Patents Assigned to Okayama Prefecture
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Patent number: 9930887Abstract: In order to develop a technique for increasing an amino acid content and to provide a technique for easily producing a plant having an increased amino acid content, an amino acid content in a plant is increased by an amino acid content promoting agent, a composition containing the amino acid content promoting agent, a kit including an amino acid content promoting agent, or a kit including a composition containing the amino acid content promoting agent, and a plant having an increased amino acid content is produced.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2012Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: OKAYAMA PREFECTUREInventors: Kenichi Ogawa, Kenji Henmi, Aya Iwasaki
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Patent number: 9820910Abstract: A biological measurement apparatus of this invention includes (i) a micro piezoelectric element for vibrating a nerve cell of a subject without coming in contact with the nerve cell, (ii) an electromagnetic wave antenna for receiving an electromagnetic wave generated by the nerve cell vibrated by the micro piezoelectric element, and (iii) a computer for measuring an electric charge of the nerve cell based on the electromagnetic wave received by the electromagnetic wave antenna. Further, this biological measurement apparatus includes an electromagnetic wave antenna for emitting an electromagnetic wave to a nerve cell. This configuration provides an apparatus capable of measuring an electrical activity of a nerve cell in a living organism in real time and three-dimensionally at a spatial resolution of a nerve cell size. Moreover, this configuration provides an apparatus capable of individually giving electrical stimulations to any desired cells in the subject.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2015Date of Patent: November 21, 2017Assignee: OKAYAMA PREFECTUREInventor: Yukinori Nagatani
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Patent number: 9803213Abstract: Environmental stress resistance is imparted to a plant or the environmental stress resistance of a plant is improved. Environmental stress resistance is imparted to a plant by changing the expression level of the tyrosine phosphatase gene (At1g71860).Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2013Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, OKAYAMA PREFECTUREInventors: Satoshi Kondo, Chikara Ohto, Kenichi Ogawa, Kenji Henmi
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Patent number: 9695435Abstract: A technique by which the production of plant biomass can be significantly increased is provided. A protein phosphatase 2C gene having 3 consensus sequences comprising the amino acid sequences shown in SEQ ID NOS: 1-3 from the N-terminal side in such order is over-expressed.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2015Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, OKAYAMA PREFECTUREInventors: Satoshi Kondo, Chikara Ohto, Norihiro Mitsukawa, Nobuhiko Muramoto, Kenichi Ogawa, Hiroki Sugimoto, Tomoko Tanaka, Madoka Yonekura
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Patent number: 9657306Abstract: A technique by which the production of plant biomass can be significantly increased is provided. A protein phosphatase 2C gene having 3 consensus sequences comprising the amino acid sequences shown in SEQ ID NOS: 1-3 from the N-terminal side in such order is over-expressed.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2015Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, OKAYAMA PREFECTUREInventors: Satoshi Kondo, Chikara Ohto, Norihiro Mitsukawa, Nobuhiko Muramoto, Kenichi Ogawa, Hiroki Sugimoto, Tomoko Tanaka, Madoka Yonekura
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Patent number: 9546376Abstract: A technique by which the production of plant biomass can be significantly increased is provided. A gene encoding protein phosphatase 2C having 3 consensus sequences comprising the amino acid sequences shown in SEQ ID NOS: 1-3 from the N-terminal side in such order and a gene encoding glutathione-binding plastid-type fructose 1,6-bisphosphate aldolase is introduced, or an expression control region of endogenous genes corresponding to the genes are modified.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2010Date of Patent: January 17, 2017Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, OKAYAMA PREFECTUREInventors: Satoshi Kondo, Chikara Ohto, Kenichi Ogawa, Norihiro Mitsukawa, Nobuhiko Muramoto, Tomoko Tanaka, Hiroki Sugimoto
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Patent number: 9532519Abstract: A plant growth regulator containing glutathione allows increasing harvest index. This provides a technique for specifying a control factor for a plant, thereby effectively controlling germination, growth, anthesis etc. of the plant.Type: GrantFiled: January 20, 2015Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignees: Japan Science And Technology Agency, Okayama PrefectureInventors: Kenichi Ogawa, Kenji Henmi
