Abstract: One exemplary embodiment can be a process for isomerizing a feed stream including one or more C4-C6 hydrocarbons. The process may include contacting the feed stream in an isomerization reaction zone with an isomerization catalyst at isomerization conditions to produce an isomerization zone effluent; passing at least a portion of the isomerization zone effluent to a stabilizer zone and recovering a stabilizer overhead stream, a bottom stream, and a stripper feed stream; passing the stripper feed stream to a stripping zone and separating the stripper feed stream into a stripper overhead stream and a stripper bottom stream; and recycling at least a portion of the stripper bottom stream to a deisopentanizer zone and passing a stream from the deisopentanizer zone to the isomerization reaction zone.

Abstract: A method of purifying 8-isoprostane is provided that includes a step of contacting a liquid sample containing 8-isoprostane with an ion exchange support having a quaternary ammonium salt immobilized thereon such that 8-isoprostane in the liquid sample is retained on the ion exchange support and a step of eluting 8-isoprostane from the ion exchange support using a first eluent containing a water-soluble organic solvent and water as main components.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for revamping an HF or sulphuric acid alkylation unit to an ionic liquid alkylation unit, wherein the HF or sulphuric acid alkylation unit comprise at least: —a reactor unit for contacting catalyst and hydrocarbon reactants; —a separator unit for separating a reactor effluent into a catalyst phase and an alkylate-comprising hydrocarbon phase; —a fractionator unit for fractionating the alkylate-comprising hydrocarbon phase into at least one stream comprising alkylate; and which method includes: —providing a second separator unit suitable for the separation of solids from liquids downstream of the reactor unit suitable to reduce the solids content in at least part of the reactor effluent.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process consists of the hydrolytic decomposition of the polychlorinated hydrocarbons: of polychlorinated aliphatics and especially of polychlorinated aromatics and oxidizing the chlorine-free product at elevated temperature in the presence of a carrier gas in one unit characterized by a hot and a transitional temperature zone, whereby the calcium chloride and the exiting gas mixture are removed continuously and the excess heat of the highly exothermic process is utilized. The present invention also relates to an apparatus for the process which is carried out in an Apparatus of FIG. 1.

Abstract: A medicated patch is provided which is covered with a liner that enables one to remove the liner unconsciously and readily without losing the initial stickiness of the medicated patch. The external medicated patch includes a backing, an aqueous adhesive drug-containing matrix that is spread substantially entirely over one surface of the backing, and a liner that is larger in size than the surface of the drug-containing matrix to which the liner is attached. The liner larger in size than the surface of the drug-containing matrix to which the liner is attached includes an unattached area that extends from the surface of the drug-containing matrix, or an unattached slack portion that projects upward from the surface of the drug-containing matrix at a position on the surface of the drug-containing matrix.

Abstract: Methods for treating neurological diseases and for testing Caloric Restriction (CR) mimetics or CR mimetic candidates. In one exemplary method, a CR mimetic candidate is administered to a transgenic animal and the effects of the administering are determined; the transgenic animal includes an added gene from another type of animal or a modified gene which is designed to produce a disease or ailment of another type of animal, and the method seeks to determine whether the CR mimetic candidate improves the disease or ailment. Methods relating to neurological disease and other methods relating to CR mimetic testing are also described.

Abstract: A mouse with a humanization of the mIL-3 gene and the mGM-CSF gene, a knockout of a mRAG gene, and a knockout of a mII2rg subunit gene; and optionally a humanization of the TPO gene is described. A RAG/II2rg KO/hTPO knock-in mouse is described. A mouse engrafted with human hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) that maintains a human immune cell (HIC) population derived from the HSCs and that is infectable by a human pathogen, e.g., S. typhi or M. tuberculosis is described. A mouse that models a human pathogen infection that is poorly modeled in mice is described, e.g., a mouse that models a human mycobacterial infection, wherein the mouse develops one or more granulomas comprising human immune cells. A mouse that comprises a human hematopoietic malignancy that originates from an early human hematopoietic cells is described, e.g., a myeloid leukemia or a myeloproliferative neoplasia.

Abstract: An Aphis glycines resistance Rag2 gene is provided herein, along with methods for identifying its presence using marker-assisted selection. A cultivar of G. max having resistance to Aphis glycines conferred by the Rag2 gene has been identified. The Rag2 gene, as well as the methods, aphid-resistant varieties, and markers disclosed herein may be used to breed new elite lines expressing soybean aphid resistance.

Abstract: The present invention is in the field of plant breeding and genetics, particularly as it pertains to the genus, Glycine. More specifically, the invention relates to a method for screening soybean plants containing one or more quantitative trait loci for disease resistance, species of Glycine having such loci and methods for breeding for and screening of Glycine with such loci. The invention further relates to the use of exotic germplasm in a breeding program.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH218560. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH218560, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH218560 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH218560.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH199546. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH199546 , and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH199546 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH199546.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH244692. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH244692, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH244692 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH244692.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH900774. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH900774, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH900774 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH900774.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH409624. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH409624, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH409624 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH409624.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH663663. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH663663, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH663663 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH663663.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH548933. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH548933, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH548933 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH548933.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH318441. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH318441, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH318441 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH318441.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH009841. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH009841, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH009841 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH009841.

