Abstract:
An electrochemical catalyst includes a titanium oxide having an anatase-type crystal structure, in which in a single titanium oxide particle, a vertex density per unit surface area is 8.0 × 10 -4 nm -2 or more, or a vertex density per unit volume is 7.0 × 10 -4 nm -3 or more, and a ridge line density per unit surface area is 5.0 × 10 -2 nm -1 or more, or a ridge line density per unit volume is 8.0 × 10 -3 nm -2 or more. A cathode includes the electrochemical catalyst which is carried on at least a surface. A membrane electrode assembly for alcohol synthesis includes an anode, the cathode, and an electrolyte membrane between the anode and the cathode.
Abstract:
Provided is a multi-point probe which is formed of a tubular laminate which is configured by winding an electronic contact sheet including a sheet-shaped insulating base material, a plurality of electronic contacts which are arranged to be separated from each other in a column shape on the sheet-shaped insulating base material, and a plurality of wirings which are connected to each of the electronic contacts on the sheet-shaped insulating base material from a first end towards a second end and laminating the electronic contact sheet to have multiple layers, in which the electronic contacts are not covered with the sheet-shaped insulating base material and are exposed, and the wirings other than a wiring on the uppermost layer are laminated so that at least some parts thereof are covered with the sheet-shaped insulating base material.
Abstract:
The purpose of the present invention is to provide a lentiviral vector system having a higher titer, while sustaining an excellent retrograde transport ability particularly in the brain. The present invention relates to a kit for preparing a retrograde transport viral vector comprising: (1) a packaging plasmid containing the gag gene and the pol gene of HIV-1; (2) a packaging plasmid containing an accessory gene of HIV-1; (3) a transfer plasmid containing an target gene (a transgene); and (4) an envelope plasmid containing, as an envelope gene, a gene encoding a fused polypeptide comprising a fused extracellular domain consisting of the N-terminal region of an extracellular domain of rabies virus glycoprotein (RV-G) and the C-terminal region of an extracellular domain of vesicular stomatitis virus glycoprotein (VSV-G), a transmembrane domain of RV-G orVSV-G, and an intracellular domain of VSV-G., and the like.
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method for producing a fullerene derivative comprising reacting: a fullerene; an organometallic reagent (A) comprising B, Al, Zn, Sn, Pb, Te, Ti, Mn, Zr or Sm; and a copper compound (B).
Abstract:
A method which visualizes the distribution of a local electric field formed near a sample 2 is disclosed. A primary electron beam 1 which passes through the local electric field formed near the sample 2 is deflected by the local electric field, secondary electrons which are generated and emitted from a detection element provided downstream of an orbit of the deflected primary electron beam 1 are detected by a secondary electron detector 6, and an image formed based on the detected signal and a scanning electron beam image obtained by scanning the sample 2 are synthesized thus visualizing the distribution of the local electric field in multiple tones. Due to such an operation, it is possible to provide a method for visualizing the distribution of a local electric field in which the distribution of a local electric field can be obtained in multiple tone and in real time by performing image scanning one time using a usual electron beam scanning optical system.
Abstract:
There is provided a dynamic mode AFM apparatus that configures an automatic control system which can automatically obtain a probe-sample distance, and allows high-speed identification of atoms of the sample surface. The dynamic mode AFM apparatus comprises: a scanner 3 for performing three-dimensional relative scanning of a cantilever 2 and a sample 1; a means 8 for generating an AC signal of a resonance frequency in a mode with flexural vibration of the cantilever 2; a means 9 for exciting the flexural vibration of the cantilever 2 with the resonance frequency; a means 10 for generating an AC signal of a second frequency which is lower than the frequency of the flexural vibration; a means 11 for modulating a probe 2A-sample 1 distance of the cantilever 2 with the second frequency; a means 5 for detecting fluctuation of the resonance frequency; a means 4 for detecting vibration of the cantilever; and a means 6 for detecting a fluctuation component which is contained in a detected signal by the means 5 for detecting the resonance frequency fluctuation and synchronized with a modulation signal of the probe 2A-sample 1 distance, wherein an inclination of the resonance frequency against the probe 2A-sample 1 distance is obtained from the strength and polarity of the fluctuation component.
Abstract:
A method for rendering tissue transparent, comprising a procedure of immersing the tissue in a water-soluble solvent comprising 2,2'-thiodiethanol and at least one of glycerol and a nonionic organoiodine compound is provided as a technique capable of sufficiently rendering various organs transparent without causing their changes by a simple operation without using any poisonous or dangerous organic solvent. In the method for rendering tissue transparent, a mixed solvent of 2,2'-thiodiethanol, glycerol, and a nonionic organoiodine compound aqueous solution is preferably used as the water-soluble solvent.
Abstract:
The present invention provides an anti-tumor agent and a suppressor for suppressing malignant transformation such as acquisition of metastatic ability or acquisition of apoptosis resistance of a tumor cell. The present invention provides a tumor cell malignant transformation suppressor, including a substance suppressing or inhibiting Zic5 gene functions as an active ingredient to suppress or inhibit acquisition of metastatic ability or acquisition of apoptosis resistance of a tumor cell; a method of suppressing tumor cell malignant transformation of animals other than humans, including suppressing or inhibiting Zic5 gene functions to suppress or inhibit acquisition of metastatic ability or acquisition of apoptosis resistance of a tumor cell; an anti-tumor agent including a substance suppressing or inhibiting Zic5 gene functions as an active ingredient, in which the agent is used in prostate cancer therapy; and a marker for tumor cell malignancy consisting of the expression level of Zic5 gene.
Abstract:
Provided are an alga in which productivity of a photosynthate is increased, and use of the alga. The alga of the present invention has an increased glutathione concentration in its chloroplast. A method of the present invention for producing biomass is a method for producing biomass with the use of the alga of the present invention or an alga produced by a method of the present invention for producing an alga.