University System of Maryland

Agrivida, Inc.

Nathan A Ekborg

Ronald M Weiner

Steven Hutcheson

Michael Howard

Larry Edmund Taylor

R Michael Raab

Oleg Bougri

Vlad Samoylov

Larry Edmund Taylor, Ii

Ahmed Abdel-Wahab Abdel-Hafez

Vectors for expression of proteins in plants are described. The proteins may be enzymes and the enzymes can be but are not limited to cell wall degrading enzymes. A number of plants designed to express specific cell wall degrading enzymes are provided. The plants may have industrial and/or agricultural applications. Methods and materials for making the expression vectors and for making the plants are provided. Processes for which the plants could be used in industrial and agricultural applications are also provided.

Plants expressing cell wall degrading enzymes and expression vectors

The present invention is directed to methods and systems of producing neoagarobiose, useful in whitening melanoma cells and in cosmetics, using polypeptides having neoagarobiosebiohydralase activity, including Aga86E from. The reaction can be enhanced by including other agarases, including Aga16B, also from

Enzymic production of neoagarobiose

The present invention relates to cell wall degradative systems, in particular to systems containing enzymes that bind to and/or depolymerize cellulose. These systems have a number of applications.

Plant wall degradative compounds and systems

Alginases, systems containing alginases and methods of cloning, purifying and/or utilizing alginases

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Annapolis, MD, United States of America

Nathan A Ekborg