University of California

Adeka Corporation

Masaki Furuya

Yasuhiro Tsushima

Kimiyoshi Namiwa

Wilhelm Gruissem

John Jelesko

A less malodorous alkanediol composition, a process for producing the alkanediol composition efficiently, and a cosmetic containing the alkanediol composition are provided. An alkanediol composition contains 0.005 parts by mass or less of ester compound per 100 parts by mass of alkanediol compound having four or more carbon atoms. An alkanediol composition contains 0.2 parts by mass or less of dioxane compound per 100 parts by mass of alkanediol compound having four or more carbon atoms. Furthermore, an ether-containing dihydric alcohol is preferably 0.3 parts by mass or less per 100 parts by mass of alkanediol compound.

Alkanediol composition, process for producing the same, and cosmetic

The present invention provides novel methods for modifying target nucleotide sequences in a plant cell through the use of homologous recombination. The plant cell is transformed with a DNA construct comprising a polynucleotide sequence encoding a fusion polypeptide comprising a polypeptide sequence of interest linked to a reporter sequence.

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Tokyo, Japan

Masaki Furuya