation technology
    Publication number: 20060242719
    Abstract: The present invention relates to isolated actin and ?-actin nucleic acid promoter molecules from shrimp; nucleic acid expression cassettes including actin and ?-actin promoter molecules isolated from shrimp; and expression vectors, host cells, and transgenic animals transduced with the isolated actin and ?-actin nucleic acid promoter. Also disclosed are methods for imparting to an animal resistance against a pathogen; regulating growth of an animal; increasing stress tolerance in an animal; and increasing cold tolerance in an animal that involve transforming an animal with a nucleic acid construct including the isolated actin and ?-actin nucleic acid promoter molecules of the present invention. The present invention also relates to isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding for actin and ?-actin proteins or polypeptides, as well as the proteins or polypeptides themselves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2002
    Publication date: October 26, 2006
    Inventors: Piera Sun, Kristi Arakaki, Samuel Sun