National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences

Shimane University

Tokyo University of Science

Incorporated Administrative Agency Fertilizer and Feed Inspection Services

Koichi Kadowaki

Makoto Kawamukai

Hiroaki Shimada

Tetsuya Nomura

Toyoko Kusama

Sakiko Takahashi

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 proximal thereto of a mitochondrial genome; and detecting the amplified DNA fragment.

Oligonucleotide sequences that identify species of animal

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 is produced by transformation using an expression cassette in which a decaprenyl diphosphate synthase gene is operatively linked with a mitochondrial targeting sequence.

Method for producing ubiquinone-10 in plant

Growing community of inventors

Ibaraki, Japan

Koichi Kadowaki