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20100146666 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING PLANT WITH MODIFIED FLOWER MORPHOLOGY - A plant with modified flower morphology is produced by suppressing a function of a transcription factor involved in determining the polarity of plants. More particularly, a plant with modified flower morphology is produced by the steps of obtaining a transformed cell by introducing a chimeric DNA in which a DNA encoding a transcription factor involved in determining the polarity and a functional peptide converting a transcription factor into a transcription repressor are fused; and regenerating a transformed plant from the transformed cell. | 06-10-2010 |
20110035846 | TRANSCRIPTIONAL REPRESSOR PEPTIDES AND GENES FOR THE SAME - Provided is a peptide which is capable of repressing transcription in a plant and which can be used in the CRES-T (a simple and widely applicable means for repressing gene transcription), the peptide including an amino acid sequence represented by formula (I): | 02-10-2011 |
20110099664 | Producing process of sterile plants, plants obtained by the process, and use of the plants - Transcription of a gene associated with formation of floral organs is suppressed to produce a sterile plant. A plant cell is transfected with a chimeric gene that includes (i) a coding gene of a transcription factor that promotes expression of a gene associated with formation of floral organs, and (ii) a polynucleotide that encodes a functional peptide that converts an arbitrary transcription factor into a transcription repressor, and a chimeric protein in which the transcription factor is fused with the functional peptide is expressed in the plant cell. The expression of the gene associated with formation of floral organs is dominantly suppressed by the chimeric protein, and as a result a male sterile plant is produced that cannot properly form pollen. The chimeric protein also suppresses expression of a gene associated with dehiscence of anther, and as a result a plant is produced in which dehiscence of anther is suppressed. Further, the chimeric protein suppresses expression of target genes of a transcription factor associated with formation of stamen and pistil, and as a result a double flowered plant is produced. | 04-28-2011 |
20110209244 | METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF PLANT IMPARTED WITH STRESS TOLERANCE AND USE THEREOF - The present invention provides a method for producing a plant with a stress tolerance, comprising the step of inhibiting, in a plant, a function of a first polypeptide including an amino acid sequence represented by any one of SEQ ID NOS: 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10. This enables developing a new technique capable of producing a plant with a stress tolerance such as a salt tolerance and a high osmotic pressure tolerance. | 08-25-2011 |
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20110081691 | GENE THAT INCREASES PRODUCTION OF PLANT FAT-AND-OIL AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAME - This invention is intended to search for a transcription regulator having a novel function of improving the amount of substances produced per individual plant and to enhance such properties in a plant. A chimeric protein resulting from the fusion of a transcription factor belonging a transcription factor family that includes a transcription factor comprising the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 4 with the repressor domain is expressed in a plant. | 04-07-2011 |
20120331591 | METHOD OF PRODUCING CYCLAMEN WITH MULTI-PETALED FLOWERS - A method of producing a multi-petaled cyclamen plant having an increased number of petals, including at least inhibiting the function of a transcription factor involved in morphogenesis of a floral organ of cyclamen. | 12-27-2012 |
20130291221 | METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF PLANT IMPARTED WITH STRESS TOLERANCE AND USE THEREOF - The present invention provides a method for producing a plant with a stress tolerance, comprising the step of inhibiting, in a plant, a function of a first polypeptide including an amino acid sequence represented by any one of SEQ ID NOS: 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10. This enables developing a new technique capable of producing a plant with a stress tolerance such as a salt tolerance and a high osmotic pressure tolerance. | 10-31-2013 |
20140223601 | GENES THAT INCREASE PLANT OIL AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAME - This invention is intended to be used to search for a transcription factor having novel functions of increasing the weight of an individual plant, increasing the weight of a given tissue per individual plant, or improving the productivity of a given substance per individual plant and to improve such properties in the plant. The weight of an individual plant is increased, the weight of a given tissue per individual plant is increased, the productivity of a given substance per individual plant is improved, or the content of a given substance per given tissue of a plant is increased via expression of a transcription factor that has been modified to suppress transcription accelerating activity. | 08-07-2014 |
