Patents by Inventor Ramiro Esteban RODRIGUEZ VIRASORO

Ramiro Esteban RODRIGUEZ VIRASORO 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).

  • Chimeric proteins which enhance the activity of DNA binding domains (DBD) and transcription factors in plants
    Patent number: 10822612
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of enhancing the activity of a transcription factor in a plant comprising expressing in said plant a chimeric protein comprising a GIF moiety comprising a GIF domain or fragment thereof, and a DNA binding domain (DBD) moiety. The chimeric proteins comprise a GIF moiety comprising a GIF domain or fragment thereof, or a polypeptide with an amino acid sequence having at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, even more preferably at least 95% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence of a GIF domain or fragment thereof; and a DBD moiety comprising the DBD or plant transcription factor whose activity enhancement is intended, or a binding protein which is capable of forming a tertiary complex with the DBD or transcription factor whose activity modification and/or enhancement is intended. The invention also relates to polynucleotides and polypeptides useful in the method of the invention.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignees: CONSEJO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS Y TÉCNICAS (CONICET), UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO
    Inventors: Carla Schommer, Javier Palatnik, Juan Manuel Debernardi, Ramiro Esteban Rodriguez Virasoro
  • CHIMERIC PROTEINS WHICH ENHANCE THE ACTIVITY OF DNA BINDING DOMAINS (DBD) AND TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS IN PLANTS
    Publication number: 20170362601
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of enhancing the activity of a transcription factor in a plant comprising expressing in said plant a chimeric protein comprising a GIF moiety comprising a GIF domain or fragment thereof, and a DNA binding domain (DBD) moiety. The chimeric proteins comprise a GIF moiety comprising a GIF domain or fragment thereof, or a polypeptide with an amino acid sequence having at least 85%, preferably at least 90%, even more preferably at least 95% sequence identity to the amino acid sequence of a GIF domain or fragment thereof; and a DBD moiety comprising the DBD or plant transcription factor whose activity enhancement is intended, or a binding protein which is capable of forming a tertiary complex with the DBD or transcription factor whose activity modification and/or enhancement is intended. The invention also relates to polynucleotides and polypeptides useful in the method of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicants: CONSEJO NACIONAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS Y TÉCNICAS (CONICET), UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO
    Inventors: Carla SCHOMMER, Javier PALATNIK, Juan Manuel DEBERNARDI, Ramiro Esteban RODRIGUEZ VIRASORO