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The dynamics of coupled biological oscillators can be modeled by averaging the effects of coupling over each oscillatory cycle so that the coupling depends on the phase difference between the two oscillators and not on their specific states. Average phase difference theory claims that mode locking phenomena can be predicted by the average effects of the coupling influences. As a starting point for both empirical and theoretical investigations, Rand et al. (1988) have proposed d/dt= — K sin ), with phase-locked solutions =arcsin( /K), where is the difference between the uncoupled frequencies and K is the coupling strength. Phase-locking was evaluated in three experiments using an interlimb coordination paradigm in which a person oscillates hand-held pendulums. was controlled through length differences in the left and right pendulums. The coupled frequency c was varied by a metronome, and scaled to the eigenfrequency v of the coupled system K was assumed to vary inversely with c. The results indicate that: (1) and K contribute multiplicatively to (2) =0 or = regardless of K when =0; (3) 0 or regardless of when K is large (relative to ); (4) results (1) to (3) hold identically for both in phase and antiphase coordination. The results also indicate that the relevant frequency is c/v rather than c. Discussion high-lighted the significance of confirming =arcsin(/K) for more general treatments of phase-locking, such as circle map dynamics, and for the 11 phase-entrainment which characterizes biological movement systems. 相似文献
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Summary A mutant strain of Rhodococcus equi accumulates three metabolites from the androst-4-ene-3,17-dione or from its degradation intermediate, 3a-H-4(3'-propionic acid)-7a-methylhexahydro-1,5-indanedione (MEPHIP). These three metabolites are: 3a-H-4a(3'-propionic acid)-5-hydroxy-7a-methylhexahydro-1-indanone--lactone (HIL); 3a-H-4(3'-trans acrylic acid)-5-hydroxy-7a-methylhexahydro-1-indanone (2'-5-hydroxy-MEPHIP); and 3a-H-4(3'-hydroxy-3'-propionic acid)-5-hydroxy-7a-methylhexahydro-1-indanone (3'-hydroxy-HIL). The behaviour of this mutant allows us to propose a pathway for degradation of the intermediates, methylperhydroindanone propionates. However, during this degradation, the side-chain propionate was eliminated by a-oxidation mechanism.
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Summary On t.l.c. plates 125I-cholera toxin binds to a disialoganglioside tentatively identified as GDlb with about 10 times less capacity than to ganglioside GM1. Binding of labeled toxin to both gangliosides was abolished in presence of excess amounts of unlabeled B subunit. Ganglioside extracts from human or pig intestinal mucosa showed toxin binding to gangliosides GM1 and GD1b. In ganglioside-containing lipid monolayers the penetration of the toxin was independent of the ganglioside binding capacity.Abbreviations GM2
Gal-NAc14Gal(3-2NeuAc)14G1c1Cer
- GM1
Gal3Ga1-NAc14Gal(32NeuAc)14G1c11Cer
- GD1a
NeuAc23Ga113Gal-NAc14Gal(32NeuAc)14G1c11Cer
- GD1b
Gall3Gal-NAcl4Gal(32NeuAc82NeuAc)14Glc11Cer
- GT1b
NeuAc23Ga113Ga1-NAcal4Gal(3-2NeuAc82NeuAc)14G1c11Cer
- dpPC
1,2-hexadecanoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine
- dpPE
1,2-hexadecanoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine 相似文献
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Josiane Szpirer et Philippe Brachet 《Molecular & general genetics : MGG》1970,108(1):78-92
Summary This work deals with the ability of phage 80 to provide defective mutants of with their missing functions.
Functions Involved in Recombination. As shown by others, the Int mechanism of 80 cannot excise prophage . However, 80 efficiently excises recombinants from tandem dilysogens, using its Ter mechanism. Likewise, the nonspecific mechanism Red is interchangeable between 80 and .
