Toray Industries, Inc.

Masateru Ito

Katsushige Yamada

Kenji Kawamura

Hideki Sawai

Kyohei Isobe

Shin-ichi Minegishi

Izumi Morita

Kenji Sawai

Shota Sekiguchi

Hiroyuki Kurihara

Koji Yamauchi

Satoshi Sakami

Daijiro Tsukamoto

Masato Akahira

Takahiro Motoshiromizu

Atsushi Minamino

Masayuki Hanakawa

Takashi Mimitsuka

Kohei Yamashita

Yohito Ito

Shinichi Minegishi

Yoji Ueda

Yuki Takii

Izumi Nakagawa

Shinichi Yamane

Eri Shimizu

Mai Yagi

Mark Joseph Burk

Tetsuya Yamada

Sadanori Kumazawa

Michael Japs

Takahiro Arai

Daisuke Yamamoto

Warren Clark

Koya Kato

Tatsuya Nagano

Shinjiro Sawada

Mai Nakagawa

Kazuhiro Matsuda

Masataka Makino

Shin-Ichi Minegishi

A cerium oxide nanoparticle is produced by mixing a solution of an aromatic heterocyclic compound having no substituent or at least one substituent selected from the group consisting of a methyl group, an ethyl group, an amino group, an aminomethyl group, a monomethylamino group, a dimethylamino group, and a cyano group and containing 2 to 8 carbon atoms and 1 to 4 nitrogen atoms in a ring structure of the aromatic heterocyclic compound, with a solution containing a cerium (III) ion or with a cerium (III) salt, followed by addition of an oxidant.

Cerium oxide nanoparticle, dispersion body, oxidant, antioxidant, and method of producing cerium oxide nanoparticle

A method evaluates a quality of a dephosphorylation reagent, the method including the steps of: providing a dephosphorylation reagent containing an alkaline phosphatase and a peptide fragment derived from the alkaline phosphatase; and evaluating the dephosphorylation reagent as having a high quality if a content ratio of the peptide fragment to the alkaline phosphatase is a predetermined reference value or less.

Method of evaluating quality of dephosphorylation reagent and method of detecting target nucleic acid

A composition contains an alkaline phosphatase and first to sixth peptide fragments, wherein content ratios of the first to sixth peptide fragments to the alkaline phosphatase satisfy formulas (1) to (6), respectively: (X/Y)×100≤0.6000 (1); (X/Y)×100≤0.1800 (2); (X/Y)×100≤0.2000 (3); (X/Y)×100≤0.8000 (4); (X/Y)×100≤1.6000 (5); and (X/Y)×100≤0.3500 (6), wherein Xto Xrepresent peak area values of the first to sixth peptide fragments calculated by an automatic integration method from an extracted ion chromatogram obtained by an LC-MS/MS analysis of the composition, respectively, and Y represents a peak area value of the alkaline phosphatase calculated by an automatic integration method from a chromatogram obtained by an LC-UV analysis of the composition.

Alkaline phosphatase composition, method of producing dephosphorylated nucleic acid and method of producing labeled nucleic acid

A cerium oxide nanoparticle whose surface is covered with a vinyl polymer has a heterocyclic amine skeleton such as piperazine, pyridine, imidazole, or carbazole or with a polyamide having a heterocyclic amine skeleton such as piperazine, pyridine, imidazole, or carbazole; and a decomposition method of a nucleic acid or a polypeptide by using the cerium oxide nanoparticle.

Cerium oxide nanoparticle, decomposition method of nucleic acid, decomposition method of polypeptide, method of producing cerium oxide nanoparticle, oxidizing agent, antioxidant, antifungal agent, and anti-virus agent

This disclosure relates to a nucleic acid collection column that collects a nucleic acid from a liquid sample containing the nucleic acid. The nucleic acid collection column includes a sample injection portion having an opening into which the liquid sample containing the nucleic acid is injected, a support adsorption portion that houses a support for adsorbing the nucleic acid and in which the nucleic acid is adsorbed on the support, and a discharge portion that discharges a liquid passed through the support adsorption portion. The support includes aluminum oxide having a surface where a water-soluble neutral polymer is adsorbed. A space that houses the support in the support adsorption portion has a cylindrical shape, and has a volume of 0.13 &#x3bc;L or more and 13.5 &#x3bc;L or less. An aspect ratio (d/d) of the space satisfies 1.0&#x2264;d/d&#x3c;15.0.