Abstract: Several QTLs that are genetically linked to resistance to soybean cyst nematode (SCN) are disclosed. These QTLs have been mapped to genomic regions on Chrs. 4, 8, 10, 11, 18, and 20 of soybean, G. max. Candidate genes underlying these QTLs as defined by the flanking markers, as well as genetic markers associated with these QTLs are also disclosed. These markers can be utilized for introgressing SCN resistance into non-resistant soybean germplasm. The unique resistance genes can be introduced into a non-resistant plant by marker-assisted selection (MAS) or by transgenic methods.

Abstract: The invention provides nucleic acids, and variants and fragments thereof, obtained from strains of Bacillus thuringiensis encoding polypeptides having pesticidal activity against insect pests, including Lepidoptera. Particular embodiments of the invention provide isolated nucleic acids encoding pesticidal proteins, pesticidal compositions, DNA constructs, and transformed microorganisms and plants comprising a nucleic acid of the embodiments. These compositions find use in methods for controlling pests, especially plant pests.

Abstract: The invention provides nucleic acids, and variants and fragments thereof, obtained from strains of Bacillus thuringiensis encoding polypeptides having pesticidal activity against insect pests, including Coleoptera. Particular embodiments of the invention provide isolated nucleic acids encoding pesticidal proteins, pesticidal compositions, DNA constructs, and transformed microorganisms and plants comprising a nucleic acid of the embodiments. These compositions find use in methods for controlling pests, especially plant pests.

Abstract: A method for efficiently producing homozygous organisms from a heterozygous non-human starting organism, comprising providing of a heterozygous starting organism; allowing the starting organism to produce haploid cells; creating homozygous organisms from the haploid cells thus obtained; and selecting the organisms having the desired set of chromosomes, wherein during production of the haploid cells no recombination occurs in order to obtain a limited number of genetically different haploid cells. Recombination can also be prevented or suppressed.

Abstract: The present invention relates to polynucleotide molecules for regulating gene expression in plants. In particular, the present invention relates to promoters isolated from Brassica napus that are useful for regulating gene expression of heterologous polynucleotide molecules in plants. The present invention also relates to expression constructs and transgenic plants containing the heterologous polynucleotide molecules.

Abstract: The present invention relates to environmental stress-inducible 557 promoter isolated from rice, a recombinant plant expression vector comprising the promoter, a method of producing a target protein by using the recombinant plant expression vector, a method of producing a transgenic plant using the recombinant plant expression vector, a transgenic plant produced by the method, a method of improving resistance of a plant to environmental stress by using the promoter, and a primer set for amplification of the promoter.

Abstract: The present invention relates to transgenic plants that have increased nitrogen use efficiency, stress tolerance, and/or alleviating a limitation such that yield is increased, or a combination of these and that have been transformed using a novel vector construct including a synthetic N-acetyl glutamate kinase (NAGK) gene that modulates nitrogen use in plants. The invention also includes the overexpression and enzymatic characterization of an arginine-insensitive NAGK isolated from a bacterial strain that improves stress tolerance and nitrogen uptake, metabolism or both. In various embodiments, the vector construct includes one or more nucleic acid sequences including SEQ ID NO: 1. The invention also relates to isolated vectors for transforming plants and to antibodies used for detecting transformed plants.

Abstract: The present invention provides non-coding regulatory element polynucleotide molecules isolated from the At.PLD? gene or the At.HVA22e gene of Arabidopsis thaliana and useful for expressing transgenes in plants. The invention further discloses compositions, polynucleotide constructs, transformed host cells, transgenic plants and seeds containing the Arabidopsis thaliana regulatory polynucleotide sequences, and methods for preparing and using the same.

Abstract: This invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid fragment encoding a transcription factor. The invention also relates to the construction of a chimeric gene encoding all or a portion of the transcription factor, in sense or antisense orientation, wherein expression of the chimeric gene results in production of altered levels of accumulated oil in a transformed host cell.

Abstract: A new and distinct lettuce variety designated ‘Crispers’, characterized by having a distinct thick leaf texture, symmetrical and compact leaf, lack of an obvious mid-rib, a short open growth habit, and undulating leaf margins shape, and improved shelf life in a non-heading variety.

Abstract: A lettuce cultivar designated Denali is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of lettuce cultivar Denali, to the plants of lettuce cultivar Denali and to methods for producing a lettuce plant by crossing the cultivar Denali with itself or another lettuce cultivar. The invention further relates to methods for producing a lettuce plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic lettuce plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to lettuce cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from lettuce cultivar Denali, to methods for producing other lettuce cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from lettuce cultivar Denali and to the lettuce plants, varieties, and their parts derived from the use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid lettuce seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar Denali with another lettuce cultivar.

