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Genetic variation at the Major Histocompatibility Complex locus DQ beta was
analyzed in 233 beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) from seven
populations: St. Lawrence Estuary, eastern Beaufort Sea, eastern Chukchi
Sea, western Hudson Bay, eastern Hudson Bay, southeastern Baffin Island,
and High Arctic and in 12 narwhals (Monodon monoceros) sympatric with the
High Arctic beluga population. Variation was assessed by amplification of
the exon coding for the peptide binding region via the polymerase chain
reaction, followed by either cloning and DNA sequencing or single-stranded
conformation polymorphism analysis. Five alleles were found across the
beluga populations and one in the narwhal. Pairwise comparisons of these
alleles showed a 5:1 ratio of nonsynonymous to synonymous substitutions per
site leading to eight amino acid differences, five of which were
nonconservative substitutions, centered around positions previously shown
to be important for peptide binding. Although the amount of allelic
variation is low when compared with terrestrial mammals, the nature of the
substitutions in the peptide binding sites indicates an important role for
the DQ beta locus in the cellular immune response of beluga whales.
Comparisons of allele frequencies among populations show the High Arctic
population to be different (P < or = .005) from the other beluga
populations surveyed. In these other populations an allele, Dele-DQ
beta*0101-2, was found in 98% of the animals, while in the High Arctic it
was found in only 52% of the animals. Two other alleles were found at high
frequencies in the High Arctic population, one being very similar to the
single allele found in narwhal.
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Successful learning is the integration of new knowledge into existing schemes, leading to an integrated and correct scientific conception. By contrast, the co-existence of scientific and alternative conceptions may indicate a fragmented knowledge profile. Every learner is unique and thus carries an individual set of preconceptions before classroom engagement due to prior experiences. Hence, instructors and teachers have to consider the heterogeneous knowledge profiles of their class when teaching. However, determinants of fragmented knowledge profiles are not well understood yet, which may hamper a development of adapted teaching schemes. We used a questionnaire-based approach to assess conceptual knowledge of tree assimilation and wood synthesis surveying 885 students of four educational levels: 6th graders, 10th graders, natural science freshmen and other academic studies freshmen. We analysed the influence of learner’s characteristics such as educational level, age and sex on the coexistence of scientific and alternative conceptions. Within all subsamples well-known alternative conceptions regarding tree assimilation and wood synthesis coexisted with correct scientific ones. For example, students describe trees to be living on “soil and sunshine”, representing scientific knowledge of photosynthesis mingled with an alternative conception of trees eating like animals. Fragmented knowledge profiles occurred in all subsamples, but our models showed that improved education and age foster knowledge integration. Sex had almost no influence on the existing scientific conceptions and evolution of knowledge integration. Consequently, complex biological issues such as tree assimilation and wood synthesis need specific support e.g. through repeated learning units in class- and seminar-rooms in order to help especially young students to handle and overcome common alternative conceptions and appropriately integrate scientific conceptions into their knowledge profile. 相似文献
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Severe diarrhoea caused by Aeromonas veronii biovar sobria in a patient with metastasised GIST. 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
Sabine Gr?bner Alfred L Bissinger Armin Raible Peter Heeg Ingo B Autenrieth Susanne M Schmidt 《Polish journal of microbiology》2007,56(4):277-279
This report describes the isolation of Aeromonas veronii biovar sobria as the causative enteropathogen of diarrhoea in an oncological patient after failure of detection of other infectious agents. The case points out the severe and long course of the infection, the diagnostic dilemma, and the prompt recovery after antibiotic treatment. 相似文献
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Furdas SD Shekfeh S Bissinger EM Wagner JM Schlimme S Valkov V Hendzel M Jung M Sippl W 《Bioorganic & medicinal chemistry》2011,19(12):3678-3689