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20110010804 | GENES THAT INCREASE PLANT OIL AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAME - This invention is intended to be used to search for a transcription factor having novel functions of increasing the weight of an individual plant, increasing the weight of a given tissue per individual plant, or improving the productivity of a given substance per individual plant and to improve such properties in the plant. The weight of an individual plant is increased, the weight of a given tissue per individual plant is increased, the productivity of a given substance per individual plant is improved, or the content of a given substance per given tissue of a plant is increased via expression of a transcription factor that has been modified to suppress transcription accelerating activity. | 01-13-2011 |
20120144522 | GENE CAPABLE OF IMPROVING MATERIAL PRODUCTIVITY IN SEED AND METHOD FOR USE THEREOF - An object of the present invention is to search for a gene having a novel function that can cause an increase or decrease in material productivity, and particularly, fat and oil content. In the present invention, a chimeric protein obtained by fusing a transcription factor consisting of a protein comprising an amino acid sequence shown in any of the even-numbered SEQ ID NOS: 1 to 158 and a functional peptide capable of converting an arbitrary transcription factor into a transcriptional repressor is expressed in a plant. | 06-07-2012 |
20120159666 | GENE CAPABLE OF INCREASING SEED PROTEIN CONTENT AND METHOD OF USE THEREOF - According to the present invention, a gene having a novel function that can cause an increase or decrease in seed protein content is searched for. A chimeric protein obtained by fusing a transcription factor consisting of a protein comprising an amino acid sequence shown in any of the even-numbered SEQ ID NOS: 1 to 76 and a functional peptide capable of converting an arbitrary transcription factor into a transcriptional repressor or a transcription factor consisting of a protein comprising an amino acid sequence shown in any of the even-numbered SEQ ID NOS: 77 to 84 is expressed in a plant. | 06-21-2012 |
20120159673 | GENE FOR INCREASING PLANT WEIGHT AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAME - A gene having novel functions is searched for, by which plant weight (that is, biomass level) can be increased and by which substance productivity can be increased or decreased. A chimeric protein is expressed in which a transcriptional factor comprising the amino acid sequence shown in SEQ ID NO: 2, 4, or 6 is fused to a functional peptide that converts an arbitrary transcriptional factor into a transcriptional repression factor. | 06-21-2012 |
20140298540 | GENES THAT INCREASE PLANT OIL AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAME - This invention is intended to be used to search for a transcription factor having novel functions of increasing the weight of an individual plant, increasing the weight of a given tissue per individual plant, or improving the productivity of a given substance per individual plant and to improve such properties in the plant. The weight of an individual plant is increased, the weight of a given tissue per individual plant is increased, the productivity of a given substance per individual plant is improved, or the content of a given substance per given tissue of a plant is increased via expression of a transcription factor that has been modified to suppress transcription accelerating activity. | 10-02-2014 |
20140303349 | GENES THAT INCREASE PLANT OIL AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAME - This invention is intended to be used to search for a transcription factor having novel functions of increasing the weight of an individual plant, increasing the weight of a given tissue per individual plant, or improving the productivity of a given substance per individual plant and to improve such properties in the plant. The weight of an individual plant is increased, the weight of a given tissue per individual plant is increased, the productivity of a given substance per individual plant is improved, or the content of a given substance per given tissue of a plant is increased via expression of a transcription factor that has been modified to suppress transcription accelerating activity. | 10-09-2014 |
20140303350 | GENES THAT INCREASE PLANT OIL AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAME - This invention is intended to be used to search for a transcription factor having novel functions of increasing the weight of an individual plant, increasing the weight of a given tissue per individual plant, or improving the productivity of a given substance per individual plant and to improve such properties in the plant. The weight of an individual plant is increased, the weight of a given tissue per individual plant is increased, the productivity of a given substance per individual plant is improved, or the content of a given substance per given tissue of a plant is increased via expression of a transcription factor that has been modified to suppress transcription accelerating activity. | 10-09-2014 |
