University of California

Seminis Vegetable Seeds, Inc.

Bryce William Falk

Karen A McDonald

Abhaya M Dandekar

Paul A Feldstein

Joshua Hihath

Andre Knoesen

Maria Louise Marco

Erkin Seker

Ting-Kuo Huang

Mysore R Sudarshana

Benjamin E Lindenmuth

Sandra L Uratsu

Michael A Plesha

Kim J Carney

Maury L Boeshore

Nathaniel J Kingsbury

Vicki Klaassen

Minsook Hwang

Sang-Kyu Jung

The invention relates to a novel chemically inducible plant viral amplicon (CMViva) expression system that permits controllable, high level expression of foreign genes in plant hosts. This system employs agro-infiltration of plants to provide a transient production of a protein of interest, such as a human blood protein. This system provides a major advantage over existing plant expression systems because it allows for consistent expression of foreign or heterologous proteins in plant hosts.

Chemically inducible cucumber mosaic virus protein expression system

A technique that uses nanotechnology to electrically detect and identify RNA sequences without the need for using enzymatic amplification methods or fluorescent labels. The technique may be scaled into large multiplexed arrays for high-throughput and rapid screening. The technique is further able to differentiate closely related variants of a given bacterial or viral species or strain. This technique addresses the need for a quick, efficient, and inexpensive bacterial and viral detection and identification system.

RNA-based, amplification-free, organism identification using nano-enabled electronic detection

Described herein are viral amplicon-based protein expression systems and methods useful for producing heterologous proteins, such as enzymes, by agroinfiltration. The methods involve producing anwith a Ti plasmid encoding a heterologous protein, infecting plant cells with the, allowing expression of the heterologous protein, and recovering the heterologous protein from the plant cells. In one embodiment, the protein produced is an endoglucanase.

Plant-based production of heterologous proteins

Described herein are methods useful for producing proteins, such as enzymes, by agrofiltration. The methods involve producing anwith a Ti plasmid encoding a cellulase, infecting plant cells with the, allowing expression of the cellulase, and recovering the cellulase from the plant cells. In one embodiment, the protein produced is an endoglucanase.

Production of cellulase enzymes in plant hosts using transient agroinfiltration

Lettuce infectious yellows virus genes

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Davis, CA, United States of America

Bryce William Falk