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Ritva Niemelä Jari Natunen Elina Brotherus Annamari Saarikangas Ossi Renkonen 《Glycoconjugate journal》1995,12(1):36-44
A partially purified preparation of 1,3-fucosyltransferase(s) from human milk was used to [14C]fucosylate oligosac-charides containing Gal1-4GlcNAc units. Substitution ofN-acetyllactosamine at position 3 with a -linkedN-acetylglucosamine enhanced the reactivity of the acceptor, whereas similar substitution at position 6 was inhibitory. Thus, the trisaccharide GlcNAcl-6Gal1-4GlcNAc (5), the branched tetrasaccharide GlcNAc1-3(GlcNAc1-6)Gal1-4GlcNAc (11) and the triply branched decasaccharide GlcNAc1-3(GlcNAc1-6)Gall-4GlcNAc1-3[GlcNAc1-3(GlcNAc1-6)Gal1-4GlcNAc1-6]Gal1-4GlcNAc (26) gave remarkably poor yields of 1,3-fucosylated products in comparison to GlcNAc1-3Gal1-4GlcNAc (3). 1,4-Galactosyl derivatives of5 and11, however, gave good yields of 1,3-fucosylated products, but the fucosylation was restricted to the distalN-acetyllactosamine units of Gal1-4GlcNAc1-6Gal1-4GlcNAc (16), Gal1-4GlcNAc1-3(Gal1-4GlcNAc1-6)Gal1-4GlcNAc (18) and also in Gal1-3Gal1-4GlcNAc1-3(Gal1-3Gal1-4GlcNAc1-6)Gal1-4GlcNAc (22). Immobilized wheat germ agglutinin (WGA), possessing high affinity for16 [1], revealed no affinity for the fucosylated derivative Gal1-4(Fuc1-3)GlcNAc1-6Gal1-4GlcNAc (17). The isomeric heptasaccharides Gal1-4(Fuc1-3)GlcNAc1-3(Gal1-4GlcNAc1-6)Gal1-4GlcNAc (19) and Gal1-4GlcNAc1-3[Gal1-4(Fuc1-3)GlcNAc1-6]Gal1-4GlcNAc (20) were readily separated from each other on WGA-agarose, and so were the isomeric nonasaccharides Gal1-3Gal1-4(Fuc1-3)GlcNAc1-3(Gal1-3Gal1-4GlcNAc1-6)Gal1-4GlcNAc (23) and Gal1-3Gal1-4GlcNAc1-3[Gal1-3Gal1-4(Fuc1-3)GlcNAc1-6]Gal1-4GlcNAc (24). 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
3.
James R. Carlson J. Michael Sherrill Jon E. Rosenblatt Laurence R. McCarthy 《Current microbiology》1981,5(4):251-254
Three strains ofClostridium butyricum exhibited elevated minimal inhibitory concentrations (MICs) to penicillin (64–1,024 g/ml), ampicillin (32–256 g/ml), carbenicillin (128–1,024 g/ml), and oxacillin (32–64 g/ml). Cephalosporin/cephamycin agents were more active than penicillin drugs. All isolates were found to possess a -lactamase. The -lactamases were primarily cell associated during the logarithmic phase of growth. Stationary-phase cells released most of the enzyme into the culture medium. Cephalothin supplementation of broth cultures with concentrations equivalent to one-eighth of the MIC significantly increased the quantity of -lactamase synthesized. The -lactamases produced by these three isolates exhibited greatest activity with penicillin followed by ampicillin>cephaloridine>carbenicillin and oxacillin. No enzymatic activity was observed using cephalothin, cephalexin, cefazolin, cefoxitin, or cephamandole substrates. The -lactamases were inhibited by clavulanic acid and para-chloromurcuribenzoate and not inhibited by cloxacillin. Each enzyme exhibited an isoelectric point of 4.2. 相似文献
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Newborn rat adrenocortical cells were successfully cultured in a serum free carrier protein free medium (SPFM) by using -cyclodextrin as a cholesterol carrier and have expressed corticosteroid biosynthesis in this medium. A stable inclusion complex of cholesterol--cyclodextrin with a molar ratio of almost 1 was obtained for a 5 × 10–5 mol/1 -cyclodextrin concentration. Cell cultures incubated with [4-14C] cholesterol--cyclodextrin in SPFM produced, under ACTH stimulation, various 14C labeled steroids with a predominance of corticosterone and 18-hydroxy-11-deoxycorticosterone. As measured by gas chromatography and mass spectrometry, the ratio between corticosteroids (21-hydroxylated steroids) and 20-reduced steroids produced in SPFM with cholesterol--cyclodextrin was equal to 1.8. This corresponds to a value of 3.6 times higher than that found in the serum free medium with cholesterol-albumin. Consequently, the chemically defined SPFM with cholesterol--cyclodextrin used in this study is more suitable for corticosteroidogenesis by adrenal cells in culture than a serum free medium with cholesterol-albumin.Abbreviations -CD
-cyclodextrin
- ACTH
adrenocorticotropic hormone
- 20-dihydroprogesterone
20-hydroxy-4-pregnene-3-one
- 11-hydroxy-20-dihydroprogesterone