20140303351 | GENES THAT INCREASE PLANT OIL AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAME - This invention is intended to be used to search for a transcription factor having novel functions of increasing the weight of an individual plant, increasing the weight of a given tissue per individual plant, or improving the productivity of a given substance per individual plant and to improve such properties in the plant. The weight of an individual plant is increased, the weight of a given tissue per individual plant is increased, the productivity of a given substance per individual plant is improved, or the content of a given substance per given tissue of a plant is increased via expression of a transcription factor that has been modified to suppress transcription accelerating activity. | 10-09-2014 |
20140303352 | GENES THAT INCREASE PLANT OIL AND METHOD FOR USING THE SAME - This invention is intended to be used to search for a transcription factor having novel functions of increasing the weight of an individual plant, increasing the weight of a given tissue per individual plant, or improving the productivity of a given substance per individual plant and to improve such properties in the plant. The weight of an individual plant is increased, the weight of a given tissue per individual plant is increased, the productivity of a given substance per individual plant is improved, or the content of a given substance per given tissue of a plant is increased via expression of a transcription factor that has been modified to suppress transcription accelerating activity. | 10-09-2014 |
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20080318121 | Vehicle power storage unit and vehicle - A vehicle power storage unit, has: a power storage assembly; a coolant for cooling the power storage assembly; a casing having a coolant inlet through which the coolant is filled into the casing and containing the coolant and the power storage assembly; a gas-discharge pipe through which gas produced by the power storage assembly is discharged from the casing to the outside of a passenger compartment or a trunk of the vehicle; and a first pressure-release valve which is provided at the coolant inlet and through which the pressure in the casing is released to the outside when gas is produced by the power storage assembly. | 12-25-2008 |
20090035647 | Storage equipment and vehicle - A power storage apparatus is provided which has a simple structure, allows ready installation on a vehicle, and enables prevention of an outflow of a coolant when gas is discharged. The apparatus includes an assembled battery, a coolant which cools the assembled battery, a housing container (a battery housing case and a case cover) which houses the assembled battery and the coolant, a gas discharge port formed in the case cover and provided to release the pressure inside the battery housing case to the outside when gas produced in the assembled batter is discharged, an elastic container which communicates with the gas discharge port, and a coolant solidifying agent provided to solidify the coolant flowing into the elastic container from the housing container through the gas discharge port when the gas is discharged. | 02-05-2009 |
20100062328 | POWER STORAGE APPARATUS AND COOLING SYSTEM - To provide a power storage apparatus which can achieve improved heat radiation of a power storage unit, a power storage apparatus has a power storage unit including an electrode element placed with an electrolyte layer, and a case housing the power storage unit and a cooling fluid which is used for cooling the power storage unit and is in contact with at least the electrode element. | 03-11-2010 |
20100136389 | POWER STORAGE UNIT AND VEHICLE HAVING POWER STORAGE UNIT - A battery unit is constituted of a battery assembly, coolant for cooling the battery assembly, a battery case containing the battery assembly and the coolant, an electric resistivity detector for detecting the electric resistivity of the coolant, and a battery ECU that determines whether the electric resistivity detected by the electric resistivity detector is equal to or lower than 10 | 06-03-2010 |
20100276120 | TEMPERATURE ADJUSTING MECHANISM - A temperature adjusting mechanism capable of efficiently performing temperature adjustment of a power source element is provided. A temperature adjusting mechanism adjusting a temperature of a power source element, includes a case member which houses the power source element and a first heat exchange medium in liquid form performing heat exchange with the power source element; and a guide member which is connected to the case member and forms at least a portion of a flow path in which a second heat exchange medium flows. The guide member is formed of a material having a higher thermal conductivity than a thermal conductivity of outside air which is in contact with the case member. | 11-04-2010 |
