Latissimus dorsi free flaps for total repair of extensive lower leg injuries in children

A well-established belief is that with crushed and contaminated wounds closure should be delayed. However, an emergency procedure involving very thorough debridement, complete reconstruction of all injured tissues, and cover by a latissimus dorsi free flap in the same operation is evaluated in 15 children presenting with severe injuries to the lower limb. It is felt that the procedure is superior to the established method because it is a one-stage procedure that minimizes the danger of infection, prevents growth impairment, shortens hospitalization, and allows early mobilization, thus being, in some cases, a limb-saving procedure.     

Mapability of Very Close Markers of Bacteriophage λ

Recombinant frequency was compared with nucleotide distance in crosses involving markers in either the P_RM or the cy region of phage λ. For each pair of markers, we performed reciprocal four-factor crosses of the following types: (I) A⁺m₁ ⁺m₂^-B^- x A^-m₁ ^-m₂⁺B⁺; and (II) A⁺m₁ ^-m₂⁺B^- x A^-m₁ ⁺m₂^-B⁺. In crosses of type I, the frequency of A⁺m₁ ⁺m₂⁺B⁺ recombinants among total (selected) A⁺B⁺ progeny was directly proportional to nucleotide distance between m₁ and m₂ in the range from 3 to 160 nucleotides. When less than three nucleotides separated m₁ and m₂, the measured yields of m₁⁺m₂⁺ recombinants were significantly depressed.

We also found that the frequency of A⁺m₁ ⁺m₂⁺B⁺ recombinants among total A⁺B⁺ progeny was significantly lower (about 10-fold on the average) in crosses of type II than in the corresponding crosses of type I. Since mismatch correction should yield A⁺m₁ ⁺m₂⁺B⁺ recombinants with approximately equal frequencies in type I and II crosses, we suggest: (1) that most m₁⁺m₂⁺ recombinants produced in type I crosses must arise from the formation of heteroduplex structures with a discontinuity (in the source of genetic information) between sites m₁ and m₂, and (2) that mismatch correction is not a major pathway for production of recombinants for close markers in normal λ infection.

     

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Galvanotropismus bei Pollenschläuchen

Zusammenfassung Bei Pollenschläuchen von 3Impatiens-Arten undHippeastrum hybridum wurde ein positiver Galvanotropismus gefunden.Es wird auf die Möglichkeit hingewiesen, daß die galvanotrope Reaktion auf Grund von Wuchsstoffverschiebungen durch den elektrischen Strom zustande kommen könnte.Unter Stützung auf die Beobachtungen vonChodat undGuha wird die Vermutung ausgesprochen, daß die Orientierung des wachsenden Pollenschlauches im Griffelgewebe als elektrophysiologischer Reizvorgang aufzufassen sein könnte.Über die Verbreitung des Vorkommens von Griffelpotentialdifferenzen und Pollenschlauchgalvanotropismus, sowie über das Vorkommen von Auxin im wachsenden Pollenschlauch sollen weitere Versuche folgen.Mit 7 Textabbildungen.     

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Studien über verstopfte Spaltöffnungen

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