Abstract: An illumination apparatus is communicatively connected to an image pickup apparatus and configured to emit illumination light. The illumination apparatus performs light emission control of the illumination light under the custom light emitting condition by reading the custom light emitting condition corresponding to a custom imaging condition from the memory in a case where imaging under the custom imaging condition set by the user is selected in the image pickup apparatus.

Abstract: To solve a problem occurring in the PALSAR method that a polymer would be formed in the state of unbound to a captured test gene and thus affect the quantitative characteristics as a nonspecific signal, it is intended to develop a technique whereby the polymer formation is controlled in the step of forming an assembly (polymer) of probes so that the polymer is formed exclusively on a test gene to thereby improve the sensitivity and quantitative characteristics. It is found that the polymer can be quantitatively formed and a nonspecific reaction can be inhibited by, in the step of forming a polymer by reacting plural kinds of probes having abilities to complementarily bind to each other, not adding or reacting these probes at once but starting with the reaction of a first probe in one group, and then reacting the second probe in the other group followed by the reactions of probes one by one (i.e., the first probe, the second probe, and so on).

Abstract: To solve a problem occurring in the PALSAR method that a polymer would be formed in the state of unbound to a captured test gene and thus affect the quantitative characteristics as a nonspecific signal, it is intended to develop a technique whereby the polymer formation is controlled in the step of forming an assembly (polymer) of probes so that the polymer is formed exclusively on a test gene to thereby improve the sensitivity and quantitative characteristics. It is found that the polymer can be quantitatively formed and a nonspecific reaction can be inhibited by, in the step of forming a polymer by reacting plural kinds of probes having abilities to complementarily bind to each other, not adding or reacting these probes at once but starting with the reaction of a first probe in one group, and then reacting the second probe in the other group followed by the reactions of probes one by one (i.e., the first probe, the second probe, and so on).

Abstract: A kit comprising an oligonucleotide-immobilized substrate obtained by immobilizing, on a substrate, one or more kinds of oligonucleotides that enable detection of a polymorphism in a nucleotide sequence of mitochondrial DNA control region of chum salmon, of which standard is represented by the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 8, at a position selected from the 10th, 30th, 42nd, 57th, 70th, 96th, 108th, 154th, 194th, 231st, 242nd, 250th, 260th, 339th, 340th, 386th, 395th, 401st and 471st positions is used to detect the polymorphism based on hybridization of the oligonucleotides with a nucleic acid derived from specimen chum salmon and thereby determine a haplotype of the specimen chum salmon.

Abstract: A nucleic acid to be immobilized and used for hybridization of nucleic acids using an immobilized nucleic acid, which has a polymer comprising a compound having an unsaturated bond, said polymer being bonded to the 3? end or 5? end or both ends of the nucleic acid; a nucleic acid-immobilized substrate comprising a substrate for immobilizing a nucleic acid and the polymer-having nucleic acid immobilized on the substrate; and a method for detecting a nucleic acid by hybridization using an immobilized nucleic acid, which comprises using the nucleic acid-immobilized substrate.

Abstract: HLA genotype of a test specimen is determined by hybridization of a nucleic acid sequence derived from the test specimen by using a substrate on which oligonucleotides of 10-24 nucleotide length derived from sequences of a group of genes belonging to HLA class I or class II antigen on a human genome and including polymorphism of gene as alloantigens in the sequences are immobilized through covalent bonds. There are provided a typing kit and typing method that are suitable for processing of a large number of specimens and enable high accuracy typing by one test.

Abstract: A nucleic acid-immobilized substrate which comprises a carrier comprising a base material and a compound having a carbodiimide group or an isocyanate group carried by the base material, and the same kind or different kinds of nucleic acids immobilized in the form of dots through the carbodiimide group or the isocyanate group at a plurality of sites on the carrier.

