Assignee: National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences

Location: Ibaraki, JP
No. of patents: 54

Number	Title	Issue Date
8173790	Insect desiccation resistance genes and uses thereof An objective of the present invention is to provide polynucleotides encoding insect desiccation resistance proteins, and uses thereof cDNA libraries were produced from Polypedilum vanderplanki larvae in a desiccated state, a P. vanderplanki EST databas...	05/08/2012
8158772	Oligonucleotide sequences that identify species of animal Methods for identifying animal species involving amplifying a DNA fragment by PCR using a DNA in a sample as a template and animal-specific DNA sequences as a primer pair, the animal-specific DNA sequences derived from a ATP synthase subunit 8 gene or a region proxi...	04/17/2012
8097138	Oxygen partial pressure control apparatuses and methods of using solid electrolytes for oxygen partial pressure control The present invention provides oxygen partial pressure control apparatuses that can control the partial pressure of oxygen in atmospheric gases in processing apparatuses or the like to within the range of 0.2 to 10−30 atm, while maintaining low material...	01/17/2012
8048989	Biodegradable biopolymers, method for their preparation and functional materials constituted by these biopolymers A biodegradable biopolymer material consists of silk fibroin from domesticated silkworm; silk fibroin from wild silkworm; a composite material comprising silk fibroin from domesticated silkworm and silk fibroin from wild silkworm; or a composite material comprising ...	11/01/2011
8008439	Biodegradable biopolymers, method for their preparation and functional materials constituted by these biopolymers A biodegradable biopolymer material consists of silk fibroin from domesticated silkworm; silk fibroin from wild silkworm; a composite material comprising silk fibroin from domesticated silkworm and silk fibroin from wild silkworm; or a composite material comprising ...	08/30/2011
7951996	Barley row type gene and use thereof The present invention provides the chromosomal location and structure of a gene involved in the determination of row type and panicle morphology of barley. The present inventors have found that the row type and panicle morphology of barley can be altered by introduc...	05/31/2011
7939647	Insect desiccation resistance genes and uses thereof An objective of the present invention is to provide polynucleotides encoding insect desiccation resistance proteins, and uses thereof. cDNA libraries were produced from Polypedilum vanderplanki larvae in a desiccated state, a P. vanderplanki EST databa...	05/10/2011
7820879	Use of zinc finger transcription factor zpt2-3 to generate plants with increased desiccation tolerance To investigate the function of ZPT2-3, petunia transformants overexpressing the ZPT2-3 gene under the control of the CamV 35S promoter were generated to investigate the presence or absence of tolerance against desiccation stress treatment. Surprisingly, petunia plan...	10/26/2010
7723569	Method for producing ubiquinone-10 in plant A plant which expresses a large amount of ubiquinone-10 and a method for producing ubiquinone-10 using the plant are provided. A dietary supplement, a food and a food additive which contains ubiquinone-10 produced by the plant or the method are provided. The plant i...	05/25/2010
7642081	Lactic acid bacteria and their cellular components inducing immunoregulatory function, and method of obtaining the same To provide a microorganism and an ingredient thereof that contribute to prevention and treatment of immune diseases including allergy, autoimmune diseases and inflammatory bowel diseases (e.g., large-intestinal ulcer), a method of effectively selecting the microorga...	01/05/2010
7622631	Methods for enhancing plant resistance to pathogens The present invention relates to methods of producing transgenic plants having resistance to blast fungus and/or leaf-blight bacteria by transforming the plants with a DNA encoding a protein that induces hypersensitive reaction-like lesion mimic, and transgenic plan...	11/24/2009
7619135	Seed-specific promoter from the rice glutelin GluB-4 gene and uses thereof An objective of the present invention is to provide promoters having seed-specific promoter activity, and methods of expressing foreign proteins in seeds. In particular, a seed specific promoter from the rice glutelin GluB-4 gene is disclosed. The present inventors ...	11/17/2009
7595384	Seed-specific gene promoter from the rice 10 KDa prolaminin gene and uses thereof An objective of the present invention is to provide a promoter from the rice 10 kDa Prolaminin gene having seed-specific promoter activity, and methods of expressing foreign proteins in seeds. The present inventors isolated the promoters of a number of genes that ar...	09/29/2009
