Patents by Inventor Rongchen Wang

Rongchen Wang 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).

  • Nitrate-responsive promoter
    Patent number: 8927807
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for screening for nitrate-regulated promoter and enhancer elements in plant cells. The present invention also provides expression cassettes that contain nitrate-regulated promoters operably linked to heterologous polynucleotide sequences. The expression cassettes of the present invention are useful for expressing polypeptides, proteins and nucleic acid molecules in plant cells treated with nitrates and nitrites.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2015
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Nigel Crawford, Rongchen Wang, Peizhu Guan, Mingsheng Chen
  • NITRATE-RESPONSIVE PROMOTER
    Publication number: 20120210460
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for screening for nitrate-regulated promoter and enhancer elements in plant cells. The present invention also provides expression cassettes that contain nitrate-regulated promoters operably linked to heterologous polynucleotide sequences. The expression cassettes of the present invention are useful for expressing polypeptides, proteins and nucleic acid molecules in plant cells treated with nitrates and nitrites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Nigel Crawford, Rongchen Wang, Peizhu Guan, Mingsheng Chen