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Die organischen Kerne der Mammillen in den Frühstadien der Eischalenbildung bei der Lachmöve

Zusammenfassung Lange in Formol gelegene Stücke von Eischalen der Lachmöve (Larus ridibundus) und zwar früheste Stadien ihrer Entwicklung wurden mit Thionin gefärbt und zu Canadabalsampräparaten verarbeitet. In diesen treten die organischen Kerne metachromatisch tingiert hervor, während die Schalenmembran nur einen schwachen bläulichen Ton darbietet. Die Kerne gehen aus den Sekrettropfen hervor, die als erste bei der Schalenbildung aus den tubulösen Uterusdrüsen auf die Schalenmembran gelangen und zu einem Teil in sie eindringen. In Einklang mit den Befunden an Schliffen entspricht der in der Schalenmembran gelegene Teil eines organischen Kernes örtlich dem Bereich des künftigen Eisosphäriten; die nach außen halbkugelig über die Membran vorragende Hälfte aber gehört in den Bereich des künftigen Primärsphäriten mitsamt den konzentrischen Schichten des anstoßenden Kegels. Die organischen Kerne beschränken als Kalkfänger das Ausfallen des Calcits aus dem schalenliefernden Sekret auf bestimmte Stellen der Schalenmembran und legen damit die Orte für die Entstehung der Schalenbausteine (Calcitsphäriten) fest.     

Characterization of two soybean repetitive proline-rich proteins and a cognate cDNA from germinated axes

We have resolved and analyzed two proline-rich proteins isolated from the walls of soybean cells in culture. The proteins are similar in amino acid content, containing 20% proline, 20% hydroxyproline, 20% lysine, 16% valine, 10% tyrosine, and 10% glutamate. The proteins undergo a rearrangement or a limited cleavage in dilute NaOH, but are otherwise remarkably stable to a high concentration of alkali. We have cloned and sequenced a cDNA from soybean axes germinated for 31 hours (1A10-2) coding for a protein that closely corresponds in its amino acid content to that of the proline-rich proteins. The cDNA sequence predicts a decameric repeat of Pro-Pro-Val-Tyr-Lys-Pro-Pro-Val-Glu-Lys. Consequently, this class of proteins is referred to as repetitive proline-rich proteins, i.e., RPRP2 and RPRP3. We have also analyzed RNA gel blots with probes that discriminate between the new cDNA clone and a related cDNA previously reported [SbPRP1; Hong, Nagao, and Key (1987). J. Biol. Chem. 262, 8367-8376]. Messenger RNAs from young seedlings and from soybean suspension cultures correspond primarily to the new RPRP clone (1A10-2), whereas the predominant mRNA accumulating later in the roots corresponds to SbPRP1.     

Chronology of permethrin resistance in a southern Illinois population of the horn fly (Diptera: Muscidae) during and after selection by pyrethroid use

From 1985 through 1988, horn flies (Haematobia irritans (L)) collected at the Dixon Springs Agricultural Center (DSAC) in southern Illinois were tested in 22 h bioassays for permethrin resistance with residues on cotton cloths. The LC90 for a susceptible field population collected in June 1985 was 0.19 micrograms/cm2. In comparison, flies collected from pyrethroid-tagged cattle in 1985 and 1986 exhibited 25- to 116-fold resistance to permethrin. A 25-fold level of resistance allowed survival on treated cattle 8 wk after pyrethroid tag application. Flies representing the local background population were collected periodically from an untreated herd 2.4 km from the nearest cattle treated with a pyrethroid; these flies exhibited up to 18-fold resistance. Although pyrethroids were not used on DSAC animals after October 1986, all bioassays done in 1987 and 1988 indicated resistance levels of greater than or equal to 7-fold. The 95% confidence intervals for LC90s from all 1987 bioassays overlapped the confidence interval from the corresponding July 1986 estimate for resistant flies collected from pyrethroid-tagged cattle. Although some decline in resistance was evident in 1988, bioassays done at the end of the season produced resistance ratios of 7.4 and 15.3. Survivorship at a diagnostic dose indicated that resistance frequencies remained at 4-8% throughout 1988. Two years' abstinence from pyrethroid use was insufficient to allow an adequate decline in resistance levels.