Patents Assigned to Incorporated Administrative Agency Fertilizer and Feed Inspection Services
  • Publication number: 20120270223
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for identifying animal species, said method comprises a step of amplifying a DNA fragment by PCR using a DNA in a sample as a template and animal-specific DNA sequences as a primer pair, wherein the animal-specific DNA sequences are derived from a ATP synthase subunit 8 gene or a region proximal thereto of a mitochondrial genome; and a step of detecting the amplified DNA fragment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2012
    Publication date: October 25, 2012
    Applicants: INCORPORATED ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCY FERTILIZER AND FEED INSPECTION SERVICES, NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF AGROBIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
    Inventors: Toyoko Kusama, Koichi Kadowaki, Tetsuya Nomura
  • Patent number: 8158772
    Abstract: Methods for identifying animal species involving amplifying a DNA fragment by PCR using a DNA in a sample as a template and animal-specific DNA sequences as a primer pair, the animal-specific DNA sequences derived from a ATP synthase subunit 8 gene or a region proximal thereto of a mitochondrial genome; and detecting the amplified DNA fragment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignees: National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, Incorporated Administrative Agency Fertilizer and Feed Inspection Services
    Inventors: Toyoko Kusama, Koichi Kadowaki, Tetsuya Nomura