Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for producing a modified foreign chromosome(s) or a fragment(s) thereof, which comprises the steps of: (a) preparing a microcell comprising a foreign chromosome(s) or a fragment(s) thereof, and transferring said foreign chromosome(s) or a fragment(s) into a cell with high homologous recombination efficiency through its fusion with said microcell; (b) in said cell with high homologous recombination efficiency, inserting a targeting vector by homologous recombination into a desired site of said foreign chromosome(s) or a fragment(s) thereof, and/or a desired site of a chromosome(s) derived from said cell with high homologous recombination efficiency, thereby marking said desired site; and (c) in said cell with high homologous recombination efficiency, causing deletion and/or translocation to occur at the marked site of said foreign chromosome(s) or a fragment(s) thereof.
Abstract:
The specification relates to a method for producing a chimeric non-human animal, which comprises preparing a microcell containing a foreign chromosome(s) or a fragment(s) thereof and transferring the foreign chromosome(s) or fragment(s) thereof into a pluripotent cell by fusion with the microcell; a chimeric non-human animal which can be produced by the above method and its progeny; tissues and cells derived therefrom; and a method for using the same. Further, a pluripotent cell containing a foreign chromosome(s) or a fragment(s) thereof, a method for producing the same, and a method for using the same are also provided. Moreover, a pluripotent cell in which at least two endogenous genes are disrupted, and a method for producing the same by homologous recombination are provided.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a human artificial chromosome which is genetically transmissible to the next generation with high efficiency and the method for using the same. More specifically, the present invention relates to: a human artificial chromosome in which an about 3.5 Mb to about 1 Mb region containing an antibody λ light chain gene derived from human chromosome 22 is bound to a chromosome fragment which is transmissible to a progeny through a germ line of a non-human animal, said chromosome fragment is derived from another human chromosome; a non-human animal carrying the human artificial chromosome and an offspring thereof; a method for producing the non-human animal; a method for producing a human antibody using the non-human animal or an offspring thereof; and a human antibody-producing mouse carrying the human artificial chromosome.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a method for producing a modified foreign chromosome(s) or a fragment(s) thereof, which comprises the steps of: (a) preparing a microcell comprising a foreign chromosome(s) or a fragment(s) thereof, and transferring said foreign chromosome(s) or a fragment(s) into a cell with high homologous recombination efficiency through its fusion with said microcell; (b) in said cell with high homologous recombination efficiency, inserting a targeting vector by homologous recombination into a desired site of said foreign chromosome(s) or a fragment(s) thereof, and/or a desired site of a chromosome(s) derived from said cell with high homologous recombination efficiency, thereby marking said desired site; and (c) in said cell with high homologous recombination efficiency, causing deletion and/or translocation to occur at the marked site of said foreign chromosome(s) or a fragment(s) thereof.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a human artificial chromosome which is genetically transmissible to the next generation with high efficiency and the method for using the same. More specifically, the present invention relates to: a human artificial chromosome in which an about 3.5 Mb to about 1 Mb region containing an antibody λ light chain gene derived from human chromosome 22 is bound to a chromosome fragment which is transmissible to a progeny through a germ line of a non-human animal, said chromosome fragment is derived from another human chromosome; a non-human animal carrying the human artificial chromosome and an offspring thereof; a method for producing the non-human animal; a method for producing a human antibody using the nonhuman animal or an offspring thereof; and a human antibody-producing mouse carrying the human artificial chromosome.
Abstract:
Embodiments of the invention provide a magnetic disk drive and its control method capable of effectively using the unrecordable area which is caused due to the composite magnetic head's gap between the read head and the write head. In one embodiment, a disk drive comprises a composite magnetic head structured in such a manner that during write the write head WH reaches each servo area earlier than the read head RH, and a read write control unit to control the write and read done by the composite magnetic head. On the disk, common servo data SP to be used both during read and during write, write servo data SW to be used during write and read servo data SR to be used during read are recorded in this order in each servo area. During write, the read write control unit starts the write head recording data at the timing when reading write servo data SW from the servo area is completed.
Abstract:
A chimeric, non-human animal can be produced by a method that entails providing a microcell that contains one or more foreign chromosomes or fragment(s) thereof and then fusing the microcell with a pluripotent cell, thereby introducing the foreign chromosome(s) or fragment(s) into the latter. The pluripotent cell thus obtained can be used to generate a chimeric, non-human animal, the cells, tissues, and/or progeny of which can be the source of a product, such as an antibody, that is associated with one or more genes on the foreign chromosome(s) or fragment(s).
Abstract:
In a camera having a camera body unit constituted by combining a plurality of units, the camera configuration is realized so as to allow to easily remove only a lens frame unit from the camera body unit before the other units (for example, a strobe unit, a finder unit, a film feed unit and the like) when the camera is disassembled to repair or replace the lens frame unit by constituting so that the lens frame unit having a photographing optical system can be mounted independently.
Abstract:
A process for producing an electrochemical capacitor including an organic electrolytic solution and electrode bodies immersed in the organic electrolytic solution, each comprising a polarizing electrode (composed mainly of a carbon material containing a partially oxidized, graphite-like microcrystalline carbon), a separator and a collector, in which capacitor each polarizing electrode gives rise to volume expansion when charged and volume contraction when discharged, is provided. The process includes: a step of placing each electrode body and the organic electrolytic solution in a cell container to form a unit cell, a step of placing the unit cell or a cell integrate obtained by electrically connecting a plurality of such unit cells, in a first capacitor container to constitute a first electrochemical capacitor, a step of subjecting the first electrochemical capacitor to charging-discharging cycles until the maximum value of the stress caused by the volume expansion of each polarizing electrode during charging becomes almost constant, and a step of transferring, after the maximum value of the stress has become almost constant, the unit cell or the cell integrate into a second capacitor container to constitute a second electrochemical capacitor. The process can provide an electrochemical capacitor which causes no plastic deformation of the capacitor container and which is superior in durability and reliability.