Abstract: A lettuce cultivar, designated Borromini, is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of lettuce cultivar Borromini, to the plants of lettuce cultivar Borromini and to methods for producing a lettuce plant by crossing the cultivar Borromini with itself or another lettuce cultivar. The invention further relates to methods for producing a lettuce plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic lettuce plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to lettuce cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from lettuce cultivar Borromini, to methods for producing other lettuce cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from lettuce cultivar Borromini and to the lettuce plants, varieties, and their parts derived from the use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid lettuce seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar Borromini with another lettuce cultivar.

Abstract: The present invention provides transgenic soybean event MON87769, and cells, seeds, and plants comprising DNA diagnostic for the soybean event. The invention also provides compositions comprising nucleotide sequences that are diagnostic for said soybean event in a sample, methods for detecting the presence of said soybean event nucleotide sequences in a sample, probes and primers for use in detecting nucleotide sequences that are diagnostic for the presence of said soybean event in a sample, growing the seeds of such soybean event into soybean plants, and breeding to produce soybean plants comprising DNA diagnostic for the soybean event.

Abstract: A novel soybean variety, designated XB44E12 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XB44E12, cells from soybean variety XB44E12, plants of soybean XB44E12, and plant parts of soybean variety XB44E12. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XB44E12 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety XB44E12, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XB44E12, and methods of characterizing soybean variety XB44E12. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XB44E12 are further provided.

Abstract: A novel soybean variety, designated XB43J12 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XB43J12, cells from soybean variety XB43J12, plants of soybean XB43J12, and plant parts of soybean variety XB43J12. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XB43J12 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety XB43J12, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XB43J12, and methods of characterizing soybean variety XB43J12. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XB43J12 are further provided.

Abstract: A novel soybean variety, designated XBP34007 is provided. Also provided are the seeds of soybean variety XBP34007, cells from soybean variety XBP34007, plants of soybean XBP34007, and plant parts of soybean variety XBP34007. Methods provided include producing a soybean plant by crossing soybean variety XBP34007 with another soybean plant, methods for introgressing a transgenic trait, a mutant trait, and/or a native trait into soybean variety XBP34007, methods for producing other soybean varieties or plant parts derived from soybean variety XBP34007, and methods of characterizing soybean variety XBP34007. Soybean seed, cells, plants, germplasm, breeding lines, varieties, and plant parts produced by these methods and/or derived from soybean variety XBP34007 are further provided.

Abstract: The present invention provides a transgenic soybean event MON87705, and cells, seeds, and plants comprising DNA diagnostic for the soybean event. The invention also provides compositions comprising nucleotide sequences that are diagnostic for said soybean event in a sample, methods for detecting the presence of said soybean event nucleotide sequences in a sample, probes and primers for use in detecting nucleotide sequences that are diagnostic for the presence of said soybean event in a sample, growing the seeds of such soybean event into soybean plants, and breeding to produce soybean plants comprising DNA diagnostic for the soybean event.

Abstract: The cotton variety FM 9101GT is disclosed. The invention relates to seeds, plants, plant cells, plant tissue, harvested products and cotton lint as well as to hybrid cotton plants and seeds obtained by repeatedly crossing plants of variety FM 9101GT with other plants. The invention also relates to plants and varieties produced by the method of essential derivation from plants of FM 9101GT and to plants of FM 9101GT reproduced by vegetative methods, including but not limited to tissue culture of regenerable cells or tissue from FM 9101GT.

Abstract: The invention provides seed and plants of tomato line CHI 15-2113, tomato line CHD 15-2114 and hybrid tomato variety BX 0154 3756. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of tomato line CHI 15-2113, tomato line CHD 15-2114 and hybrid tomato variety BX 0154 3756, and to methods for producing a tomato plant produced by crossing a plant of tomato line CHI 15-2113, tomato line CHD 15-2114 or hybrid tomato variety BX 0154 3756 with itself or with another tomato plant, such as a plant of another line or variety. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of a plant of tomato line CHI 15-2113, tomato line CHD 15-2114 or hybrid tomato variety BX 0154 3756, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.

Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X18B731 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X18B731 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X18B731 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X18B731, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X18B731. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X18B731.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH306373. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH306373, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH306373 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH306373.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH871604. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH871604, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH871604 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH871604.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH165218. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH165218, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH165218 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH165218.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH034531. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH034531, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH034531 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH034531.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH747326. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH747326, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH747326 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH747326.

Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X03C220 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X03C220 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X03C220 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X03C220, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X03C220. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X03C220.

Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X08C970 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X08C970 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X08C970 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X08C970, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X08C970. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X08C970.

Abstract: A novel maize variety designated X13B580 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred maize varieties. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprises crossing hybrid maize variety X13B580 with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into X13B580 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the maize variety X13B580, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of maize variety X13B580. This invention further relates to methods for producing maize varieties derived from maize variety X13B580.

Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PH1JYB and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH1JYB with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH1JYB through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PH1JYB or a locus conversion of PH1JYB with another maize variety.

Abstract: A novel maize variety designated PH1KYM and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH1KYM with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH1KYM through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PH1KYM or a locus conversion of PH1KYM with another maize variety.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH162086. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH162086, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH162086 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH162086.

Abstract: According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV511542. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV511542, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV511542 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV511542 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV511542.