Patents by Inventor Tesfaye Mengiste

Tesfaye Mengiste 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).

  • Isolated BOS1 gene promoters from and uses thereof
    Patent number: 7230159
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to an isolated promoter sequence from Arabidopisis thaliana BOSI gene encoding a protein for biotic and abiotic stress tolerance. Also, the invention relates to recombinant vectors, expression cassettes, host cells, plants or progeny thereof comprising nucleic acid molecules operably linked to said promoter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2007
    Assignee: Syngenta Participations AG
    Inventors: Tesfaye Mengiste, Xi Chen, John Salmeron, Robert Dietrich
  • Nucleic acid sequences encoding the bos1 gene and promoter from arabidopisis thaliana and uses thereof
    Publication number: 20050120410
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to nucleic acid molecules isolated from Arabidopisis thaliana comprising nucleotide sequences that encode proteins for biotic and abiotic stress tolerance. The invention particularly relates to methods of using nucleic acid molecules and/or proteins from Arabidopisis in transgenic plants to confer enhanced biotic and/or abiotic stress tolerance, and to use such nucleic acids to assist germplasm enhancement by breeding. In particular, the invention pertains to nucleic acid molecules isolated from Arabidopisis thaliana of the BOS1 cDNA and genomic gene and encoding the BOS1 polypeptide. The present invention also pertains to nucleic acid molecules isolated from Arabidopisis thaliana that encode a promoter from the BOS1 gene, and methods of using the promoter. Also, the invention relates to host cells, plants or progeny thereof comprising the nucleic acid molecules or recombinant molecules described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2003
    Publication date: June 2, 2005
    Inventors: Tesfaye Mengiste, Xi Chen, John Salmeron, Robert Dietrich
  • Recombination repair gene, MIM, from arabidopsis thaliana
    Publication number: 20020064777
    Abstract: The present invention relates to DNA encoding proteins contributing to recombination repair of DNA damage in plant cells. The DNA sequence comprises an open reading frame encoding a protein characterized by an amino acid sequence having a 30% or more overall identity with SEQ ID NO: 3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2001
    Publication date: May 30, 2002
    Inventors: Tesfaye Mengiste, Jerzy Paszkowski