We present a combination of database screening, synthesis and in vitro testing to identify novel histone acetyltransferase (HAT) inhibitors. The National Cancer Institute compound collection (NCI) and several commercial databases were filtered by similarity-based virtual screening to find new HAT inhibitors. Employing the recombinant HAT p300/CBP-associated factor (PCAF) and two different histone substrates for screening, pyridoisothiazolones were identified as inhibitors of human PCAF. Due to the limited solubility of the initial hits, we synthesized and tested them on PCAF. The compounds inhibit the proliferation of cancer cells. In summary, valuable chemical tools and potential lead candidates for new anticancer agents directed against HATs as new targets have been identified. 相似文献
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Plankton communities in acidic mining lakes (pH 2.5-3.3) are species-poor because they face extreme environmental conditions, e.g. 150mg l(-1) Fe2+ +Fe3+. We investigated the growth characteristics of the dominant pigmented species, the flagellate Chlamydomonas acidophila, in semi-continuous culture experiments under in situ conditions. The following hypotheses were tested: (1) Low inorganic carbon (IC) concentrations in the epilimnion (e.g. 0.3 mg l(-1)) arising from the low pH limit phototrophic growth (H-1); (2) the additional use of dissolved organic carbon (mixotrophy) leads to higher growth rates under IC-limitation (H-2), and (3) phagotrophy is not relevant (H-3). H-1 was supported as the culture experiments, in situ PAR and IC concentrations indicated that IC potentially limited phototrophic growth in the mixed surface layers. H-2 was also supported: mixotrophic growth always exceeded pure phototrophic growth even when photosynthesis was saturated. Dark growth in filtered lake water illuminated prior to inoculation provided evidence that Chlamydomonas was able to use the natural DOC. The alga did not grow on bacteria, thus confirming H-3. Chlamydomonas exhibited a remarkable resistance to starvation in the dark. The compensation light intensity (ca. 20 micromol photons m(-2) s(-1)) and the maximum phototrophic growth (1.50 d(-1)) fell within the range of algae from non-acidic waters. Overall, Chlamydomonas, a typical r-strategist in circum-neutral systems, showed characteristics of a K-strategist in the stable, acidic lake environment in achieving moderate growth rates and minimizing metabolic losses. 相似文献
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S. R. Schmolke K. Broeg S. Zander V. Bissinger P. D. Hansen N. Kress B. Herut E. Jantzen G. Krüner A. Sturm W. Körting H. von Westernhagen 《Helgoland Marine Research》1999,53(3-4):257-266
A comprehensive database, containing biological and chemical information, collected in the framework of the bilateral interdisciplinary
MARS project (”biological indicators of natural and man-made changes in marine and coastal waters”) during the years 1995–1997
in the coastal environment of the North Sea, was subjected to a multivariate statistical evaluation. The MARS project was
designated to combine a variety of approaches and to develop a set of methods for the employment of biological indicators
in pollution monitoring and environmental quality assessment. In total, nine ship cruises to four coastal sampling sites were
conducted; 765 fish and 384 mussel samples were analysed for biological and chemical parameters. Additional information on
the chemical background at the sampling sites was derived from sediment samples, collected at each of the four sampling sites.
Based on the available chemical data in sediments and black mussel (Mytilus edulis) a pollution gradient between the selected sites, was established. The chemical body burden of flounder (Platichthys flesus) from these sites, though, did not reflect this gradient equally clear. In contrast, the biological information derived from
measurements in fish samples displayed significant a regional as well as a temporal pattern. A multivariate bioindicator data
matrix was evaluated employing a factor analysis model to identify relations between selected biological indicators, and to
improve the understanding of a regional and temporal component in the parameter response. In a second approach, applying the
k-means algorithm on the data matrix, two significantly different clusters of samples, characterised by the current health
status of the fish, were extracted. Using this classification a temporal, and in the second order, a less pronounced spatial
effect was evident. In particular, during July 1996, a clear sign of deteriorating environmental conditions was extracted
from the biological data matrix.
Received: 20 June 1999 / Received in revised form: 8 November 1999 / Accepted: 8 November 1999 相似文献