[Effect of stress conditions on the activity and isozyme composition of peroxidase of vacuoles and tissue extract of red beet roots].

Changes in the enzymatic activity of phenol-dependent peroxidase (PO) of vacuoles and tissue extract of red beet (Beta vulgaris L.) roots in different phases of plant development and in hyperosmotic stress and pathogen infection were found. The highest activity was observed during root growth and the lowest PO activity occurred in dormancy, respectively.

[Effect of dihydroquercetin on active and passive ion transport systems in plant vacuolar membranes].

The effect of dihydroquercetin (DHQ) on proton pumps of the vacuolar membrane (H(+)-ATPase and H(+)-pyrophosphatase), slow vacuolar (SV) channel, lipid peroxidation, and stability of isolated vacuoles was studied. The results of experiments showed that DHQ affected active and passive transport systems of the vacuolar membrane. The mechanism of action of DHQ may be based on its combined effect on the sulfhydryl groups of proteins and the lipid component of the membrane.

[The dynamics of hormonal status of developing red beet root (Beta vulgaris L.) in correlation with the dynamics of sugar accumulation].

We studied the dynamics of phytohormone levels (indole-3-acetic acid, abscisic acid, cytokinins, and gibberellin-like substances) in red beet (Beta vulgaris L.) roots at different developmental stages in comparison with the data on the dynamics of sugar accumulation in order to test possible hormonal regulation of sugar accumulation. The obtained data suggest the involvement of cytokinins and gibberellin-like substances in the control of sugar accumulation in the roots, while indole-3-acetic acid, abscisic acid, and gibberellin-like substances can control the outflow.

[Designing of a candidate edible vaccine against hepatitis B and HIV on the basis of a transgenic tomato].

The synthetic chimeric gene TBI-HBS encoding the synthesis of immunogenic ENV and GAC epitopes of HIV-1 (immunogenes of T- and B-lymphocytes) and of the surface protein (HBsAg) of the hepatitis B virus was introduced into tomato plants var. Ventura by agrobacterial vector pBIN35TBI-HBS; transgenic tomato plants with the integrated gene TBI-HBS were generated. The integration of the TBI-HBS target gene was confirmed by PCR.