Maturation of DNA by 80. The Ter recombinants excised by 80 from tandem dilysogens are packaged into a 80 protein coat. This contrasts with the fact, already mentionned by Dove, that 80 is extremely inefficient for packaging phage superinfecting a -lysogen. The latter result is also found when the helper phage is a hybrid with the left arm of (80hy4 or 80hy41 — see Fig. 1). However, the maturation of the superinfecting is much more efficient if the 80hy used as a helper has the att-N region of (like 80hy1). Conversely a with the att-N region of 80 (hy6 — see Fig. 1) is packaged more efficiently by 80 or 80hy4 than by 80hy1. It is suggested that the maturation of chromosome superinfecting an immune cell requires a recombination with the helper phage.
Vegetative Functions. Among the replicative functoons O and P, the latter only can be supplied by 80. That N mutants are efficiently helped by 80 does not tell that 80 provides the defective with an active N product; the chromosomes are simply packaged into a 80 coat. This shows that 80 is unable to switch on the late genes of . That neither 80 nor any of the 80hy tested can provide an active N product is shown in a more direct way by their complete failure to help N
-r14; this phage carries a polar mutation which makes the expression of genes O and P entirely N-dependant. The maturation of a N
- by 80 contrasts with the fact that mutants affected in late genes (A, F or H) are not efficiently helped by 80. This suggests that the products coded by these genes are not interchangeable between 80 and , and that packaging of DNA into 80 coats is possible but inhibited when late proteins are present in the cell.
Activation of the Late Genes. Among the im
80
h
+
hybrids tested, only 80hy41 is able to switch on the late genes of a N defective mutant. This hybrid differs from the other hybrids studied here, by the fact that it has the Q-S-R region of (see Fig. 1). The results are consistant with the view that the product of Q gene is sufficient for activating the late genes of a DNA. N would thus control the expression of late genes only indirectly by controlling the expression of gene Q (Couturier & Dambly have independantly reached the same conclusion, 1970). Furthermore the failure of 80 and of the 80hy1 and 80hy4 to activate the late genes of would imply that these phages are unable to provide an Q product active on the chromosome Reciprocally, switches on the late genes of prophage 80hy41, but not of prophages 80hy1 and 80hy4. This suggests that the initiation of late genes expression takes place at a main specific site located in the Q-S-R region of the chromosome. The expression of the late genes would thus be sequential, and proceed through the left arm only when steaky ends cohere. Similar conclusions were reached independantly by Toussaint (1969) and by Herskowitz and Signer (1970).
Ce travail a été réalisé dans le cadre du contrat d'association Euratom-U. L. B. 007-61-10 ABIB et avec l'aide du Fonds de la Recherche Fondamentale Collective. 相似文献
Ce travail a été réalisé dans le cadre du contrat d'association Euratom-U. L. B. 007-61-10 ABIB et avec l'aide du Fonds de la Recherche Fondamentale Collective. 相似文献
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Summary Detailed restriction enzyme analysis of the DNA from a Chinese female showed that one of her chromosomes had a >17.5 kb deletion of DNA, including the , 2, and 1 globin genes, which is present in many Southeast Asians with an -thalassemia-1 chromosome. Her normal chromosome had the expected cluster of -like globin genes (5----2-1-3), but the segment of DNA between the two globin genes was elongated by some 0.5–0.7 kb. Analyses of various restriction sites suggested that this normal variant of the human globin gene complex is due to a crossover between a normal chromosome with () and a chromosome with an -thalassemia-2 (–3.7) and an -21-hybrid gene. 相似文献
