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Evolution at the tip and base of the X chromosome in an African population of Drosophila melanogaster 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Hitchhiking effects of advantageous mutations have been invoked to explain
reduced polymorphism in regions of low crossing-over in Drosophila. Besides
reducing DNA heterozygosity, hitchhiking effects should produce strong
linkage disequilibrium and a frequency spectrum skewed toward an excess of
rare polymorphisms (compared to the neutral expectation). We measured DNA
polymorphism in a Zimbabwe population of D. melanogaster at three loci,
yellow, achaete, and suppressor of forked, located in regions of reduced
crossing-over. Similar to previously published surveys of these genomic
regions in other populations, we observed low levels of nucleotide
variability. However, the frequency spectrum was compatible with a neutral
model, and there was abundant evidence for recombination in the history of
the yellow and ac genes. Thus, some aspects of the data cannot be accounted
for by a simple hitchhiking model. An alternative hypothesis, background
selection, might be compatible with the observed patterns of linkage
disequilibrium and the frequency spectrum. However, this model cannot
account for the observed reduction in nucleotide heterozygosity. Thus,
there is currently no satisfactory theoretical model for the data from the
tip and base of the X chromosome in D. melanogaster.
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Oligogalacturonic acids (OGAs), derived from plant cell wall pectin, have
been implicated in a number of signal transduction pathways involved in
growth, development and defense responses of higher plants. This study
investigates the size range of OGAs capable of inducing ethylene synthesis
in tomato plants, and demonstrates that in contrast with many other
effects, only short chain OGAs are active. Oligomers across a range of DP
from 2-15 were separated and purified to homogeneity by QAE-Sephadex anion
exchange chromatography using a novel elution system. The OGAs were applied
to tomato plants and assayed for their ability to induce ethylene gas
release and changes in steady state levels of mRNA encoding the ethylene
forming enzyme aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid oxidase (ACO). The study
demonstrated that only OGAs in the size range of DP4-6 were active both in
eliciting ACO expression and in the production of ethylene.
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A change in twist of actin provides the force for the extension of the acrosomal process in limulus sperm: the false-discharge reaction 总被引:6,自引:5,他引:1
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One of the most spectacular motions is the generation of the acrosomal process in the limulus sperm. On contact with the egg, the sperm generates a 60-mum-long process that literally drills its way through the jelly surrounding the egg. This irresversible reaction takes only a few seconds. We suggested earlier that this motion is driven by a change in twist of the actin filaments comprising the acrosomal process. In this paper we analyze the so-called false discharge, a reversible reaction, in which the acrosomal filament bundle extends laterally from the base of the sperm and not anteriorly from the apex. Unlike the true discharge, which is straight, the false discharge is helical. Before extension, the filament bundle is coiled about the base of the sperm. In the coil, the bundle is not smoothly bent but consists of arms (straight segments) and elbows (corners) so that the coil looks like a 14-sided polygon. The extension of the false discharge works as follows: starting at the base of the bundle, the filaments change their twist which concomitantly changes the orientations of the elbows relative to each other; that is, in the coil, the elbows all like in a common plane, but after the change in twist, the plane of each elbow is rotated to be perpendicular to that of its neighbors. This change transforms the bundle from a compact coil into an extended left- handed helix. Because the basal end of the bundle is unconstrained, the extension is lateral. The true discharge works the same way but starts at the apical end of the bundle. The apical end, however, is constrained by its passage through the nuclear canal, which directs the extention anteriorly. Unlike the false discharge, during the true discharge the elbows are melted out, making the reaction irreversible. This study shows that rapid movement can be regenerated by actin without myosin and gives us insight into the molecular mechanism. 相似文献
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Chalabi N Maurizis JC Le Corre L Delort L Bignon YJ Bernard-Gallon DJ 《Journal of chromatography. B, Analytical technologies in the biomedical and life sciences》2005,821(2):188-193
A new procedure for the quantification of phosphorylated BRCA1 (P-BRCA1) and BRCA2 (P-BRCA2) proteins in breast cell lines after different treatments was carried out. Cells were cultivated with [35S]-methionine and extracts subjected to three perfusion chromatographies. First heparin affinity chromatography purified cellular DNA-binding proteins. Subsequent specific immunoprecipitation of BRCA1 and BRCA2 proteins was performed with antibodies raised against BRCA1 or BRCA2. The immune complexes were isolated by protein A affinity chromatography. Phosphorylated BRCA1 or BRCA2 proteins were then purified with a Poros 20 AL column where anti-phosphothreonine and anti-phosphoserine antibodies were previously bound. The percentage of phosphorylated BRCA1 or BRCA2 proteins was calculated as follows: 100 x dpm of P-BRCA1 or P-BRCA2 eluted from the POROS 20AL column/total dpm eluted from POROS 20AL column. Treatment with 10 microM lycopene increased P-BRCA1 and P-BRCA2 in the breast tumor cell line MCF7 but not in MDA-MB-231 or MCF-10a, breast tumor or fibrocystic cell lines, respectively. 相似文献
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Nadège Rabiau Myriam Kossaï Martin Braud Nasséra Chalabi Samir Satih Yves-Jean Bignon Dominique J. Bernard-Gallon 《Cancer epidemiology》2010,34(2):200-206
Background: The prostate cancer most frequently affects men. The ethnic origin and family antecedents of prostate cancer are established as risk factors. The genetic factors associated with environmental factors such as the nutrition also play a role in the development of the cancer. Epidemiological studies showed that the Asian populations exhibited an incidence of prostate cancer markedly subordinate by comparison with the Western populations. This would be explained partially by their important consumption of soy. Both main phytoestrogens of soy, the genistein and the daidzein, present anti-proliferative properties. Methods: For that purpose, we used different prostate cancer cell lines (LNCaP, DU 145, PC-3) and, by flow cytometry, we determined the concentration of phytoestrogens inducing a cell cycle arrest and the required time of incubation. Results: Then, the effects of 40 μM genistein or 110 μM daidzein for 48 h were determined and studied on the expression of genes involved in the human cell cycle and angiogenesis and conducted by SYBR green quantitative PCR. Conclusion: We demonstrated modulations of cyclin-dependent kinase-related pathway genes, DNA damage-signaling pathway and a down-regulation of EGF and IGF. 相似文献