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Ali C Akyildiz Lambert Speelman Harald van Brummelen Miguel A Gutiérrez Renu Virmani Aad van der Lugt Anton FW van der Steen Jolanda J Wentzel Frank JH Gijsen 《Biomedical engineering online》2011,10(1):25
Background
Rupture of the cap of a vulnerable plaque present in a coronary vessel may cause myocardial infarction and death. Cap rupture occurs when the peak cap stress exceeds the cap strength. The mechanical stress within a cap depends on the plaque morphology and the material characteristics of the plaque components. A parametric study was conducted to assess the effect of intima stiffness and plaque morphology on peak cap stress. 相似文献2.
Frank JH Gijsen Francesco Migliavacca Silvia Schievano Laura Socci Lorenza Petrini Attila Thury Jolanda J Wentzel Anton FW van der Steen Patrick WS Serruys Gabriele Dubini 《Biomedical engineering online》2008,7(1):23
Background
The process of restenosis after a stenting procedure is related to local biomechanical environment. Arterial wall stresses caused by the interaction of the stent with the vascular wall and possibly stress induced stent strut fracture are two important parameters. The knowledge of these parameters after stent deployment in a patient derived 3D reconstruction of a diseased coronary artery might give insights in the understanding of the process of restenosis. 相似文献3.
Forbes SH; Hogg JT; Buchanan FC; Crawford AM; Allendorf FW 《Molecular biology and evolution》1995,12(6):1106-1113
We compared genotypes at eight (AC)n microsatellite loci in domestic sheep
(Ovis aries) and wild Rocky Mountain bighorn sheep (O. canadensis). The
domestic sheep had greater genetic variation, higher allele-size variances,
and larger allele sizes than the wild sheep. Accumulating evidence from
higher taxonomic comparisons shows that these parameters are biased if
microsatellite loci are selected in one taxon and used in another. Our
results demonstrate similar biases between congeneric species. We compared
standard measures of genetic variation, differentiation, and distance
within and between species (H, D, FST) to newer measures based on
allele-size variance (SW, SB, RST). The size-based distances better
detected species-level divergence, but standard measures better
distinguished allopatric populations. Empirical calibration of these
measures at the subspecies level is needed to establish their useful
ranges.
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MUNZ FW 《The Journal of general physiology》1958,42(2):445-459
Digitonin extracts have been prepared from the retinae of a dozen species of marine and euryhaline teleost fishes from turbid water habitats. Spectrophotometric analysis of the extracts shows that the photosensitive retinal pigments of these species have maximum absorption above 500 mµ. In nine species there are retinene1 pigments with λmax between 504 and 512 mµ. In the marine but euryhaline mullet, Mugil cephalus, there is a porphyropsin with λmax 520 mµ. A mixture of rhodopsin and porphyropsin in an extract of a marine puffer, Sphoeroides annulatus, was disclosed by partial bleaching with colored light. In addition, one other species has a 508 mµ pigment, of which the nature of the chromophore was not determined. The habitats in which these fishes live are relatively turbid, with the water greenish or yellowish in color. The spectral transmission of such waters is probably maximal between 520 and 570 mµ. It is suggested that the fishes have become adapted to these conditions by small but significant shifts in spectral absorption of their retinal pigments. These pigments are decidedly more effective than rhodopsin in absorption of wavelengths above 500 mµ. This offers a possible interpretation of the confusing array of retinal pigments described from marine and euryhaline fishes. 相似文献
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Olfactory sensitivity in tsetse flies: a daily rhythm 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
The diurnal tsetse Glossina morsitans morsitans bites especially in early
morning and late afternoon; around midday feeding is at a low. In
laboratory apparatus that measures the amount of locomotion under constant
conditions over the photophase, the flies display a similar patterning of
activity levels. The profile of daily rhythms for G. morsitans reported in
the literature includes a number of motor and sensory motor systems that
fluctuate cophasically. Lacking is a study on the patterning of the senses'
response levels. In this paper we present the first instance of a daily
modulation in the sense of smell. We stimulated the antennae with
concentration series of host-derived odours and measured the spiking rate
of cells at different times during the photophase. The
concentration-response curves suggest that the sensitivity of antennal
olfactory cells flows in parallel with the other daily rhythms. This was
also reflected in electroantennograms (EAGs). The electroantennography was
extended to G. fuscipes fuscipes, whose level of spontaneous locomotor
activity--instead of following a U- shaped pattern--rises gradually over
the photophase. Again, the EAGs appeared to parallel the species' locomotor
activity. What we believe happens is that the organism tones down the
sensitivity of its odour receptors during periods of anticipated inactivity
for reasons of economy.
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Marinus FW te Pas Ina Hulsegge Albart Coster Marco H Pool Henri H Heuven Luc LG Janss 《BMC developmental biology》2007,7(1):66
Background
Combining microarray results and biological pathway information will add insight into biological processes. Pathway information is widely available in databases through the internet. 相似文献7.