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Changes in body temperature (Tb) and feeding were characterized in unrestrained rats following the micro-injection into the anterior hypothalamic preoptic area (AH/POA) of macrophage inflammatory protein-1 (MIP-1), MIP-1 or MIP-1. After the rats recovered from the stereotaxic implantation of a single guide tube placed in the AH/POA, either one of the MIP-1 compounds or control CSF was micro-injected in a volume of 1.0 l into this area. Changes in body temperature (Tb) and food and water intakes were monitored throughout each experiment. When micro-injected into the AH/POA in a dose of 28 or 280 pg, doublet MIP-1 and MIP-1 evoked a monophasic fever which increased above baseline to a mean maximum of 2.17±0.14°C and 2.1±0.24°C, respectively. MIP-1 micro-injected similarly evoked a biphasic fever, with the Tb declining transiently at the 30 min point 0.4°C lower than the congruent rises in Tb evoked by doublet MIP-1 or MIP-1. The secondary rise in Tb induced by MIP-1 had a latency of 1.5–2.0 hrs and reached a maximum of 1.56±0.16°C. Although all three cytokines significantly attentuated the rats' mean intake of food during the 24 hr interval after their micro-injection into the AH/POA, doublet MIP-1 exerted the most potent anorexic effect in comparison to that of the saline control rats. However, neither body weight nor intake of water was altered significantly by the three cytokines. These results demonstrate a functional distinction between the febrile actions of MIP-1 and MIP-1 on cells of the AH/POA. It is envisaged that MIP-1 underlies the initial phase of a pyrogen-induced fever, whereas MIP-1 could mediate the secondary phase of a biphasic fever. Clearly, the localized elevation of either MIP-1 or MIP-1 in the AH/POA perturbs the neuronal mechanism underlying the set-point for body temperature. Thus, both MIP-1 and MIP-1 could play a functional role in the pathological events occurring in neurons of the AH/POA in response to an endotoxin or other pyrogen challenge. 相似文献
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Summary When an aqueous solution (pH 7.0) of deoxythymidine 5-phosphate, 4-amino-5-imidazolecarboxamide and cyanamide was dried and heated for 18 h at 60°C, P1, P2-dideoxythymidine 5-pyrophosphate (I) was formed in a 58% yield. Oligonucleotides were not detected in the reaction product. Under conditions employed in the above reaction, (I) was shown to be stable. In prebiotic polymerization reactions employing deoxythymidine 5-triphosphate as the polymerizing species, (I) could therefore function as a primer and minimize the formation of cyclic nucleotides.Abbreviations dT
deoxythymidine
- dTMP
deoxythymidine 5-phosphate
- dTppT
P1, P2-dideoxythymidine 5-pyrophosphate
- dTTP
deoxythymidine 5-triphosphate
- AICA
4-amino-5-imidazolecarboxamide 相似文献
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Katherine K. Richardson Renae M. Crosby Thomas R. Skopek 《Molecular & general genetics : MGG》1988,214(3):460-466
Summary DNA sequencing was used to determine the specific types of DNA base changes induced following in vivo exposure of Escherichia coli to the ethylating agent N-ethyl-N-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (ENNG) and the hydroxyethylating agent 1-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-nitrosourea (HENU) using the xanthine guanine phosphoribosyltransferase (gpt) gene as the genetic target. We observed that 22/30 of the ENNG-induced mutations were GCAT transitions, 4/30 were ATGC transitions, 3/30 were ATTA transversions, and 1/30 was an ATCG transversion. We observed that 37/40 HENU-induced mutations were GCAT transitions and that the remaining 3/40 were ATGC transitions. A majority of the GCAT transitions induced by ENNG and HENU (68% and 73%, respectively) occurred at the second guanine of the sequence 5-GG(A or T)-3; this sequence specificity was similar to that previously seen with the alkylating agents N-methyl- and N-ethyl-N-nitrosourea (MNU and ENU) and N-methyl-N-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (MNNG). A DNA strand preference for the GA changes (antisense strand), previously noted for MNU, ENU, and MNNG, was observed following exposure to HENU and ENNG. The ATGC transitions induced by ENNG, HENU, and ENU also exhibit a sequence specificity with 13/13 mutations occurring at the T of the sequence 5-NTC-3. A strand preference was not apparent for these mutations. 相似文献
