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.