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The aim of the study was to determine the effect of 2,4 D (2,4dichlorophenoxyacetic acid) used separately and in a mixture
with BAP (benzylaminopurine) on fertility and some features of tomato fruit. The plant flowers were immersed only once in
water solutions of the growth regulators (2,4 D 0.001 %; 0.005 %; 2,4 D 0.001 % + BAP 0.001 %; 2,4 D 0.005 % + BAP 0.005 %).
The mean fruit weight, fruit volume, specific weight, and the jelly weight were determined. The number of seeds collected
from the fruit was used as a criterion of fertility estimation. No statistically significant differences were found in the
mean fruit weight, fruit volume and specific weight. The fruits derived from the plants which were not exposed to the action
of growth regulators were characterized by the smallest amount of jelly while the fruits set under the influence of 0.001
% 2,4 D + 0.001 % BAP had the largest jelly amount. The greatest differentiation was found in fertility which ranged from
7.5 seeds from the fruit derived from the plants treated with 0.005 % 2,4 D, to 75.7 seeds from the non-treated plants’ fruit.
The BAP addition caused the limitation of fertility reduction. 相似文献
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Derrick D. Kao Scott R. Oldebeken Anjali Rai Edith Lubos Jane A. Leopold Joseph Loscalzo Diane E. Handy 《Molecular and cellular biochemistry》2013,382(1-2):153-162
We investigated the effects of tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) exposure on mitogen-activated protein kinase signaling in human microvascular endothelial cells. TNF-α caused a significant suppression of a dual specificity phosphatase, DUSP4, that regulates ERK1/2 activation. Thus, we hypothesized that suppression of DUSP4 enhances cell survival by increasing ERK1/2 signaling in response to growth factor stimulation. In support of this concept, TNF-α pre-exposure increased growth factor-mediated ERK1/2 activation, whereas overexpression of DUSP4 with an adenovirus decreased ERK1/2 compared to an empty adenovirus control. Overexpression of DUSP4 also significantly decreased cell viability, lessened recovery in an in vitro wound healing assay, and decreased DNA synthesis. Pharmacological inhibition of NFκB activation or a dominant negative construct of the inhibitor of κB significantly lessened TNF-α-mediated suppression of DUSP4 expression by 70–84 % and attenuated ERK activation, implicating NFκB-dependent pathways in the TNF-α-mediated suppression of DUSP4 that contributes to ERK1/2 signaling. Taken together, our findings show that DUSP4 attenuates ERK signaling and reduces cell viability, suggesting that the novel crosstalk between NFκB and MAPK pathways contributes to cell survival. 相似文献
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Laura M. E. Sutcliffe Pter Batry Urs Kormann Andrs Bldi Lynn V. Dicks Irina Herzon David Kleijn Piotr Tryjanowski Iva Apostolova Raphaël Arlettaz Ainars Aunins Stphanie Aviron Ligita Baleentien Christina Fischer Lubos Halada Tibor Hartel Aveliina Helm Iordan Hristov Sven D. Jelaska Mitja Kaligari
Johannes Kamp Sebastian Klimek Pille Koorberg Jarmila Kostiukov Anik Kovcs‐Hostynszki Tobias Kuemmerle Christoph Leuschner Regina Lindborg Jacqueline Loos Simona Maccherini Riho Marja Orsolya Mth Inge Paulini Vnia Proena Jos Rey‐Benayas F. Xavier Sans Charlotte Seifert Jarosaw Stalenga Johannes Timaeus Pter Trk Chris van Swaay Eneli Viik Teja Tscharntke 《Diversity & distributions》2015,21(6):722-730
A large proportion of European biodiversity today depends on habitat provided by low‐intensity farming practices, yet this resource is declining as European agriculture intensifies. Within the European Union, particularly the central and eastern new member states have retained relatively large areas of species‐rich farmland, but despite increased investment in nature conservation here in recent years, farmland biodiversity trends appear to be worsening. Although the high biodiversity value of Central and Eastern European farmland has long been reported, the amount of research in the international literature focused on farmland biodiversity in this region remains comparatively tiny, and measures within the EU Common Agricultural Policy are relatively poorly adapted to support it. In this opinion study, we argue that, 10 years after the accession of the first eastern EU new member states, the continued under‐representation of the low‐intensity farmland in Central and Eastern Europe in the international literature and EU policy is impeding the development of sound, evidence‐based conservation interventions. The biodiversity benefits for Europe of existing low‐intensity farmland, particularly in the central and eastern states, should be harnessed before they are lost. Instead of waiting for species‐rich farmland to further decline, targeted research and monitoring to create locally appropriate conservation strategies for these habitats is needed now. 相似文献
