Abstract:
The invention relates to novel plasmid vectors for transformation of filamentous fungi and to a method of modifiying the genome of filamentous fungi based on these vectors. The invention furthermore relates to the modification of a specific gene via the process of homologous recombination, to recombinant expression of foreign genes in filamentous fungi and to new selection markers for detecting succesfull transfer of the target gene in filamentous fungi.
Abstract:
The invention relates to a transgenic plant of the species Beta vulgaris, into the genome of which a nucleic acid was stably integrated. From said nucleic acid RNA is transcribed in the plant, wherein RNA formed in the event of an infestation of the plant with a fungus of the genus Cercospora can be taken up by said RNA so that the Cercosporin biosynthesis in the fungus is impaired in such a manner that biotrophic growth phase of the fungus is inhibited and the plant has an enhanced resistance to the fungus compared with a control plant.
Abstract:
The invention relates to the use of substances inhibiting the transformation of the eucaryotic initiation factor 5A (eIF-5A) from the inactive form thereof to the active form thereof, for controlling plant pathogens. The invention also relates to the use of said inhibitors for growth promotion in cultivated plants.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to the provision of expression cassettes and nucleic acid sequences and to the use of these aforementioned nucleic acid sequences in a method for identifying antifungal compounds, which inhibit the mitochondrial transport process in eucaryotes. Furthermore, the invention relates to the use of these compounds identified via the abovementioned method as fungicides.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to the provision of a polypeptide with the enzymatic activity of a Uridyl glucose pyrophosphorylase as targets for fungicides, the provision of novel nucleic acid sequences encoding a polypeptide with the enzymatic activity of a Uridyl glucose pyrophosphorylase, the provision of functional equivalents of the aforementioned nucleic acid sequences, and use of a polypeptide with the enzymatic activity of a Uridyl glucose pyrophosphorylase encoded by a nucleic acid sequence in a method for identifying antifungal compounds. Furthermore, the invention relates to antifungal compounds identified by the abovementioned method and the use of these compounds as fungicides.
Abstract:
A ship drive has a driving machine directly linked to a propeller shaft equipped with a propeller whose thrust is absorbed by a thrust block, as well as an auxiliary drive which consists of an electric machine which may be selectively operated as a generator or as a motor and which is linked by a clutch to a gear. One toothed wheel of the gear surrounds the propeller shaft and is linked thereto by a flexible coupling. A clutch which transmits the propeller thrust is arranged on a section of the propeller shaft between the gear and the driving machine. A clutch (2) is arranged without play on a separate section (10) of the propeller shaft and is linked to a clearance-free auxiliary thrust block (3) that may be activated in a back-up or emergency propulsion mode of the ship. In that case, the accordingly reduced propeller thrust is transmitted by the auxiliary thrust block (3) to a thrust block arranged in the driving machine in the ship hull.