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  • 1
    ISSN: 1364-6753
    Schlagwort(e): Key words Multiple sclerosis ; Genetics ; Myelin basic protein ; Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein ; Proteolipid protein
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: ABSTRACT Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune demyelinating disease of the central nervous system. A complex genetic etiology is thought to underlie susceptibility to this disease. The present study was designed to analyze whether differences in genes that encode myelin proteins influence susceptibility to MS. We performed linkage analysis of MS to markers in chromosomal regions that include the genes encoding myelin basic protein (MBP), proteolipid protein (PLP), myelin-associated glycoprotein (MAG), oligodendrocyte myelin glycoprotein (OMGP), and myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) in a well-characterized population of 65 multiplex MS families consisting of 399 total individuals, 169 affected with MS and 102 affected sibpairs. Physical mapping data permitted placement of MAG and PLP genes on the Genethon genetic map; all other genes were mapped on the Genethon genetic map by linkage analysis. For each gene, at least one marker within the gene and/or two tightly linked flanking markers were analyzed. Marker data analysis employed a combination of genetic trait model-dependent (parametric) and model-independent linkage methods. Results indicate that MAG, MBP, OMGP, and PLP genes do not have a significant genetic effect on susceptibility to MS in this population. As MOG resides within the MHC, a potential role of the MOG gene could not be excluded.
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  • 2
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    Italian journal of neurological sciences 20 (1999), S. 89-108 
    ISSN: 1126-5442
    Schlagwort(e): Key words Neurofibromatosis ; Nf1 ; Nf2 ; Mosaic/segmental neurofibromatosis ; Variants ; Classification ; Neurological manifestations ; Genetics ; Childhood ; Adulthood
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract The last two decades have seen clinical and molecular delineation of the different forms of neurofibromatosis. Differentiation of these forms is not just an academic exercise: their natural history, management and genetic counselling are quite different. Of the numerical classifications of neurofibromatosis proposed in the past, only neurofibromatosis type 1 (Nf1) and neurofibromatosis type 2 (Nf2) are now well delineated clinically and have been shown to be distinct at the molecular level. For both forms of neurofibromatosis, patients with clinical generalised disease have been demonstrated to be mosaic at the molecular level, and features of segmental or mosaic Nf1 and Nf2 have been delineated. Other reported forms of neurofibromatosis are rarer; they include Watson syndrome, hereditary spinal neurofibromatosis, familial intestinal neurofibromatosis, autosomal dominant café-au-lait spots alone, autosomal dominant neurofibromas alone, and schwannomatosis, the latter believed to be a variant of Nf2. Further delineation is neeeded for individuals having overlapping features of Noonan's syndrome and neurofibromatosis (the so-called Noonan/neurofibromatosis syndrome) and the syndrome of “multiple naevi, multiple schwannomas and multiple vaginal leiomyomas”. In this article we review the forms of neurofibromatosis which we believe are true clinical entities. Particular attention is given to the neurological manifestations of neurofibromatosis.
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  • 3
    ISSN: 1432-1440
    Schlagwort(e): Key words Diabetes ; Genetics ; Phosphofructokinase ; Glycogenosis ; NIDDM ; PFK
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract The etiology of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) is usually explained as a combination of peripheral insulin resistance and impaired beta-cell function. Phosphofructo-1-kinase (PFK1) is a rate limiting enzyme in glycolysis, and its muscle subtype (PFK1-M) deficiency leads to an autosomal recessively inherited disorder known as glycogenosis type VII or Tarui’s disease. It was evaluated whether PFK1-M deficiency leads to NIDDM in humans. A core family of four was evaluated for PFK1-M deficiency by DNA- and enzyme-activity-analyses. All members underwent oral and intravenous glucose tolerance test (oGTT/ivgtt), as well as an insulin sensitivity test (IST) using octreotide. Results: Father (46 years, BMI 22.4 kg/m2) and older son (19 years, BMI 17.8 kg/m5) showed homozygous PFK1-M deficiency, while mother (47 years, BMI 28.4 kg/m5) and younger son (13 years, BMI 16.5 kg/m5) were shown to be heterozygously PFK1-M-deficient on enzyme activity levels. DNA analysis revealed an exon 5-missense-mutation at one allele of all four members, and an exon 22-frameshift-mutation at the other allele of the two homozygously affected individuals. By oGTT the father showed impaired glucose tolerance, and the mother clinical diabetes. By ivGTT both parents and the older son had a decreased first phase insulin secretion, and a diminished glucose disappearance rate. The IST showed marked insulin resistance in both parents and the older son, and moderate resistance in the younger son, previously not described. Conclusion: PFK1-M-deficiency leads to a metabolic state typical for early NIDDM in homozygously affected humans, especially concerning insulin resistance and loss of first phase beta-cell insulin secretion, and may contribute to the manifestation of NIDDM in a subgroup of patients.
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    Der Nervenarzt 70 (1999), S. 195-205 
    ISSN: 1433-0407
    Schlagwort(e): Schlüsselwörter Alzheimer-Krankheit ; Genetik ; Risikofaktoren ; Genetische Beratung ; Key words Alzheimer’s disease ; Genetics ; Risk factors ; Genetic counseling
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Medizin
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Summary A multifactorial etiology underlies the majority of cases of Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Both ill-defined environmental and genetic factors contribute to the development of the disease. Allele ɛ4 of ApoE is a genetic risk factor. Its presence increases the risk of developing AD. However, presence of e4 is neither necessary nor sufficient for the disease to arise. Apart from the common multifactorial forms of the disease, there are rare variants which are inherited as Mendelian traits. To date three genes are known that can be mutated in these rare forms of AD. Of these, mutations in the gene presenilin 1 on chromosome 14 are most frequent. In addition, mutations in the gene presenilin 2 on chromosome 1 and in the amyloid precursor protein gene (APP on chromosome 21) occur in autosomal dominant AD. This article reviews our present knowledge of the genetics of AD and discusses its relevance for patients with AD and their relatives.
    Notizen: Zusammenfassung Der Großteil der Fälle von Alzheimer-Krankheit (AK) hat eine multifaktorielle Ätiologie. Das bedeutet, bisher nicht genauer bekannte Umwelteinflüsse und genetische Faktoren spielen bei der Entwicklung der Krankheit eine wesentliche Rolle. Von seiten der Genetik unterscheidet man bei der AK gegenwärtig genetische Risikofaktroren und Mutationen. Der einzige bisher gesicherte genetische Risikofaktor ist das Allel ɛ4 des Gens für Apolipoprotein E auf Chromosom 19. Dieses Allel erhöht die Wahrscheinlichkeit, an der AK zu erkranken, ist jedoch weder eine notwendige noch eine hinreichende Bedingung. Neben den häufigen Formen mit multifaktorieller Ätiologie kommen seltene Varianten der Krankheit vor, die nach Mendelschen Regeln vererbt werden. Bisher sind 3 Gene bekannt, die bei diesen seltenen, in der Regel früh auftretenden und autosomal dominant vererbten Formen mutiert sein können. Am häufigsten findet sich bei den autosomal-dominanten Fällen eine Mutation im Gen präsenilin 1 auf Chromosom 14, seltener liegen Mutationen im Gen präsenilin 2 auf Chromosom 1 und im Gen des Amyloid- Vorläuferproteins auf Chromosom 21 vor. In diesem Beitrag geben wir eine Übersicht über gegenwärtige Befunde zur Genetik der AK und diskutieren die Bedeutung dieses Wissens für Patienten und deren Verwandte.
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    Der Nervenarzt 70 (1999), S. 955-969 
    ISSN: 1433-0407
    Schlagwort(e): Schlüsselwörter Schizophrenie ; Genetik ; Schizophrenes Spektrum ; Kopplungsuntersuchungen ; Assoziationsuntersuchungen ; Key words Schizophrenia ; Genetics ; Schizophrenia spectrum ; Linkage studies ; Association studies
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Medizin
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Summary Schizophrenia is a genetic complex disease as it does not follow monogenic transmission while non-familial environmental factors have a strong additional impact. A heterogenous, continuous phenotype is transmitted in families which can now be more precisely characterized. Genes coding for proteins with presumed pathophysiological relevance are apparently not playing a major causal role. However, in the last three years several (currently seven) candidate regions have been identified in a replicable manner by linkage studies. These regions are likely to host susceptibility genes for schizophrenia, but none of them has been identified up to now. Given these findings, polygenic transmission has now become very likely. The candidate regions are currently being narrowed down by various promising techniques.