7544858	Method of transforming monocotyledonous seed Provided is a method of transforming a monocotyledon by using agrobacterium. There is provided a method of transforming a monocotyledon by using agrobacterium containing a desired recombinant gene. This transforming method comprises the steps of sowing...	06/09/2009
7518040	Methods of identifying spike morphology and fusarium head blight resistance, and the use of these methods for improving barley and related triticeae plants Using crossbred segregating populations of two-rowed and six-rowed barley cultivars, the row type of individual plants was precisely determined. The results indicate that row type is controlled by a single gene. In addition, it was discovered that molecular markers ...	04/14/2009
7473825	Method of accumulating foreign gene product in plant seed at high level The present inventors succeeded in developing a vector that expresses high levels of a foreign gene in plant seeds by utilizing a 5′-untranslated region of a gene encoding a seed storage protein. The inventors also succeeded in accumulating high levels of a foreig...	01/06/2009
7473769	Insect desiccation resistance genes and uses thereof An objective of the present invention is to provide polynucleotides encoding insect desiccation resistance proteins, and uses thereof. cDNA libraries were produced from Polypedilum vanderplanki larvae in a desiccated state, a P. vanderplanki EST databa...	01/06/2009
7459599	Methods for producing proteins using silkworm middle silk gland-specific gene expression system Transgenic silkworms comprising GFP whose expression is regulated by the sericin gene promoter were produced. Observation of the silk glands of the last instar larvae of the silkworms showed fluorescence only in the middle silk glands. GFP was secreted from middle s...	12/02/2008
7408100	Method of controlling character of monocotyledon by modification and/or overexpression of cytochrome P450 monooxygenase gene involved in brassinosteroid biosynthesis and monocotyledon modified by the gene A method of producing a modified monocotyledonous plant having a desired character is provided. The method comprises isolating a gene containing a nucleic acid hybridizable to a nucleic acid indicated by SEQ ID NO. 1 under stringent conditions, and inhibiting expres...	08/05/2008
7374938	Process for producing non-cellulosic callose fiber by plant protoplast and callose fiber A method for producing non-cellulosic callose fiber by using plant protoplast, which imposes less burden to the environment with reduced energy consumption compared to conventional natural fibers is provided; it comprises the addition of an inorganic ion to a plant ...	05/20/2008
7368628	Methods for accumulating arbitrary peptides in plant protein bodies The present inventors presumed that rice globulins accumulating in vacuole-derived type II protein bodies comprise a vacuolar translocating signal and proceeded to identify such a signal. As a result, fusion proteins composed of a 15 amino acid residue peptide of gl...	05/06/2008
7361805	Ehd1 gene promoting plant flowering, and utilization thereof A detailed linkage analysis of the Ehd1 region was performed with a large segregating population, essential for map-based cloning. As a result, the Ehd1 gene promoting rice heading (flowering) was successfully isolated. Rice heading time was also found to be altered...	04/22/2008
7354766	Modification of plant crossing properties via gene transfer An objective of the present invention is to genetically improve plant crossing properties as to effectively prevent recombinant genes in transgenic plants from spreading into the environment. A TFIIIA-type zinc-finger transcription factor gene ZPT2-10 was introduced...	04/08/2008
7329544	Plant lesion formation suppressing gene, Sp17 and use thereof The present inventors successfully isolated a lesion formation suppressing gene (Spl7) from rice via a linkage analysis. It was revealed that introduction of this gene into plants enhances their heat stress resistance and that lesion formation can be suppressed....	02/12/2008
7282622	Flower morphology of plants by targeting mads-box gene Genomic DNA containing the promoter region of the pMADS3 gene was isolated, ligated to a reporter gene, and then introduced into petunia plants via an Agrobacterium-mediated method. Surprisingly, the resultant plants became double-flowered by conversion of st...	10/16/2007
7271314	Method for disrupting genes using tobacco retrotransposon The present invention relates to a method for disrupting a gene in a plant using a tobacco retrotransposon, comprising the steps of introducing the retrotransposon into the plant, and culturing and regenerating the plant, into which the retrotransposon is introduced...	09/18/2007
