Abstract: Provided is a novel active ingredient derived from locust bean and the use thereof. The present invention is a compound represented by the following formula (I) or a salt thereof, or a solvate thereof.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to isolate Rf gene, particularly Rf1 gene derived from radish, and identify its structure. The present invention provides a protein involved in restoration of a cytoplasmic male sterile individual to fertility which has 14 or more pentatricopeptide repeat (hereafter may be abbreviated to PPR) motifs, wherein a group of the motifs is divided into 3 or more blocks, each of the individual blocks has at least 2 or more PPR motifs, and the block in a carboxyl terminal (C terminal) side has 4 PPR motifs.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to isolate Rf gene, particularly Rf1 gene derived from radish, and identify its structure. The present invention provides a protein involved in restoration of a cytoplasmic male sterile individual to fertility which has 14 or more pentatricopeptide repeat (hereafter may be abbreviated to PPR) motifs, wherein a group of the motifs is divided into 3 or more blocks, each of the individual blocks has at least 2 or more PPR motifs, and the block in a carboxyl terminal (C terminal) side has 4 PPR motifs.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to isolate Rf gene, particularly Rf1 gene derived from radish, and identify its structure. The present invention provides a protein involved in restoration of a cytoplasmic male sterile individual to fertility which has 14 or more pentatricopeptide repeat (hereafter may be abbreviated to PPR) motifs, wherein a group of the motifs is divided into 3 or more blocks, each of the individual blocks has at least 2 or more PPR motifs, and the block in a carboxyl terminal (C terminal) side has 4 PPR motifs.

Abstract: A mirror assembly for a vehicle includes an opening, a mirror housing having a window portion, a mirror unit positioned over the opening, and a light unit. The light unit includes a lamp lens positioned over the window portion, a light source arranged in the mirror housing at a position closer to a front side of the vehicle than the mirror unit, and a light distribution control unit for controlling light distribution so that light from the light source is distributed to a range from the outer side to the back side of the vehicle.

Abstract: A mirror assembly for a vehicle includes an opening, a mirror housing having a window portion, a mirror unit positioned over the opening, and a light unit. The light unit includes a lamp lens positioned over the window portion, a light source arranged in the mirror housing at a position closer to a front side of the vehicle than the mirror unit, and a light distribution control unit for controlling light distribution so that light from the light source is distributed to a range from the outer side to the back side of the vehicle.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to isolate Rf gene, particularly Rfl gene derived from radish, and identify its structure. The present invention provides a protein involved in restoration of a cytoplasmic male sterile individual to fertility which has 14 or more pentatricopeptide repeat (hereafter may be abbreviated to PPR) motifs, wherein a group of the motifs is divided into 3 or more blocks, each of the individual blocks has at least 2 or more PPR motifs, and the block in a carboxyl terminal (C terminal) side has 4 PPR motifs.

Abstract: The object of the present invention is to isolate Rf gene, particularly Rf1 gene derived from radish, and identify its structure. The present invention provides a protein involved in restoration of a cytoplasmic male sterile individual to fertility which has 14 or more pentatricopeptide repeat (hereafter may be abbreviated to PPR) motifs, wherein a group of the motifs is divided into 3 or more blocks, each of the individual blocks has at least 2 or more PPR motifs, and the block in a carboxyl terminal (C terminal) side has 4 PPR motifs.

Abstract: A horizontal disk-type coin hopper is provided that reduces the propensity for coins to be standing on the rotating disk and improves coin pickup. The hopper prevents coin bridging and the coin interlocking phenomenon in a hopper tank. The coin hopper includes the tank with a pot shape for storing a plurality of coins and the disk (52) which is positioned substantially horizontally at the inner bottom of the tank. The disk rotates freely. A hole is opened in the disk and provides a passage for coins positioned in a horizontal state. The hopper has a mechanism for releasing coins with a stirring body (10) which is on the top surface of the disk and is arranged on the turn center position of the disk.

Abstract: A process for the production of insulator-coated black particles, which comprises the steps of(1-a) dispersing particles of silica or a metal oxide in an alcohol-based solvent consisting mainly of an intermediate alcohol to obtain a dispersion of the above particles,(1-c) forming a titanium oxide coating of TiO.sub.2 on the surface of each of the particles whose surfaces have been activated in the above step, to obtain titanium oxide-coated particles,(1-d) calcining the titanium oxide-coated particles obtained in the above step in a reducing and/or nitriding atmosphere and thereby blackening the above titanium oxide coatings to obtain black particles, and(1-e) forming an electrical insulator coating on a surface of each of the black particles obtained in the above step, to obtain insulator-coated black particles; characterized in that the process includes a step of(1-b) adding an alkaline aqueous solution to the dispersion obtained in step (1-a) to activate a surface of each of the particles of a metal oxide.

Abstract: A novel gene that can be used to identify male-sterile cytoplasm in plants, for example, of the Cruciferae family, and a method for producing hybrid plants using this gene are provided. This novel cms cytoplasmic gene is valuable in that it can be utilized in the production of hybrid plant seeds. This invention is also useful for rapidly identifying Kosena cms cytoplasm, a novel cytoplasm which exhibits characteristics valuable in plant breeding. In addition, this gene may possibly be used to confer cms onto a broad range of plant species, not limited to those of the Cruciferae family, by its introduction into nuclear or mitochondrial genomes.

Abstract: A method is provided for introducing a fertility restorer gene of a Raphanus plant into a Brassica plant by means of cell fusion or intergeneric cross and a Brassica plant produced thereby. Also provided is a method for producing an F.sub.1 hybrid of a rapeseed plant utilizing Kosena-radish-derived CMS gene and a fertility restorer gene derived from any of the radish plants and an F.sub.1 hybrid of a rapeseed plant produced thereby.