    Notizen: Zusammenfassung Die Schizophrenie gehört zu den genetisch komplexen Erkrankungen, die keinem monogenen Erbgang folgen und bei denen auch nichtfamiliäre Umgebungsfaktoren eine wichtige Rolle spielen. Dabei wird intrafamiliär ein heterogener, quantitativ variierender Phänotyp übertragen, der zunehmend genauer charakterisiert werden kann. Keines der bekannten Gene mit vermuteter pathophysiologischer Relevanz spielt nach den bisherigen Erkenntnissen eine substantielle Rolle. In den vergangenen drei Jahren ist es aber erstmals durch Kopplungsuntersuchungen gelungen, mehrere replizierbare Kandidatenregionen (derzeit sieben) auf dem Genom zu identifizieren, in denen vermutlich Suszeptibilitätsgene für Schizophrenie liegen. Keines dieser Gene wurde jedoch bislang identifiziert. Mit diesen Befunden ist eine polygene Übertragung der Schizophrenie sehr wahrscheinlich geworden. Verschiedene Techniken zur Eingrenzung der Kandidatenregionen werden derzeit erfolgreich angewandt.
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    ISSN: 1432-0533
    Schlagwort(e): Key words Frontotemporal dementia ; Genetics ; Progressive supranuclear palsy ; Tauopathy ; Exon ; amplifcation
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract Recently intronic and exonic mutations in the Tau gene have been found to be associated with familial neurodegenerative syndromes characterized not only by a predominantly frontotemporal dementia but also by the presence of neurological signs consistent with the dysfunction of multiple subcortical neuronal circuitries. Among families, the symptomatology appears to vary in quality and severity in relation to the specific Tau gene mutation and often may include parkinsonism, supranuclear palsies, and/or myoclonus, in addition to dementia. We carried out molecular genetic and neuropathological studies on two patients from a French family presenting, early in their fifth decade, a cognitive impairment and supranuclear palsy followed by an akinetic rigid syndrome and dementia. The proband died severely demented 7 years after the onset of the symptoms; currently, his brother is still alive although his disease is progressing. In both patients, we found a Tau gene mutation in exon 10 at codon 279, resulting in an asparagine to lysine substitution (N279K). Neuropathologically, widespread neuronal and glial tau accumulation in the cortex, basal ganglia, brain stem nuclei as well as in the white matter were the hallmark of the disease. These deposits were shown by immunohistochemistry and immunoelectron microscopy, using a battery of antibodies to phosphorylation-dependent and phosphorylation-independent epitopes present in multiple tau regions. In the neocortex, tau-immunopositive glial cells were more numerous than immunopositive neurons; the deeper cortical layers as well as the white matter adjacent to the cortex contained the largest amount of immunolabeled glial cells. In contrast, some brain stem nuclei contained more neurons with tau deposits than immunolabeled glial cells. The correlation of clinical, neuropathological and molecular genetic findings emphasize the phenotypic heterogeneitiy of diseases caused by Tau gene mutations. Furthermore, to test the effect of the N279K mutation and compare it with the effect of the P301L exon 10 mutation on alternative splicing of Tau exon 10, we used an exon amplification assay. Our results suggest that the N279K mutation affects splicing similar to the intronic mutations, allowing exon 10 to be incorporated more frequently in the Tau transcript.
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    Annals of hematology 78 (1999), S. 485-494 
    ISSN: 1432-0584
    Schlagwort(e): Key words Mantle cell lymphoma ; Classification ; Pathology ; Prognosis ; Immunology ; Genetics ; Antineoplastic agents ; Combined ; Therapeutic use ; Radiotherapy ; Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Medizin
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  • 8
    ISSN: 1432-0584
    Schlagwort(e): Key words Acute leukemia ; Genetics ; Sex ; ABO Blood group
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract  Acute leukemia is more common in males at almost every age, and this fact remains unexplained. A study was carried out in northeast peninsular Malaysia, where the population is predominantly Malay, to examine whether there was a difference in ABO blood group distribution between males and females with acute leukemia (AL). The ABO blood groups of 109 male and 79 female patients with AL (98 ALL, 90 AML) were compared with those of 1019 controls. In the control population, 39.7% were group O. Among males with AL, 39.4% were group O, whereas among females with AL, the proportion was 24.1% (p=0.03). The same trend to a lower proportion of group O among females was seen if the group was divided into adult/pediatric or lymphoblastic/myeloblastic groups, though these differences were not statistically significant. If these findings can be confirmed, they suggest the presence of a "sex-responsive" gene near to the ABO gene locus on chromosome 9, which relatively protects group O women against AL, at least in our population. The existence of such a gene might also partly explain why acute leukemia, and possibly other childhood cancers, are more common in males.
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  • 9
    ISSN: 1423-0127
    Schlagwort(e): Tax ; HTLV-1 ; Trans-activation ; Phosphorylation ; Mutagenesis ; Transcription ; Genetics
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract The human T cell leukemia virus type 1 (HTLV-1) Tax is a phosphoprotein, however, the contribution of phosphorylation to Tax activity is unknown. Previous studies have shown that phosphorylation of Tax occurs on serine residue(s), within one tryptic fragment, in response to 4β-phorbol-12β-myristate-13α-acetate, in both mouse and human cells. Studies were conducted in multiple cell lines to identify the specific phosphorylated serines as a prelude to functional analysis. The phosphorylation pattern of Tax was found to be different in 293T and COS-7 cells in comparison with MT-4 and Px-1 cells. However, one tryptic fragment remained consistent in comigration analyses among all cell lines. Using selected Tax serine mutants a tryptic fragment containing a serine at residue 113 believed to be the site of phosphorylation of Tax did not comigrate with the common phosphorylated tryptic fragment. Analysis of selected Tax mutants for ability totrans-activate the cytomegalovirus promoter demonstrated mutation of serine 77 to alanine reducedtrans-activation by 90% compared to wild-type Tax. However, examination of the phosphorylation pattern of the serine 77 mutant demonstrated that it is not the site of phosphorylation. These studies demonstrate the importance of using relevant cell lines to characterize the role of phosphorylation in protein function.
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  • 10
    ISSN: 1432-1963
    Schlagwort(e): Schlüsselwörter Rhadomyosarkom ; Klassifizierung ; Immunhistochemie ; Genetik ; Prognose ; Key words Rhabdomyosarcoma ; Classification ; Immunohistochemistry ; Genetics ; Prognosis
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Medizin
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Summary Rhabdomyosarcoma (RMS) is the most important and a very heterogeneous group of malignant soft tissue tumors of childhood and adolescence.The two major subtypes (embryonal and alveolar) share a common myogenic differentiation, but seem to be histogenetically not related. The so-called ’International Classification of Rhabdomyosarcoma’ includes, besides the two major subtypes, the botryoid and leiomyomatous subtypes of embryonal RMS which are associated with a better prognosis and are treated less aggressively according to current protocols. In addition, the solid variant of alveolar RMS is included in the alveolar group of RMS. The identification of the various subtypes is necessary and important because the treatment with the current protocols is also related to histology. Using conventional stains and immunohistochemistry, these subtypes are distinguishable. Genetic analysis can be helpful in the demonstration of t(2;13) or t(1;13) translocations in alveolar RMS. The identification of alveolar RMS with t(1;13) translocation might become important in the future, because this type of translocation seems to be related to a better prognosis as compared to tumors with a t(2;13) translocation.
    Notizen: Zusammenfassung Rhabdomyosarkome stellen eine heterogene Gruppe von ganz verschiedenartigen, histogenetisch wohl nicht zusammengehörenden Tumoren dar. Nach der heute verwendeten „Internationalen Klassifikation” der Rhabdomyosarkome werden neben der Unterteilung in embryonalen und alveoläre Rhabdomyossarkome auch Subtypen des embryonalen RMS identifiziert (botryoider und leiomyomatöser Subtyp), die durch eine günstigere Prognose und durch die Notwendigkeit einer weniger aggressive Therapie gekennzeichnet sind. Durch Einsatz von verschiedenen histologischen und immunhistochemischen Färbungen ist die Identifizierung der verschiedenen Typen der RMS heute möglich und auch zwingend notwendig, da die einzelnen Entitäten nach ganz unterschiedlichen Therapieprotokollen behandelt werden. Der Nachweis typischer molekulargenetischer Veränderungen kann in der Unterscheidung insbesondere von embryonalen und alveolären RMS hilfreich sein. In der Regel ist die Abgrenzung zwischen diesen beiden Entitäten auch an konventionell gefärbten Schnittpräparaten möglich. Die Identifizierung von alveolären RMS mit einer t(1;13)-Translokation könnte in Zukunft eine große Bedeutung haben, da diese genetische Veränderung möglicherweise mit einer günstigeren Prognose assoziert sein könnte als die t(2;13)-Translokation.
