Abstract: Compounds of formula (I) or pesticidally acceptable salts thereof, compositions containing them and methods of use.

Abstract: Defective recombinant viruses containing an inserted gene coding for all or part of lecithin-cholesterol acyltransferase (LCAT) or a variant thereof, pharmaceutical compositions containing said viruses, and the use thereof for treating or preventing dyslipoproteinaemia-related diseases, are disclosed.

Abstract: A solid concentrated agrochemical composition comprising a homogeneous mixture of: (1) one (or a number of) concentrated compositions A in the form of dispersible granules, each granule containing at least one active material and not containing an effervescent agent, and having a cumulative pore volume of between 0.17 and 0.35 ml/g and having an apparent density of between 0.35 and 0.8 g/cm3; and (2) a concentrated composition B in the form of dispersible granules, each granule containing an effervescent agent and not containing an active material, and having a cumulative pore volume of between 0.020 and 0.13 ml/g and having an apparent density of between 0.8 and 1.5 g/cm3; the A/B quantitative ratio being between 0.01 and 30. A containerization system comprising said agrochemical composition within a bag whose wall is a film consisting of a film-forming material which is soluble or dispersible in water.

Abstract: The present invention pertains to novel 3-substituted-4-thiopyrrole intermediates for the preparation of 1-arylpyrrole compounds that are useful for the control of insects, acarids and nematodes. The compounds, including their isomers, e.g., diastereomers and optical isomers, are compounds of a general formula (I) wherein the structural variables are as defined in the description.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for supplying bioavailable methionine to a cow which comprises supplying to the cow an ester of methionine or methionine amide and/or an ester of the hydroxy analogue of methionine or a salt thereof.

Abstract: A novel method for preparing recombinant adenoviruses and the use of such adenoviruses in gene therapy are disclosed. Plasmids used in the construction of said adenoviruses are also disclosed.

Abstract: A pregerminated rice seed comprising a plant growth regulator, optionally further comprising a phytoprotection product, especially an insecticide.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for obtaining PAI fibers by spinning PAI in solution and to the fibers thus obtained. They are obtained by dry or wet spinning into dimethylalkyleneurea followed by removal of the solvent and overdrawing at high temperature. The yarns and fibers obtained are produced from PAI based on tolylene or meta-phenylene diisocyanate, and on an aromatic acid anhydride and/or an aromatic dianhydride, and optionally on one or a number of diacid compounds. They exhibit an outstanding thermomechanical behavior and make it possible to gain access to very low linear densities.

Abstract: The present invention provides an insecticidal composition comprising, as active ingredients, (a) at least one pyrethroid compound and (b) an N-aryldiazole compound such as 5-amino-3-cyano-1-(2,6-dichloro-4-trifluoromethylphenyl-4-trifluoromethylsulfinylpyrazole, and an insecticidal method which comprises applying the composition.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for the preparation of compounds having the formula (I) wherein W, R2, R3, R5 and R6 are as defined in the description, which are useful as intermediates in the synthesis of pesticidally active compounds.

Abstract: A compound of formula (I): compositions containing them and methods of use to control pests.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the isolation of a cDNA clone encoding the calcium sensor in human placenta and subsequent Northern blots confirming the mRNA expression also in human parathyroid and kidney tubule cells. Close sequence similarity is demonstrated with the rat Heymann nephritis antigen, a glycoprotein of the kidney tubule brush border with calcium binding ability. Immunohistochemistry substantiates a tissue distribution of the calcium sensor protein similar to that previously described for the Heymann antigen. It is proposed that the identified calcium sensor protein constitutes a universal sensor for recognition of variation in extracellular calcium, and that it plays a key role for calcium regulation via different organ systems. The calcium sensor protein belongs to the LDL-superfamily of glycoproteins, claimed to function primarily as protein receptors, but with functionally important calcium binding capacity.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method of reducing phytotoxicity in crop plants caused by at least one member of the group consisting of a 4-benzoylisoxazole herbicide and a 2-cyano-1,3-dione herbicide which comprises applying to the locus of the crop plant, the crop or crop plant seed an antidotally effective amount of at least one sulfonylurea herbicide.

Abstract: A nucleic sequence coding for a protein involved in the vesicular transport of acetylcholine, the corresponding protein and the promoter sequences implicated in expressing said protein are disclosed. The invention also discloses expression vectors containing said sequence and the therapeutic use of said sequence or said vectors.

Abstract: A process for preparing compounds of the formula: wherein R2 is lower alkyl; or phenyl optionally substituted by from one to five groups, the same or different, which are lower alkyl, lower haloalkyl, halogen or —SR4; R3 is halogen, lower alkyl, lower haloalkyl, lower alkoxy, lower haloalkoxy, —S-alkyl, cycloalkyl having from 3 to 7 carbon atoms in the ring, alkenyl or alkynyl having from 3 to 7 carbon atoms, or -(CR5R6)—SR2 wherein q is one or two; R4 is lower alkyl; R5 and R6 independently represent hydrogen, lower alkyl or lower haloalkyl; and n is zero or an integer from one to three; intermediate compounds of the formula: and processes for preparing them.

Abstract: The present invention provides a DNA sequence encoding an oxalate oxidase. The oxalate oxidase may be used for the resistance of plants to diseases caused by Sclerotinia sp. It may be provided by a chimeric gene and a vector containing the coding sequence. It may be used to confer on plants an increased resistance to diseases caused by Sclerotinia sp.

Abstract: Amphoacetate surfactants are made by reacting a compound of formula RCONHCH2CH2NHCH2CH2OH where R is an aliphatic radical, with formaldehyde and a cyanide of formula: R1CN, wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or an alkali metal, and, when R1 represents a hydrogen atom, hydrolysing the nitrile obtained with an alkali.

Abstract: The present invention provides a DNA sequence encoding an oxalate oxidase. The oxalate oxydase may be used for the resistance of plants to diseases caused by Sclerotinia sp. It may be provided by a chimeric gene and a vector containing the coding sequence. It may be used to confer on plants an increased resistance to diseases caused by Sclerotinia sp.

Abstract: Fluorinated ethers of the formula: wherein R is hydrogen, fluorine, alkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or fluoroalkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, R′ is hydrogen, alkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, or fluoroalkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms, and R″ is fluorine, alkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms or fluoroalkyl of 1 to 6 carbon atoms are prepared by fluorinating a corresponding ether of formula: with a solid transition metal fluoride fluorinating agent such as cobaltic fluoride.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for supplying bioavailable methionine to a cow which comprises supplying to the cow an ester of methionine or methionine amide and/or an ester of the hydroxy analogue of methionine or a salt thereof.