Riken Corporation

Misato Ohtani

Taku Demura

Tadao Asami

Hiroyuki Osada

Takeshi Nakano

Ayumi Yamagami

Keiji Numata

Takeshi Yoshizumi

Yutaka Kodama

This invention relates to an agent for inducing a callus comprising a compound represented by Formula (I) or a hydrolysis product of an amide bond thereof: wherein Arrepresents phenyl substituted with substituent or substituents selected from alkoxy and methylenedioxy; Arrepresents phenyl substituted with halogen; Rand Reach represent hydrogen, alkyl, cyano, or carboxyl; Rand Rmay together form oxo; Rto Reach represent hydrogen or methyl; and Rand R, Rand R, Rand R, and/or Rand Rmay together form oxo; a method for inducing a callus and a method for plant transformation using such agent for inducing a callus.

Agent for inducing callus and method for inducing callus

The object of the present invention is to provide a method of introducing a nucleic acid into plant cells, which is simple and widely applicable to various types of plant cells and nucleic acids. The present invention relates to a method of introducing a nucleic acid into a target plant cell, comprising a step of forming a complex by bringing a carrier peptide, wherein the carrier peptide comprises a cell-penetrating sequence and a polycationic sequence, into contact with a nucleic acid and a step of bringing the obtained complex into contact with a target plant cell.

Method of introducing nucleic acid into plant cells

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