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Jeffrey M. Leiden Keith M. Gottesdiener Thomas Quertermous Larry Coury Robert A. Bray Lisa Gottschalk Howard Gebel Jon G. Seidman Jack L. Strominger Alan L. Landay Jacki Kornbluth 《Immunogenetics》1988,27(4):231-238
To test the hypothesis that the T-cell receptor (Tcr) gene encodes a natural killer (NK) cell receptor molecule, three human NK clones and fresh peripheral blood lymphocytes with NK activity from two patients with a CD16+ lymphocytosis were analyzed for rearrangements and expression of the human Tcr , , and genes. Two of the clones displayed distinct rearrangements of their Tcr and genes and expressed mature Tcr , , and l RNA. However, one of the clones and both patient samples displayed marked NK activity but failed to rearrange or express any of their Tcr genes. These findings demonstrate that human natural killer activity is not dependent on Tcr gene rearrangement and expression. In addition, they confirm previous findings concerning the lack of Tcr and gene expression in some natural killer cells. Thus, they suggest the existence of additional NK-specific recognition molecules. 相似文献
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Resumen El procedimiento de intercambio iónico empleado en este trabajo ha mostrado ser un método eficiente, sencillo y rápido, para eliminar las fracciones antigénicas aniónicas de un extracto crudo deP. brasiliensis.Su empleo permitió la obtención de un antígeno purificado que contiene algunas de las fracciones catiónicas del extracto crudo. El antígeno responsable de la formación del arco E fue identificado en el extracto purificado, mediante análisis inmunoelectroforético. 相似文献
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Timothy S. Burcham Ida Sim Laurel M. Bolin Eric M. Shooter 《Neurochemical research》1991,16(6):603-612
The 7S NGF complex from the male mouse submaxillary gland consists of the , and subunits in the ratio 22. The (NGF) subunit contains all the known biolocial activity of 7S NGF. The and subunits are both members of glandular kallikrein gene family, yet only subunit has protease activity. The subunit plays a role in the processing of preproNGF to its mature form, while the role of the subunit is not yet understood. Despite the fact that 7S NGF has been extensively characterized, no other NGF complex has been characterized, nor have the or subunits been observed in tissues which express NGF. We have therefore purified and characterized the NGF complex from the submaxillary glands of the ratMastomys natalensis in order to more fully understand the roles of the and subunits. The NGF complex from M. natalensis contains subunits similar to those found in mouse 7S NGF. Although similar, there are significant differences between mouse and M. natalensis NGF complexes, especially in the degree of post-translational modification of the and NGF subunits, the expression of esterase activity and the ease with which the complexes dissociate. Evidence is presented that suggests that the NGF complex from M. natalensis may consist of subunits in the ratio 2. The amino acid sequence of the M. natalensis NGF suggests some, but not all, ways in which these differences arise.Special issue dedicated to Dr. Lawrence Austin 相似文献
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J. Romero-Andreas F. A. Bliss 《TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik》1985,71(3):478-480
Summary Crude protein extracts from single seeds of nondomesticated Mexican bean accessions were analysed by SDS polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis for variability in phaseolin protein. Six new phaseolin types; M1, M2, M3, M4, M5, M6, which contained polypeptides within the same range of molecular weights (51,000 to 45,000 daltons) as occur in the S, T and C phaseolin types of cultivated beans were identified. No T and C types were found among the non-domesticated Mexican accessions, and the S type occurred in less than 7% of the seeds screened. Genetic analyses of F2 progenies from crosses between Sanilac (S), and five of the M types showed that each M phaseolin phenotype was allelic to the S type and expressed codominantly. 相似文献
