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Models for the spatial distribution of protein, lipid and water in gap junction structures have been constructed from the results of the analysis of X-ray diffraction data described here and the electron microscope and chemical data presented in the preceding paper (Caspar, D. L. D., D. A. Goodenough, L. Makowski, and W.C. Phillips. 1977. 74:605-628). The continuous intensity distribution on the meridian of the X-ray diffraction pattern was measured, and corrected for the effects of the partially ordered stacking and partial orientation of the junctions in the X-ray specimens. The electron density distribution in the direction perpendicular to the plane of the junction was calculated from the meridional intensity data. Determination of the interference function for the stacking of the junctions improved the accuracy of the electron density profile. The pair-correlation function, which provides information about the packing of junctions in the specimen, was calculated from the interference function. The intensities of the hexagonal lattice reflections on the equator of the X-ray pattern were used in coordination with the electron microscope data to calculate to the two-dimensional electron density projection onto the plane of the membrane. Differences in the structure of the connexons as seen in the meridional profile and equatorial projections were shown to be correlated to changes in lattice constant. The parts of the junction structure which are variable have been distinguished from the invariant parts by comparison of the X-ray data from different specimens. The combination of these results with electron microscope and chemical data provides low resolution three- dimensional representations of the structures of gap junctions. 相似文献
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The role of nitric oxide in cancer 总被引:4,自引:0,他引:4
WEIMING XU Li ZHI LIU MARILENA LOIZIDOU MOHAMED AHMED IAN G CHARLES Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research Cruciform Building Gower Street UCL London WC E AUUK Department of Surgery Charles Bell House - Riding House Street UCL London WW EJ UK 《Cell research》2002,(Z2)
Nitric oxide (NO) is a pleiotropic regulator, critical to numerous biological processes, including va-sodilatation, neurotransmission and macrophage-mediated immunity. The family of nitric oxide synthases (NOS) comprises inducible NOS (iNOS), endothelial NOS (eNOS), and neuronal NOS (nNOS). Interestingly, various studies have shown that all three isoforms can be involved in promoting or inhibiting the etiology of cancer. NOS activity has been detected in tumour cells of various histogenetic origins and has been associated with tumour grade, proliferation rate and expression of important signaling components associated with cancer development such as the oestrogen receptor. It appears that high levels of NOS expression (for example, generated by activated macrophages) may be cytostatic or cytotoxic for tumor cells, whereas low level activity can have the opposite effect and promote tumour growth. Paradoxically therefore, NO (and related reactive nitrogen species) may have both genotoxic and angiogenic pro 相似文献
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Paired sequence difference in ribosomal RNAs: evolutionary and phylogenetic implications 总被引:12,自引:1,他引:11
Ribosomal RNAs have secondary structures that are maintained by internal
Watson-Crick pairing. Through analysis of chordate, arthropod, and plant 5S
ribosomal RNA sequences, we show that Darwinian selection operates on these
nucleotide sequences to maintain functionally important secondary
structure. Insect phylogenies based on nucleotide positions involved in
pairing and the production of secondary structure are incongruent with
those constructed on the basis of positions that are not. Furthermore,
phylogeny reconstruction using these nonpairing bases is concordant with
other, morphological data.
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Mitochondrial gene order is not conserved in arthropods: prostriate and metastriate tick mitochondrial genomes 总被引:25,自引:15,他引:10
The entire mitochondrial genome was sequenced in a prostriate tick, Ixodes
hexagonus, and a metastriate tick, Rhipicephalus sanguineus. Both genomes
encode 22 tRNAs, 13 proteins, and two ribosomal RNAs. Prostriate ticks are
basal members of Ixodidae and have the same gene order as Limulus
polyphemus. In contrast, in R. sanguineus, a block of genes encoding NADH
dehydrogenase subunit 1 (ND1), tRNA(Leu)(UUR), tRNA(Leu)(CUN), 16S rDNA,
tRNA(Val), 12S rDNA, the control region, and the tRNA(Ile) and tRNA(Gln)
have translocated to a position between the tRNA(Glu) and tRNA(Phe) genes.
The tRNA(Cys) gene has translocated between the control region and the
tRNA(Met) gene, and the tRNA(Leu)(CUN) gene has translocated between the
tRNA(Ser)(UCN) gene and the control region. Furthermore, the control region
is duplicated, and both copies undergo concerted evolution. Primers that
flank these rearrangements confirm that this gene order is conserved in all
metastriate ticks examined. Correspondence analysis of amino acid and codon
use in the two ticks and in nine other arthropod mitochondrial genomes
indicate a strong bias in R. sanguineus towards amino acids encoded by
AT-rich codons.
