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Eye movements affect object localization and object recognition. Around saccade onset, briefly flashed stimuli appear compressed towards the saccade target, receptive fields dynamically change position, and the recognition of objects near the saccade target is improved. These effects have been attributed to different mechanisms. We provide a unifying account of peri-saccadic perception explaining all three phenomena by a quantitative computational approach simulating cortical cell responses on the population level. Contrary to the common view of spatial attention as a spotlight, our model suggests that oculomotor feedback alters the receptive field structure in multiple visual areas at an intermediate level of the cortical hierarchy to dynamically recruit cells for processing a relevant part of the visual field. The compression of visual space occurs at the expense of this locally enhanced processing capacity. 相似文献
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In vertebrates and the cephalochordate, amphioxus, the closest vertebrate
relative, Hox genes are linked in a single cluster. Accompanying the
emergence of higher vertebrates, the Hox gene cluster duplicated in either
a single step or multiple steps, resulting in the four-cluster state
present in teleosts and tetrapods. Mammalian Hox clusters (designated A, B,
C, and D) extend over 100 kb and are located on four different chromosomes.
Reconstructing the history of the duplications and its relation to
vertebrate evolution has been problematic due to the lack of alignable
sequence information. In this study, the problem was approached by
conducting a statistical analysis of sequences from the fibrillar-type
collagens (I, II, III, and IV), genes closely linked to each Hox cluster
which likely share the same duplication history as the Hox genes. We find
statistical support for the hypothesis that the cluster duplication
occurred as multiple distinct events and that the four-cluster situation
arose by a three- step sequential process.
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Birgit Wetterauer Piero Morandini Irene Hribar Irene Murgia-Morandini Ursula Hamker Charles Singleton Harry K. Macwilliams 《Plasmid》1996,36(3):169-181
Almost all methods for transformation of the social amebaDictyostelium discoideumrely on axenic growth, that is, growth in a synthetic medium, for at least part of the procedure. Axenic growth requires several mutations. Here we describe a procedure that can be used to transform wild-type strains which are able to grow only on the natural food source, bacteria. The method relies on a new selection cassette driven by the V18 promoter, a promoter that we show is substantially more active during growth on bacteria than the actin-6 promoter, which is widely used for axenic transformation. The procedure gives transformation frequencies of about 10−5with both strains Ax2 (capable of axenic growth) and NC4 (capable of growth only on bacteria). Using this vector, we have obtained NC4 strains carrying several β-galactosidase reporter cassettes. Our vector can also be used in axenic transformations. 相似文献
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Olga Pivovarova Christian von Loeffelholz Iryna Ilkavets Carsten Sticht Sergei Zhuk Veronica Murahovschi Sonja Lukowski Stephanie D?cke Jennifer Kriebel Tonia de las Heras Gala Anna Malashicheva Anna Kostareva Johan F Lock Martin Stockmann Harald Grallert Norbert Gretz Steven Dooley Andreas FH Pfeiffer Natalia Rudovich 《Cell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.)》2015,14(14):2293-2300
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M Onderci K Sahin N Sahin MF Gursu D Doerge FH Sarkar 《Archives of animal nutrition》2013,67(6):463-471
Genistein, a phytoestrogen found in soybeans, is a powerful antioxidant. We evaluated the effects of genistein supplementation on performance, carcass characteristics, levels of malondialdehyde (MDA), homocysteine, vitamins C, E, A in Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) exposed to high ambient temperature of 34°C. Two hundred and forty Japanese quails (10 d old) were randomly assigned to eight treatment groups consisting of 10 replicates of three birds. The birds were kept in an environmental controlled room either for 24 h/d at 22°C with (thermoneutral, TN groups) or for 16 h/d at 22°C and for 8 h/d (09.00 am to 05.00 pm) at 34°C (heat stress, HS groups). Birds were fed either a basal (control) diet (TN and HS) or the basal diet supplemented with 200, 400 or 800 mg of genistein per kg of diet. Heat exposure decreased birds' performance when basal diet was fed. Increase in feed intake and body weight, and improvement of feed efficiency and carcass traits were found in genistein-supplemented quails reared under heat stress conditions. Growth rate and feed efficiency improved in quails reared under thermo-neutral conditions as well. Concentration of serum vitamins C, E, and A increased in supplemented birds reared at high temperature, while non-significant changes occurred in TN groups. With genistein supplementation homocysteine levels in serum and MDA levels in serum and liver decreased in all birds of both TN and HS groups. Effects of genistein were relatively greater in heat-stressed quails than in quails kept under thermo-neutral conditions. Results of the present study suggest that supplementation with genistein can be considered to be protective by reducing the negative effects of oxidative stress induced by heat stress in quail. 相似文献
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Monocrotaline (MCT) is a hepatotoxic pyrrolizidine alkaloid that is derived from plants; exposure may occur by consumption of contaminated grains, herbal teas and medicines. MCT can cause liver damage. We investigated the antioxidant effects of selenium (Se) and vitamin E against the toxic effects of MCT. Female Wistar albino rats were divided into four groups: a control group, an MCT group, an MCT + Se group, and an MCT + vitamin E group. Liver tissues were harvested, fixed, processed to paraffin and sections were cut. Anti-von Willebrand factor (vWF) immunohistochemistry, terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end-labeling (TUNEL), and hematoxylin and eosin staining were performed. Serum and liver tissue glutathione (GSH), catalase (CAT), and glutathione peroxidase (GPx) levels were measured. Histopathological and TUNEL data showed significantly increased liver damage in the MCT group compared to controls. Histopathological and TUNEL staining indicated significant improvements in the MCT + vitamin E and MCT + Se groups compared to the MCT group. MCT significantly reduced the serum GSH level and GPx activity, and liver GPx activity. Biochemical data indicated a significant improvement in serum GSH level in the MCT + vitamin E group compared to the MCT group. We suggest that vitamin E and Se afford limited protection against MCT hepatotoxicity. 相似文献
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