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Diana Vasquez-Cardenas Jack van de Vossenberg Lubos Polerecky Sairah Y Malkin Regina Schauer Silvia Hidalgo-Martinez Veronique Confurius Jack J Middelburg Filip JR Meysman Henricus TS Boschker 《The ISME journal》2015,9(9):1966-1978
Recently, a novel electrogenic type of sulphur oxidation was documented in marine sediments, whereby filamentous cable bacteria (Desulfobulbaceae) are mediating electron transport over cm-scale distances. These cable bacteria are capable of developing an extensive network within days, implying a highly efficient carbon acquisition strategy. Presently, the carbon metabolism of cable bacteria is unknown, and hence we adopted a multidisciplinary approach to study the carbon substrate utilization of both cable bacteria and associated microbial community in sediment incubations. Fluorescence in situ hybridization showed rapid downward growth of cable bacteria, concomitant with high rates of electrogenic sulphur oxidation, as quantified by microelectrode profiling. We studied heterotrophy and autotrophy by following 13C-propionate and -bicarbonate incorporation into bacterial fatty acids. This biomarker analysis showed that propionate uptake was limited to fatty acid signatures typical for the genus Desulfobulbus. The nanoscale secondary ion mass spectrometry analysis confirmed heterotrophic rather than autotrophic growth of cable bacteria. Still, high bicarbonate uptake was observed in concert with the development of cable bacteria. Clone libraries of 16S complementary DNA showed numerous sequences associated to chemoautotrophic sulphur-oxidizing Epsilon- and Gammaproteobacteria, whereas 13C-bicarbonate biomarker labelling suggested that these sulphur-oxidizing bacteria were active far below the oxygen penetration. A targeted manipulation experiment demonstrated that chemoautotrophic carbon fixation was tightly linked to the heterotrophic activity of the cable bacteria down to cm depth. Overall, the results suggest that electrogenic sulphur oxidation is performed by a microbial consortium, consisting of chemoorganotrophic cable bacteria and chemolithoautotrophic Epsilon- and Gammaproteobacteria. The metabolic linkage between these two groups is presently unknown and needs further study. 相似文献
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Naina Phadnis Lubos Cipak Silvia Polakova Randy W. Hyppa Ingrid Cipakova Dorothea Anrather Lucia Karvaiova Karl Mechtler Gerald R. Smith Juraj Gregan 《PLoS genetics》2015,11(5)
Proper meiotic chromosome segregation, essential for sexual reproduction, requires timely formation and removal of sister chromatid cohesion and crossing-over between homologs. Early in meiosis cohesins hold sisters together and also promote formation of DNA double-strand breaks, obligate precursors to crossovers. Later, cohesin cleavage allows chromosome segregation. We show that in fission yeast redundant casein kinase 1 homologs, Hhp1 and Hhp2, previously shown to regulate segregation via phosphorylation of the Rec8 cohesin subunit, are also required for high-level meiotic DNA breakage and recombination. Unexpectedly, these kinases also mediate phosphorylation of a different meiosis-specific cohesin subunit Rec11. This phosphorylation in turn leads to loading of linear element proteins Rec10 and Rec27, related to synaptonemal complex proteins of other species, and thereby promotes DNA breakage and recombination. Our results provide novel insights into the regulation of chromosomal features required for crossing-over and successful reproduction. The mammalian functional homolog of Rec11 (STAG3) is also phosphorylated during meiosis and appears to be required for fertility, indicating wide conservation of the meiotic events reported here. 相似文献
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Lubos Cipak Chao Zhang Ines Kovacikova Cornelia Rumpf Eva Miadokova Kevan M Shokat Juraj Gregan 《Cell cycle (Georgetown, Tex.)》2011,10(20):3527-3532
The genome of the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe encodes for 17 protein kinases that are essential for viability. Studies of the essential kinases often require the use of mutant strains carrying conditional alleles. To inactivate these kinases conditionally, we applied a recently developed chemical genetic strategy. The mutation of a single residue in the ATP-binding pocket confers sensitivity to small-molecule inhibitors, allowing for specific inactivation of the modified kinase. Using this approach, we constructed conditional analog-sensitive alleles of 13 essential protein kinases in the fission yeast S. pombe.Key words: kinase, analog-sensitive, conditional allele, fission yeast, phosphorylation 相似文献
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Modular Spectral Imaging System for Discrimination of Pigments in Cells and Microbial Communities
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Lubos Polerecky Andrew Bissett Mohammad Al-Najjar Paul Faerber Harald Osmers Peter A. Suci Paul Stoodley Dirk de Beer 《Applied microbiology》2009,75(3):758-771
