Abstract: The present invention provides a method enhancing the polyisoprenoid biosynthesis pathway. Also provided are an isoprenoid-producing plant having an overall enhanced pathway of polyisoprenoid biosynthesis, and a method of producing a polyisoprenoid using the isoprenoid-producing plant. The present invention relates to a method of regulating the expression of hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA reductase by a bZIP transcription factor.

Abstract: Provided is a vector capable of improving polyisoprenoid production through the introduction of the vector into a plant using gene recombination techniques. A vector comprising: a promoter of a gene encoding Small Rubber Particle Protein; and a gene encoding a protein involved in polyisoprenoid biosynthesis, the gene being functionally linked to the promoter.

Abstract: Provided is a vector capable of improving polyisoprenoid production through the introduction of the vector into a plant using gene recombination techniques. A vector comprising: a promoter of a gene encoding Hevein 2.1; and a gene encoding a protein involved in polyisoprenoid biosynthesis, the gene being functionally linked to the promoter.

Abstract: Provided is a vector capable of improving polyisoprenoid production through the introduction of the vector into a plant using gene recombination techniques. A vector comprising: a promoter of a gene encoding MYC1 transcription factor; and a gene encoding a protein involved in polyisoprenoid biosynthesis, the gene being functionally linked to the promoter.

Abstract: Provided is a vector capable of improving polyisoprenoid production through the introduction of the vector into a plant using gene recombination techniques. A vector comprising: a promoter of a gene encoding Rubber Elongation Factor; and a gene encoding a protein involved in polyisoprenoid biosynthesis, the gene being functionally linked to the promoter.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for extracting latex from a plant of the Asteraceae family and a method for cultivating a plant of the Asteraceae family, which allow such plants to be reused. The present invention relates to a method for extracting latex including a cutting step of cutting roots of a plant of the Asteraceae family in such a manner that the roots are partly left on the plant.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method of increasing production of amorpha-4,11-diene and a method of increasing production of natural rubber. The present invention relates to a method of increasing production of amorpha-4,11-diene which includes the step of attaching an enzyme inhibitor to Arabidopsis thaliana into which has been introduced a gene encoding amorphadiene synthase. The enzyme inhibitor inhibits at least one enzyme other than amorphadiene synthase, that catalyzes an enzymatic reaction in which farnesyl diphosphate acts as a substrate. The present invention also relates to a method of increasing production of natural rubber which includes the step of attaching an enzyme inhibitor to a rubber-producing plant. The enzyme inhibitor inhibits at least one enzyme other than enzymes involved in natural rubber synthesis, that catalyzes an enzymatic reaction in which farnesyl diphosphate acts as a substrate.

Abstract: The present invention provides methods for enhancing the polyisoprenoid biosynthesis pathway. The present invention further provides isoprenoid-producing plants having an enhanced polyisoprenoid biosynthesis pathway, and methods for producing a polyisoprenoid using such an isoprenoid-producing plant. The present invention relates to methods for regulating the expression of specific protein(s) by a specific transcription factor; isoprenoid-producing plants into which has been introduced a gene encoding a specific transcription factor; and methods for producing a polyisoprenoid using such an isoprenoid-producing plant.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for enhancing the overall pathway of polyisoprenoid biosynthesis. The present invention further provides an isoprenoid-producing plant having an overall enhanced pathway of polyisoprenoid biosynthesis, and a method of producing a polyisoprenoid using such an isoprenoid-producing plant. The present invention relates to a method of regulating by a cytokinin-responsive transcription factor the expression of at least one protein selected from the group consisting of hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA reductase, isopentenyl diphosphate isomerase, cis-prenyltransferase, and small rubber particle protein.