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Sequence comparison of the -subunit of phosphorylase kinase with -tropomyosin revealed 32% identity, and 49% similarity, between the region of -tropomyosin coded by exon 5 and a 39 amino acid segment of the kinase subunit. A subsequence of the -subunit segment and a sequence overlapping the same -subunit region are homologous with: (a) a region of the cytoplasmic domain of EGF receptor (50% identity) and (b) a Ca2+-binding domain of the chain of S-100 protei (50% identity) respectively. Statistical analysis shows that these homologies are significant. The biological implication of the above similarities is discussed. 相似文献
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The cleavage of adenosine-5-monophosphate (5-AMP) and guanosine-5-monophosphate (5-GMP) by Ce4+ and lanthanide complex of 2-carboxyethylgermanium sesquioxide (Ge-132) in acidic and near neutral conditions was investigated by NMR , HPLC and measuring the liberated inorganic phosphate at 37°C and 50°C. The results showed that 5-GMP and 5-AMP was converted to guanine (G), 5-monophosphate (depurination of 5-GMP), ribose (depurination and dephosphorylation of 5-GMP), phosphate and adenine (A), 5-monophosphate (depurination of 5-AMP), ribose (depurination and dephosphorylation of 5-AMP), phosphate respectively by Ce4+. In presence of lanthanide complexes, 5-GMP and 5-AMP were converted to guanosine (Guo) and phosphate and adenosine (Ado) and phosphate respectively. The mechanism of cleaving 5-GMP and 5-AMP is hydrolytic scission 相似文献
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Production of -amylase by a strain of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens was investigated in a cell recycle bioreactor incorporating a membrane filtration module for cell separation. Experimental fermentation studies with the B. amyloliquefaciens strain WA-4 clearly showed that incorporating cell recycling increased -amylase yield and volumetric productivity as compared to conventional continuous fermentation. The effect of operating conditions on -amylase production was difficult to demonstrate experimentally due to the problems of keeping the permeate and bleed rates constant over an extended period of time. Computer simulations were therefore undertaken to support the experimental data, as well as to elucidate the dynamics of -amylase production in the cell recycle bioreactor as compared to conventional chemostat and batch fermentations. Taken together, the simulations and experiments clearly showed that low bleed rate (high recycling ratio) various a high level of -amylase activity. The simulated fermentations revealed that this was especially pronounced at high recycling ratios. Volumetric productivity was maximum at a dilution rate of around 0.4 h–1 and a high recycling ratio. The latter had to exceed 0.75 before volumetric productivity was significantly greater than with conventional chemostat fermentation.List of Symbols
a
proportionality constant relating the specific growth rate to the logarithm of G (h)
-
a
1
reaction order with respect to starch concentration
-
a
2
reaction order with respect to glucose concentration
-
B
bleed rate (h–1)
-
C
starch concentration (g/l)
-
C
0
starch concentration in the feed (g/l)
-
D
dilution rate (h–1)
-
D
E
volumetric productivity (KNU/(mlh))
-
e
intracellular -amylase concentration (g/g cell mass)
-
E
extracellular -amylase concentration (KNU/ml)
-
F
volumetric flow rate (l/h)
-
G
average number of genome equivalents of DNA per cell
-
k
l
intracellular equilibrium constant
-
k
2
intracellular equilibrium constant
-
k
s
Monod saturation constant (g/l)
-
k
3
excretion rate constant (h–1)
-
k
d
first order decay constant (h–1)
-
k
gl
rate constant for glucose production
-
k
st
rate constant for starch hydrolysis
-
k
t1
proportionality constant for -amylase production (gmRNA/g substrate)
-
k
1
translation constant (g/(g mRNAh))
-
KNU
kilo Novo unit
-
m
maintenance coefficient (g substrate/(g cell massh))
-
n
number of binding sites for the co-repressor on the cytoplasmic repressor
-
Q
repression function K1/K2Q1.0
-
R
ratio of recycling
-
R
s
rate of glucose production (g/lh)
-
r
c
rate of starch hydrolysis (g/(lh))
-
R
eX
retention by the filter of the compounds X: starch or -amylase
-
r