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    European journal of pediatrics 158 (1999), S. 302-307 
    ISSN: 1432-1076
    Schlagwort(e): Key words Congenital heart disease ; Pulmonary atresia and ventricular septal defect ; Genetics ; Monosomy 22q11.2
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract The purpose of our study was to describe the prevalence and the clinical spectrum of monosomy 22q11.2 in a population of patients with pulmonary atresia and ventricular septal defect. We examined all 44 patients with this conotruncal cardiac malformation who presented to our institution from January 1994 until December 1997. The type of collateral lung perfusion was recorded including anomalies of the pulmonary arteries as well as facial and immunological abnormalities. Molecular-cytogenetic testing for a 22q11.2 microdeletion was performed using the probes D22S75 and cHKAD26. Statistical differences were evaluated with the Fisher's Exact Test. Monosomy 22q11.2 was present in ten children (23%) with major aortopulmonary collateral arteries (group 1). The remaining 13 children (29%) with major aortopulmonary collateral arteries (group 2) and all 21 children (48%) with ductus arteriosus (group 3) were negative for this microdeletion. All children in group 1 had facial anomalies, six had mild immunological abnormalities including decreased CD 4+ or CD 8+ cells. Anomalies of the pulmonary vascular bed were significantly more frequent in children of group 1 (9/10) than in children of group 2 (4/13) or group 3 (0/21). Due to these pulmonary vascular anomalies, corrective surgery had been accomplished in fewer children with monosomy 22q11.2 (none in group 1) as compared to 7/13 children in group 2 and 14/21 children in group 3. Conclusion In children with pulmonary atresia and ventricular septal defect, monosomy 22q11.2 is preferentially associated with major aortopulmonary collateral arteries. Due to the higher incidence of pulmonary arterial abnormalities, successful surgical repair will require a different therapeutic approach in most patients with this microdeletion.
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    Current genetics 35 (1999), S. 571-584 
    ISSN: 1432-0983
    Schlagwort(e): Key words Cytokinesis ; Kinase ; Mitosis ; Schizosaccharomyces pombe ; Cell division ; Phosphatase ; Mutant ; Genetics
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Biologie
    Notizen: Abstract The fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe provides a simple eukaryotic model for the study of cytokinesis. S. pombe cells are rod-shaped, grow mainly by elongation at their tips, and divide by binary fission after forming a centrally placed division septum. Analysis of mutants has begun to shed light upon how septum formation and cytokinesis are regulated both spatially and temporally. Some of the proteins involved in these events have been functionally conserved throughout eukaryotic evolution, suggesting that aspects of this control will be common to all eukaryotic cells.
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    Journal of neurology 246 (1999), S. 1140-1144 
    ISSN: 1432-1459
    Schlagwort(e): Key words Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis ; Genetics ; Glutamate transporter gene
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a progressive neurological disorder characterised by degeneration of upper and lower motor neurons. Whilst the primary pathogenic trigger is unknown in most cases, evidence is mounting to implicate a role for glutamate-mediated neurotoxicity in the disorder. Recent studies have shown reduced levels of the mainly astroglial glutamate transporter EAAT2 in ALS motor cortex and spinal cord and multiple abnormal EAAT2 mRNA species in ALS brain tissue. One cause of the low EAAT2 levels may be that point mutations in the EAAT2 gene, EAAT2, result in an abnormal unstable protein. To test this hypothesis we analysed EAAT2 in 128 sporadic and 23 familial European ALS cases. No variants within the coding sequence of EAAT2 to affect the protein sequence nor in the consensus splice sites of the flanking intronic sequences were found in any cases, similar to findings in other reports. Frequent polymorphisms within the flanking intronic sequences of both exons 2 and 4 were seen but at similar frequencies in controls. Mechanisms other than mutations within the coding region of EAAT2 must therefore be responsible for the low levels of EAAT2 seen in most cases of ALS.
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    International journal of colorectal disease 14 (1999), S. 2-9 
    ISSN: 1432-1262
    Schlagwort(e): Key words Inflammatory bowel disease ; Crohn's disease ; Ulcerative colitis ; Epidemiology ; Genetics
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are complex disorders. While the exact etiology of these diseases remains unknown, recent progress in the epidemiology and genetics of IBD has clearly demonstrated both environmental and genetic factors to play a role in the development of the disease, and it is expected that some risk factors are common for both Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). The environmental factor(s) are associated with the Western way of life in the second half of the twentieth century. Cigarette smoking is presently the best known environmental factor. However, the effect of tobacco is opposite in CD and UC. A familial history of IBD is the most important risk factor for developing the disease, suggesting a genetic predisposition to IBD. This hypothesis has recently been confirmed by the localization of at least two susceptibility loci on chromosomes 12 and 16. These genes seem to play a role in both CD and UC. They must now to be identified.
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    Child's nervous system 15 (1999), S. 676-680 
    ISSN: 1433-0350
    Schlagwort(e): Key words Craniosynostosis ; Genetics ; FGFR ; Msx2 ; Development ; Skull
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract  The genetic studies of syndromic craniosynostoses lead to the characterisation of genes that regulate the correct development of the bones of the skull. From these studies, it appears that FGF/FGFR signalling has a crucial role in this problem. Numerous mutations affecting the genes coding for FGFR1, 2 or 3 are responsible for these syndromes. It is interesting to note that some identical mutations produced various different phenotypes, suggesting that other genes modulate the phenotypic expressivity. The other involved genes in these syndromes code for such proteins as Msx2 or Twist that interact in the cellular pathways responsible for FGF action. From these genetic studies, it is now important to establish the role of these proteins during the development of the skull. Msx2 plays a repressive role in osteogenesis, whereas FGFRs act as promoting proteins. In the near future, it will be very important to improve our understanding of these phenomena in order to test specific treatments to prevent the development of such syndromes.
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    Journal of neurology 246 (1999), S. 69-72 
    ISSN: 1432-1459
    Schlagwort(e): Key words Alzheimer’s disease ; Genetics ; Genetic counseling ; Predictive testing ; Diagnosis
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract Alzheimer’s disease (AD) has a significant genetic background manifested as autosomal dominant inheritance in some early-onset families and as familial risk in late-onset cases. Three genes responsible for early-onset autosomal dominant AD have been identified, and one gene, apolipoprotein E, has been confirmed as a susceptibility gene for late-onset forms of the disorder. These findings raise the possibility of genetic testing, either for early diagnosis or prediction. For early-onset autosomal dominant AD genetic testing will have a limited but useful role in confirming diagnosis in established cases and in predictive counselling for relatives; a situation analogous to that for Huntington’s disease. For late-onset AD significant problems remain to be overcome before the advances in molecular genetics have a direct clinical application
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    ISSN: 1432-5233
    Schlagwort(e): Key words Mitochondrial DNA ; Genetics ; Maternally inherited diabetes mellitus ; Deafness ; np 3243 mutation
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) gene defects may play a role in the development of maternally inherited diabetes mellitus and deafness (MIDD). A family from Southern Italy who showed maternal transmission of type 2 diabetes mellitus with three individuals affected is described. A 10.4 kb deletion and mutations at nucleotide positions (np) 3243, 7445 and 11778 in the mtDNA of six relatives were sought. The mitochondrial np 3243 mutation of the tRNA Leu (UUR) gene was identified in a boy affected by optic atrophy and mental retardation, as well as in his diabetic mother. No other mutations or deletions were found. Our study points out the variable phenotypic expression of the np 3243 mtDNA mutation. This may suggest the presence of other mitochondrial or nuclear mutations required to modulate the phenotype. A clinical and metabolic follow-up of all family members was necessary to understand the role of the np 3243 mutation, especially in one child affected by optic atrophy and mental retardation. Further studies will be aimed at investigating the prevalence of mutations and deletions of mtDNA in type 2 diabetes mellitus.
