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Antonio D. Molina-Garcia Stephen E. Harding F. Guillermo Diaz Jose-Garcia de la Torre David Rowitch Richard N. Perham 《Biophysical journal》1992,63(5):1293-1298
(a) Bacteriophage fd is a filamentous virus that has previously been well characterized. (b) Earlier work using point mutagenesis indicated that a lysine residue at position 48 in the major coat protein plays a crucial role in interacting with the DNA and governing the assembly into an intact virion. (c) In this study the sedimentation properties (sedimentation velocity and equilibrium) of wild-type fd and two mutants substituted at lysine-48 (K48Q and K48A) were compared. (d) Both mutants are similar to each other [Mr (19.5 ± 1.5) × 106] but somewhat bigger than the wild-type [Mr (15.1 ± 1.5) × 106]. The value for the wild-type is consistent with earlier published values. (e) By combining these data with sedimentation coefficient data, it is possible to compare the contour lengths and relative flexibilities of the mutants with those of the wild-type virion. (f) The mutants are shown hydrodynamically to have larger contour lengths (as also observed by electron microscopy): the ~20% difference in values obtained assuming rigid particle hydrodynamics with those obtained from electron microscopy is strongly suggestive of some difference in flexibility between the wild-type and mutants. 相似文献
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Tiffany A Heanue Richard J Davis David H Rowitch Andreas Kispert Andrew P McMahon Graeme Mardon Clifford J Tabin 《Mechanisms of development》2002,111(1-2):75-87
We have cloned a chick homologue of Drosophila dachshund (dac), termed Dach1. Dach1 is the orthologue of mouse and human Dac/Dach (hereafter referred to as Dach1). We show that chick Dach1 is expressed in a variety of sites during embryonic development, including the eye and ear. Previous work has demonstrated the existence of a functional network and genetic regulatory hierarchy in Drosophila in which eyeless (ey, the Pax6 orthologue), eyes absent (eya), and dac operate together to regulate Drosophila eye development, and that ey regulates the expression of eya and dac. We find that in the developing eye of both chick and mouse, expression domains of Dach1 overlap with those of Pax6, a gene required for normal eye development. Similarly, in the developing ear of both mouse and chick, Dach1 expression overlaps with the expression of another Pax gene, Pax2. In the mouse, Dach1 expression in the developing ear also overlaps with the expression of Eya1 (an eya homologue). Both Pax2 and Eya1 are required for normal ear development. Our expression studies suggest that the Drosophila Pax-eya-dac regulatory network may be evolutionarily conserved such that Pax genes, Eya1, and Dach1 may function together in vertebrates to regulate neural development. To address the further possibility that a regulatory hierarchy exists between Pax, Eya, and Dach genes, we have examined the expression of mouse Dach1 in Pax6, Pax2 and Eya1 mutant backgrounds. Our results indicate that Pax6, Pax2, and Eya1 do not regulate Dach1 expression through a simple linear hierarchy. 相似文献
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KA Hyndman DH Evans 《Comparative biochemistry and physiology. Part A, Molecular & integrative physiology》2009,152(1):58-65
We recently determined that rapid changes in environmental salinity alter endothelin-1 (EDN1) mRNA levels in the euryhaline killifish, Fundulus heteroclitus, so we hypothesized that EDN1 may be a local regulator of gill ion transport in teleost fishes. The purpose of the present study was to examine the effects of changes in environmental salinity on the gill endothelin receptors: EDNRA, EDNRB, and EDNRC. Using quantitative real-time PCR, we determined that after a fresh water (FW) to seawater (SW) transfer, there is a two to threefold increase in gill EDNRA and EDNRB mRNA levels. Likewise, we found a two to three fold increase in gill EDNRA and EDNRB protein concentration. In addition, killifish that have acclimated to FW for 30 days had significantly lower EDNRA mRNA and protein levels than SW killifish. ENDRA were immunolocalized to the mitochondrion-rich cells of the killifish gill, suggesting that EDN1 signaling cascades may affect MRC function. EDNRB were found throughout the gill vasculature and on lamellar pillar cells. We previously immunolocalized EDN1 to the pillar cell suggesting that EDN1 acts as an autocrine signaling molecule and potentially regulates pillar cell tone and lamellar perfusion. We conclude that EDN1 is physiologically active in the teleost gill, and regulated by environmental salinity. Future functional studies examining the physiological role of this system are necessary to completely understand EDN1 in the fish gill. 相似文献