11, 20-dihydroxy-4-pregnene-3-one
- 11-hydroxyprogesterone
11-hydroxy-4-pregnene-3,20-dione
- C--CD
cholesterol--cyclodextrin complex
- corticosterone
11,21-dihydroxy-4-pregnene-3,20-dione
- deoxycorticosterone
21-hydroxy-4-pregnene-3,20-dione
- 18-hydroxy-11-deoxycorticosterone
18,21-dihydroxy-4-pregnene-3,20-dione
- 18-hydroxy-20-dihydroprogesterone
18-20-dihydroxy-4-pregnene-3-one
- 18-hydroxyprogesterone
18-hydroxy4-pregnene-3,20-dione
- progesterone
4-pregnene-3,20-dione
- SFM-S
serum-free medium
- SPFM
serum-free protein-free medium
- SSM
serum supplemented medium 相似文献
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Neuronic or decision equations, first proposed as a mathematical model of neural activity, have shown, after their exact, compact solution was found, typical behaviours that make them natural tools for General Systems studies. It is shown here that their mathematical investigation is remarkably furthered by generalizing the triangular inequality to polygonal ones. These permit the immediate computation of the tensorial expansion of linearly separable boolean functions, and exhibit clearly the connection between their continuous and discontinuous aspects. 相似文献
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Hypoxia has been shown to activate the pleiotropic cytokine TNF in the lung. TNF in turn, is known to induce pulmonary vasoconstriction. Additional effects of this cytokine in hypoxia mediated cardiopulmonary remodeling are poorly understood. To further evaluate the role of TNF in chronic hypoxia we exposed TNF null (TNF–/–) and wild-type mice to three weeks of hypobaric hypoxia (10% O2). Equivalent erythocytosis (Hematocrit increased by 40%) developed in both genetic backgrounds. In contrast, right ventricular systolic pressure increased in response to three weeks of hypoxia in the wild-type mice ( 75%), yet was unaltered in the TNF–/– mice. Concomitantly right ventricular hypertrophy was attenuated in the TNF–/– mice (35 ± 5% increase) when compared to wild-type mice (124 ± 6% increase p < 0.001, n 20). Interestingly in both strains the lung wet weights increased to a similar degree in response to hypoxia. In conclusion, our data demonstrate that TNF is an integral autocoid in chronic hypoxia mediated right ventricular hypertrophy. Moreover, additional components of cardiopulmonary remodeling may be regulated by TNF signaling as suggested by the negligible right ventricular systolic pressure response to hypoxia in the absence of TNF. 相似文献
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Bellizzi Mary C. Dutta-Roy Asim K. James W. Philip T. 《Molecular and cellular biochemistry》1997,170(1-2):187-193
The role of -tocopherol uptake system in human erythrocyte in the uptake of plasma -tocopherol has been suggested. However no information is available on -tocopherol uptake activity of human erythrocytes in the presence of high levels of D-glucose which is known to lead to pathological alterations in different cells including human erythrocytes. Therefore, in order to examine the effect of D-glucose on the binding of -tocopherol to human erythrocytes, the binding characteristics of -tocopherol to these cells were established first. Binding of [3H]-tocopherol to human erythrocytes was both saturable and specific. Scatchard analysis of -tocopherol binding to these cells showed the presence of two independent classes of binding sites with widely different affinities. The high affinity binding sites had a dissociation constant (Kd1) of 90 nM with a binding capacity (n1) of 900 sites per cell, whereas the low affinity binding sites had a dissociation constant (Kd2) of 5.2 M and a binding capacity (n2) of 105,400 sites per cell. Trypsin treatment abolished all the -tocopherol binding activity. Competition for the binding of -tocopherol to human erythrocytes was effective with other homologues of -tocopherol (-tocopherol, -tocopherol and -tocopherol) and their potency was almost equal to -tocopherol itself. The order of preference was -tocopherol > -tocopherol -tocopherol -tocopherol. Incubation of human erythrocytes with various concentrations of D-glucose did not affect -tocopherol uptake activity. Our data demonstrate the presence of an -tocopherol uptake system in human erythrocytes and that the -tocopherol uptake activity is not modulated by the presence of D-glucose. 相似文献
