Abstract: This invention is intended to allow accumulation of large quantities of soluble sugars in tissue other than plant seeds. A plant is modified so as to suppress a gene encoding a subunit exhibiting the highest sequence similarity with the subunit encoded by the AGPL1 gene of rice among subunits constituting.

Abstract: This invention is intended to allow accumulation of large quantities of soluble sugars in tissue other than plant seeds. A plant is modified so as to suppress a gene encoding a subunit exhibiting the highest sequence similarity with the subunit encoded by the AGPL1 gene of rice among subunits constituting.

Abstract: It is intended to provide a polynucleotide encoding a gene capable of regulating tillering and leaf morphology in a plant and a method of regulating the phenotype of a plant by using this polynucleotide. The above-described polynucleotide can regulate the number of leaves or roots per individual or leaf morphology (including the length, width and thickness of leaves). In an embodiment, the plant usable in the regulation of tillering and leaf morphology is a monocotyledon. In a preferred embodiment, the monocotyledon is a gramineae plant. In a still preferred embodiment, the graminieae plant is rice.

Abstract: It is intended to provide a polynucleotide encoding a gene capable of regulating tillering and leaf morphology in a plant and a method of regulating the phenotype of a plant by using this polynucleotide. The above-described polynucleotide can regulate the number of leaves or roots per individual or leaf morphology (including the length, width and thickness of leaves). In an embodiment, the plant usable in the regulation of tillering and leaf morphology is a monocotyledon. In a preferred embodiment, the monocotyledon is a gramineae plant. In a still preferred embodiment, the gramineae plant is rice.

Abstract: A semiconductor device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a active region, a drain electrode, a source electrode, a gate electrode, a passivation layer, a source field plate, and a electrical connection. The active region is formed on a semiconductor substrate. The drain electrode, the source electrode, and the gate electrode are formed on a surface of the active region to be separated from each other. The passivation layer is formed on a surface of the active region between the drain electrode and the source electrode to cover the gate electrode. The source field plate is formed at least at a position including an upper portion of the drain-side end portion of the gate electrode on a surface of the passivation layer. The electrical connection is formed on the passivation layer to connect the source field plate and the source electrode. The electrical connection has a width of the electrical connection smaller than electrode widths of the source field plate and the source electrode.

Abstract: It is intended to provide a base sequence determination program, a base sequence determination device, and a base sequence determination method capable of constructing the whole genome sequence from an enormous amount of short base sequences of approximately several tens-base-long without referring to existing base sequences. In the invention, base sequences of two kinds of parent lineages carrying a genetic mutation and base sequences of a plurality of descending progenies of the generation after segregation are each analyzed, and segregation at a polymorphic site is referred to as an index of connection of the base sequences, and fragments of the base sequences are connected while verifying the validity of the segregation.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: an channel layer formed on a semiconductor substrate; a drain electrode and a source electrode both formed on the channel layer apart from each other; a surface passivation film formed on the channel layer so as to cover the channel layer except for the drain electrode and the source electrode; a gate electrode disposed between the drain electrode and the source electrode so as to penetrate the surface passivation film; a field plate electrode provided on the surface passivation film between the drain electrode and the gate electrode at a predetermined distance from the gate electrode; and a connecting plate having a bridge structure connecting the gate electrode to the field plate electrode. The bridge structure may be formed with at least one opening penetrating the connecting plate so as to face the surface passivation film with a predetermined space.

Abstract: It is intended to provide a polynucleotide encoding a gene capable of regulating tillering and leaf morphology in a plant and a method of regulating the phenotype of a plant by using this polynucleotlde. The above-described polynucleotide can regulate the number of leaves or roots per individual or leaf morphology (including the length, width and thickness of leaves). In an embodiment, the plant usable in the regulation of tillering and leaf morphology is a monocotyledon. In a preferred embodiment, the monocotyledon is a gramineae plant. In a still preferred embodiment, the gramineae plant is rice.

Abstract: Rice phyC mutants were isolated using a mutant panel isolation method. When the mutants were grown under long-day photoperiodic conditions, it was found that they flowered (exposed their panicles (heads)) about one week earlier than the control rice. The results indicate that suppression of PHYC gene expression can promote plant flowering under long-day conditions. Utilization of the PHYC gene for promoting plant flowering will contribute substantially to breed improvement, for example, by facilitating the creation of useful agricultural crops and decorative plants that have a new characteristic adaptable for other cultivation areas and times. The rice phyC mutants described herein, which promote flowering under long-day conditions, will be highly prized as a new early-harvest rice cultivar.

