Patents by Inventor Rebecca E. Cahoon

Rebecca E. Cahoon 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).

  • Auxin transport proteins
    Patent number: 7638681
    Abstract: This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding an auxin transport protein. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a substantial portion of the auxin transport protein, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the auxin transport protein in a transformed host cell. The present invention also relates to methods using the auxin transport protein in modulating root development, and in discovering compounds with potential herbicidal activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Emil M. Orozco, Jr., Wesley B. Bruce, Rebecca E. Cahoon
  • PLANT FARNESYLTRANSFERASES
    Publication number: 20090298086
    Abstract: This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a farnesyltransferase subunit. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the farnesyltransferase subunit, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the farnesyltransferase subunit in a transformed host cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2009
    Publication date: December 3, 2009
    Applicant: E.I.DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: REBECCA E. CAHOON, Timothy George Helentjaris, Guo-Hua Miao
  • Compositions and methods for altering tocotrienol content
    Patent number: 7622658
    Abstract: The invention provides isolated nucleic acids and their encoded polypeptides that alter tocotrienol content in seeds. The invention further provides expression cassettes, host cells and transformed plants containing the nucleic acids. The present invention further provides methods for altering tocotrienol content in seeds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Edgar B. Cahoon, Sean J. Coughlan, Rebecca E. Cahoon, Karlene H. Butler
  • PLANT MYB TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR HOMOLOGS
    Publication number: 20090282585
    Abstract: This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a Myb-related transcription factor. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the Myb-related transcription factor, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the Myb-related transcription factor in a transformed host cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2009
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Applicant: E. I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: REBECCA E. CAHOON, Yiwen Fang, Joan T. Odell, Zude Weng
  • Lysophosphatidic acid acetyltransferases
    Patent number: 7608443
    Abstract: An isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding an LPAAT isozyme is disclosed. Construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the LPAAT isozyme, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the LPAAT isozyme in a transformed host cell is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Anthony J. Kinney, Rebecca E. Cahoon
  • Alteration of Oil Traits in Plants
    Publication number: 20090249517
    Abstract: The preparation and use of nucleic acid fragments useful in altering the phenotype in plants are disclosed. Chimeric constructs incorporating such nucleic acid fragments and suitable regulatory sequences can be used to create transgenic plants having altered phenotypes. Methods for altering the phenotype of plants using such nucleic acid fragments also are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2009
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Inventors: Stephen M. Allen, William B. Allen, Rebecca E. Cahoon, Sabine Epelbaum, Omolaya O. Famodu, Leslie T. Harvell, Todd J. Jones, Anthony J. Kinney, Theodore M. Klein, Changjiang Li, Igor Cunha Oliveira, Hajime Sakai, Bo Shen, Mitchell C. Tarczynski
  • ALTERATION OF EMBRYO/ENDOSPERM SIZE DURING SEED DEVELOPMENT
    Publication number: 20090241225
    Abstract: Isolated nucleic acid fragments and recombinant constructs comprising such fragments for altering embryo/endosperm size during seed development are disclosed along with a method of controlling embryo/endosperm size during seed development in plants.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2009
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Applicant: E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY
    Inventors: REBECCA E. CAHOON, Elmer P. Heppard, Hajime Sakai, Nobuhiro Nagasawa
  • Alteration of Oil Traits in Plants
    Publication number: 20090235391
    Abstract: The preparation and use of nucleic acid fragments useful in altering the oil phenotype in plants are disclosed. Chimeric constructs incorporating such nucleic acid fragments and suitable regulatory sequences can be used to create transgenic plants having altered lipid profiles. Methods for altering the oil phenotype in plants using such nucleic acid fragments also are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2009
    Publication date: September 17, 2009
    Inventors: Stephen M. Allen, William B. Allen, Rebecca E. Cahoon, Sabine Epelbaum, Omolayo O. Famodu, Leslie T. Harvell, Todd J. Jones, Anthony J. Kinney, Theodore M. Klein, Changjiang Li, Igor Cunha Oliveira, Hajime Sakai, Bo Shen, Mitchell C. Tarczynski
  • Plant farnesyltransferases
    Patent number: 7589258
    Abstract: This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a farnesyltransferase subunit. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the farnesyltransferase subunit, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the farnesyltransferase subunit in a transformed host cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignees: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc.