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    ISSN: 1432-2242
    Schlagwort(e): Key words Passiflora ; Self-incompatibility ; Genetics
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Biologie
    Notizen: Abstract  The self-incompatibility in yellow passion fruit was previously described as homomorphic sporophytic with monofactorial inheritance. Five progenies were obtained by bud-selfing. The plants of these progenies were selfed, reciprocally crossed within each progeny and crossed with known incompatible phenotypes to identify their phenotypic group. Fruit set was evaluated at the 7th day after pollination. Two progenies consisted of two self-incompatible groups, the other three formed three suck groups. The groups were identified as S1, S2, S3, S4, S5 and S6. The results provide evidence that the self-incompatibility of passion fruit is controlled by two loci, the S-gene and another, whose expression needs to be investigated.
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    ISSN: 1432-2242
    Schlagwort(e): Key words Simple sequence repeat (SSR) ; Microsatellites ; Molecular markers ; Genetics ; Fingerprinting
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    Thema: Biologie
    Notizen: Abstract  We report the sequences of 17 primer pairs of microsatellite loci, which we have cloned and sequenced from two genomic libraries of peach [Prunus persica (L) Batsch] ‘Redhaven’, enriched for AC/GT and AG/CT repeats respectively. For ten of these microsatellite loci we were able to demonstrate Mendelian inheritance in a segregating back-cross population; the remainder did not segregate. The polymorphism of the microsatellites was evaluated in a panel of ten peach genotypes, including true-to-type peaches, nectarines and one canning-peach. Fifteen microsatellites (88%) were polymorphic showing 2–4 alleles each. The mean heterozygosity, averaged over all loci, was 0.32 and significantly higher than that reported in the literature for isozymes and molecular markers, such as RFLPs and RAPDs. We have also assayed the cross-species transportability and found that ten microsatellite (59%) gave apparently correct amplification in all Prunus species surveyed, namely P. domestica (European plum), P. salicina (Japanese plum), P. armeniaca (apricot), P. dulcis (almond), P. persica var. vulgaris (peach), P. persica var. laevis (nectarine), P. avium (sweet cherry) and P. cerasus (sour cherry), with three of them also being amplified in Malus (apple). The remaining microsatellites gave less-extensive amplification. Because of their appreciable polymorphism and wide cross-species transportability, most of these new markers can be integrated into the linkage maps which are currently being constructed in peach, as well as in other stone fruit crops, such as almond, apricot, cherry and plum.
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    Theoretical and applied genetics 99 (1999), S. 800-810 
    ISSN: 1432-2242
    Schlagwort(e): Key words Almond ; Compatibility ; Genetics ; Prunus dulcis ; Ribonucleases
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Biologie
    Notizen: Abstract  Six almond progenies, each the product of a cross between a self-compatible and a self-incompatible parent, were analysed for stylar ribonucleases. Proteins were extracted and separated using non-equilibrium pH gradient electrofocusing (NEPHGE), and the gels were stained for ribonuclease activity. Most seedlings showed either two principal bands, interpreted as corresponding to two incompatibility alleles, or a single band. The seedlings were also bagged in the field at flowering time to determine fruit set after selfing, and some were also examined for the growth of pollen-tubes in selfed styles using UV fluorescence microscopy. With very few exceptions, those seedlings showing single-banded zymograms were found to be self-compatible according to field and microscope studies, and those with two bands were found to be self-incompatible. We conclude that the allele for self-compatibility in almond does not code for ribonuclease activity and that the ribonuclease isoenzyme assay is a convenient technique for predicting self-compatibility in segregating progenies. A novel band in two derivatives of ’Ferrastar’ was ascribed to a new incompatibility allele, S 10 .
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    Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 46 (1999), S. 171-179 
    ISSN: 1432-0762
    Schlagwort(e): Key words Honeybee ; Apis mellifera ; Division of labor ; Genetics ; Pollen foraging
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Biologie
    Notizen: Abstract  A fundamental requirement of task regulation in social groups is that it must allow colony flexibility. We tested assumptions of three task regulation models for how honeybee colonies respond to graded changes in need for a specific task, pollen foraging. We gradually changed colony pollen stores and measured behavioral and genotypic changes in the foraging population. Colonies did not respond in a graded manner, but in six of seven cases showed a stepwise change in foraging activity as pollen storage levels moved beyond a set point. Changes in colony performance resulted from changes in recruitment of new foragers to pollen collection, rather than from changes in individual foraging effort. Where we were able to track genotypic variation, increases in pollen foraging were accompanied by a corresponding increase in the genotypic diversity of pollen foragers. Our data support previous findings that genotypic variation plays an important role in task regulation. However, the stepwise change in colony behavior suggests that colony foraging flexibility is best explained by an integrated model incorporating genotypic variation in task choice, but in which colony response is amplified by social interactions.
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    ISSN: 1434-193X
    Schlagwort(e): 1β-Methylcarbapenems ; Palladium ; Ruthenium ; Catalysis ; Cyclizations ; Stereoselective hydrogenation ; Chemistry ; General Chemistry
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Chemie und Pharmazie
    Notizen: -An efficient diastereoselective multi-step synthesis of bicyclic 1β-methylcarbapenem antibiotic precursors has been developed, starting from the commercially available 4-acetoxyazetidin-2-one 4. Chiral ruthenium catalysts are used in the hydrogenation step to control the β-stereochemistry at the 1-position, and a π-allylpalladium ring-closure strategy is used to form the functionalized carbapenem skeleton.
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    Liebigs Annalen 1999 (1999), S. 1137-1141 
    ISSN: 1434-193X
    Schlagwort(e): Cyclocarbonylation ; Alkynes ; Catalysis ; Palladium ; Vinyl triflates ; Chemistry ; General Chemistry
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Chemie und Pharmazie
    Notizen: -o-Ethynylphenols react with vinyl triflates, in the presence of tetrakis(triphenylphosphane)palladium(0) and under carbon monoxide, to form 3-alkylidene-2-coumaranones in good yield.
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    ISSN: 1434-193X
    Schlagwort(e): Chirality ; Catalysis ; Amino acids ; Crown ethers ; Heterocyclic compounds ; Chemistry ; General Chemistry
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    Thema: Chemie und Pharmazie
    Notizen: The enantioselectivity exerted by a new series of chiral catalysts containing N,O-heterocycles of different sizes has been checked in the addition of diethylzinc to benzaldehyde, which was used as a model reaction. The catalysts were derived from natural amino acids, following a relatively simple procedure, and in several cases excellent ee values were obtained. The results were complementary since ee's ranged from 98% (R) to 94% (S) excesses of the final 1-phenylpropan-1-ol. Molecular mechanics calculations suggested that the production of the R alcohol may be explained by a mechanism similar to that described by Noyori, in which ZnEt2 interacts solely with the N-C-C-OH fragment, whereas the formation of the S enantiomer needed the direct participation of the lateral chain of the parent amino acid and the N,O-heterocycle.
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    ISSN: 1434-193X
    Schlagwort(e): Cerium(III) chloride heptahydrate ; Catalysis ; 1,3-Dicarbonyl compounds ; Enones ; Michael reactions ; Chemistry ; General Chemistry
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Chemie und Pharmazie
    Notizen: -Cerium(III) chloride heptahydrate in the presence of sodium iodide catalyses the Michael addition of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds to α,β-unsaturated ketones and α,β-unsaturated aldehydes with extraordinary efficiency. The very mild conditions allow high chemoselectivity as shown by the absence of the typical side reactions, which can be observed in the conventional base-catalyzed processes. More interestingly, when at least one of the starting materials is liquid at room temperature, the reaction can also be performed without solvents. The CeCl3· 7 H2O/NaI catalyst system can be easily separated from the reaction mixture and it can be reused without an appreciable loss of activity. Advantages of the present procedure, which utilizes cheap and “friendly” reagents, over the previously reported ones, are discussed.
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    ISSN: 1434-193X
    Schlagwort(e): Hydroaminomethylation ; Rhodium ; Catalysis ; Carbonylation ; Heterofunctionalised allylic compounds ; Chemistry ; General Chemistry
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Chemie und Pharmazie
    Notizen: -Heterofunctionalised allylic ethers 1, silanes 5, and amines 9 are hydroformylated in the presence of primary or secondary amines 2 to form the corresponding γ-amino- and δ-amino-functionalised compounds. The rhodium(I)-catalysed reaction sequence proceeds by aldehyde formation and subsequent reductive amination to generate the corresponding functionalised secondary or tertiary amines. This selective one-pot hydroaminomethylation procedure establishes access to γ-amino- and δ-amino-functionalised ethers, amines or silanes with potential biological activity.