Abstract: A semiconductor device includes: an channel layer formed on a semiconductor substrate; a drain electrode and a source electrode both formed on the channel layer apart from each other; a surface passivation film formed on the channel layer so as to cover the channel layer except for the drain electrode and the source electrode; a gate electrode disposed between the drain electrode and the source electrode so as to penetrate the surface passivation film; a field plate electrode provided on the surface passivation film between the drain electrode and the gate electrode at a predetermined distance from the gate electrode; and a connecting plate having a bridge structure connecting the gate electrode to the field plate electrode. The bridge structure may be formed with at least one opening penetrating the connecting plate so as to face the surface passivation film with a predetermined space.

Abstract: A polynucleotide encoding a plant gene capable of controlling disease resistance reactions in plants is provided which includes a polynucleotide having a nucleotide sequence encoding amino acid sequence from methionine at position 1 to Serine at position 361 of SEQ ID NO: 2 in the sequence listing, or having the amino acid sequence having one or several amino acid deletions, substitutions and/or additions, and being capable of controlling disease resistance reactions.

Abstract: A gene encoding a protein capable of controlling salt stress tolerance is provided. A polynucleotide encoding a plant gene capable of controlling salt stress tolerance is provided. The polynucleotide includes a polynucleotide which has a nucleotide sequence encoding an amino acid sequence from methionine at position 1 to asparagine at position 243 of SEQ ID NO: 2 in the sequence listing, or which has a nucleotide sequence encoding the amino acid sequence having one or several amino acid deletions, substitutions and/or additions and is capable of controlling salt stress tolerance.

Abstract: There is provided a polynucleotide encoding a plant gene capable of controlling a signal transduction system for brassinosteroid hormone, the polynucleotide encoding an amino acid sequence from Met at position 1 to Arg at position 1057 of SEQ ID NO: 2 in the SEQUENCE LISTING, including any polynucleotide encoding an amino acid sequence in which one or more amino acids are deleted, substituted or added to the amino acid sequence.

Abstract: Rice phyC mutants were isolated using a mutant panel isolation method. When the mutants were grown under long-day photoperiodic conditions, it was found that they flowered (exposed their panicles (heads)) about one week earlier than the control rice. The results indicate that suppression of PHYC gene expression can promote plant flowering under long-day conditions. Utilization of the PHYC gene for promoting plant flowering will contribute substantially to breed improvement, for example, by facilitating the creation of useful agricultural crops and decorative plants that have a new characteristic adaptable for other cultivation areas and times. The rice phyC mutants described herein, which promote flowering under long-day conditions, will be highly prized as a new early-harvest rice cultivar.

Abstract: There is provided a polynucleotide encoding a plant gene capable of controlling leaf shapes, the polynucleotide encoding an amino acid sequence from Met at position 1 to Val at position 690 of SEQ ID NO: 2 in the SEQUENCE LISTING, including any polynucleotide encoding an amino acid sequence in which one or more amino acids are deleted, substituted or added to the amino acid sequence.

Abstract: A gene encoding a protein capable of controlling salt stress tolerance is provided. A polynucleotide encoding a plant gene capable of controlling salt stress tolerance is provided. The polynucleotide includes a polynucleotide which has a nucleotide sequence encoding an amino acid sequence from methionine at position 1 to asparagine at position 243 of SEQ ID NO: 2 in the sequence listing, or which has a nucleotide sequence encoding the amino acid sequence having one or several amino acid deletions, substitutions and/or additions and is capable of controlling salt stress tolerance.

Abstract: A polynucleotide encoding a plant gene capable of controlling disease resistance reactions in plants is provided which includes a polynucleotide having a nucleotide sequence encoding amino acid sequence from methionine at position 1 to Serine at position 361 of SEQ ID NO: 2 in the sequence listing, or having the amino acid sequence having one or several amino acid deletions, substitutions and/or additions, and being capable of controlling disease resistance reactions.

Abstract: There is provided a polynucleotide encoding a plant gene capable of controlling a signal transduction system for brassinosteroid hormone, the polynucleotide encoding an amino acid sequence from Met at position 1 to Arg at position 1057 of SEQ ID NO: 2 in the SEQUENCE LISTING, including any polynucleotide encoding an amino acid sequence in which one or more amino acids are deleted, substituted or added to the amino acid sequence.