    Inventors: Rebecca E. Cahoon, Guo-Hua Miao, Timothy George Helentjaris
  • NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCES OF A NEW CLASS OF DIVERGED DELTA-9 STEAROYL-ACP DESATURASE GENES
    Publication number: 20090203142
    Abstract: An isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a diverged delta-9 fatty acid desaturase is disclosed. Also the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the diverged delta-9 fatty acid desaturase is disclosed, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the diverged delta-9 fatty acid desaturase in a transformed host cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2009
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Inventors: John R. Booth, Rebecca E. Cahoon, William D. Hitz, Anthony J. Kinney, Narendra S. Yadav
  • Plant viral movement protein genes
    Patent number: 7572951
    Abstract: This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a viral movement protein. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a substantial portion of the viral movement protein, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the viral movement protein in a transformed host cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2009
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Enno Krebbers, Zude Weng, Rebecca E. Cahoon
  • Plant Diacylglycerol Acyltransferases
    Publication number: 20090158460
    Abstract: This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a diacylglycerol acyltransferase. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the diacylglycerol acyltransferase, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the diacylglycerol acyltransferase in a transformed host cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2008
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Applicant: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Edgar B. Cahoon, Anthony J. Kinney, Rebecca E. Cahoon
  • Phospholipid:diacylglycerol acyltransferases
    Patent number: 7534935
    Abstract: This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding an acyltransferase, more specifically a phospholipid:diacylglycerol acyltransferase. The invention also relates to the construction of a recombinant DNA construct encoding all or a portion of the phospholipid:diacylglycerol acyltransferase, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the recombinant DNA construct results in production of altered levels of the phospholipid:diacylglycerol acyltransferase in a transformed host cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Karlene H. Butler, Rebecca E. Cahoon, Omolayo O. Famodu, Sarah E. Hall, Edgar B. Cahoon
  • Phospholipid:diacylglycerol acyltransferases
    Patent number: 7498483
    Abstract: This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding an acyltransferase, more specifically a phospholipid:diacylglycerol acyltransferase. The invention also relates to the construction of a recombinant DNA construct encoding all or a portion of the phospholipid:diacylglycerol acyltransferase, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the recombinant DNA construct results in production of altered levels of the phospholipid:diacylglycerol acyltransferase in a transformed host cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Karlene H. Butler, Rebecca E. Cahoon, Omolayo O. Famodu, Sarah E. Hall, Edgar B. Cahoon
  • Nucleotide sequences of a new class of diverged delta-9 stearoyl-ACP desaturase genes
    Patent number: 7498427
    Abstract: An isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a diverged delta-9 fatty acid desaturase is disclosed. Also the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the diverged delta-9 fatty acid desaturase is disclosed, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the diverged delta-9 fatty acid desaturase in a transformed host cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: E. I. Du Pont DeNemours & Company
    Inventors: John R. Booth, Rebecca E. Cahoon, William D. Hitz, Anthony J. Kinney, Narendra S. Yadav
  • 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
  • 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
  • AUXIN TRANSPORT PROTEINS
    Publication number: 20090049574
    Abstract: This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding an auxin transport protein. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a substantial portion of the auxin transport protein, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the auxin transport protein in a transformed host cell. The present invention also relates to methods using the auxin transport protein in modulating root development, and in discovering compounds with potential herbicidal activity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2008
    Publication date: February 19, 2009
    Inventors: Emil M. Orozco, Jr., Zude Weng, Wesley B. Bruce, Rebecca E. Cahoon, Yong Tao
  • Polynucleotides encoding proteins involved in plant metabolism
    Patent number: 7468472
    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: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2008
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Edgar B. Cahoon, Rebecca E Cahoon
  • PLANT RNA TRANSPORT AND RNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE PROTEINS
    Publication number: 20080301842
    Abstract: This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a RNA-directed RNA polymerase. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a substantial portion of the RNA-directed RNA polymerase, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of the RNA-directed RNA polymerase in a transformed host cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2008
    Publication date: December 4, 2008
    Inventors: Joan T. Odell, Karlene H. Butler, Rebecca E. Cahoon, Emil M. Orozco, JR., Hajime Sakai, Jimei Wang, Zude Weng, Gan-Yuan Zhong