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    Liebigs Annalen 1999 (1999), S. 1767-1770 
    ISSN: 1434-193X
    Schlagwort(e): Baeyer-Villiger reaction ; Lactones ; Methyltrioxorhenium ; Catalysis ; Oxidations ; Cyclobutanones ; Ketones ; Chemistry ; General Chemistry
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Chemie und Pharmazie
    Notizen: γ-Butyrolactones were obtained in good yields and high regioselectivity by a Baeyer-Villiger oxidation with H2O2 catalysed by methyltrioxorhenium. The lactonization was chemoselective in the presence of double bonds, aromatic rings, and chlorine substituents. A trimethylsiloxy-substituted ketone was converted directly into a hydroxylated lactone in good yield and regioselectively.
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    ISSN: 1434-193X
    Schlagwort(e): Amino alcohols ; Polymers ; Enantioselective reagents ; Catalysis ; Merrifield resins ; Chemistry ; General Chemistry
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    Thema: Chemie und Pharmazie
    Notizen: Starting from simple amino acid esters and Merrifield resins, a small library of polymer-bound chiral-β-amino alcohols can be prepared. By reaction with LiALH4 the corresponding chiral reducing agents are obtained, having structural variations at both the α and β positions. All supported reagents are able to reduce acetophenone to 1-phenylethanol. Enantioselectivity is observed when the steric hindrance in the chiral fragment is increased. Best results are obtained for the supported derivative of α,α-diphenyl phenylalaninol.
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    Liebigs Annalen 1999 (1999), S. 2219-2230 
    ISSN: 1434-193X
    Schlagwort(e): Retrodisproportionation ; Arenes ; EPR spectroscopy ; Thermochemistry ; Coal liquefaction ; Catalysis ; Hydrogen transfer ; Chemistry ; General Chemistry
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Chemie und Pharmazie
    Notizen: The transfer of hydrogen from excess 9,10-dihydroanthracene (DHA) to acceptors such as α-methylstyrene is catalyzed, i.e. occurs at temperatures in the range 200-260 °C instead of 280-320 °C, when hydrocarbons with weaker C-H bonds than DHA, e.g. 6H-benzo[cd]pyrene (4), 7H-dibenzo[a,kl]anthracene (5), 4-methyl-7H-benzo[de]naphthacene (6) or 8H-dibenzo[b,fg]pyrene (7), are added to the reaction mixture. The reactions are initiated by bimolecular H-atom transfer from 4-7 to the acceptor (retrodisproportionation) and proceed by nonchain radical mechanisms. This is supported by isotopic labelling and kinetic isotope effects, substituent and solvent effects, EPR spectroscopy of intermediate radicals, and by a comparison of the thermochemical and kinetic characteristics of these reactions.
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    ISSN: 1434-193X
    Schlagwort(e): Carbene complexes ; Catalysis ; Metallahexatrienes ; Vinyl cyclopentadienes ; Transmetallation ; Rhodium ; Tungsten ; Chromium ; Chemistry ; General Chemistry
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Chemie und Pharmazie
    Notizen: We report on the first example of a transition metal-catalyzed cyclization reaction of a Fischer carbene complex. It comprises the generation of vinyl- and divinyl cyclopentadienes under exceedingly mild conditions at 20 °C by condensation of (1-amino-1,3-butadien-2-yl)carbene complexes (= cross-conjugated metallahexatrienes) (CO)5M=C(OEt)C(=CHNR2)CR1=CHR23 (M = Cr, W) with alkynes R3C≡CH 4 (R3 = Ph, cyclohex-1-enyl, isopropenyl, methoxymethyl, 1-trimethylsiloxycyclohex-1-yl) in the presence of catalytic amounts of [(COD)RhCl]2. The starting compounds 3 are accessible in high yields by addition of enamines (E)-R2NCH=CHR22 to (1-alkynyl)carbene complexes (CO)5M=C(OEt)C≡CR11 (M = Cr, W; R1 = Ph, cyclohex-1-enyl).
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    Liebigs Annalen 1999 (1999), S. 1421-1426 
    ISSN: 1434-193X
    Schlagwort(e): Anhydrides ; Coupling reaction ; Enols ; Palladium ; Tin ; Catalysis ; Chemistry ; General Chemistry
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Chemie und Pharmazie
    Notizen: -A new three-step synthesis of diarylmaleic anhydrides 6, starting from 3-aryl-2-hydroxybut-2-enedioates 2, is reported.
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    ISSN: 1434-193X
    Schlagwort(e): Alkenes ; Epoxidation ; Manganese ; Porphyrins ; Catalysis ; Chemistry ; General Chemistry
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Chemie und Pharmazie
    Notizen: A series of MnIII porphyrins progressively halogenated in the β-pyrrolic positions was employed to catalyse the epoxidation of cis-stilbene by iodosylbenzene, and to study the role of the electronic effects on the stereoselectivity of this process. A gradual improvement in the stereoselectivity on increasing the number of β-halogen atoms was observed. The role of steric effects upon the epoxidation was also investigated by placing ortho-substituents in the meso-phenyl rings, and it was found that steric effects are more important than electronic effects toward the stereoselectivity of this process. These results can be rationalised by proposing a competition between a nonstereoselective electrophilic pathway of addition and a stereospecific pathway of oxygen insertion, the former being disfavoured by electron-withdrawing substituents. Alternatively, the formation of an open intermediate between the MnV oxene and the substrate could be suggested, where the stereoselectivity ought to be determined by the competition between closure of the epoxide ring and rotation around the C-C bond. In this case, the enhanced stereoselectivity given by our polyhalogenated porphyrins might be attributed to an acceleration of the epoxide ring closure caused by the electron-withdrawing effect of the halogen substituents.
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    ISSN: 1534-4681
    Schlagwort(e): Breast cancer ; Genetics ; Prophylactic mastectomy
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract Background: The discovery of a cadre of breast cancer susceptibility genes has resulted in an increase in the number of women seeking information about prophylactic breast surgery, but virtually no large-scale prospective databases exist to assist women considering prophylactic mastectomy. Methods: The authors constructed a National Prophylactic Mastectomy Registry comprised of a volunteer population of 817 women from 43 states who have undergone prophylactic mastectomy. Results: In the registry, 370 women had undergone bilateral prophylactic mastectomy. Twenty-one (5%) women expressed regrets about the procedure. The median follow-up was 14.6 years (mean 14.8 years; range 0.2–51 years). Those with regrets were subsetted into those with major (n=10) or minor (n=7) regrets. Regrets were more common in those women with whom discussion about prophylactic mastectomy was initiated by a physician (19/255), compared with patients who initiated the discussion themselves (2/108;P〈.05). Conclusions: The overall satisfaction rate of 95% reported here may be explained by the voluntary nature of this registry. The most important factor that predicts an unfavorable outcome following bilateral prophylactic mastectomy is a physician-initiated discussion.
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    ISSN: 1364-6753
    Schlagwort(e): Key words Alzheimer disease ; Risk factors ; Parental age ; Genetics
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: ABSTRACT We compared the parental age at birth of patients with Alzheimer disease (AD) with that of cognitively healthy control subjects. Within 206 carefully diagnosed AD patients, two groups were distinguished according to the likelihood of carrying a major gene for AD (MGAD). This likelihood was calculated by applying a Bayesian approach which incorporates data on aggregation of the disease, age at onset, and "censoring" ages within the family. All AD patients were ranked by MGAD probability. According to the sample's quartiles, two subgroups were defined representing the 52 individuals with the lowest and the 52 with the highest MGAD probability. Age at onset of dementia, education, and apolipoprotein E ε  4 allele frequencies were not statistically different between the two groups. Fathers of patients with a low MGAD probability were significantly older (35.7±8.1 years) than fathers of both other groups (high MGAD probability 31.3±6.9 years, P =0.004; controls 32.6±6.8 years, P =0.04, n=50). The differences for mothers were less pronounced and not statistically significant. These findings suggest that increased paternal age is a risk factor for AD in the absence of a major gene, whereas increased maternal age and AD are associated only weakly and independently of genetic disposition.
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    Journal of molecular medicine 76 (1998), S. 303-309 
    ISSN: 1432-1440
    Schlagwort(e): Key words Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease ; Linkage study ; Genetics
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract  Autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD) is a rare inherited disorder which usually becomes clinically manifest in early childhood, although the spectrum of ARPKD is much more variable than generally known. Presentation of ARPKD at later ages and survival into adulthood have been observed in many cases. The responsible gene has been mapped to chromosome 6p. Thus there is no evidence of genetic heterogeneity. The most important indication for DNA diagnosis is the prenatal diagnosis in families with at least one affected child. The critical region has been narrowed with the use of recombinant families of about 4 cM. Several possible candidate genes have been excluded.
