Basf Aktiengesellschaft

Max-planck-gesellschaft Zur Forderung Der Wissenschaften E.v.

Basf Plant Science Gmbh

Marc Stitt Nigel

Thomas Ehrhardt

Jens Lerchl

Rita Zrenner

Uwe Sonnewald

Ralf-Michael Schmidt

Annette Freund

Andreas Reindl

Wolfgang Lein

Peter Ludwig Geigenberger

Michael Schroeder

Kirsten Deist

Helene Vigeolas

Jörg Bauer

Andreas Renz

Frederik Börnke

Rita Maria Zrenner

Frederik Boernke

Anke Langer

Tina Maria Ritter

Joost Thomas Van Dongen

Michael Udvardi

Peter Geigenberger

Thomas Joost Van Dongen

The invention relates to a method for modifying the storage reserve content in plants, where leghemoglobin- and/or hemoglobin-expressing transformed plants are employed, to corresponding plants, and to their use.

Method for altering the content of reserve substances in plants

The present invention relates to a DNA encoding a polypeptide with dihydroorotase (EC 3.5.2.3) activity. Also, the invention relates to the use of this nucleic acid for the generation of an assay system.

Plant dihydroorotase

The present invention relates to serine hydroxymethyltransferase (E.C. 2.1.2.1) as novel target for herbicides, and to nucleic acid sequences encoding a polypeptide with the biological activity of a serine hydroxymethyltransferase, which, when not present, bring about growth retardation symptoms and chlorotic leaves, comprising the nucleic acid sequence SEQ ID No:3, and functional equivalents of the abovementioned nucleic acid sequence or the nucleic acid sequence SEQ ID NO:7 and functional equivalents of the abovementioned nucleic acid sequence. Moreover, the present invention relates to the use of the abovementioned nucleic acid sequences, of functional analogs of the SEQ ID NO:3 or SEQ ID NO:7 or of polypeptides encoded by one of the abovementioned nucleic acid sequences in a method for identifying herbicidally active compounds which inhibit serine hydroxymethyltransferases, and to the use of these compounds which have been identified by the method as herbicides.

Nucleic acid encoding a polypeptide with the biological activity of a serine hydroxymethyltransferase

The invention relates to methods for increasing the oil content in plants, preferably in the seeds of plants, by expression of glycerol-3-phosphatdehydrogenases (G3PDH) from yeast, preferably from. The invention also relates to expression constructs for the expression of G3PDH yeast in plants, preferably in the seeds of plants, transgenic plants expressing G3PDH, and to the use of said transgenic plants in the production of foodstuffs, feed, seeds, pharmaceuticals or fine chemicals, especially in the production of oils.

Methods for increasing oil content in plants

Dihydroorotase extracted from plants

Serine hydroxymethyltransferase as a target for herbicides

The present invention relates to the use of DNA sequences of plant origin encoding a polypeptide with aspartate carbamyltransferase (E.C. 2.1.3.2) activity for generating an assay system for finding aspartate carbamyltransferase inhibitors. For the first time, it was shown, with the aid of antisense technology, that aspartate carbamyltransferase constitutes a herbicidal target.

Aspartate carbamyltransferase as herbicidal target

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Edingen-Neckarhausen, Germany

Marc Stitt Nigel