Abstract: The invention relates to a method for removing water-insoluble substances from substrate surfaces by means of a solid dry carrier comprising hydrophobin.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of hydrophobin polypeptides as penetration intensifiers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of at least one protein, in particular at least one hydrophobin or at least one derivative thereof, for improving phase separation in compositions comprising at least two liquid phases, to methods for separating at least two liquid phases in a composition comprising at least two liquid phases, and to formulations comprising at least one compound selected from the group consisting of fuels, combustibles, crude oils or water-soluble or oil-soluble polymer solutions and at least one protein, in particular at least one hydrophobin or derivatives thereof.

Abstract: Use of hydrophobins as auxiliaries in the crystallization of solids, in particular the use for producing gypsum from an aqueous phase.

Abstract: The present invention relates to methods for determining GTP Cyclohydrolase I or II activity in a sample.

Abstract: Open-cell foam based on a melamine-formaldehyde condensation product, a polyurethane or a polyimide, which has been modified with hydrophobins, a method of producing such foams, and the use thereof for absorbing organic liquids, as leakage and bleeding protection for liquid stores, for liquid-liquid separation and as matrix for carrying out chemical and/or biological processes.

Abstract: Use of hydrophobins for soil-repellent treatment of hard surfaces, in particular in combination with a cleansing of the surface, processes for soil-repellent treatment of hard surfaces, cleansing agents for hard surfaces and also hard surfaces with a soil-repellent coating comprising hydrophobins.

Abstract: Use of hydrophobins for treating the surface of cured mineral building materials, natural stone, cast stone or ceramic, a process for treating such surfaces and also surfaces of cured mineral building materials, natural stone, cast stone or ceramic that have a coating comprising hydrophobins.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of at least one hydrophobin or of a derivative thereof as a defoamer in additive compositions or fuels, to a process for defoaming fuels, to an additive and fuel composition comprising at least one hydrophobin or derivative thereof and at least one further fuel additive, and to a process for preparing at least one fuel composition.

Abstract: A method for the disruption of biological cells by means of a homogenizer device which a) comprises an orifice plate having at least one inlet nozzle and an orifice plate having at least one exit nozzle, wherein, in the intermediate space between the orifice plates, a static mixer is situated and, if appropriate, mechanical energy is additionally introduced or b) comprises an orifice plate having at least one inlet nozzle and a baffle plate, wherein, in the intermediate space between the orifice plate and the baffle plate, if appropriate a static mixer is situated and/or mechanical energy is introduced.

Abstract: A multilayered composite or coated substrate, comprising compounds of which at least 40% by weight are composed of alpha-amino acids linked via peptide bonds as adhesion promoters between at least two adjacent layers of the composite or between the coating and the substrate.

Abstract: Expandable or expanded, thermoplastic polymer particles with a coating comprising hydrophobin, in particular proteins of the general structural formula (I) Xn-C1-X1-50-C2-X0-5-C3-X1-100-C4-X1-100-C5-X1-50-C6-X0-5-C7-X1-50-C8-Xm??(I) where X is any of the 20 naturally occurring amino acids, n and m are numbers between 0 and 500, C is cysteine, and their use as antistatics.

Abstract: Polypeptides of the general structural formula (I) Xn—C1—X1-50—C2—X0-5—C3—Xp—C4—X1-100—C5—X1-50—C6—X0-5—C7—X1-50—C8—Xm??(I), production and use thereof.

Abstract: Cosmetic composition for the treatment of keratin-containing materials, mucosa and teeth, comprising at least one hydrophobin polypeptide sequence (i) (I) Xn-C1-X1-50-C2-X0-5-C3-Xp-C4-X1-100-C5-X1-50-C6- X0-5-C7-X1-50-C8-Xm

Abstract: Fibrous substrates selected from textile substrates and leather are coated using at least one hydrophobin.

Abstract: The use of interface-active non-enzymatic proteins for textile washing. Washing compositions for textile washing which comprise interface-active non-enzymatic proteins, and processes for washing using such proteins.

Abstract: Polypeptides of the general structural formula (I) Xn—C1—X1-50—C2—X0-5—C3—X1-100—C4—X1-100—C5—X1-50—C6—C0-5—C7—X1-50—C8—Xm??(I) production and use thereof.

Abstract: Emulsions of hydrophobic monomers in water comprising inorganic particles as Pickering emulsifiers, and hydrophobin; and also the preparation and use of the emulsions are described.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the identification of fungal GTP cyclohydrolase II as a target for fungicides, to a method for identifying antifungal agents based on fungal GTP cyclohydrolase II, and also to the use of compounds identified as fungicides via the abovementioned method.

Abstract: A method for coating surfaces with hydrophobin fusions at a pH of ?4, and a surface having a coating which comprises at least one hydrophobin fusion.