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    Monatsschrift Kinderheilkunde 146 (1998), S. 86-91 
    ISSN: 1433-0474
    Schlagwort(e): Schlüsselwörter Geschlechtliche Differenzierung ; Androgenrezeptor ; Genetik ; Genotyp-Phänotyp-Korrelation ; Key words Sexual differentiation ; Androgen receptor ; Genetics ; Genotype-phenotype-correlation
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Medizin
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Summary The determination of the genetic background of sexual development has not only assisted in the explanation of intersex disorders, but also in the diagnosis and clinical management of affected individuals. The possibilities and limitations of molecular genetic studies can be illustrated by the example of androgen insensitivity syndromes. The search for the underlying mutations within the androgen receptor gene is technically possible even for large numbers of patients. The characterization of mutations can be performed with high specificity and sensitivity. While large gene defects are associated with complete loss of function of the receptor, point mutations with subsequent amino acid changes are responsible for the phenotypic variability of the disease. Type and location of the amino acid substitution may influence the clinical appearance of the individual patient, but the phenotype can be highly variable even with the same underlying mutation. This is probably due to regulation mechanisms within the cell of which the androgen receptor is only one, although important, part. Therefore, results of molecular genetic testing have to be interpreted only in connection with clinical and laboratory findings. Further research will focus on the elucidation of the cellular mechanisms of androgen action in order to introduce the results into the clinical management of patients with androgen insensitivity.
    Notizen: Zusammenfassung Die Aufdeckung der genetischen Grundlagen von Störungen der Geschlechtsentwicklung hat neue Möglichkeiten nicht nur in der Erklärung dieser Erkrankungen, sondern auch für die Diagnostik und den klinischen Umgang mit betroffenen Individuen eröffnet. Am Beispiel der Androgenresistenz können die Erfolge, aber auch die Grenzen molekulargenetischer Untersuchungen aufgezeigt werden. Die Suche nach den zugrundeliegenden genetischen Veränderungen im Androgenrezeptorgen ist heute technisch auch zur Analyse größerer Patientenzahlen anwendbar. Der Nachweis von Mutationen kann mit hoher Sensitivität und Spezifität in großen Genabschnitten durchgeführt werden. Während größere Gendefekte mit einem völligen Funktionsverlust des Rezeptors einhergehen, sind Punktmutationen, die zu Veränderungen der Aminosäuresequenz führen, für das große phänotypische Spektrum der Androgenresistenz verantwortlich. Zwar wird das klinische Erscheinungsbild durch Art und Ort der Aminosäuresubstitution mitbestimmt, dennoch kann der Phänotyp auch bei gleicher Mutation sehr variabel sein. Dies ist mit großer Wahrscheinlichkeit auf zelluläre Regulationsmechanismen zurückzuführen, in deren Wirkungskette der Androgenrezeptor nur ein Glied, wenn auch ein wichtiges, darstellt. Daher müssen molekulargenetische Befunde immer in Zusammenhang mit den anamnestischen, klinischen und laborchemischen Parametern gesehen werden. Ziel wissenschaftlicher Untersuchungen ist es, die zellulären Mechanismen der Androgenwirkung weiter aufzuklären, um diese Erkenntnisse dann möglicherweise in die therapeutischen Entscheidungen bei Patienten mit Androgenresistenz einfließen zu lassen.
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    Archives of dermatological research 290 (1998), S. 463-476 
    ISSN: 1432-069X
    Schlagwort(e): Key words Psoriasis ; Genetics ; HLA ; Linkage ; Epidemiology
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract Non-pustular psoriasis consists of two disease subtypes, type I and type II, which demonstrate distinct characteristics. Firstly the disease presents in different decades of life, in type I before the age of 40 years and later in type II. Secondly, contrasting frequencies of HLA alleles are found: type I patients express predominantly HLA-Cw6, -B57, and -DR7, whereas in type II patients HLA-Cw2 is overrepresented. Finally, familial inheritance is found in type I but not in type II psoriasis. The study of concomitant diseases in psoriasis contributes to deciphering the distinct patterns of the disease. Defence against invading microorganisms seems better developed in psoriatics than in controls. This evolutionary benefit may have caused the overall high incidence of psoriasis of 2%. Psoriasis is a multifactorial and heterogenetically inherited disease. The heterogeneity is evident by the diversity of genetically linked markers. The multifactorial component results from the observation of external trigger mechanisms, such as the Koebner phenomenon, stress and the intake of certain drugs. Twin studies have shown that environmental factors contribute to the onset of the disease. In type I psoriasis, special extended haplotypes such as EH57.1 (HLA-Cw6-B57-DRB1*0701-DQA1*0201-DQBl*0303) and EH65.1 (HLA-Cw8-B65-DRB1*0102-DQB1*0501) have been found to be increased. The application of microsatellite techniques has identified distinct positions on several chromosomes at which putative psoriasis genes may be located. Disease susceptibility genes are thought to be present on chromosomes 4q, 6p, 16q, 17q and 20p. Moreover, on chromosome 1q, genes regulating epidermal differentiation have been identified. Linkage to this area has been proposed. Furthermore, psoriasis gene loci on chromosomes 2, 8 and 20 have been suggested.
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    Neurogenetics 1 (1998), S. 153-163 
    ISSN: 1364-6753
    Schlagwort(e): Key words Epilepsy ; Genetics ; Linkage
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: ABSTRACT Despite several lines of evidence indicating a strong genetic influence in the etiology of idiopathic epilepsies, progress in the mapping and identification of human epilepsy genes has been limited until recently. In addition to the localisation and/or isolation of several genes causing progressive epilepsies associated with cerebral degeneration, at least seven human genomic regions (6p, 8q, 10q, 15q, 16p, 19q, 20q) are now known to harbour genes implicated in idiopathic epilepsies. In the case of nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy, mutations in a nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit gene have been identified. Systematic studies of rare epileptic disorders inherited as monogenic Mendelian traits, as well as studies on more complex polygenic idiopathic epilepsies, are still needed in order to identify all the epilepsy genes. This will allow better diagnosis and genetic counseling in families of affected individuals, a better understanding of both the pathophysiology of epilepsies and normal brain functioning, and the design of new pharmacological and genetic therapies.
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    Journal of biomedical science 5 (1998), S. 28-30 
    ISSN: 1423-0127
    Schlagwort(e): Genetics ; Schizophrenia
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract Evidence for genetic factors in schizophrenia is reviewed with regard to family, twin and adoption studies, and recent advances in molecular genetic technology are applied to explore possible gene loci susceptible to schizophrenia. Application of neuropsychological and neuroimaging methodologies are also reviewed with an aim to develop criteria for defining phenotypes for genetic studies.
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    European journal of pediatrics 157 (1998), S. 340-344 
    ISSN: 1432-1076
    Schlagwort(e): Key words Febrile seizures ; Genetics ; Family ; Risk factors
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    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract To quantify the risk of febrile seizures (FS) in relatives of children with FS and to predict the risk of FS in siblings, we calculated cumulative risks of FS in first degree relatives of 129 children with FS. The study was conducted as a prospective follow up study of FS recurrences at the outpatient clinic of the Sophia Children's Hospital in Rotterdam. Thirteen parents and 12 siblings had experienced FS, accounting for a 6-year cumulative risk of 7%. The risk of FS was increased in relatives of children with recurrent FS (12%). The risk of FS in siblings (10%) in our study was more than twice the average risk in a similar population (4%). A positive FS history in a parent, young age at onset in the proband, and recurrences in the proband were selected in a multivariable prediction model. If two or more of these risk factors were present, the risk of West European siblings to develop FS was 46% (hazard ratio 5.4). Conclusion The cumulative risk of FS in siblings of children with FS is increased. The age attained risk of FS can be estimated using a practical model incorporating three readily available risk factors.
