Ajinomoto Co., Ltd.

Takao Kida

Chieko Osumi

Jinshi Nozaki

Hiroshiro Shibai

Hiroshi Mizuno

Masaru Okutsu

Shigeyoshi Miyashiro

Hiroaki Kisaka

Tsuyoshi Shiio

Toshihiko Ando

Yoshiyuki Takahara

Shigezo Udaka

Yoshiteru Hirose

Kazuo Hirayama

Toshiro Shida

Asao Murai

Takehiko Ishikawa

Zuisho Terahara

Raffinose is produced by allowing a raffinose synthase having the following properties to act on sucrose and galactinol:

Soybean raffinose synthase and a method for producing raffinose

Transgenic plants containing free amino acids, particularly at least one amino acid selected from among glutamic acid, asparagine, aspartic acid, serine, threonine, alanine and histidine accumulated in a large amount, in edible parts thereof, and a method of producing them are provided. In this method, glutamate dehydrogenase (GDH) gene is introduced into a plant together with a regulator sequence suitable for over expressing the sequence encoding GDH gene in plant cells.

Method of producing transgenic plants having improved amino acid composition

The present invention provides a DNA encoding a raffinose synthase from soybean and vectors containing the same. Also provided are plants and host cells transformed with the DNA sequence and methods of altering the levels of raffinose family oligosaccharides in plants.

DNA encoding raffinose synthase from soybean

Raffinose synthase purified from cucumber is allowed to act on sucrose and galactinol. Thus raffinose is efficiently produced. The function of endogenous raffinose synthase is regulated by transforming a plant with a chimeric gene comprising a raffinose synthase gene and a regulatory region expressible in the plant. Thus a plant, in which raffinose family oligosaccharides are decreased, is created.

Raffinose synthetase gene, method of producing raffinose and transgenic

This invention relates to an antitumor composition of anthracycline compounds bonded to hydrophilic polypeptides having a molecular weight between 10,000 and 15,000.

Anthracycline compounds bound to hydrophilic polypeptides

A streptothricin-group compound having the formula: ##STR1## in which R represents ##STR2## is disclosed along with methods for producing this compound and a microorganism useful in its production.

Streptothricin-group compounds

Mycophenolic acid is produced by aerobically culturing in a culture medium a mutant of the genus Penicillium capable of producing mycophenolic acid, said mutant being resistant to clofibrat, and recovering the mycophenolic acid which accumulates in the culture medium.

Method for production of mycophenolic acid by fermentation

Fungicidal compositions for agricultural and horticultural use are provided which contain as an active ingredient thereof the antibiotics angustmycin A or angustmycin C. They exhibit excellent protective effects against attack by plant disease fungi or bacteria, have no phytotoxicity and cause no pollution in the environment. A method for protecting plants by the use thereof is also provided.

Fungicidal and bactericidal compositions and method for protecting

A herbicidal composition comprising a herbicidal amount of an active compound selected from the group consisting of acid addition salts of higher alkyl esters of amino acids, acid addition salts of N-lower alkyl substitution products of said esters and quaternary ammonium salts of N-lower alkyl substitution products of said esters, and a diluent or carrier, and a method for controlling weeds using said herbicidal composition.

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Kawasaki, Japan

Takao Kida