intracellular -amylase mRNA concentration (g/g cell mass)
-
r
C
volumetric productivity of starch (g/lh)
-
r
E
volumetric productivity of intracellular -amylase (KNU/(g cell massh))
-
r
r
volumetric productivity of intracellular mRNA (g/(g cell massh))
-
r
e
volumetric productivity of extracellular -amylase (KNU/(mlh))
-
r
s
volumetric productivity of glucose (g/(lh))
-
r
X
volumetric productivity of cell mass (g/(lh))
-
S
0
free reducing sugar concentration in the feed (g/l)
-
S
extracellular concentration of reducing sugar (g/1)
-
t
time (h)
-
V
volume (l)
-
X
cell mass concentration (g/l)
-
Y
yield coefficient (g cell mass/g substrate)
-
Y
E/S
yield coefficient (KNU -amylase/g substrate)
-
Y
E
total amount of -amylase produced (KNU)
-
substrate uptake (g substrate/(g cell massh))
-
specific growth rate of cell mass (h–1)
-
d
specific death rate of cells (h–1)
-
m
maximum specific growth rate of cell mass (h–1)
This study was supported by Bioprocess Engineering Programme of the Nordic Industrial Foundation and the Center for Process Biotechnology, the Technical University of Denmark. 相似文献
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Summary The surface tension and foaminess of (a) unlimited, (b) substrate limited, and (c) oxygen transfer limited growth media of Hansenula polymorpha were measured using methanol, ethanol or glucose as a substrate.The time dependence of can be described by the Avrami-Überreiter relationship: log (2.3 log V)=n log t+log b, where V = (O – eq/(t – eq, and O, t and eq are at tM=0, tM=t and tM (equilibrium value).The constants n and b are functions of the fermentation time tF as long as the growth is unlimited but they are constant in the state of limited growth. With glucose substrate, the foaminess can be presented as a definite function of the time, tDG, which is necessary to attain eq. With alcohol as a substrate no definite (tDG) function was found.Symbols b
constant in Eq. (1)
- n
constant in Eq. (1)
- S
substrate concentration
- T
temperature
- tM
time h (measured from the beginning of the determination of the surface tension )
- tF
cultivation time h (measured from the time of inoculation)
- tDG
time (min) necessary to attain the equilibrium surface tension )
- X
dry biomass concentration (gl–1)
- V
(O – eq)/(t – eq)
- VS
equilibrium volume of the foam (cm3)
- VG
volumetric gas flow rate during the estimation of (cm3 s–1)
- vvm
volumetric gas flow rate with regard to the volume of the medium (min–1)
- wSG
superficial gas velocity (cm s–1)
- m
maximum specific growth rate (h–1)
-
VS/VG foaminess (s)
-
surface tension, mMm–1 (milli Newton m–1)
- O
at tM=0
- eq
equilibrium surface tension ( at tM)
- t
at tM=t
- HP
probes from Hansenula polymorpha cultivation
- NLG
non limited growth
- OTLG
oxygen transfer limited growth
- SLG
substrate limited growth 相似文献
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A (13, 14)--glucan 4-glucanohydrolase [(13, 14)--glucanase, EC 3.2.1.73] was purified to homogeneity from extracts of germinated wheat grain. The enzyme, which was identified as an endohydrolase on the basis of oligosaccharide products released from a (13, 14)--glucan substrate, has an apparent pI of 8.2 and an apparent molecular mass of 30 kDa. Western blot analyses with specific monoclonal antibodies indicated that the enzyme is related to (13, 14)--glucanase isoenzyme EI from barley. The complete primary structure of the wheat (13, 14)--glucanase has been deduced from nucleotide sequence analysis of cDNAs isolated from a library prepared using poly(A)+ RNA from gibberellic acid-treated wheat aleurone layers. One cDNA, designated LW2, is 1426 nucleotide pairs in length and encodes a 306 amino acid enzyme, together with a NH2-terminal signal peptide of 28 amino acid residues. The mature polypeptide encoded by this cDNA has a molecular mass of 32085 and a predicted pI of 8.1. The other cDNA, designated LW1, carries a 109 nucleotide pair sequence at its 5 end that is characteristic of plant introns and therefore appears to have been synthesized from an incompletely processed mRNA. Comparison of the coding and 3-untranslated regions of the two cDNAs reveals 31 nucleotide substitutions, but none of these result in amino acid substitutions. Thus, the cDNAs encode enzymes with identical primary structures, but their corresponding mRNAs may have originated from homeologous chromosomes in the hexaploid wheat genome. 相似文献