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    Journal of comparative physiology 182 (1998), S. 489-500 
    ISSN: 1432-1351
    Schlagwort(e): Key words Honey bee ; Behavior ; Genetics ; Neurobiology ; Foraging
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    Thema: Biologie , Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract Honey bee foragers were tested for their proboscis extension response (PER) to water and varying solutions of sucrose. Returning pollen and nectar foragers were collected at the entrance of a colony and were assayed in the laboratory. Pollen foragers had a significantly higher probability of responding to water and to lower concentrations of sucrose. Bees derived from artificially selected high- and low-pollen-hoarding strains were also tested using the proboscis extension assay. Returning foragers were captured and tested for PERs to 30% sucrose. Results demonstrated a genotypic effect on PERs of returning foragers. The PERs of departing high- and low-strain foragers were consistent with those of returning foragers. The PERs were related to nectar and water reward perception of foragers. High strain bees were more likely to return with loads of water and lower concentrations of sucrose than foragers from the low pollen strain. Low-strain bees were more likely to return empty. We identified a previously mapped genomic region that contains a variable quantitative trait locus that appears to influence sucrose response thresholds. These studies demonstrate a gene-brain-behavior pathway that can be altered as a consequence of colony-level selection for quantities of stored food.
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    Acta diabetologica 35 (1998), S. 109-111 
    ISSN: 1432-5233
    Schlagwort(e): Key words BB rat ; Diabetes ; Genetics ; Crossing study
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    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract Several crossing studies with diabetic BB rats have shown that in addition to the lymphopenia (Iddm1) and the MHC class II genes of the RT1u haplotype (Iddm2) there are further non-MHC genes essential for diabetes development. Because diabetes-resistant inbred rat strains may be homozygous for one of the diabetogenic non-MHC genes, masking the expression of diabetogenic genes and leading to an underestimation of the number of diabetogenic genes, we crossed wild and diabetic BB/OK rats. The F1 hybrids were backcrossed onto diabetic female (BC1W-F, n=97) and male BB/OK rats (BC1W-M, n=98) transferred to a specified-pathogen-free environment and studied for the frequency and age at onset of diabetes up to an age of 30 weeks. Comparing the results of these BC1 W hybrids with similarly derived hybrids using diabetes-resistant DA rats (BC1DA-F, n=113; BC1DA-M, n=216), the diabetes frequency in total was comparable indicating the action of three recessive genes. The percentage of diabetics in Iddm1 and Iddm2 homozygotes confirmed the existence of the third gene, Iddm3, but there were some sex differences; significantly more male than female BC1W-F and significantly more BC1DA-M than BC1DA-F males were diabetic. Regarding the age at onset, the BC1W-F hybrids manifested not only significantly earlier, but also more uniformly than BC1DA-F and BC1-M hybrids.
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    ISSN: 1432-5233
    Schlagwort(e): Key words Non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus ; MODY ; Hepatocyte nuclear factor-1α ; Genetics ; Microsatellite polymorphism
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    Thema: Medizin
    Notizen: Abstract Recently, hepatocyte nuclear factor-1α (HNF-1α, which is encoded by the TCF1 gene) mutations were reported in a subset of patients with maturity onset diabetes of the young (MODY3). We studied the contribution of TCF1 to genetic susceptibility to common non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (type 2) in Japanese subjects by investigating allelic association with type 2 diabetes use of three markers. We also studied the frequency of the G191D mutation, the only mutation of TCF1 reported so far in late-onset type 2 diabetes. A total of 356 subjects were studied. There were no significant differences in allele frequency of the three markers between patients with type 2 diabetes and control subjects. A G191D mutation was not found in the subjects studied, giving a frequency of less than 0.4% in common type 2 diabetes. The lack of association of type 2 diabetes with three markers in and near TCF1 suggests that mutations in TCF1 derived from a limited number of founders are not a major cause of common type 2 diabetes even in the genetically homogeneous Japanese population. The data also indicate that the G191D mutation in TCF1 plays little, if any, role in susceptibility to common type 2 diabetes in the Japanese.
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    ISSN: 1432-2242
    Schlagwort(e): Key words Cupressus sempervirens ; Cytology ; Megasporogenesis ; Megagametogenesis ; Genetics
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    Thema: Biologie
    Notizen: Abstract  The processes of megasporogenesis and early megagametogenesis were cytologically investigated in Cupressus sempervirens L. in order to elucidate, at the cellular level, the origin of the megagametophyte. After pollination, sporogenous tissue developed in the chalazal region of the nucellus, but only one megaspore mother cell differentiated and divided meiotically without cell-wall formation. This led to the development of a cell with four nuclei which directly functioned as a megaspore. The C. sempervirens megagametophyte is thus tetrasporic, in contrast to the majority of conifers where the megagametophyte is monosporic. The consequenses of this observation are discussed from a genetics point of view.
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    Theoretical and applied genetics 97 (1998), S. 1269-1278 
    ISSN: 1432-2242
    Schlagwort(e): Key words Simple sequence repeat (SSR) ; Microsatellites ; Molecular markers ; Genetics ; Kiwifruit
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Biologie
    Notizen: Abstract  We have isolated and sequenced 263 microsatellite-containing clones from two small insert libraries of Actinidia chinensis enriched for (AC/GT) and (AG/CT) repeats, respectively. Primer pairs were designed for 203 microsatellite loci and successfully amplified from both plasmid and A. chinensis genomic DNA. In this paper we report the sequences of 40 primer pairs for which we have demonstrated Mendelian segregation in the progeny from controlled crosses. The polymorphism of ten microsatellites of each type was evaluated in four diploid and six tetraploid genotypes of A. chinensis. All microsatellites proved to be polymorphic, the number of alleles per locus detected in polyacrylamide sequencing gels ranging from 9 to 17. The high degree of polymorphism in Actinidia renders these markers useful either for mapping in A. chinensis or for fingerprinting cultivars of both domesticated kiwifruit species (A. chinensis and A. deliciosa). While most primer pairs produced single amplification products, about 20% generated banding patterns consistent with the amplification of two different loci. This supports the hypothesis that diploid species of Actinidia (2n=2x=58) are polyploid in origin with a basic chromosome number x=14/15 and that chromosome duplication may have occurred during the evolution of the genus. Finally, we have assayed the cross-species transportability of primer pairs designed from A. chinensis sequences and have found extensive cross-species amplification within the genus Actinidia; 75% of primer pairs gave successful amplification in the eight species assayed (A. arguta, A. rufa, A. polygama, A. chrysantha, A. callosa, A. hemsleyana, A. eriantha, and A. deliciosa), which are representative of the four sections into which the genus is currently split.
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    Theoretical and applied genetics 96 (1998), S. 588-601 
    ISSN: 1432-2242
    Schlagwort(e): Key words Fruit trees ; Genetics ; Almond ; Prunus amygdalus ; Breeding
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Biologie
    Notizen: Abstract  The large size and the long generation time of fruit trees generally reduce the possibilities of obtaining genetic information on the transmission and heritability of useful agronomic traits in these species. However, from breeding work carried out with fruit trees, an important amount of data is now available, although large differences are apparent among the different species. There is not much information known about almond compared to what is available on other Prunus fruit species, but more data have been accumulated on it than on most of the other nut trees, thus making almond special among all the temperate fruit and nut species. Only five qualitative traits have been described in almond, with an additional two also possibly qualitative. Heritabilities have been estimated for an important number of quantitative traits, mainly phenological times and fruit characters. Important information is available on molecular markers, including enzymes, RFLPs, RAPDs and other recently developed markers. Linkages, however, have only been established among molecular markers, allowing accurate genetic maps to be built but not yet enabling agronomical characters to be located in these maps, probably because the latter have not been sufficiently studied. The effectiveness of the application of genetic maps in plant breeding will depend on the accuracy of the study of different agronomic traits and their expression, implying more field work and recognition of this work. Ultimately, any new fruit cultivar has to be grown in the field and has to allow the grower to make a profit.
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    Behavioral ecology and sociobiology 43 (1998), S. 191-196 
    ISSN: 1432-0762
    Schlagwort(e): Key words Honeybees ; Scouting ; Division of labor ; Genetics
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Biologie
    Notizen: Abstract Every recruitment system in social insects requires some individuals that serve as scouts, foragers that search independently for food sources. It is not well understood which factors influence whether an individual becomes a scout or a recruit, nor how the division of labor between the two forager groups is regulated. It is shown here for honeybees (Apis mellifera), using two different molecular techniques, that there is a genetically based difference in the probability that individuals will scout independently for food. In contrast to earlier suggestions, experimental tests showed that the age of a bee does not seem to influence its probability of becoming a scout or a recruit. Furthermore, scout bees do not search opportunistically for either pollen or nectar but, rather, individuals have preferences that are genetically based. These findings are discussed in the framework of foraging regulation by specialization in honeybees and the adaptive significance of polyandry.
