Summary The N-metabolism ofArthrocnemum fruticosum (L.) Moq., growing in a saline area north-east of the Dead Sea in Jordan, was studied over its vegetative growth period from
March to September 1981. Plant and soil samples were taken at monthly intervals. Water content, Na+, K+, Cl−, NH
4+
, NO
2−
and NO
3−
concentrations were determined in the soil extracts, and the same determinations plus ash weight, soluble carbohydrates,
proline, proteins andin vivo nitrate reductase in the plant roots and shoots.
Soil humidity decreased and salinity increased from March to August, with re-wetting occurring in late July. K+ and Cl− were much lower in the soils than Na+. Plant relative dry weight increased during summer due to the absorption of Na+ in addition to increased organic dry weight. The uptake of Na+ was not balanced by a similar uptake of Cl−.
Ammonium and nitrate decreased in soil and plants in parallel with increasing salinity. Nitrite was only found in the roots
and always in very low quantities. Proline was found only in March. The total soluble carbohydrates in the roots showed a
short increase in June when the sodium in the plants also increased. It was concluded that carbohydrates may be used to balance
osmotic shocks, but that another compatible compounds is necessary to maintatin long-term osmotic equilibrium.
The nitrate reductase activity, measuredin vivo, and the soluble protein changed roughly in parallel with the internal nitrate from May to August, suggesting that nitrogen
uptake and reduction in the plant is inhibited during summer when the soil is dry and very saline. This could be a direct
effect of drought and/or salinity on the plants, or an indirect onevia an inhibition of nitrifying bacteria. 相似文献
Citrus Tristeza Virus (CTV), usually occurs in nature as a mixture of genotypes. Six naturally infected citrus
(Citrus sinensis) trees grafted on sour orange rootstock were collected from three citrus growing governorates
in Egypt (Sharqia, Qalyubia and Garbia). In this study, RT-PCR, Single-Strand Conformation Polymorphism
(SSCP) and nucleotide sequence analysis were used for four independent CTV genomic regions (p65, p18,
p20, and p23) to detect and assess the sequence and genetic variabilities among CTV Egyptian isolates. RTPCR products (650 bp) for the CTV p23 gene obtained from the selected isolates were used for the SSCP analysis
and DNA sequencing. SSCP patterns of p23 gene for individual isolates yielded different complex haplotype patterns. Nucleotide sequence analysis of p23 region amplified from six isolates under study revealed that p23 shared
high nucleotide identity 98.7% with T36 isolate from USA, Florida. Phylogenetic analysis of p23 gene indicated a
close evolutionary relationship between all examined isolates and Qaha isolate (T36 isolate group), suggesting that
they may have originated from closely related ancestors. Nucleotide sequence analysis of the three genes located
on CTV 3′-coterminal overhang, p18, p20 and p65, amplified from isolate A3, Sharqia governorate, revealed that
the p18, p65, and p20 genes were related to the T3-KB isolate from South Africa with 99%–100% sequence
homology. Phylogenetic relationship analysis for p65, p18 and p20 ORFs clustered the current A3 isolate with
T3 genotype group. The recombination analysis identified three of six isolates from Sharqia, and Garbia as potential recombinant for p23 gene. The isolates T36 and T3 were identified as major donors for recombination events
in isolate A3. Our results concluded that p23 ORF likely to be as a hotspot region for recombination and originated through recombination event. The current study indicated that recombination is an important factor for the
origin of CTV strains in Egypt. 相似文献
Summary Cultured human pancreatic carcinoma cells (MIA PaCa-2) have been shown previously to be very sensitive toE. coli
l-asparaginase (EC II). The present studies have demonstrated that another enzyme,Acinetobacter glutaminase-asparaginase (AGA) is much more effective in inhibiting cell growth. At the concentration of 0.0025 U/ml of AGA
activity the enzyme totally inhibited cell growth, whereas the EC II with the same concentration did not show any effect.
The inhibition of cell growth correlated well with inhibition of protein and glycoprotein synthesis. The addition ofl-glutamine at the concentration of 1 mM completely reversed the inhibition of protein synthesis. Similarly, the addition ofl-glutamine at the concentration of 3 mM daily on 3 successive days after adding AGA resulted in significant reversal of growth inhibition. The results of this study
indicate that the action of AGA on MIA PaCa-2 is, to a great extent, exerted through itsl-glutaminase activity.
This work was supported in part by USPHS Grant CA 19182. Dr. Wu is recipient of Research Career Development Award Grant CA00686
and Dr. Yunis is a Howard Hughes Investigator. 相似文献
Abstract A novel synthesis of 3-deazapyrimidine glycosides utilizing pyridine-2(1H)-ones or their sodium salts and α-halomonosugars namely D-glucose or D-galactose as starting components is described. 相似文献
Plant Cell, Tissue and Organ Culture (PCTOC) - In vitro regeneration of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) plants through somatic embryogenesis leads to the generation of somaclonal variants. The... 相似文献
The performance of surface plasmon resonance (SPR) sensors has great dependence on its plasmonic material’s frequency response, which is described by the complex dielectric function. Through history, researchers developed and enhanced mathematical models to accurately describe the material dielectric function. Although many papers compared the accuracy of different dielectric function models and stated its limitations, none of it addressed the effect of dielectric function model on the SPR sensor’s characteristics. In this paper, we investigated the performance of the three most used dielectric function models (Drude, Lorentz-Drude, and Brendel-Bormann) and their effect on the theoretically obtained sensor parameters when used in a gold SPR sensor’s model and validated it with the experimentally measured dielectric function. The result showed that using less accurate dielectric function’s model has a drastic effect on the theoretically obtained sensor’s parameters. Among the three models, the widely used Drude model was not the most accurate; alternatively, Brendel-Bormann model was the most accurate.
Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry - We describe a simple method to synthesize novel 4-cyano-1-morpholin-4-yl-6,7-dihydro-5H-cyclopenta[c]pyridine-3-thione by the reaction of... 相似文献
Abstract The synthesis of new 4- and 5-substituted-3-cyanopyridine nucleosides has been performed by reacting the silylated pyridines and penta-O-acetyl-α -D-glycopyranose in dichloroethane in the presence of SnCl4. The free nucleosides were tested for their potential activity against HIV and different types of tumor. 相似文献
AbstractN3-β-D-glucopyranosyl, galactopyranosyl and xylopyranosyl 6-methyl-2-methylthiouracil and their 5-bromo derivatives have been synthesized by coupling an a-acetobromosugar with the corresponding thiouracil. The new modified thiouridine analogues were evaluated for their inhibitory activity against Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) replication in MT-4 cells as well as for their cytotoxicity. 相似文献