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Summary A mentally retarded boy with trisomy 9p is described. This trisomy arose through aberrant segregation of translocation chromosome during meiosis in his mother, who has a complex translocation involving chromosomes 9, 13, and 14. Based on both G-, Q-banding, and DNA replication patterns, the patient's karyotype was identified as 47,XY,-13, +(9;13) (9pter9q12::13q3113qter), +t(13;14) (13pter13q31::14pl?14pter). We suppose his mother's karyotype to be 46,XX,-9,-13,-14,+t(9;13) (9pterq12::13q3113qter), +t(13;14) (13pter13q31::14pl?14pter), +t(9;14) (9qter9q12::14pl?14qter). His phenotypically normal brother and sister are also carriers, having the same translocation chromosome as their mother. Clinical findings of the patient included peculiar face with hypertelorism, prominent nasal bridge and deformed helix, marked delay of osseous development, hypoplastic phalangia in fingers and toes, dysplastic nails and absence of digital triradii. 相似文献
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I. S. Hammerman R. R. Avtalion 《TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik》1979,55(3-4):177-187
Summary The simplest possible model of the sex determination process adding autosomal influence to a minimal number of sex chromosomes was developed to explain matings of Tilapia (Sarotherodon) species. Eighteen different genotypes, each having two autosomes (AA, Aa, or aa) and two sex chromosomes (WX, WY, WW, XY, XX or YY) involved in sex determination, are predicted by the theory. Their sex (10 males and 8 females) were determined using a series of directed graphs, showing the relative strength of the chromosome pairs, developed on the basis of Chen's sex ratio results (Chen 1969). This theoretical model predicts eight different sex ratios (01, 13, 35, 11, 97, 53, 31, 10 ); three of them are not predicted by the WXYZ theory. The greatest part of these sex ratios have been obtained experimentally in extensive series of crosses between related species of Tilapia and their hybrids, carried out by several authors. The theory succeeds in explaining all of Chen's results, including those ratios 53 and 01 seen in certain crosses but not predicted by the WXYZ theory. The importance of the autosomes is seen in comparisons of the genotype pairs (AaWY, aaWY), (AaXY, aaXY) and (AAWW, AaWW) in which the first genotype in each case is male while the second is female as proven by the sex ratio results. The members of the pair differ only in the substitution of one autosome for the other. To test the theory, experiments consisting of hormonal sex reversion and a series of crosses are proposed. Finally, theoretical and practical implications of the theory are discussed. 相似文献
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High frequency of triplicated α-globin loci and absence or low frequency of α thalassemia in Polynesian Samoans 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
Summary Most of the population in certain areas of Melanesia have one -globin gene deletion ( thal2). It is thought that the high frequencies of thal2 in this population is due to a selective advantage given by malaria infection to carriers of thal2. We are interested in neighboring Polynesia which, although adjacent to Melanesia, has always been free of malaria due to the absence of the vector anopheles. We studied 60 Polynesian Samoans and 150 Malaysians by restriction endonuclease gene mapping using Eco RI, Bam HI, and Bgl II and hybridization to 32P-labeled -globin gene probe. Seven among the 60 (11.7%) Samoans had triplicated -globin loci type 1, while none had thal2. On digestion with Bgl II the third -globin gene was found in an additional 3.7kb fragment in all seven Samoans with triplicated -globin loci, while digestion with Bam HI produced an abnormal elongated 18.2 kb fragment carrying -globin genes in addition to the normal 14.5 kb fragment. None of the Polynesian Samoans had thal2 or thal1. Only two of the Malaysians had triplicated -globin loci. 相似文献