Kao Corporation

Solar Frontier K.k.

Takuya Morimoto

Katsutoshi Ara

Hiroki Sugimoto

Hideki Hakuma

Naoto Nemoto

Naotake Ogasawara

Shigefumi Kumachi

Yoshitaka Ito

A peptide that specifically binds to norovirus, which is useful for detection and infection control of norovirus is provided. A norovirus-binding peptide consisting of an amino acid sequence selected from the group consisting of SEQ ID NOs: 1 to 327.

Norovirus-binding peptide

A CIS-based thin film solar cell has a backside electrode layer that is divided by a pattern (P), and a CIS-based light absorption layer, and a transparent conductive film are sequentially formed on a substrate. The backside electrode layer comprises an intermediate layer on the surface that is in contact with the CIS-based light absorption layer, the intermediate layer being composed of a compound of a metal that constitutes the backside electrode layer and a group VI element that constitutes the CIS-based light absorption layer; the intermediate layer comprises a first intermediate layer portion which is formed on the upper surface and a second intermediate layer portion which is formed on the lateral surface that and faces the pattern (P); and the film thickness of the second intermediate layer portion is larger than the film thickness of the first intermediate layer portion.

CIS-based thin film solar cell

A method of modifying a target region in a host DNA using a donor DNA: wherein the donor DNA having regions homologous to a 5'-side region outside of the target region in the host DNA, a 3&#x2032;-side region outside of the target region in the host DNA and a first homologous recombination region inside of the target region in the host DNA, respectively, in this order, and further having a first selectable marker gene, an expression-inducing promoter and a second selectable marker gene expressed under the control of the expression-inducing promoter between the region homologous to the 3&#x2032;-side region and the region homologous to the first homologous recombination region; which method has the steps of: a first step of performing homologous recombination between the donor DNA and the host DNA at the regions of the 5&#x2032;-side region and the first homologous recombination region, to conduct selection of a host integrated with the donor DNA based on expression of the first selectable marker gene; and a second step of performing homologous recombination, within the host DNA integrated with the donor DNA by the first step, between two regions of the 3&#x2032;-side region derived from the host DNA and the 3&#x2032;-side region derived from the donor DNA, to conduct selection of a host whose target region is modified based on expression of the second selectable marker gene under an expression-inducing condition for the expression-inducing promoter; and a selectable marker cassette for use in the method.

Method of modifying target region in host DNA and selectable marker cassette

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Tokyo, Japan

Takuya Morimoto