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James O. Mecham David Rowitch C.Douglas Wallace Peter H. Stern Robert M. Hoffman 《Biochemical and biophysical research communications》1983,117(2):429-434
Methionine dependence is the inability of cells to grow when methionine (Met) is replaced by its immediate precursor homocysteine (Hcy) in the culture medium (Met?Hcy+ medium). All normal unestablished cell strains tested to date have been shown to be methionine-independent and thus grow almost as well in Met?Hcy+ medium as they do in Met+Hcy? medium. Results presented here indicate that out of 23 cell lines derived from diverse types of human tumors, 11 do not grow at all in Met?Hcy+ medium and are absolutely methionine-dependent and 3 grow only slightly in this medium. Many of the tumor cell lines tested have little else in common other than the fact that they are methionine-dependent. The high frequency of occurrence of methionine dependence in diverse types of human tumor cells indicates that methionine dependence may be an important aspect of oncogenic transformation and therapeutically exploitable. 相似文献
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Assembly of the sarcoplasmic reticulum proteins in differentiating rat skeletal muscle cell cultures: localization by immunofluorescence of sarcoplasmic reticulum proteins in differentiating rat skeletal muscle cell cultures 下载免费PDF全文
Immunofluorescent staining techniques were used to study the distribution of the Ca(2) + Mg(2+)-dependent ATPase and calsequestrin in primary cultures of differentiating rat skeletal muscle cells, grown for different periods of time under various culture conditions. In mononucleated myoblasts calsequestrin was detected after 45 h in culture whereas the ATPase was not detected until 60 h. After cell fusion began, both proteins could be identified in all multinucleated cells. Myoblasts grown for longer than 60 h in low Ca(2+) medium contained calsequestrin and the ATPase, even though they were unable to fuse. These studies at the cellular level confirm biochemical findings on the biosynthesis of calsequestrin and the ATPase. Immunofluorescent staining of myoblasts showed that calsequestrin first appears in a well-defined region of the cell near one end of the nucleus. At later times, the staining occupied progressively larger regions adjacent to the nucleus and took on a fibrous appearance. This suggests that calsequestrin first accumulates in the Golgi region and then gradually spreads throughout the cell. In contrast, the ATPase appeared to be concentrated in many small patches or foci throughout the cytoplasm and was never confined to one particular region, although some parts of the cell often stained more intensely than others. In multinucleated cells, alternating dark and fluorescent strands parallel to the longitudinal axis of the cells were evident. 相似文献
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Role of cryptic genes in microbial evolution 总被引:24,自引:1,他引:23
Cryptic genes are phenotypically silent DNA sequences, not normally
expressed during the life cycle of an individual. They may, however, be
activated in a few individuals of a large population by mutation,
recombination, insertion elements, or other genetic mechanisms. A
consideration of the microbial literature concerning biochemical evolution,
physiology, and taxonomy provides the basis for a hypothesis of microbial
adaptation and evolution by mutational activation of cryptic genes.
Evidence is presented, and a mathematical model is derived, indicating that
powerful and biologically important mechanisms exist to prevent the loss of
cryptic genes. We propose that cryptic genes persist as a vital element of
the genetic repertoire, ready for recall by mutational activation in future
generations. Cryptic genes provide a versatile endogenous genetic reservoir
that enhances the adaptive potential of a species by a mechanism that is
independent of genetic exchange.
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Common developmental requirement for Olig function indicates a motor neuron/oligodendrocyte connection 总被引:26,自引:0,他引:26
The oligodendrocyte lineage genes Olig1 and Olig2 encode related bHLH proteins that are coexpressed in neural progenitors. Targeted disruption of these two genes sheds light on the ontogeny of oligodendroglia and genetic requirements for their development from multipotent CNS progenitors. Olig2 is required for oligodendrocyte and motor neuron specification in the spinal cord. Olig1 has roles in development and maturation of oligodendrocytes, evident especially within the brain. Both Olig genes contribute to neural pattern formation. Neither Olig gene is required for astrocytes. These findings, together with fate mapping analysis of Olig-expressing cells, indicate that oligodendrocytes are derived from Olig-specified progenitors that give rise also to neurons. 相似文献