Here we describe a spectral imaging system for minimally invasive identification, localization, and relative quantification of pigments in cells and microbial communities. The modularity of the system allows pigment detection on spatial scales ranging from the single-cell level to regions whose areas are several tens of square centimeters. For pigment identification in vivo absorption and/or autofluorescence spectra are used as the analytical signals. Along with the hardware, which is easy to transport and simple to assemble and allows rapid measurement, we describe newly developed software that allows highly sensitive and pigment-specific analyses of the hyperspectral data. We also propose and describe a number of applications of the system for microbial ecology, including identification of pigments in living cells and high-spatial-resolution imaging of pigments and the associated phototrophic groups in complex microbial communities, such as photosynthetic endolithic biofilms, microbial mats, and intertidal sediments. This system provides new possibilities for studying the role of spatial organization of microorganisms in the ecological functioning of complex benthic microbial communities or for noninvasively monitoring changes in the spatial organization and/or composition of a microbial community in response to changing environmental factors. 相似文献
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In situ oxygen dynamics in coral-algal interactions 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Background
Coral reefs degrade globally at an alarming rate, with benthic algae often replacing corals. However, the extent to which benthic algae contribute to coral mortality, and the potential mechanisms involved, remain disputed. Recent laboratory studies suggested that algae kill corals by inducing hypoxia on the coral surface, through stimulated microbial respiration.Methods/Findings
We examined the main premise of this hypothesis by measuring in situ oxygen microenvironments at the contact interface between the massive coral Porites spp. and turf algae, and between Porites spp. and crustose coralline algae (CCA). Oxygen levels at the interface were similar to healthy coral tissue and ranged between 300–400 µM during the day. At night, the interface was hypoxic (∼70 µM) in coral-turf interactions and close to anoxic (∼2 µM) in coral-CCA interactions, but these values were not significantly different from healthy tissue. The diffusive boundary layer (DBL) was about three times thicker at the interface than above healthy tissue, due to a depression in the local topography. A numerical model, developed to analyze the oxygen profiles above the irregular interface, revealed strongly reduced net photosynthesis and dark respiration rates at the coral-algal interface compared to unaffected tissue during the day and at night, respectively.Conclusions/Significance
Our results showed that hypoxia was not a consistent feature in the microenvironment of the coral-algal interface under in situ conditions. Therefore, hypoxia alone is unlikely to be the cause of coral mortality. Due to the modified topography, the interaction zone is distinguished by a thicker diffusive boundary layer, which limits the local metabolic activity and likely promotes accumulation of potentially harmful metabolic products (e.g., allelochemicals and protons). Our study highlights the importance of mass transfer phenomena and the need for direct in situ measurements of microenvironmental conditions in studies on coral stress. 相似文献60.
Factors controlling spatial distribution of soil acidification and Al forms in forest soils 总被引:3,自引:0,他引:3
Soil acidification and Al release in forest soils is controlled by a number of factors, like acid deposition, forest type, parent rock, altitude, etc. This paper studies the principal stand factors affecting spatial distribution of the content of KCl-extractable Al (Al(KCl), mainly exchangeable), Na4P2O7-extractable Al (Al(Na4P2O7), mainly organically bound), and other soil characteristics related to acidification in surface organic (O) and subsurface mineral (B) horizons in the Jizera Mountains region. Geostatistical methods were exploited. The highest Al(KCl) contents in the O horizons were related to high S and N content, low pH and low Ca and Mg content in soil. Liming decreased Al(KCl) contents in the O horizons. Al(Na4P2O7) in the O horizons was more abundant under spruce than under beech; in both horizons it was increased on the immission clear-cut areas populated by grass. Surface horizons are more sensitive to external influence (acid deposition, liming) and their spatial variation is stronger. In the mineral horizons, the effect of pedogenetic processes is more important. The effect of stand factors on Al behaviour is complex and often indirect, mediated for example by organic matter or soil reaction. It is difficult to clearly distinguish the effects of the particular factors. 相似文献