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G. Wang V. Hyne S. Chao M. D. Gale Y. Henry J. De Buyser J. W. Snape 《TAG. Theoretical and applied genetics. Theoretische und angewandte Genetik》1995,91(5):744-746
A novel approach was used to compare male and female recombination rates in wheat. Doubled haploid lines were developed from an F1 using two distinct approaches: the anther-culture technique and the Hordeum bulbosum system, from which sets of lines were developed from male and female meioses, respectively. The genotype of the lines was established at RFLP and isozyme markers polymorphic on chromosomes of homoeologous groups 6 and 7, and male and female linkage maps were calculated using this information. The markers in one segment of chromosome 6B exhibited disturbed segregation frequencies in the anther-culture population. The male and female maps differed significantly in recombination frequency between some markers on two chromosomes, and these were consistent in direction within chromosomes and inconsistent in direction between chromosomes. In two of the four chromosomes studied the male map was much longer than the female map. These results suggest that significant differences may exist in male and female recombination frequencies in bread wheat which are specific to certain chromosomal segments but are inconsistent in direction between chromosomes. Other factors, such as environmental influences, may also be important in creating differences. 相似文献
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Konrad E. Huppi Lawrence A. D'Hoostelaere Beverly A. Mock Evelyne Jouvin-Marchel Mark A. Behlke Hubert S. Chou R. J. Berry Dennis Y. Loh 《Immunogenetics》1988,27(1):51-56
The composition of 15 V
T gene subfamilies has been examined by Southern hybridization among a broad spectrum of colony bred rat and mouse species extending phylogenetically from Rattus to Mus musculus domesticus. Most mouse species contain a similar content of V
T genes as determined by the number of hybridizing restriction fragment (RF) bands. Furthermore, the extent of restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) appears to be limited. Some V
T gene families, however, are missing from Rattus (VT7, V
T12) and M. shortridgei (V
T9, V
T16). Extension of the V
T survey to a panel of 38 wild-caught mice reveals that nearly a third lack specific hybridization to the V
T5 probe. Previous reports have established that the mouse inbred strains SJL, C57BR, C57L, and SWR lack 50% of their V
T repertoire, including V
T5 (Behlke et al. 1985). This study demonstrates that natural populations of mice also carry a significantly reduced V
T gene repertoire. 相似文献
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Integrins: cell adhesives and modulators of cell function 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
Fred T. Bosman 《The Histochemical journal》1993,25(7):469-477
Summary Integrins encompass a family of cell-surface molecules which play a crucial role in cell-cell and cell-extracellular matrix interaction. Of these heterodimeric transmembrane glycoproteins (consisting of an and chain) as yet at least 20 different types have been described, all with a different pattern of reactivity with extracellular matrix components. In this review the cell and tissue distribution of the integrins is discussed, with special emphasis on immunohistochemical localization of the 1 integrins and the 64 integrin. The 1 integrins comprise a subfamily in which eight chains combine with one (the 1) chain. The 21, 31 and 61 and the 64 integrins are expressed on a wide variety of epithelia on the basolateral surface or exclusively on the basal surface facing the basement membrane (e.g. 61 and 64). Leucocyte integrins, which share a common 2 chain, occur almost exclusively on white blood cells and their precursors. The vitronectin receptors, which share a common v chain, occur in a wide variety of cell types. Integrins play a major role in the interaction of the cell with the extracellular matrix in order to create and maintain tissue architecture. It has become clear, however, that through integrin-ligand interaction cell function is also modulated. Furthermore, in pathological conditions integrins play a role of some significance. Integrins mediate leucocyte traffic in developing inflammatory processes and function in neoplastic growth when it comes to invasion and metastasis. 相似文献