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Levine LH Levine HG Stryjewski EC Prima V Piastuch WC 《Journal of gravitational physiology : a journal of the International Society for Gravitational Physiology》2001,8(2):21-27
In order to explore the potential impact of microgravity on flavonoid biosynthesis, we examined isoflavonoid levels in soybean (Glycine max) tissues generated under both spaceflight and clinorotation conditions. A 6-day Space Shuttle-based microgravity exposure resulted in enhanced accumulation of isoflavone glycosides (daidzin, 6"-O-malonyl-7-O-glucosyl daidzein, genistin, 6"-O-malonyl-7-O-glucosyl genistein) in hypocotyl and root tissues, but reduced levels in cotyledons (relative to 1g controls on Earth). Soybean seedlings grown on a horizontally rotating clinostat for 3, 4 and 5 days exhibited (relative to a vertical clinorotation control) an isoflavonoid accumulation pattern similar to the space-grown tissues. Elevated isoflavonoid levels attributable to the clinorotation treatment were transient, with the greatest increase observed in the three-day-treated tissues and smaller increases in the four- and five-day-treated tissues. Differences between stresses presented by spaceflight and clinorotation and the resulting biochemical adaptations are discussed, as is whether the increase in isoflavonoid concentrations were due to differential rates of development under the "gravity" treatments employed. Results suggest that spaceflight exposure does not impair isoflavonoid accumulation in developing soybean tissues and that isoflavonoids respond positively to microgravity as a biochemical strategy of adaptation. 相似文献
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Leaf senescence of Quercus myrtifolia as affected by long-term CO2 enrichment in its native environment 总被引:1,自引:0,他引:1
J. -H. Li P. Dijkstra § G. J. Hymus § R. M. Wheeler † W. C. Piastuch ‡ C. R. Hinkle‡ B. G. Drake§ 《Global Change Biology》2000,6(7):727-733
The long‐term effects of elevated (ambient plus 350 μmol mol?1) atmospheric CO2 concentration (Ca) on the leaf senescence of Quercus myrtifolia Willd was studied in a scrub‐oak community during the transition from autumn (December 1997) to spring (April 1998). Plants were grown in large open‐top chambers at the Smithsonian CO2 Research Site, Merritt Island Wildlife Refuge, Cape Canaveral, Florida. Chlorophyll (a + b) concentration, Rubisco activity and N concentration decreased by 75%, 82%, and 52%, respectively, from December (1997) to April (1998) in the leaves grown at ambient Ca. In contrast, the leaves of plants grown at elevated Ca showed no significant decrease in chlorophyll (a + b) concentration or Rubisco activity, and only a 25% reduction in nitrogen. These results indicate that leaf senescence was delayed during this period at elevated Ca. Delayed leaf senescence in elevated Ca had important consequences for leaf photosynthesis. In elevated Ca the net photosynthetic rate of leaves that flushed in Spring 1997 (last year's leaves) and were 13 months old was not different from fully‐expanded leaves that flushed in 1998, and were approximately 1 month old (current year's leaves). In ambient Ca the net photosynthetic rate of last year's leaves was 54% lower than for current year's leaves. When leaves were fully senesced, nitrogen concentration decreased to about 40% of the concentration in non‐senesced leaves, in both CO2 treatments. In April, net photosynthesis was 97% greater in leaves grown in elevated Ca than in those grown at ambient. During the period when elevated Ca delayed leaf senescence, more leaves operating at higher photosynthetic rate would allow the ecosystem dominated by Q. myrtifolia to gain more carbon at elevated Ca than at ambient Ca. 相似文献
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Soluble protein expression in Arabidopsis thaliana L. (Heynh.) leaf and stem tissue was examined after chronic clinorotation. Seeds of Arabidopsis were germinated and plants grown to maturity on horizontal or vertical slow-rotating clinostats (1 rpm) or in stationary vertical control units. Total soluble proteins and in vivo-labeled soluble proteins isolated from these plants were analyzed by two-dimensional SDS PAGE and subsequent fluorography. Visual and computer analysis of the resulting protein patterns showed no significant differences in either total protein expression or in active protein synthesis between horizontal clinorotation and vertical controls in the Arabidopsis leaf and stem tissue. These results show chronic clinorotation does not cause gross changes in protein expression in Arabidopsis. 相似文献
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The integrated DNA in stable transformants formed by direct gene transfer often shows complex restriction patterns. One cause of these complex restriction patterns could be the ligation of plasmid fragments prior to their integration. This paper provides evidence for the ligation of plasmid fragments by plant cells. Carrot protoplasts were electroporated in the presence of pCaMVCATM and assayed for chloramphenicol actyltransferase (CAT) activity 24h later. Linear and supercoiled forms of pCaMVCATM supported similar levels of CAT expression. Surprisingly, digestion of the plasmid at a site between the CaMV 35S promoter and the CAT coding region reduced expression by only 40–50%. Electroporation carried out in the presence of isolated plasmid fragments suggested that this result was due to ligation of the linearized plasmid by the protoplasts. CAT expression was obtained with a mixture of isolated CaMV 35S promoter and the CAT coding region; neither fragment alone supported expression. Further evidence of ligation was provided by electroporation of protoplasts in the presence of a mixture of linearized pGEM and the 1.5-kbHind III fragment of pCaMVCATM. DNA isolated from nuclei of the protoplasts was used to transform competent cells ofEscherichia coli, and colonies were recovered that carried pGEM withHind III-CaMVCAT inserts. Electroporation of protoplasts in the presence of linear and supercoiled pGEM and use of DNA isolated from nuclei to transformE. coli yielded an estimate of the frequency of plasmid ligation. A maximum of only 4% of the input linear DNA was recovered as circular molecules. This result suggests the frequency of ligation is low, but examination of the plasmid DNA in the plant nuclei by electrophoresis indicates extensive degradation of the plasmid and preferential loss of the circular forms. Thus, the ligated plasmids may be converted to the linear form and hence rendered unrecoverable by cloning intoE. coli. 相似文献