Nucleic acid collection column

A method of producing 3-oxoadipic acid from an aliphatic compound easily utilizable by a microorganism, such as a saccharide, by utilization of a metabolic pathway of the microorganism is disclosed. The method of producing 3-oxoadipic acid includes the step of culturing at least one type of microorganism having a capacity to produce 3-oxoadipic acid, selected from the group consisting of, for example, microorganisms belonging to the genus, microorganisms belonging to the genus, microorganisms belonging to the genus, microorganisms belonging to the genus, microorganisms belonging to the genus, microorganisms belonging to the genus, microorganisms belonging to the genus, microorganisms belonging to the genus, microorganisms belonging to the genus, microorganisms belonging to the genus, microorganisms belonging to the genus, microorganisms belonging to the genus, microorganisms belonging to the genus, microorganisms belonging to the genus, microorganisms belonging to the genus, and microorganisms belonging to the genus

Method for producing 3-Oxoadipic acid

Lactic acid is obtained by a method including (A) a step of continuous fermentation wherein a fermentation culture medium of a microorganism having an ability of lactic acid fermentation is filtered through a porous membrane having an average pore size of not less than 0.01 &#x3bc;m and less than 1 &#x3bc;m with a transmembrane pressure difference within the range of 0.1 to 20 kPa, and the permeate is collected, while retaining the non-permeated liquid in or returning the non-permeated liquid to the culture, and adding a fermentation feedstock to the culture; (B) a step of filtering the permeate obtained in Step (A) through a nanofiltration membrane; and (C) a step of distilling the permeate obtained in Step (B) under a pressure of not less than 1 Pa and not more than atmospheric pressure, at 25&#xb0; C. to 200&#xb0; C. to recover lactic acid.

Method for producing lactic acid and method for producing polylactic acid

A method of detecting a nucleic acid including a) mixing a solution containing a carboxylic acid and/or a salt thereof, a cerium oxide support and a sample containing a nucleic acid to adsorb said nucleic acid to said cerium oxide support, b) separating said cerium oxide support on which said nucleic acid was adsorbed from the mixture obtained in a), c) collecting said nucleic acid by adding an eluent to said cerium oxide support on which said nucleic acid was adsorbed and separated in b), and d) detecting said nucleic acid collected in c) by a hybridization reaction or a nucleic acid amplification reaction.

Method of detecting a nucleic acid

Provided is a method of producing &#x3b1;-hydromuconic acid, the method including the step of culturing a microorganism belonging to the genuscapable of producing &#x3b1;-hydromuconic acid.

Method for producing alpha-hydromuconic acid

A method produces &#x3b5;-caprolactam through adipamide as an intermediate, and characteristically includes a lactamization step of reacting adipamide, formed from a material compound, with hydrogen and ammonia in the presence of a catalyst containing: a metal oxide mainly containing an oxide(s) of one or more metallic elements selected from the group consisting of metallic elements of group 5 and groups 7 to 14 in the 4th to 6th periods of the periodic table; and a metal and/or a metal compound having a hydrogenation ability.

Method for producing &#x3f5;-caprolactam

A method of producing &#x3b1;-hydromuconic acid using a metabolic pathway of a microorganism is disclosed. The method of producing &#x3b1;-hydromuconic acid includes the step of culturing at least one type of microorganism having a capacity to produce &#x3b1;-hydromuconic acid, selected from the group consisting of microorganisms belonging to the genus, microorganisms belonging to the genus, microorganisms belonging to the genus, microorganisms belonging to the genus, microorganisms belonging to the genus, microorganisms belonging to the genus, microorganisms belonging to the genus, microorganisms belonging to the genus, and microorganisms belonging to the genus

Method for producing &#x3b1;-hydromuconic acid

Provided is a method of producing 3-hydroxyadipic acid, the method including the step of culturing a microorganism belonging to the genuscapable of producing 3-hydroxyadipic acid.

Method for producing 3-hydroxyadipic acid

A novel method of producing 3-hydroxyadipic acid using a metabolic pathway of a microorganism is disclosed. The method of producing 3-hydroxyadipic acid includes the step of culturing at least one type of microorganism having a capacity to produce 3-hydroxyadipic acid, selected from the group consisting of microorganisms belonging to the genusmicroorganisms belonging to the genusmicroorganisms belonging to the genusmicroorganisms belonging to the genusmicroorganisms belonging to the genusmicroorganisms belonging to the genusmicroorganisms belonging to the genusmicroorganisms belonging to the genusmicroorganisms belonging to the genusmicroorganisms belonging to the genusmicroorganisms belonging to the genusmicroorganisms belonging to the genusmicroorganisms belonging to the genusmicroorganisms belonging to the genusand microorganisms belonging to the genus

Method for producing 3-oxoadipic acid

A diol composition includes a diol as a major component and has an electrical conductivity of 0.6 to 30 mS/m.

Diol composition and polyester

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Kamakura, Japan

Masateru Ito