Abstract: The present invention provides a method for enhancing the overall pathway of polyisoprenoid biosynthesis. The present invention further provides an isoprenoid-producing plant having an overall enhanced pathway of polyisoprenoid biosynthesis, and a method for producing polyisoprenoids using such an isoprenoid-producing plant. The present invention relates to a method for regulating by a light-responsive transcription factor the expression of at least one protein selected from the group consisting of hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA reductase, isopentenyl diphosphate isomerase, cis-prenyltransferase, and small rubber particle protein.

Abstract: The present invention provides an aluminum nitride substrate and an aluminum nitride circuit board having excellent insulation characteristics and heat dissipation properties and having high strength, a semiconductor apparatus, and a method for manufacturing an aluminum nitride substrate.

Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a composition for removing aldehyde. Specifically, the present invention relates to an aldehyde-removing composition comprising a microorganism belonging to the genus Gluconobacter having aldehyde-degrading activity, or extracts thereof or disrupted cells thereof, wherein the microorganism belonging to the genus Gluconobacter has higher aldehyde-degrading activity than aldehyde-generating activity.

Abstract: The characteristics of thin-film magnetic heads are evaluated by measuring, in a step and repeat method and apparatus, the magnetic field generated by the respective heads in a bar including multiple heads.

Abstract: The present invention provides an aluminum nitride substrate and an aluminum nitride circuit board having excellent insulation characteristics and heat dissipation properties and having high strength, a semiconductor apparatus, and a method for manufacturing an aluminum nitride substrate.

Abstract: Technology is provided for changing a mounting angle of a component to reduce the amount of relative displacement between a mounting head and a board. A component, for which a mounting angle can be changed, is specified based on information stored in a mounting data storage area and a component data storage area according to a predetermined component mounting order. A mounting time in a mounting path with the mounting angle of the specified component being changed is calculated for each mounting angle to specify the mounting path requiring the shortest mounting time.

Abstract: When manufacturing an optical recording medium by forming a resin layer on a surface of a substrate and then forming a center hole that passes through the substrate and the resin layer, a method of manufacturing an optical recording medium according to the present invention forms the center hole by forming, in the resin layer, a circular cut with a larger diameter than the center hole so as to surround a formation position of the center hole and then pressing in a punching blade for forming the center hole from a rear surface side of the substrate. By doing so, detachment of the resin layer and the production of burrs at or near the center hole can be avoided while reducing the manufacturing cost.

Abstract: The characteristics of thin-film magnetic heads are evaluated by measuring, in a step and repeat method and apparatus, the magnetic field generated by the respective heads in a bar including multiple heads.

Abstract: The invention is directed to reduction of torque by reduction of an outside diameter of a mounting head. A cylindrical cam rotation motor is provided under a nozzle rotation motor. A first rotation axis member as a rotor of the nozzle rotation motor is provided along an axis line of a nozzle holder and penetrates into the nozzle rotation motor and the cylindrical cam rotation motor. A second rotation axis member as a rotor of the cylindrical cam rotation motor is provided along an axis line of a cylindrical cam member and penetrates into the cylindrical cam rotation motor. A suction nozzle to be used protrudes from a lower end surface of the nozzle holder at a protrusion position.

Abstract: Technology is provided for changing a mounting angle of a component to reduce the amount of relative displacement between a mounting head and a board. A component, for which a mounting angle can be changed, is specified based on information stored in a mounting data storage area and a component data storage area according to a predetermined component mounting order. A mounting time in a mounting path with the mounting angle of the specified component being changed is calculated for each mounting angle to specify the mounting path requiring the shortest mounting time.

Abstract: There is provided an optical recording medium-manufacturing apparatus that is capable of avoiding breakage of a substrate while avoiding formation of a central hole off-center with respect to the substrate. A control section causes the vertical movement section to move an ultrasonic horn in directions toward and away from the cutting edge of a punching blade section to thereby cause the ultrasonic horn to press the disk-shaped substrate and at the same cause an ultrasonic generator to perform ultrasonic vibration at least from a time point at which the disk-shaped substrate is brought into contact with the cutting edge of the punching blade section to a time point at which the punching of the central hole is completed.