Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology

Japan Science and Technology Agency

National Cheng-Kung University

Hokko Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.

Nobutaka Mitsuda

Masaru Takagi

Chikara Ohto

Nobuhiko Muramoto

Norihiro Mitsukawa

Kyoko Matsui

Tomotsugu Koyama

Satoshi Kondo

Yukio Okamura

Hiroshi Chatani

Tomoko Tanaka

Madoka Abe

Yasuyo Shimamoto

Akari Nakasone

Sumire Fujiwara

Yoshimi Nakano

Kaoru Suzuki

Tomoko Niki

Teruhiko Terakawa

Wen-Huei Chen

Wen-Chieh Tsai

Hong-Hwa Chen

Miho Ikeda

Chi-Yu Hsu

Keiichiro Hiratsu

Akira Iwase

Masao Sugiyama

Tomomichi Yamamura

Yoshimi Oshima

Yu-Chen Chuang

Masaru Ohme-Takagi

Chuan-Ming Yeh

Yi-Chu Hung

Masaru Tagaki

Keiichiro c/o Department Of Applied Chemistry Hiratsu

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

As a means for artificially inducing functional endosperm in a seed plant without fertilization, provided is a nucleic acid molecule that contains a base sequence encoding a polypeptide capable of inducing endosperm development, said nucleic acid molecule being to be transferred into the genome of the seed plant and expressed therein so as to induce endosperm development in the seed plant without fertilization.

Nucleic acid molecule and vector inducing endosperm development in seed plant without fertilization, transgenic seed plant capable of developing endosperm without fertilization and method for constructing same

The invention relates to a detective molecule, and more particularly to a detective molecule and a kit for detecting a target molecule, a method for predicting fragrance production in an orchid, and a method for breeding a scented orchid.

Detective molecule, kit and method for predicting fragrance production in an orchid

A gene having novel functions is searched for, by which plant weight (that is, biomass level) can be increased and by which substance productivity can be increased or decreased. A chimeric protein is expressed in which a transcriptional factor comprising the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 2, 4, or 6 is fused to a functional peptide that converts an arbitrary transcriptional factor into a transcriptional repression factor.

Gene for increasing plant weight and method for using the same

A method of producing a multi-petaledplant having an increased number of petals, including at least inhibiting the function of a transcription factor involved in morphogenesis of a floral organ of

Method of producing cyclamen with multi-petaled flowers

This invention is intended to be used to search for a transcription factor having novel functions of increasing the weight of an individual plant, increasing the weight of a given tissue per individual plant, or improving the productivity of a given substance per individual plant and to improve such properties in the plant. The weight of an individual plant is increased, the weight of a given tissue per individual plant is increased, the productivity of a given substance per individual plant is improved, or the content of a given substance per given tissue of a plant is increased via expression of a transcription factor that has been modified to suppress transcription accelerating activity.

Genes that increase plant oil and method for using the same

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Tsukuba, Japan

Nobutaka Mitsuda