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Tibor Benedek 《Mycopathologia》1972,48(2-3):231-259
Pompholyx is one clinical form of the endoparasitic-hematogenous skin eruptions. It is characterized by sago-grain-like, deeply embedded blisters or pustules within the normal, primarily non-inflamed skin, localized to the palms, soles, fingers, toes and interdigital webs, and in the nail organ. The blisters may be located in the nail wall causing paronychia, and/or beneath the nail plate causing onychia. The discussion of the etiology and pathogenesis of the pompholyx of the nail organ is inseparable from pompholyx at other sites (e.g. palms and soles), since they are identical. Hence, the term pompholyx should replace such misleading terms as infectious eczematoid dermatitis, id eruption, of the hand and/or feet, dermato- or epidermophytosis, dyshidrosis, and the vernacular athlete's foot. Even though hyphomycetes (true pathogens and common molds) of many sorts may be detected in the roof of the blisters, particularly on the feet, and scrapings of detritus from the nails, they have no role in the etiology or pathogenesis of this condition. Due to an universal infection immunity pompholyx is not infectious or transmissible. True onychomycosis is clinically and pathogenetically an entirely different condition. The purpose of this paper is to clarify the fundamental differences in etiology and pathogenesis between the two conditions. 相似文献
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William H. Beggs 《Mycopathologia》1988,103(2):91-94
At 10–5 M, miconazole (MCZ) can exert a direct physicochemical cell-damaging lethal action against logarithmic phase yeasts of Candida albicans. The imidazole moiety of MCZ has a pKa 6.5. Thus, in media of pH >6.5 most drug molecules are nonprotonated (MCZ). Conversely, at pH < 6.5 the majority are protonated and carry a positive charge (MCZH+). Our earlier work suggesting that MCZ is required for direct lethal action was tested further. In support of such a requirement, we established a minimal lethal concentration of MCZ (i.e. 5×10–6 M) that was relatively independent of pH, MCZ concentration, and MCZMCZH+ ratio. 相似文献
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Gabriele Möller Folkert Reck Hans Paulsen Kanwal J. Kaur Mohan Sarkar Harry Schachter Inka Brockhausen 《Glycoconjugate journal》1992,9(4):180-190
UDP-GlcNAc: Man3R 2-N-acetylglucosaminyltransferase I (GlcNAc-T I; EC 2.4.1.101) is the key enzyme in the synthesis of complex and hybrid N-glycans. Rat liver GlcNAc-T I has been purified more than 25,000-fold (M
r 42,000). TheV
max for the pure enzyme with [Man6(Man3)Man6](Man3)Man4GlcNAc4GlcNAc-Asn as substrate was 4.6 µmol min–1 mg–1. Structural analysis of the enzyme product by proton nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy proved that the enzyme adds anN-acetylglucosamine (GlcNAc) residue in 1–2 linkage to the Man3Man-terminus of the substrate. Several derivatives of Man6(Man3)Man-R, a substrate for the enzyme, were synthesized and tested as substrates and inhibitors. An unsubstituted equatorial 4-hydroxyl and an axial 2-hydroxyl on the -linked mannose of Man6(Man3)Man-R are essential for GlcNAc-T I activity. Elimination of the 4-hydroxyl of the 3-linked mannose (Man) of the substrate increases theK
M 20-fold. Modifications on the 6-linked mannose or on the core structure affect mainly theK
M and to a lesser degree theV
max, e.g., substitutions of the Man6 residue at the 2-position by GlcNAc or at the 3- and 6-positions by mannose lower theK
M, whereas various other substitutions at the 3-position increase theK
M slightly. Man6(Man3)4-O-methyl-Man4GlcNAc was found to be a weak inhibitor of GlcNAc-T I.Abbreviations BSA
Bovine serum albumin
- Bn
benzyl
- Fuc, F
l-fucose
- Gal, G
d-galactose
- GalNAc, GA
N-acetyl-d-galactosamine
- Glc
d-glucose
- GlcNAc, Gn
N-acetyl-d-glucosamine
- HPLC
high performance liquid chromatography
- Man, M
d-mannose
- mco
8-methoxycarbonyl-octyl, (CH2)8 COOOCH3
- Me
methyl
- MES
2-(N-morpholino)ethanesulfonate
- NMR
nuclear magnetic resonance
- PMSF
phenylmethylsulfonylfluoride
- pnp
p-nitrophenyl
- SDS
sodium dodecyl sulfate
- T
transferase
- Tal
d-talose
- Xyl
d-xylose;
- {0, 2 + F}
Man6 (GlcNAc2Man3) Man4GlcNAc4 (Fuc6) GlcNAc
- {2, 2}
GlcNAc2Man6 (GlcNAc2Man3) Man4GlcNAc4GlcNAc; M5-glycopeptide, Man6 (Man3) Man6 (Man3) Man4 GlcNAc4GlcNAc-Asn
Enzymes: GlcNAc-transferase I, EC 2.4.1.101; GlcNAc-transferase II, EC 2.4.1.143; GlcNAc-transferase III, EC 2.4.1.144; GlcNAc-transferase IV, EC 2.4.1.145; GlcNAc-transferase V, UDP-GlcNAc: GlcNAc2 Man6-R (GlcNAc to Man) 6-GlcNAc-transferase; GlcNAc-transferase VI, UDP-GlcNAc: GlcNAc6(GlcNAc2) Man6-R (GlcNAc to Man) 4-GlcNAc-transferase; Core 1 3-Gal-transferase, EC 2.4.1.122; 4-Gal-transferase, EC 2.4.1.38; 3-Gal-transferase, UDP-Gal: GlcNAc-R 3-Gal-transferase; blood group i 3-GlcNAc-transferase, EC 2.4.1.149; blood group I 6-GlcNAc-transferase, UDP-GlcNAc: GlcNAc3Gal-R (GlcNAc to Gal) 6-GlcNAc-transferase. 相似文献
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Concentrations of Al, Fe, Mn, Cd, Cu, Pb, and Zn were measured in thereference and treatment basins of Little Rock Lake (Vilas County, Wisconsin), alow-alkalinity, seepage system (pH 6.1, alkalinity25eq/L) during six years of a whole-basinacidificationand the first four years of the lake's recovery. The treatment basin wasacidified with H2SO4 in three two-year steps to pH5.6, 5.1, and 4.7. By the end of year 4 of recovery, treatmentbasin pH increased to 5.3 as a result of internal alkalinity generation.During acidification, dissolved Mn and Fe (0.4mpore-size filters) increased at pH 5.6; dissolved Al, Cd, and Zn becameelevated at pH 5.1; and dissolved Pb at pH 4.7. Dissolved Cu remainedsimilar in both basins to pH 4.7. Al, Fe and Mn levels declinedsignificantly during the recovery period, approaching values at pH 5.3intermediate between the concentrations at pH 5.6 and 5.1 during acidification.Dissolved Al and Fe in the reference basin were near the equilibrium levels forsolubility of gibbsite (Al(OH)3) and amorphousFe(OH)3(s).The acidified basin was undersaturated relative to gibbsite, and dissolved Alwas limited by pH disequilibrium between the water column and sediments andpossibly by Al-DOC precipitation. Dissolved Fe apparently was controlled bysolubility of amorphous Fe(OH)3(s) and Fe-DOC precipitation.Dissolved Mn levels in both basins were consistent with manganite[-MnOOH(s)] solubility. Elevated levels of Cd, Pb, and Zn in thetreatment basin during acidification probably resulted from less efficientscavenging of atmospherically-deposited Cd, Pb, and Zn by settling particles. 相似文献
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Jean-Hugues Parmentier Pierre Kremers Luc Ferrari Anne-Marie Batt Jacques E. Gielen Gerard Siest 《Cell biology and toxicology》1993,9(3):307-313
Interleukin-1 is known to repress a number of hepatic drug-metabolizing enzymes in rats and humans. The effect of interleukin-1 on lauric acid 12-hydroxylase (CYP4A family) was studied in cultured fetal rat hepatocytes after clofibric acid induction. Dexamethasone was used as an agent promoting differentiation and long-term maintenance of active hepatocytes. Dexamethasone and clofibric acid in combination allowed maximal (13.5-fold) induction of CYP4A1. Lauric acid 12-hydroxylase activity was found to increase with time in culture. Interleukin-1 adversely affected P4504A clofibric acid-induced activity, totally eliminating the effect of induction at doses exceeding 5 ng/ml. This repression/inhibition was dose-dependent. The mechanism by which interleukin-1 prevents the development of cytochrome P4504A activity is unclear.Abbreviations CA
clofibric acid
- CM
culture medium
- d
day
- D
dexamethasone
- IL-1
interleukin-1
- LAH
lauric acid 12-hydroxylase
- PB
phenobarbital
- PPAR
phenobarbital
- PPAR
peroxisome proliferator activated receptor 相似文献
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Frequencies of CYP1A1, CYP2E1, and mEPHX polymorphic variants were analyzed in cystic fibrosis, chronic obstructive lung disease, bronchiectatic disease, chronic nonobstructive bronchitis, and recurring bronchitis. Mutations in CYP1A1 and mEPHX were shown to modify the severity of respiratory disorders in cystic fibrosis, the combination of CYP1A1 genotype Val/Val with the very slow mEPHX phenotype being most unfavorable (odds ratio OR = 12.30). Heterozygosity at both CYP1A1 and CYP2E1 was associated with chronic obstructive lung disease and recurring bronchitis (OR = 4.08 and 11.72, respectively). The very slow phenotype of mEPHX was predisposing to chronic respiratory disorders regardless of the CYP1A1 or CYP2E1 alleles (OR = 4.06). Basing on the above correlations, a combination of the very slow mEPHX phenotype with elevated cytochrome P450 (CYP1A1 and CYP2E1) activities was assumed to expedite severe respiratory disorders. 相似文献
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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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Summary The and subunit of RNA polymerase are thought to be controlled by a translational feedback mechanism regulated by the concentration of RNA polymerase holoenzyme. To study this regulation in vivo, an inducible RNA polymerase overproduction system was developed. This system utilizes plasmids from two incompatibility groups that carry RNA polymerase subunit genes under lac promoter/operator control. When the structural genes encoding the components of core RNA polymerase (, and ) or holoenzyme (, , and 70) are present on the plasmids, induction of the lac promoter results in a two fold increase in the concentration of functional RNA polymerase. The induction of RNA polymerase overproduction is characterized by an initial large burst of synthesis followed by a gradual decrease as the concentration of RNA polymerase increases. Overproduction of RNA polymerase in a strain carrying an electrophoretic mobility mutation in the rpoB gene results in the specific repression of synthesis off the chromosome. These results indicate that RNA polymerase feedback regulation controls synthesis in vivo. 相似文献
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Thirty five strains of Arabidopsis thaliana (L.) Heynh. have been identified with altered phototropic responses to 450-nm light. Four of these mutants have been more thoroughly characterized. Strain JK224 shows normal gravitropism and second positive phototropism. However, while the amplitude for first positive phototropism is the same as that in the wild-type, the threshold and fluence for the maximum response in first positive phototropism are shifted to higher fluence by a factor of 20–30. This mutant may represent an alteration in the photoreceptor pigment for phototropism. Strain JK218 exhibits no curvature to light at any fluence from 1 mol·m-2 to 2700 mol·m-2, but shows normal gravitropism. Strain JK345 shows no first positive phototropism, and reduced gravitropism and second positive phototropism. Strain JK229 shows no measurable first positive phototropism, but normal gravitropism and second positive phototropism. Based on these data, it is suggested that: 1. gravitropism and phototropism contain at least one common element; 2. first positive and second positive phototropism contain at least one common element; and 3. first positive phototropism can be substantially altered without any apparent alteration of second positive phototropism.Abbreviation WT
wild-type 相似文献
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Dr. V. R. Southgate 《Cell and tissue research》1971,120(3):420-449
Summary The dorsal tegument of the mature cercaria of Notocotylus attenuatus is a syncytial, cytoplasmic layer, containing two types of secretory granule which are identifiable ultrastructurally. The type 1 secretory bodies are electron lucid, whereas most type 2 granules have a banded appearance. The ventral tegument contains granules which are secreted from the type 3 cells; the type 3 granules are membrane bound, electron dense, and consist of both an amorphous and a finely striated zone. The type 4 cells mainly contain cigar-shaped granules consisting of an amorphous core surrounded by concentric striations. The granules exhibit structural variability in shape and content. The type 4 cells undergo a cellular migration to the tegument during encystment. The structure of the posterior-lateral glands and mode of secretion of the granules are described. Possible functions of microtubules are discussed for each cell type. Details of some secretory processes involved in the formation of the hemispherical cyst wall are described. The layers of the cyst wall may be related to the granular contents of the various parenchymal cells of the cercaria. The tegument of the metacercaria originates primarily from the cytoplasm of the type 1, type 2, type 3 and type 4 cells. 相似文献