Abstract: There are described DNA sequences that contain the coding region of amino acid transporters whose introduction in a plant genome modifies the transfer of metabolites in transgenic plants, plasmids, bacteria, yeasts and plants containing these DNA sequences, as well as their use.

Abstract: A subject of the invention is the compounds of formula 1

Abstract: The invention relates to a biaxially oriented polyester film which has very good optical properties and good processing behavior and which after it has been metallized or coated with oxidic materials exhibits a high oxygen barrier and which is built up from at least one base layer B and at least one layer A applied on top of this base layer, this layer A having a number N of elevations/protrusions per mm2 of film surface area which is related to their respective heights h and diameters d by the following equations: log N/mm2<Ah−Bh*log h/&mgr;m, 0.01 &mgr;m<h<10 &mgr;m  (1) wherein Ah=1.4; Bh=2.5 log N/mm2<Ad−Bd*log d/&mgr;m, 0.4 &mgr;m<d<10 &mgr;m  (2) wherein Ad=3.4; Bd=2.4.

Abstract: There is described a fiber-reinforced material composed of a sheetlike textile material and a thermoset resin with a fiber content of from 30 to 70% by weight, at least 30% of the fiber being synthetic fiber. The thermoset resin is preferably a phenolic resin which contains up to 25% by weight of a fluoropolymer. The sheetlike textile material is preferably 100% synthetic fiber, in particular polyacrylonitrile fiber. There are also described a prepeg formed from the textile material and the thermosetting resin and the process for producing these articles and the use of the material for producing construction elements, in particular for hydraulic systems, by application of mechanical shaping processes.

Abstract: 4-Haloalkyl-3-heterocyclylpyridines and 4-haloalkyl-5-heterocyclyl-pyrimidines, processes for their preparation, compositions comprising them, and their use as pesticides The present invention relates to 4-haloalkyl-3-heterocyclylpyridines and 4-haloalkyl-5-heterocyclylpyrimidines of the formula (I), to processes for their preparation, to compositions comprising them, and to the use of these compounds for controlling animal pests, in particular insects, spider mites, ectoparasites and helminths. In the formula (I), Q is a 5-membered heterocyclic group which is optionally substituted by halogen or organic radicals, Y is halo-C1-C6-alkyl, X is CH or N and m is 0 or 1.

Abstract: Biaxially oriented films having a substantially non-voided pigmented core layer of a propylene homopolymer, an intermediate layer of a voided propylene homopolymer, and two outer layers of a heat sealable olefin polymer. Such films can be heat sealed to form seals with high seal integrity.

Abstract: The invention relates to a crystal modification of the compound of the formula I 1

Abstract: The present invention relates to compounds of the formula I

Abstract: Compounds of the formula I in which B, D, E, R, W, Y, Z, b, c, d, e, f, g and have the meanings indicated in the claims, are inhibitors of the adhesion and migration of leucocytes and/or antagonists of the adhesion receptor VLA-4 which belongs to the group of integrins. The invention relates to the use of compounds of the formula I, and of pharmaceutical preparations which contain such compounds, for the treatment and prophylaxis of diseases which are caused by an undesired extent of leucocyte adhesion and/or leucocyte migration or which are associated therewith or in which cell—cell or cell-matrix interactions play a part which are based on interactions of VLA-4 receptors with their ligands, for example of inflammatory processes, rheumatoid arthritis or allergic disorders, and it also relates to the use of compounds of the formula I for the production of pharmaceuticals for use in such diseases. It further relates to novel compounds of the formula I.

Abstract: A herbicidally active composition comprises a mixture of A. a herbicidally effective amount of one or more compounds of the formula (I),  and B.

Abstract: A biaxially oriented polyolefin film having more than one layer and made from a base layer and from at least one outer layer. The base layer include a fatty amide and the outer layer include at least 80% by weight of a linear olefin polymer. The film is suitable, for example, for producing a film laminate by melt extrusion of a polyethylene layer.

Abstract: Spiro compounds of the formula I in which &psgr; is C, Si, Ge or Sn and K1 and K2 independently of one another are conjugated systems, are suitable as materials in nonlinear optics.