Abstract: A kit comprising an oligonucleotide-immobilized substrate obtained by immobilizing, on a substrate, one or more kinds of oligonucleotides that enable detection of a polymorphism in a nucleotide sequence of mitochondrial DNA control region of chum salmon, of which standard is represented by the nucleotide sequence of SEQ ID NO: 8, at a position selected from the 10th, 30th, 42nd, 57th, 70th, 96th, 108th, 154th, 194th, 231st, 242nd, 250th, 260th, 339th, 340th, 386th, 395th, 401st and 471st positions is used to detect the polymorphism based on hybridization of the oligonucleotides with a nucleic acid derived from specimen chum salmon and thereby determine a haplotype of the specimen chum salmon.

Abstract: Presence or absence of methylation of C located on 5′ side of G in a sample DNA comprising a target sequence containing a dinucleotide consisting of C that may be methylated and a nucleotide on the 3′ side of the C (CpN dinucleotide) is determined based on a result of hybridization performed for a plurality of capture oligonucleotides immobilized on a base material and including at least an oligonucleotide having a nucleotide sequence complimentary to or identical to a nucleotide sequence corresponding to the target sequence in which C other than C in the CpN dinucleotide is replaced with T and an oligonucleotide having a nucleotide sequence complimentary to or identical to a nucleotide sequence corresponding to the target sequence in which all of C's are replaced with T's and the sample DNA in which cytosines not methylated are converted into uracils by deamination or an amplification product thereof.

Abstract: A novel mutation in the gyrase A gene involved in quinolon resistance phenotype acquisition of tubercle bacillus is identified and utilized to provide a method and kit for determining quinolon resistance of tubercle bacillus.

Abstract: Poly(A)+ RNA extracted from a cell or a tissue is amplified by the following steps of:

Abstract: A nucleic acid to be immobilized and used for hybridization of nucleic acids using an immobilized nucleic acid, which has a polymer comprising a compound having an unsaturated bond, said polymer being bonded to the 3′ end or 5′ end or both ends of the nucleic acid; a nucleic acid-immobilized substrate comprising a substrate for immobilizing a nucleic acid and the polymer-having nucleic acid immobilized on the substrate; and a method for detecting a nucleic acid by hybridization using an immobilized nucleic acid, which comprises using the nucleic acid-immobilized substrate.

Abstract: A method is provided, comprising the steps of reacting a biologically active first substance immobilized on a carrier with a second substance capable of specifically binding the first substance, and detecting a non-bound part of the second substance or a bound part of the second substance indirectly bound to the carrier through binding between the first and second substances so that the first substance or the second substance in a sample is analyzed, wherein the carrier carries a compound having 2 to 100 carbodiimide groups, and the first substance is immobilized on the carrier through the carbodiimide groups so that the active substance such as protein and nucleic acid is bound to the carrier conveniently, efficiently, and tightly.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a carbodiimide derivative represented by the following general formula:W.sub.1 --X--N.dbd.C.dbd.N--Y--W.sub.2 --Zwherein W.sub.1 is a straight chain, branched chain or cyclic saturated or unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, a heteroaryl group, a tertiary amino group or a tertiary or quaternary ammonium group; --W.sub.2 --Z is a quaternary ammonium group; X and Y are each independently a single bond or an alkylene group; and Z is a biotin group represented by the following formula: ##STR1## wherein n is 0 or 1. The derivative is useful as a label reagent for introducing a biotin group into a nucleic acid or a protein.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a carbodiimide derivative represented by the following general formula:W.sub.1 --X--N.dbd.C.dbd.N--Y--W.sub.2 --Zwherein W.sub.1 is a straight chain, branched chain or cyclic saturated or unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbon group, a substituted or unsubstituted aryl group, a heteroaryl group, tertiary amino group or a tertiary or quaternary ammonium group; --W.sub.2 --Z is a quaternary ammonium group; X and Y are each independently a single bond or an alkylene group; and Z is a biotin group represented by the following formula: ##STR1## wherein n is 0 or 1. The derivative is useful as a label reagent for introducing a biotin group into a nucleic acid or a protein.