20120276440 | BATTERY PACK - A battery pack has a plurality of assembled batteries connected in parallel. Each of the assembled batteries has a plurality of cells connected electrically. A circulating current in each of the assembled batteries is calculated from an open circuit voltage of the assembled battery that varies according to the number of the cells connected in series, a value indicating a charge state of the assembled battery that varies according to the number of the cells connected in parallel, and an internal resistance of the assembled battery. The number of the cells connected in parallel and the number of the cells connected in series in each of the assembled batteries are numbers determined under the condition that the circulating current should not exceed an allowable current value for the assembled battery. | 11-01-2012 |
20120310571 | DETERIORATION ESTIMATING APPARATUS AND DETERIORATION ESTIMATING METHOD FOR ELECTRIC STORAGE ELEMENT - A deterioration estimating apparatus estimates a deterioration state of an electric storage element, a deterioration value indicating the deterioration state being in a proportional relationship with an nth root of an elapsed time (where n is a value larger than one), and the proportional relationship being changed in accordance with a deterioration condition. The apparatus includes a computing device. The computing device predicts a period for which each of the deterioration conditions occurs before the elapse of the predetermined time period. The computing device calculates a change amount of the deterioration value in each of the deterioration conditions based on a deterioration characteristic and the period of occurrence of each of the deterioration conditions, and adds the calculated change amounts sequentially by using the deterioration value provided before each addition as a reference to calculate each change amount of the deterioration value to be added. | 12-06-2012 |
20130264975 | ELECTRICALLY POWERED VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A converter is disposed between a first battery and a power line for transmitting power inputted to and outputted from a motor for traveling. A second battery, on the other hand, is connected to the power line with a relay being interposed therebetween. A control unit controls the relay to be turned on or off in accordance with an operating state of the motor. | 10-10-2013 |
20140055094 | BATTERY SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - The first battery is configured to be charged and discharged with a larger current than the second battery. The second battery has a higher storage capacity than the first battery. When the voltage of the second battery is lower than the voltage of the first battery, the controller allows charging of the second battery through the second relay while prohibiting charging of the first battery through the first relay until the voltage of the second battery reaches the voltage of the first battery. | 02-27-2014 |
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20100194027 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes a sheet storage portion, an image forming portion, a sheet ejector, a sheet-reversing unit, first to fourth conveying paths, and a two-sided conveyance unit. The fourth conveying path includes a linear path formed between two conveyance guides constituting the two-sided conveyance unit. The two-sided conveyance unit is supported in a slidable manner along a slider provided to an apparatus main body. One of the two conveyance guides is made of a flat guide plate and is supported in such a manner that it can be opened or closed with respect to the other conveyance guide. | 08-05-2010 |
20100232854 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus | 09-16-2010 |
20140301751 | FUSING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fusing device includes a first roller, a second roller forming a fusing nip part together with the first roller, an adjustment mechanism changing posture of the first roller between first and second postures, a separation member, a turning mechanism, an abutting member, and an isolation mechanism. The turning mechanism turns the separation member so that the separation member approaches the first roller when the posture of the first roller is changed from the second posture to the first posture. The abutting member abuts on the first roller to form a gap between the separation member and the first roller when the first roller is in the first posture. The isolation mechanism separates the abutting member from the first roller in a process when posture of the first roller is changed from the first posture to the second posture. | 10-09-2014 |
20140301760 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes a fixing roller, a pressure roller, and a regulation member. The fixing roller includes a roller member and a fixing belt. The roller member includes a shaft which extends in one direction and an elastic layer integrally formed on the shaft. Each regulation member has an annular regulation surface which opposes a side edge of the fixing belt, and is configured to regulate movement of the fixing belt in a rotation axis direction. The regulation surface is inclined relative to a line perpendicular to the rotation axis as viewed on a cross-section parallel to the rotation axis. The regulation surface is inclined from the rotation axis side such that the closer the regulation surface is to an outside, in a radial direction, of the fixing roller, the closer the regulation surface is to a center, in a length direction, of the shaft. | 10-09-2014 |