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Patent number: 9297020Abstract: A technique by which the production of plant biomass can be significantly increased is provided. The AT3G05660 gene encoding a receptor-like protein having a leucine-rich repeat structure or a gene functionally equivalent to such a gene is introduced, or an expression control region of an endogenous gene corresponding to the gene is modified.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2009Date of Patent: March 29, 2016Assignees: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, OKAYAMA PREFECTUREInventors: Satoshi Kondo, Etsuko Hattori, Chikara Ohto, Norihiro Mitsukawa, Kenichi Ogawa
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Publication number: 20150143586Abstract: A technique by which the production of plant biomass can be significantly increased is provided. A protein phosphatase 2C gene having 3 consensus sequences comprising the amino acid sequences shown in SEQ ID NOS: 1-3 from the N-terminal side in such order is over-expressed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 30, 2015Publication date: May 21, 2015Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, OKAYAMA PREFECTUREInventors: Satoshi KONDO, Chikara Ohto, Norihiro Mitsukawa, Nobuhiko Muramoto, Kenichi Ogawa, Hiroki Sugimoto, Tomoko Tanaka, Madoka Yonekura
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Patent number: 9020576Abstract: A biological measurement apparatus of this invention includes (i) a micro piezoelectric element for vibrating a nerve cell of a subject without coming in contact with the nerve cell, (ii) an electromagnetic wave antenna for receiving an electromagnetic wave generated by the nerve cell vibrated by the micro piezoelectric element, and (iii) a computer for measuring an electric charge of the nerve cell based on the electromagnetic wave received by the electromagnetic wave antenna. Further, this biological measurement apparatus includes an electromagnetic wave antenna for emitting an electromagnetic wave to a nerve cell. This configuration provides an apparatus capable of measuring an electrical activity of a nerve cell in a living organism in real time and three-dimensionally at a spatial resolution of a nerve cell size. Moreover, this configuration provides an apparatus capable of individually giving electrical stimulations to any desired cells in the subject.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2008Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: Okayama PrefectureInventor: Yukinori Nagatani
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Publication number: 20150059020Abstract: Environmental stress resistance is imparted to a plant or the environmental stress resistance of a plant is improved. Environmental stress resistance is imparted to a plant by changing the expression level of the tyrosine phosphatase gene (At1g71860).Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2013Publication date: February 26, 2015Applicants: OKAYAMA PREFECTURE, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Satoshi Kondo, Chikara Ohto, Kenichi Ogawa, Kenji Henmi
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Patent number: 8927286Abstract: A shoot of a plant is cultivated under the presence of glutathione, so that the shoot is rooted. It is possible to cultivate the shoot under the presence of glutathione by use of a rooting medium including glutathione or by contacting a solution including glutathione with the shoot. Oxidized glutathione is preferably used as glutathione. By promoting rooting of the shoot of the plant, a rooting rate of the shoot of the plant is improved. This improves productivity of a clone seedling.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2010Date of Patent: January 6, 2015Assignee: Okayama PrefectureInventors: Kenichi Ogawa, Etsuko Matsunaga, Naoki Negishi, Masatoshi Ohishi, Humiki Kawai, Toshiaki Tanabe, Akiyoshi Kawaoka
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Patent number: 8822758Abstract: According to the present invention, a technique with which the production of plant biomass can be drastically increased and salt stress resistance can be imparted to a plant is provided. A gene encoding a protein comprising a common sequence consisting of the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 3 and a common sequence consisting of the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 2 in such order from the N-terminal side and having a coiled-coil structure, a nucleic acid binding site, and a leucine rich repeat structure has been introduced or an expression control region of the gene that is endogenously presented has been altered.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2009Date of Patent: September 2, 2014Assignees: Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Okayama PrefectureInventors: Satoshi Kondo, Norihiro Mitsukawa, Etsuko Hattori, Chikara Ohto, Kenichi Ogawa
