Patents by Inventor Shigeru Shigeoka

Shigeru Shigeoka has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20160010070
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for introducing a gene into Euglena, which can stably maintain a foreign gene, and a transformant therefrom. In this method of introducing a gene into Euglena, a DNA fragment containing an amino acid sequence for encoding a protein is introduced into a Euglena cell. The method includes a step of producing a binary vector containing a DNA fragment, a step of obtaining a linear gene fragment that includes a T-DNA region including the DNA fragment in the binary vector, and a direct gene introduction step of directly introducing the linear gene fragment into the Euglena cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Applicants: KINKI UNIVERSITY, EUGLENA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shigeru SHIGEOKA, Masahiro TAMOI, Kengo SUZUKI, Eriko YOSHIDA
  • Publication number: 20130174299
    Abstract: The present invention provides: a method for producing stolon-forming plant having an improved tuber production ability as compared with a corresponding wild strain; and a stolon-forming plant produced by the method. The present invention also provides: a method for producing a stolon-forming plant having an improved stolon formation ability as compared with a corresponding wild strain; a stolon-forming plant produced by the method; and a kit for improving a stolon formation ability of a stolon-forming plant. The method of the present invention is a method for producing a stolon-forming plant having an improved tuber production ability as compared with a corresponding wild strain, the method including the step of introducing, into a stolon-forming plant, a Ran gene derived from Citrullus lanatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2011
    Publication date: July 4, 2013
    Inventors: Akiho Yokota, Hiroki Ashida, Kinya Akashi, Keiichi Ushiyama, Shigeru Shigeoka
  • Publication number: 20090044300
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a transformed plant which has high photosynthesis activity, and has promoted growth and productivity as compared with a wild strain, and has no fear of diffusion of an introduced gene by pollens, by expressing a trait of a specified gene by chloroplast technology in a higher plant. According to the present invention, there is provided a transformed plant using a gene recombinant vector having an expression cassette for enhancing photosynthesis activity, containing a DNA fragment comprising a gene encoding a protein having fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase sedoheptulose-1,7-bisphosphatase activities between a nucleotide sequence complementary to the chloroplast gene rbcL and the chloroplast gene aacD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2005
    Publication date: February 12, 2009
    Inventors: Akiho Yokota, Shigeru Shigeoka, Ken-ichi Tomizawa
  • Patent number: 6528705
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method to improve the primary metabolism of a higher plant having chloroplasts by expressing fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase/sedoheptulose-1,7-bisphosphatase derived from Cyanobacterium synechococcus in the chloroplasts. The invention further relates to transgenic plants comprising DNA encoding fructose-1,6-bisphosphatase/sedoheptulose-1,7-bisphosphatase derived from Cyanobacterium synechococcus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2003
    Assignee: Nara Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Akiho Yokota, Shigeru Shigeoka