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20090253028 | TEMPERATURE ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM AND VEHICLE - A temperature adjustment mechanism has an electric power supply device, and a member that is provided between and in contact with the electric power supply device and a heat transfer member and that contains a PTC material. | 10-08-2009 |
20090256403 | HEAT RADIATION MECHANISM - A heat radiation mechanism that radiates heat from an electrical storage device disposed in a space under a seat installed in the passenger compartment, having a guide surface for directing the heat from the electrical storage device out of the space. The guide surface is inclined with respect to a vertical direction of the seat, and an end of the guide surface farthest from the electrical storage device in the vertical direction of the member is located in the vicinity of an outer face of the seat. | 10-15-2009 |
20090280394 | POWER SUPPLY DEVICE - In a power supply device, a power supply body, and a cooling liquid that cools the power supply body are housed in a power supply casing. The power supply device includes a plurality of agitation members that agitate the cooling liquid; and a transmission mechanism that transmits driving power from a drive motor to each of the agitation members. Examples of the transmission mechanism include a gear, a belt, and a chain. | 11-12-2009 |
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20090028619 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An image forming apparatus includes an image forming section for transferring a toner image onto a sheet; a fixing section for fixing the toner image on the sheet; and a reversing section for reversing the sheet front and back. A first pair of rollers conveys a sheet to which a fix processing is applied to the reversing section; a second pair of rollers feeds the sheet from the reversing section by reverse rotation; and a third pair of rollers transfers the sheet back to the image forming section so that an image forming is performed with respect to the back side of the sheet. One roller of the second pair of rollers has on its outer peripheral surface an arc-shaped surface and a non-arc-shaped surface receding inwardly from a circle drawn continuously from the arc-shaped surface. | 01-29-2009 |
20120243919 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - A fixing device includes a first and a second rollers which form a fixing nip portion, a separating member for sheets, a supporting mechanism and a contact portion. The separating member is displaced between a first posture in which the tip of the separating member is close to the circumferential surface of the first roller and a second posture in which the tip is distant from that. The contact portion forms a gap between the tip of the separating member and the circumferential surface of the first roller. The supporting mechanism includes a pair of supporting members arranged near the opposite ends of the first roller, pivot members extending from the separating members and serving as a pivot of rotation of the separating member, and long holes which are provided at the opposite ends of the separating member and into which the pivot members are inserted. | 09-27-2012 |
20140029989 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A fixing device includes a supporting mechanism and contact members. The supporting mechanism pivotably supports a separating member. The contact members come into contact with the circumferential surface near both ends of the first roller and form a gap having a predetermined distance between the distal end of the tabular member and the circumferential surface of the first roller. The supporting mechanism includes first and second fulcrum members functioning as a fulcrum for pivoting of the separating member and first and second holes provided in the separating member. The first fulcrum member is inserted into the first hole and the second fulcrum member is inserted into the second hole. The first hole is a hole that allows the separating member to substantially shift only in a predetermined direction. The second hole is a hole that does not substantially restrict displacement of the separating member. | 01-30-2014 |
20140029993 | FIXING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS PROVIDED WITH SAME - A fixing device includes a heat source, a fixing roller, a pressure roller, an elastic layer, a pressing portion, a restricting portion and a driving unit. The fixing roller is heated by the heat source. The pressure roller is held in contact with the fixing roller and forms a fixing nip portion through which a sheet is to be passed. The elastic layer is formed on an inner layer of the fixing roller. The pressing portion presses one roller of the fixing roller and the pressure roller against the other roller while compressing the elastic layer. The restricting portion restricts a compression amount of the elastic layer lest the compression amount should exceed a preset compression amount when the pressing portion presses the roller. The driving unit drives and rotates one of the fixing roller and the pressure roller in a state where the compression amount is restricted. | 01-30-2014 |