Pyrimidine Pathway in Boron-deficient Cotton Fiber

Cotton ovules cultured in an insufficiency of boron (10 micromolar), showed inhibition of fiber growth by the ninth day in culture. Averaging data from eight to eleven days of culture under these conditions, total incorporation of [6-¹⁴C]orotic acid into fiber was inhibited by 59%. Inhibition was evident in all radioactively labeled pools, indicating that the effect may be at the membrane transport level or at an early stage of orotic acid metabolism. On a per cent basis, incorporation into RNA under boron deficiency was higher than under sufficiency. The effect is greater on the eighth day of culture, with a decreasing difference from controls up to the eleventh day. Conversely, the per cent incorporation into UDP-glucose was lower under boron deficiency than in controls, having a more or less constant value from 8 to 11 days of culture. Thus, a primary event of boron deficiency in cotton fiber culture is an alteration in the flow of metabolites through the pyrimidine synthesis pathway.     

应用三系配套途径产生遗传上全雄莫桑比克罗非鱼

通过性别三系配套可获得100％莫桑比克罗非雄鱼XY鱼,并指出生产上的应用技术关键就是实现原系XX♀、雄性纯合系YY和雄性纯合转化系YY♀之间的三系配套。对遗传上全雄鱼与生理上雄鱼人工控制的途径进行了分析比较。     

Effect of norgestomet on peripheral levels of progesterone and estradiol-17beta in beef cows

Peripheral levels of progesterone and estradiol 17beta were quantified in 27 cycling cows following administration of a single Hydron ear implant (G. D. Searle and Co.) containing 2, 4 or 6 mg norgestomet or controls which received no implant. Implants were inserted subcutaneously in the ear on day 15 of the estrous cycle (day of estrus = day 0) and removed 9 days later. The 4 mg (seven of seven cows) and 6 mg (six of six cows) implants suppressed estrus; however, three of eight cows in the 2 mg group exhibited estrus prior to implant removal. The 6 mg implant group had a significantly longer interval from implant removal to estrus than either the 2 or 4 mg group. Failure to detect differences in the rate at which progesterone declined indicated norgestomet treatment did not affect normal corpus luteum regression. Estradiol levels rose at a similar rate approaching estrus in all treatments. There was no indication of increased endogenous estradiol levels due to norgestomet treatment.     

莫桑比克罗非鱼性别生理遗传控制的初步研究

为了利用雌、雄鱼之间生长的差异性提高鱼产量,以莫桑比克罗非鱼作材料,对鱼类性别进行了人工控制试验。结果表明:雌性激素(BE_(50))和雄性激素(ML_(30))能有效地控制当代鱼类生理上性别的相互转化;同时以生理遗传学的原理,通过遗传上♀×♀、♂×♂的特殊配种和“三系”配套的途径进一步控制了鱼类遗传上的性别,并证明莫桑比克罗非鱼的性别遗传确定为XX♀-XY♂型。     

Purification and characterization of glucose dehydrogenase from a heterotrophically grown blue-green alga

NADP- and NAD-dependent glucose dehydrogenase was partially purified from a dark-grown blue-green alga (endophytic Nostoc strain MAC). Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis established that a single protein possessed dual activity for either NADP or NAD. No other electron acceptor substituted for pyridine nucleotides and no evidence for a flavin prosthetic group was found. Although the Km for NADP was 8.8 mum and for NAD 328 mum, the enzyme was equally active with NAD or NADP at saturating levels of substrates. The enzyme was similar to previously described glucose dehydrogenase in that it had a high Km for glucose (18-20 mm at 35 C) and an alkaline pH optimum of 7.6 to 9.4.