7271003	Rice-derived high expression polypeptide chain elongation factor promoter and method of using the same DNA having promoter activity for strongly expressing an exogenous gene specifically in plant tissue (particularly, tissue having active cell prolifaration) is provided. The DNA is a rice OsEF1β1 gene promoter which has a sequence indicated by SEQ ID NO. 1, or a por...	09/18/2007
7255990	Method for screening genes expressing at desired sites The present invention relates to a method for inferring a plant organ, in which a certain gene is to be expressed, using a part of a base sequence, a method for searching for a gene which is to be expressed at a desired site, and a composition, kit, system and progr...	08/14/2007
7253339	Plant photoperiod sensitivity gene and use of the same A rice photosensitivity gene Hd1 is successfully isolated by linkage analysis. It is found out that the photosensitivity of a plant can be modified by transferring this gene or controlling the expression thereof. It is further found out that the photosensitivity of ...	08/07/2007
7214851	Bzip type transcription factors regulating the expression of rice storage protein cDNAs (RISBZ1, RISBZ4, and RISBZ5) encoding bZIP transcription factors were isolated from a cDNA library originating in rice plant seed. The cDNAs encode novel proteins and have binding activity to the GCN4 motif. Among them, RISBZ1 activated transcription mediated ...	05/08/2007
7196246	Gene inducing flowering of plant and utilization thereof By linkage analysis, the Hd3a gene was successfully isolated. It was discovered that the flowering time of plant could be modified either by introducing the Hd3a gene or by controlling its expression. ...	03/27/2007
7192754	-origin ecdysteroid 22-oxidase and molt hormone inactivation system with the use of the same A material and a system are provided that efficiently inactivate a molting hormone by means of a protein having ecdysteroid 22-oxidase activity. ...	03/20/2007
7192774	Seed-specific promoter from the rice glutelin GluB-1 gene and uses thereof An objective of the present invention is to provide promoters having seed-specific promoter activity, and methods of expressing foreign proteins in seeds. The present inventors isolated the promoters of a number of genes that are expressed in rice seeds, constructed...	03/20/2007
7189890	Gene related to regeneration ability of plants and uses thereof The objective is to isolate and identify a gene relating to the regeneration ability of a plant, and to provide the gene and methods of use thereof. Isogenic lines to which culture characteristics of Konansou was introduced were produced by backcrossing. Culture cel...	03/13/2007
7186888	Cold stress-responsive CRTintP gene and use thereof The invention relates to isolated genes encoding polypeptides that interact with calreticulin (CRT), plants and plant cells transformed with the CRT genes for resistance against cold stress, and methods of producing the transformed plants and cells. ...	03/06/2007
7176347	Vegetative growth specific promoter and transgenic plant obtained with the same DNA having promoter activity for expressing an exogenous gene specifically in vegetative growth tissue (particularly, stems and/or leaves) is provided. The DNA is a rice OsGA3ox2 gene promoter which has a sequence indicated by SEQ ID NO. 1, or a portion of said sequ...	02/13/2007
7138515	Translational activity-promoting higher-order structure The present invention was conceived from the findings; that a specific higher-order structure can be formed in CrP-like viruses; that linkage of a gene reading frame downstream in the higher-order structure permits initiating the translation of a protein from variou...	11/21/2006
7132524	Plant brassinolide responsive genes and use thereof The objective of the present invention is to isolate and identify genes responsive to plant hormones, such as, brassinolide, and to provide these genes and their use. The present inventors found two novel genes (referred to as OsBLE1 gene and OsBLE2 gene) whose expr...	11/07/2006
7132292	Anther-specific promoter from the rice TUB8 gene and uses thereof The present invention provides novel anther-specific genes, their promoters, and uses of the same. Rice seedlings were treated with gibberellin, and then genes and proteins with up-regulated expression were screened using DNA microarray analysis and proteome analysi...	11/07/2006
7067717	Isolated gene controlling disease resistance activity in plants and use thereof A polynucleotide encoding a plant gene capable of controlling disease resistance reactions in plants is provided which includes a polynucleotide having a nucleotide sequence encoding amino acid sequence from methionine at position 1 to Serine at position 361 of SEQ ...	06/27/2006

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Assignee: National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences