Cytogenetical studies inCitrus. Part I

The chromosome number ofCitrus penvisculata, Mayer lemon, Italian lemons. Kagzi Kalan lemon, Hill lemon and Nepale oblong lemon has been found to be 2n=18. Bridge-fragment configurations were observed inC. penvisculata, Mayer lemon, Italian round and Kagzi Kalan lemon. Univalents and pollen sterility have been observed in varying proportions in all of the seven species and varieties. Pollen sterility is probably due to presence of univalents and inversion heterozygosity     

Nonlocal transport in hot plasma. Part I

The problem of describing charged particle transport in hot plasma under the conditions in which the ratio of the electron mean free path to the gradient length is not too small is one of the key problems of plasma physics. However, up to now, there was a deficit of the systematic interpretation of the current state of this problem, which, in most studies, is formulated as the problem of nonlocal transport. In this review, we fill this gap by presenting a self-consistent linear theory of nonlocal transport for small plasma perturbations and an arbitrary collisionality from the classical highly collisional hydrodynamic regime to the collisionless regime. We describe a number of nonlinear transport models and demonstrate the application of the nonclassical transport theory to the solution of some problems of plasma physics, first of all for plasmas produced by nanosecond laser pulses with intensities of 10¹³–10¹⁶ W/cm².     

Dielectric permittivity of quantum plasma. Part I

Collisionless quantum plasma models based on the Schröbinger, Klein-Gordon, Dirac, and Pauli equations are considered. The transverse and longitudinal dielectric permittivities of isotropic quantum plasma are calculated in the frameworks of the models based on the Schröbinger and Klein-Gordon equations without allowance for the particle spin. Dispersion relations for transverse-longitudinal waves in beams of spinless quantum particles are derived, and the simplest quantum waves are analyzed.     

Starch radicals. Part I. Thermolysis of plain starch

Plain starch from two varieties of potato and wheat, one variety of rye, triticale, oat, corn, waxy corn, cassava and amaranthus was thermolyzed subsequently at 170, 250, 285, 300 and 325 °C for 30min-2h intervals. The concentration of unpaired spins was determined. Among varieties studied, the oat starch is least thermally resistant, and both the triticale and maize starches are most thermally resistant. Radicals generated in such a manner are very stable. The analysis of experimental and simulated EPR spectra points to the unpaired spin delocalization and steric hindrances are responsible for the stability of such radicals.     

Potent agonists of growth hormone-releasing hormone. Part I.

Analogs of the 29 amino acid sequence of growth hormone-releasing hormone (GH-RH) with agmatine (Agm) in position 29 have been synthesized by the solid phase method, purified, and tested in vitro and in vivo. The majority of the analogs contained desaminotyrosine (Dat) in position 1, but a few of them had Tyr1, or N-MeTyr1. Some peptides contained one or more additional L- or D-amino acid substitutions in positions 2, 12, 15, 21, 27, and/or 28. Compared to the natural sequence of GH-RH(1-29)NH2, [Dat1,Ala15]GH-RH(1-28)Agm (MZ-3-191) and [D-Ala2,Ala15]GH-RH(1-28)Agm (MZ-3-201) were 8.2 and 7.1 times more potent in vitro, respectively. These two peptides contained Met27. Their Nle27 analogs, [Dat1,Ala15,Nle27]GH-RH(1-28)Agm(MZ-2-51), prepared previously (9), and [D-Ala2,Ala15,Nle28]GH-RH(1-28)Agm(MZ-3-195) showed relative in vitro potencies of 10.5 and 2.4, respectively. These data indicate that replacement of Met27 by Nle27 enhanced the GH-releasing activity of the analog when the molecule contained Dat1-Ala2 residues at the N-terminus, but peptides containing Tyr1-D-Ala2 in addition to Nle27 showed decreased potencies. Replacement of Ser28 with Asp in multi-substituted analogs of GH-RH(1-28)Agm resulted in a decrease in in vitro potencies compared to the parent compound. Thus, the Ser28-containing MZ-2-51, and [Dat1,Ala15,D-Lys21,Nle27]GH-RH(1-28)Agm, its Asp28 homolog (MZ-3-149), possessed relative activities of 10.5 and 5.6, respectively.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)