Correlation of cotylenol with the aglycone of fusicoccin

The stereostructure of cotylenol, the aglycone of the cotylenins, has been confirmed by chemical correlation with the aglycone of fusicoccin A.     

Permeability characteristics of muscle membrane

Unidirectional flux rates of saturated fatty acids, saturated alcohols, and bile acids were measured in an intact rat diaphragm preparation. The logarithm of the permeability coefficients for fatty acids containing from five to ten carbon atoms was a linear function of the number of carbon atoms in the fatty acid chain. Incremental free energies of solution were +336 cal · mol⁻¹ for the addition of a hydroxyl group and −258 cal · mol⁻¹ for the addition of a methylene group. These incremental free energies were similar to those obtained by other investigators in other animal tissues, and our data suggest a structural similarity between membranes in different tissues and in different species. The muscle membrane exhibited anomalously high permeabilities for fatty acids containing less than five carbon atoms. Since muscle lacks tight junctions, this result suggests that small non-electrolytes traverse polar regions or aqueous pores within the cellular membrane.     

Pressure-induced changes in the molecular organization of a lipid-peptide complex. Polymyxin binding to phosphatidic acid membranes

The effect of 100 atm pressure on the organization of the lipid-peptide complex formed between polymyxin and dipalmitoyl phosphatidic acid has been investigated. Phase transition curves were obtained by electron paramagnetic resonance by measuring the partition coefficient of the spin label, 2, 2, 5, $\text{5-}\text{tetramethylpiperidine}\text{-N-}\text{oxyl}$. The three-step phase transition curve previously obtained with fluorescence polarization measurements was confirmed, demonstrating three distinct phosphatidic acid domains in the bilayer. Pressure increases binding of polymyxin to phosphatidic acid bilayers and alters the proportions of the two domains that differ in the mode of binding between phosphatidic acid and polymyxin. The binding curves of polymyxin to phosphatidic acid bilayers were determined and it was shown that application of pressure reduces the cooperativity of the binding curve.     

Nutrient inflows into apple roots. I. 32P-orthophosphate uptake from solution by M.9 rootstocks and Worcester Pearmain seedlings

Abstract. The rates of uptake of ³²P-labelled orthophosphate by whole root systems of young apple trees (M.9 rootslocks and Worcester Pearmain seedlings) were measured in solution culture. Using a solution depletion technique, the ³²P-phosphate uptake rates per unit length, surface area or fresh weight of roots were determined as a function of ³²P-phosphate concentration in solution at the root surface over the range 0.25–10 mmol m⁻³. The effect of P concentration within various plant parts on the relation between uptake rate and external P concentration was studied using plants differing in internal P levels.
The apparent minimutn P concentration below which P uptake ceased was of the order of 0.25–0.50 mmol m⁻³. Fluxes, inflows and unit absorption rates increased approximately proportionately with solution concentration up to 10mmolm⁻³. Except perhaps in the case of the low-P M.9 plant, there was no evidence of a diminishing returns type of relationship over the range of solution concentrations examined. The threshold P concentration in solution above which uptake rates cease to increase thus appears to be higher for apples than for other species.
At any given P concentration, fluxes, inflows and unit absorption rates were higher for M.9 than for Worcester and for low-P plants than for high-P plants. The difference between plants of different P status was more marked for M.9 and seems to be more closely related to shoot P levels than to root P.     

Quasi-elastic light scattering of Artemia ribosomes sedimented in a CsCl density gradient

It is impossible to measure the diffusion coefficient of macromolecules directly and accurately by quasi—elastic light scattering, when aggregates cannot be eliminated from the solutions to be investigated. Nevertheless, a simple method can be applied to overcome this problem in many cases. Aggregates are separated from the monomeric macromolecules by rate-zonal sedimentation in a CsCl density gradient in a transparent centrifugation tube; the monomers are then located by laser light scattering intensity measurements; photon correlation spectroscopy of the scattered light finally yields their diffusion coefficient. The viscosity of aqueous CsCl solutions at different temperatures and concentrations allows a good separation by centrifugation and a low uncertainty in the reduction of the measured diffusion coefficient to standard conditions.The application of the method to eukaryotic large ribosomal subunits is described as an example.     

Alcaloides du Strychnos tchibangensis

The structure of a new bisindole alkaloid has been elucidated by chemical correlation and analysis of ¹³C NMR spectra.     

Estimation of growth yield and maintenance coefficient of plant cell suspensions

Methodology is presented for the determination of growth yield (Y(g)) and maintenance coefficient (m) for carbon utilization of plant cells grown in suspension culture. Estimation of Y(g) and m requires measurements of specific growth rate (micro) and specific rate of substrate uptake (q) at different growth limiting substrate concentrations. Batch culture of tobacco cells did not permit evaluation of Y(g) and m because micro is constant and maximal during most of the growth cycle. In batch culture, the period of declining specific growth rate is extremely brief because of the rapid transition from logarithmic growth to stationary phase. This occurs because the K(m) for growth is relatively small compared to the initial sucrose concentration. Thus, when the substrate level reaches the K(m), the large mass of cells rapidly depletes the remaining substrate. In contrast, semicontinuous culture facilitates the determination of Y(g) and m because various steady-state growth rates can be achieved. Mathematical expressions were developed to determine the effective values of micro and q over the semicontinuous replacement interval. The validity of this approach was verified by conducting simulations using experimentally determined parameters.     

Effects of temperature on acaricidal and insecticidal activities of the benzoylureas flucycloxuron and diflubenzuron

Effects of temperature on the activity of flucycloxuron on larval stages of Panonychus ulmi (Koch), based on LC₅₀ values, were highly significant (P < 0.001) with temperature coefficients of-1.7 in both the ranges of 15° to 25°C and 20° to 30°C. The slopes of probit regression lines at 15° and 20°C were significantly steeper than those at 25° and 30°C. As a consequence the temperature coefficients based on LC₉₀ values were-4.4 and-2.2, for the 2 temperature ranges. The ovicidal activity of flucycloxuron on P. ulmi was low and was only statistically detectable at 20°C (LC₉₀ of 84 mg a.i./l). In studies with larvae of Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus), Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Say), Plutella xylostella (Linnaeus), Spodeptera exigua (Hübner) and Spodoptera littoralis (Boisduval) probit regression lines were parallel over temperature. The activity of flucycloxuron on these five insect species was not affected by temperature. Based on LC₅₀ values, diflubenzuron showed positive temperature coefficients on P. xylostella of + 2.1 at 15° to 25°C and + 2.5 at 20° to 30°C. For S. littoralis the temperature coefficient was positive (+ 2.4) at 15° to 25°C but negative (-1.9) at the 20° to 30°C range. Temperature coefficients of diflubenzuron were neutral for A. aegypti, L. decemlineata and S. exigua. In the design and analysis of these studies special allowance was made for date effects and variation in natural mortality over temperature.     

通风结构林带背风面湍流相关特征初步分析

本文根据湍流统计理论和野外观测数据,详细分析了林带背风面湍流自相关、空间相关和湍流积分尺度特征。在林带背风面的林缘附近,由于湍流尺度较小,使湍流相关系数不紧密。这时的时间尺度在2—3s(1.5m)和3—8s(5m),而空间尺度为10—20m左右。在远离林带以后,林带的作用减弱,随着湍流尺度增大,导致湍流相关系数增大。这时的时间尺度在15—20s,空间尺度在70—80m范围内,且湍流自相关系数服从2/3的指数定律。