Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Kyushu University

Akari Nakasone

Satoshi Kondo

Madoka Abe

Yasuyo Shimamoto

Nobutaka Mitsuda

Sumire Fujiwara

Yoshimi Nakano

Tomoko Niki

Kaoru Suzuki

Hirofumi Tachibana

A DPP-IV inhibitor and a food with functional claims, which comprises methylated catechin as a novel active ingredient, are provided.

Dipeptidyl peptidase-IV inhibitor and food with function claims

Novel sugarcane-derived flowering-inducing genes each encoding a protein comprising the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 or 4 (the ScFT6 gene and the ScZCN16 gene), by which the flowering time is accelerated more slowly than conventionally known flowering-inducing genes, are provided.

Transformed plant and flowering regulation method using flowering-inducing gene

A mutant-type flowering-inducing gene encoding a protein comprising an amino acid sequence in which tyrosine corresponding to the tyrosine at position 85 in the amino acid sequence of SEQ ID NO: 2 is substituted by a different amino acid, whereby flowering time is accelerated more slowly than conventionally known flowering-inducing genes, is provided.

Mutant-type flowering-inducing gene, transformed plant having the mutant-type flowering-inducing gene, and flowering regulation method using the mutant-type flowering-inducing gene

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Miyoshi, Japan

Akari Nakasone