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Publication number: 20120240462Abstract: A shoot of a plant is cultivated under the presence of glutathione, so that the shoot is rooted. It is possible to cultivate the shoot under the presence of glutathione by use of a rooting medium including glutathione or by contacting a solution including glutathione with the shoot. Oxidized glutathione is preferably used as glutathione. By promoting rooting of the shoot of the plant, a rooting rate of the shoot of the plant is improved. This improves productivity of a clone seedling.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2010Publication date: September 27, 2012Applicant: OKAYAMA PREFECTUREInventors: Kenichi Ogawa, Etsuko Matsunaga, Naoki Negishi, Masatoshi Ohishi, Humiki Kawai, Toshiaki Tanabe, Akiyoshi Kawaoka
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Patent number: 8268748Abstract: The composition, in accordance with the present invention, for producing a plant body having an improved sugar content includes glutathione, a polynucleotide encoding ?-glutamylcysteine synthetase, or a polynucleotide encoding glutathione-binding plastid type fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase. The composition preferably includes oxidized glutathione. This allows provision of a composition for easily producing a plant body having an improved sugar content.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2008Date of Patent: September 18, 2012Assignees: Japan Science and Technology Agency, Okayama PrefectureInventor: Kenichi Ogawa
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Patent number: 8173865Abstract: It is found that a transformed plant into which a ?-glutamylcysteine synthetase gene has been introduced is increased in at least one of the number of flowers and the number of seeds in comparison with a wild-type plant, and is therefore increased in seed yield. Based on this finding, the present invention elucidates the function of a product of a plant-derived ?-glutamylcysteine synthetase gene and provides a technique for producing a plant having an increased seed yield.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2008Date of Patent: May 8, 2012Assignees: Japan Science and Technology Agency, Okayama PrefectureInventors: Kenichi Ogawa, Aya Iwasaki
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Patent number: 8097770Abstract: Disclosed is a transgenic plant improved in growth ability and disease resistance. Also disclosed is a method for production of the transgenic plant. It is found that a transgenic plant having DNA encoding a glutathione-binding plastid-type fructose-1,6-bisphosphate aldolase introduced therein is improved in growing ability and disease resistance compared to a wild-type one.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2007Date of Patent: January 17, 2012Assignees: Japan Science and Technology, Okayama PrefectureInventors: Kenichi Ogawa, Masayoshi Matsumoto, Tomonori Shiraishi
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Publication number: 20120005787Abstract: A technique by which the production of plant biomass can be significantly increased is provided. A gene encoding protein phosphatase 2C having 3 consensus sequences comprising the amino acid sequences shown in SEQ ID NOS: 1-3 from the N-terminal side in such order and a gene encoding glutathione-binding plastid-type fructose 1,6-bisphosphate aldolase is introduced, or an expression control region of endogenous genes corresponding to the genes are modified.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 10, 2010Publication date: January 5, 2012Applicants: OKAYAMA PREFECTURE, TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Satoshi Kondo, Chikara Ohto, Kenichi Ogawa, Norihiro Mitsukawa, Nobuhiko Muramoto, Tomoko Tanaka, Hiroki Sugimoto
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Publication number: 20110239330Abstract: According to the present invention, a technique with which the production of plant biomass can be drastically increased and salt stress resistance can be imparted to a plant is provided. A gene encoding a protein comprising a common sequence consisting of the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 3 and a common sequence consisting of the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 2 in such order from the N-terminal side and having a coiled-coil structure, a nucleic acid binding site, and a leucine rich repeat structure has been introduced or an expression control region of the gene that is endogenously presented has been altered.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2009Publication date: September 29, 2011Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, OKAYAMA PREFECTUREInventors: Satoshi Kondo, Norihiro Mitsukawa, Etsuko Hattori, Chikara Ohto, Kenichi Ogawa
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Publication number: 20110225677Abstract: A technique by which the production of plant biomass can be significantly increased is provided. The AT3G05660 gene encoding a receptor-like protein having a leucine-rich repeat structure or a gene functionally equivalent to such a gene is introduced, or an expression control region of an endogenous gene corresponding to the gene is modified.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 11, 2009Publication date: September 15, 2011Applicants: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, OKAYAMA PREFECTUREInventors: Satoshi Kondo, Etsuko Hattori, Chikara Ohto, Norihiro Mitsukawa, Kenichi Ogawa