Abstract: This invention relates to fluorophenyl-substituted alkenylcarboxylic acid guanidides, process for their preparation, their use as a medicament or diagnostic, and medicament containing them. An embodiment of the invention embraces compounds of the formula I: and the pharmaceutically tolerated salts thereof. The disclosed compounds are valuable inhibitors of the cellular sodium/proton exchanger (Na+ /H+ exchanger) . They are therefore outstandingly suitable for the treatment of all diseases attributable to increased Na+ /H+ exchange.

Abstract: DNA which leads to the formation of polyfructans (levans), plasmids containing this DNA, as well as processes using plasmids for preparing transgenic plants with polyfructan (levan) expression.

Abstract: The invention relates to the preparation of compounds (I) in which A=H or acyl and R1, R21, R3, R, n, X, Y and Z are as defined in claim 1 by halogenation and rearrangement of compounds (II) (optionally salt) to give compounds (III) a) ammonolysis of (III) to (IV), reduction of the nitro group and reaction with carbamate (salts) (VI) of the formula Ar—OCO—N(M)—Het, where Ar=phenyl, M=H or cation and Het=heterocycle from formula (I), to give compounds (I) (A=H), or b) ammonolysis of (III) to (IV), reaction with carbamate (salt) (VI) and reduction of resulting compounds (VII) at the NO2 group to give compounds (I) (A=H), or c) reaction of (III) with cyanates and amines (VIII) of the formula HNR3—Het and reduction of the resulting compound (VII) at the NO2 group to give compounds (I) (A=H) and optional acylation if A is to be other than H.

Abstract: Polymeric films including a layer of propylene polymer resin having microvoids therein, the microvoids having been formed by stretching a web containing the beta-form of polypropylene, have shown low static cling when being unwound from rolls in labelling operations and also during destacking of pre-formed labels. The invention provides labels formed from such films.

Abstract: Compounds of the formula (I) and salts thereof in which W1, W2, R, n, R1, R2, R4, X, Y and Z are as defined in claim 1 and R3 is an acyl radical, are suitable as herbicides and plant growth regulators. The herbicides can be prepared by the process variants from claim 5, the novel intermediate products (II), (IV), (VI) and (VIII)* of claims 9 and 10 being employed.

Abstract: Herbicidal compositions comprising A) at least one herbicidally active compound from the group of the substituted phenylsulfonylureas of the formula I and their agriculturally accepted, i.e. acceptable and compatible, salts  in which R1 is (C1-C8)-alkyl, (C3-C4)-alkenyl, (C3-C4)-alkynyl or (C1-C4)-alkyl, which is mono- to tetrasubstituted by radicals from the group consisting of halogen and (C1-C2)-alkoxy; R2 is I or CH2NHSO2CH3; R3 is methyl or methoxy; and Z is N or CH; and B) at least one herbicidally active compound from the group of the compounds consisting of Ba) herbicides which are selective in rice, mainly against grasses, Bb) herbicides which are selective in rice, mainly against dicotyledonous harmful plants and cyperaceae, Bc) herbicides which are selective in rice, mainly against cyperaceae, and Bd) herbicides which are selective in rice, mainly against grasses and dicotyledonous harmful plants and also against harmful cyperaceae plants.

Abstract: Five-membered heterocycles having biphenylsulfonyl substitution, process for their preparation, their use as a medicament or diagnostic, and medicament comprising them. Compounds of the formula I in which the symbols have the meanings indicated in the claims, have outstanding antiarrhythmic properties and exhibit a cardioprotective component. They can preventively inhibit or greatly decrease the pathophysiological processes in the formation of ischemically induced damage, in particular in the elicitation of ischemically induced cardiac arrhythmias. Moreover, they have a potent inhibitory action on the proliferation of cells.

Abstract: Herbicide combinations which contain components (A) and (B) have synergistic herbicidal effects on: (A) one or more herbicides of the formula (I) or their salts,  in which R1, R2, R3, X, Y and Z are defined as in claim 1, and (B) one or more herbicides from the group of the compounds consisting of (B1) foliar- and soil-acting herbicides which are effective selectively in cereals and some dicotyledonous crops against monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous harmful plants, (B2) herbicides which are effective selectively in cereals and some dicotyledonous crops against predominantly dicotyledonous harmful plants and (B3) herbicides which are to be employed nonselectively or in specifically tolerant crops and are effective against monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous harmful plants.