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  • 1
    ISSN: 1460-9568
    Source: Blackwell Publishing Journal Backfiles 1879-2005
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Synapse maturation includes the shortening of postsynaptic currents, due to changes in the subunit composition of respective transmitter receptors. Patch clamp experiments revealed that GABAergic inhibitory postsynaptic currents (ISPCs) of superior colliculus neurons significantly shorten from postnatal day (P)1 to P21. The change started after P6 and was steepest between P12 and P15, i.e. around eye opening. It was accompanied by enhanced sensitivity to zolpidem and increased expression of GABAAR α1 mRNA, whereas the level of α3 mRNA decreased. This result is consistent with the hypothesis that the IPSC kinetics of developing collicular neurons is determined by the level of α1/α3. As α1/α3 peaked when N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDAR)-mediated synaptic currents reached their maximum (P12) it was asked whether NMDAR activity can shape the kinetics of GABAergic IPSCs. Cultured collicular neurons were treated with NMDA or NMDAR block, and it was found that the former resulted in faster and the latter in slower IPSC decay. Group I mGluR blockade had no effect. Experiments with bdnf–/– mice revealed that, with some delay, the increase of α1/α3 mRNA also occurred in the chronic absence of brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) and, again, this was accompanied by the shortening of IPSCs. In addition, there was an age-dependent depression of IPSC amplitudes by endogenous BDNF, which might reflect the developmental increase in the expression of GABAAR γ2L, as opposed to γ2S. Together, these experiments suggest that the GABAAR α subunit switch and the associated change in the IPSC kinetics were specifically controlled by NMDAR activity and independent on the signalling through group I mGluRs or TrkB.
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  • 2
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    New York, NY [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell
    Biotechnology and Bioengineering 48 (1995), S. 12-16 
    ISSN: 0006-3592
    Keywords: hexopyranoside:cytochrome c oxidoreductase ; disaccharide oxidation ; oxidation ; kinetic model ; fermentation ; Chemistry ; Biochemistry and Biotechnology
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Biology , Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
    Notes: Disaccharides were microbaially transformed to their corresponding 3-keto-derivatives by resting cells of Agrobacterium tumefaciens NCPPB 396. The kinetics and yield of this highly specific oxidation depend on several factors. The oxygen concentration especially has a major influence on the production of 3-keto-derivatives and was investigated kinetically with respect to low stationary oxygen concentrations in solution. Experiments showed unconventional results that conflicted with normal Michaelis-Menten kinetics. A kinetic model was developed and the kinetic constants were calculated. The model and experimental data for sucrose, maltose, iso-maltulose (palatinose), and leucrose are in good agreement with each other. Initial reaction rates with different sugars using constant oxygen concentrations resulted in a Michaelis-Mentent type function. The complete kinetics, including the effect of disaccharide and oxygen concentrations, are presented. © 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
    Additional Material: 8 Ill.
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  • 3
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    Electronic Resource
    Weinheim : Wiley-Blackwell
    Chemie Ingenieur Technik - CIT 63 (1991), S. 631-633 
    ISSN: 0009-286X
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
    Source: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology , Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
    Additional Material: 7 Ill.
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