We have investigated the morphological effects of a genetic locus, Pgm1- t,
that affects the expression of a phosphoglucomutase locus (Pgm1) in liver
of rainbow trout (Salmo gairdneri). We have previously shown that embryos
with liver Pgm1 expression hatch earlier than those without liver Pgm1
expression. We predicted that this difference in developmental rate should
cause a reduction in meristic counts in the more rapidly developing fish
with liver Pgm1 expression. Eight meristic (countable) characters in nine
full-sib groups segregating for the presence or absence of liver Pgm1
expression are in agreement with this prediction. In eight of the nine
families, there is a significant difference in the multivariate
distribution of the eight meristic counts between full sibs with and
without liver Pgm1 expression. This separation in multivariate space is
based on a tendency for lower meristic counts in fish with liver Pgm1
expression. The magnitude of these morphological differences is similar to
that between two subspecies of cutthroat trout (Salmo clarki) that show
substantial genetic divergence at structural loci encoding enzymes (Nei's D
= 0.34). These data support the view that small changes in the
developmental process caused by genetic differences at regulatory genes can
have large effects on morphology.
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MUNZ FW 《The Journal of general physiology》1956,40(2):233-249
Retinal extracts have been prepared from dark-adapted mudsuckers by treatment of retinal tissue or of isolated outer segments of the visual cells with digitonin solution. The extracts were examined spectrophotometrically and found to absorb light maximally between the wave lengths of 488 and 510 mµ, depending on the proportion of yellow impurities and light-sensitive pigment present. This photosensitive pigment was shown to be homogeneous by partial bleaching of the extracts with monochromatic light of various wave lengths from 390 to 660 mµ. The mudsucker pigment was specifically demonstrated not to be a mixture of rhodopsin and porphyropsin; the adequacy of the method used to analyze such mixtures was shown by performing a control experiment with an artificial mixture of bullfrog rhodopsin and carp porphyropsin. Comparison of the hydroxylamine difference spectrum and of the absorption maximum of the purest retinal extract located the mudsucker photosensitive pigment maximum at 512 ± 1 mµ. Extraction of retinal tissue with a fat solvent after exposure to white light gave a preparation which after the addition of antimony chloride reagent developed the absorption band maximal near 664 mµ, which is characteristic of retinene1. If an hour intervened between exposure of the retinal tissue to light and extraction of the carotenoid, the antimony trichloride test gave a color band maximal at 620 mµ, characteristic of vitamin A1. No evidence of retinene2 or vitamin A2 was obtained. The euryhaline mudsucker has, therefore, a photosensitive retinal pigment with an absorption maximum halfway between the peaks of rhodopsins and of porphyropsins and belonging to the retinene1 system characteristic of rhodopsins. The pigment is therefore named a retinene1 pigment 512 of the mudsucker, Gillichthys mirabilis. It is uncertain whether this type of photosensitive pigment will be found in other euryhaline fishes. 相似文献
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Schwaiger FW; Weyers E; Buitkamp J; Ede AJ; Crawford A; Epplen JT 《Molecular biology and evolution》1994,11(2):239-249
Exon 2 sequences of an expressed MHC-DRB locus from sheep were examined for
polymorphisms in both the antigen-binding regions and the adjacent intronic
mixed simple tandem repeat. Twenty-one novel exon 2 Ovar-DRB alleles were
identified. Short nucleotide motifs are extensively shared between certain
exon 2 regions of Ovar-DRB alleles. The simple repeat variations, the
number of different amino acids at usually polymorphic sites, and the
number of silent substitutions were reduced in the intraspecies analyses of
sheep DRB sequences, compared with those of cattle and goats. It was
paradoxical that the abundance of different sheep alleles was similar to
that of cattle and goats. This paradox may be explained by postulating a
relatively small number of "ancient" alleles, with the present-day Ovar-DRB
alleles being generated by reciprocal exchange of nucleotide motifs. At the
antigen-binding sites, new combinations of amino acids were maintained in
Ovar-DRB alleles by strong positive selection. In sheep--and less
pronounced in goats and cattle--the DRB alleles can be divided into two
groups. In one group, silent substitutions are increased when compared with
the other. This suggests separate evolutionary pathways for certain groups
of DRB alleles within a species. The simple repetitive sequences are also
discussed with respect to the evolution of DRB alleles.
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Abscisic acid (ABA) plays a series of significant physiology roles in higher plants including but not limited to promote bud and seed dormancy, accelerate foliage fall, induce stomatal closure, inhibit growth and enhance resistance. Recently, it has been revealed that ABA also has an important regulator role in the growth, development and ripening of fruit. In higher plants ABA is produced from an indirect pathway from the cleavage products of carotenoids. The accumulation of endogenous ABA levels in plants is a dynamic balance controlled by the processes of biosynthesis and catabolism, through the regulation of key ABA biosynthetic gene and enzyme activities. It has been hypothesized that ABA levels could be part of the signal that trigger fruit ripening, and that ABA may play an important role in the regulation of ripening and senescence of both non-climacteric and climacteric fruit. The expensive costs of natural ABA and labile active ABA for its chemical synthesis limit its application in scientific research and agricultural production. These findings that ABA has various of important roles in the regulation of growth and development, quality formation, coloring and softening, ripening and senescence of fruit, are providing opportunities and challenges for Horticultural Science. This is to elucidate the specific mechanism of response and biosynthesis, signal transduction, and receptor recognition of ABA in fruit, employing comprehensive research methods, such as molecular biology, plant physiology and molecular genetics. Further and more in-depth research about ABA has a great, realistic significance for knowing the mechanisms behind the process of fruit ripening. 相似文献