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    Neurological sciences 19 (1998), S. 271-276 
    ISSN: 1590-3478
    Schlagwort(e): Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis ; Clinical features ; Classification ; Diagnosis ; Genetics
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Medizin
    Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis: Sommario Le ceroido lipofuscinosi neuronali (NCL) sono tra le encefalopatie progressive più freguenti nell'infanzia ed interessano, seppure più raramente, l'adulto. Clinicamente sono caratterizzate da demenza, deficit visivo, epilessia e disturbi motori. Gli aspetti patologici specifici sono rappresentati da degenerazione neuronale ed accumulo lisosomiale di lipopigmento in differenti tipi cellulari. Il difetto biochimico della malattia non e noto. La classificazione delle NCL, basata su criteri clinici, distingue sei forme classiche ed altre forme atipiche. L'elettrofisiologia e la neuroradiologia sono di importante ausilio diagnostico, ma la diagnosi si fonda sull'identificazione dell'accumulo di lipopigmento the presenta pattern ultrastrutturali specifici. Differenti difetti genetici sono stati dimostrati in diverse forme cliniche, ma il meccanismo patogenetico molecolare rimane ancora da chiarire.
    Notizen: Abstract Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinoses (NCLs) are among the most common neurodegenerative diseases in childhood but rarely present in adulthood. The main symptoms are psychomotor deterioration, visual failure, epilepsy and motor disturbances. The NCLs are morphologically characterized by the accumulation of lipopigments within numerous cell types and loss of neurons. Pathogenesis is unknown. The current clinical classification recognizes six classic types of NCL and several atypical forms. Electrophysiological and neuroradiological findings may be of diagnostic significance, but disease recognition rests on the demonstration of a typical ultrastructural pattern. Genetic studies have demonstrated that several different genetic loci are involved in the pathogenesis of NCL, but the molecular mechanisms underlying neuronal death and lipopigment accumulation are not understood.
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    Behavior genetics 28 (1998), S. 265-278 
    ISSN: 1573-3297
    Schlagwort(e): Genetics ; body mass index ; adolescents ; race ; sex
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Psychologie
    Notizen: Abstract The present study uses a behavioral genetic design to investigate the genetic and environmental influences on variation in adolescent body mass index (BMI) and to determine whether the relative influences of genetic and environmental factors on variation in BMI are similar across racial groups and sexes. Data for the present study come from the National Longitudinal Study on Adolescent Health (Add Health), a large, nationally representative study of adolescent health and health-related behaviors. The Add Health sample contains a subset of sibling pairs that differs in levels of genetic relatedness, making it well suited for behavioral genetics analyses. The present study examines whether genetic and environmental influences on adolescent BMI are the same for males and females and for Black and White adolescents. Results indicate that genetic factors contribute substantially to individual differences in adolescent BMI, explaining between 45 and 85% of the variance in BMI. Furthermore, based on an analysis of opposite-sex sibling pairs, the genes that influence variation in adolescent BMI are similar for males and females. However, the relative importance of genetic and environmental influences on variation in BMI differs for males and females and for Blacks and Whites. Although parameter estimates could be constrained to be equal for Black and White males, they could not be constrained to be equal for Black and White females. Moreover, the best-fitting model for Black females was an ADE model, for White females it was an ACE model, and for males it was an AE model. Thus, shared environmental influences are significant for White female adolescents, but not for Black females or males. Likewise, nonadditive genetic influences are indicated for Black females, but not for White females or males. Implications of these results are discussed.
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    Journal of biological physics 24 (1998), S. 41-58 
    ISSN: 1573-0689
    Schlagwort(e): Neural networks ; Associative memory ; Brain functions ; Disordered systems ; Genetics ; Synergetics ; Self-organization ; Vitreous state
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Biologie , Physik
    Notizen: Abstract Non-spin glasses possess a number of specific features which, in structural and dynamic aspects, are close to conditions necessary for neural networks to function. In a disordered network there exists a plurality of structural parameters and a number of two-level states defined by double-well potentials. Their characteristics are specified by the conditions of glass formation, i.e. by genesis. The thermodynamic description of glass as a self-organizing system (that does not require introducing an interacting potential model) leads to an unambiguous conclusion that its frequency spectrum is predetermined by the structure, which is characterized by zero-point entropy. Glass is a natural system of oscillators which form a disordered network. In this sense, glass conforms to a known model of a disordered neural network formed by interconnected oscillators. If one assumes that in living organisms the structure of a neural network (the brain) is inherited according to a genetic mechanism, the quickness of learning and recognition of patterns, the stability of associative memory and other capabilities have to be inherited genetically. The more ordered a neural network formed by distinguishable neurons, the better its capabilities.
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    Reaction kinetics and catalysis letters 65 (1998), S. 75-81 
    ISSN: 1588-2837
    Schlagwort(e): Catalysis ; polypeptides ; p-nitrophenyl acetate
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    Thema: Chemie und Pharmazie
    Notizen: Abstract The hydrolysis kinetics ofp-nitrophenyl acetate by basic polypeptides with a variety of amino acid residues were analyzed. The results suggest that the tertiary structure of microenvironment brought about by random coil assembly is more important as a binding site than the number of basic residues (catalytic sites).
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    Journal of autism and developmental disorders 28 (1998), S. 427-437 
    ISSN: 1573-3432
    Schlagwort(e): Genetics ; autism ; genotyping
    Quelle: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Thema: Psychologie
    Notizen: Abstract Genetic factors are likely to play a major role in the etiology of autism. The genetics of the disorder is however complex, probably involving the action of several genes. In an attempt to identify autism susceptibility loci we are currently undertaking a systematic screening of the whole human genome using multiplex families. We describe the resources and the methods needed to achieve such a task, including extensive collection of family data, semiautomated genotyping technology, and specialized statistical approaches for linkage analysis of complex traits.
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    Berichte der deutschen chemischen Gesellschaft 1998 (1998), S. 155-157 
    ISSN: 1434-1948
    Schlagwort(e): Bite angle ; Catalysis ; P ligands ; Palladium ; Cross-coupling ; Chemistry ; General Chemistry
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Chemie und Pharmazie
    Notizen: The effect of the natural bite angle (βn) of diphosphane ligands on catalyst selectivity and activity in the palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling of sec-butyl magnesium chloride with bromobenzene was investigated. The calculated natural bite angles range from 78° for dppe (1,2-bisdiphenylphosphanoethane) to 110° for Xantphos. The natural bite angle of diphosphane ligands has a large effect on catalyst selectivity and activity. Both rate and selectivity of the cross-coupling reaction increase with increasing bite angle and reach a maximum value with DPEphos (βn = 102.7° ). Larger bite angles of the diphosphane ligands result in a decreased selectivity and activity.
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    Berichte der deutschen chemischen Gesellschaft 1998 (1998), S. 1269-1281 
    ISSN: 1434-1948
    Schlagwort(e): Oxidation ; Catalysis ; Phthalocyanine ; Iron ; Anthracene ; Chemistry ; General Chemistry
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    Thema: Chemie und Pharmazie
    Notizen: Iron(III) tetrasulfophthalocyanine (FePcS) was shown to catalyze the oxidation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by H2O2. Benzo[a]pyrene and anthracene were converted to the corresponding quinones while biphenyl-2,2′-dicarboxylic acid was the main product of phenanthrene oxidation. The mechanism of the anthracene oxidation by H2O2 in the presence of FePcS or by KHSO5 with iron(III) meso-tetrakis(3,5-disulfonatomesityl)porphyrin (FeTMPS) (see Figure 1 for catalyst structures) has been investigated in details by using kinetic isotope effects (KIEs) and 18O labeling studies. KIEs measured on the substrate consumption in the competitive oxidation of [H10]anthracene and [D10]anthracene by FePcS/H2O2 and FeTMPS/KHSO5 were essentially the same, 0.75 ± 0.02 and 0.76 ± 0.06, respectively. These inverse KIEs on the first oxidation step can be explained by the sp2-to-sp3 hybridization change during the addition of an electrophilic oxoiron complex to the sp2 carbon center of anthracene to form a σ adduct (this inverse KIE being enhanced by stronger stacking interactions between the perdeuterated substrate with the macrocyclic catalyst). Although the first oxidation step seems to be the same, different distribution of the oxidation products of anthracene and very different 18O incorporation into anthrone and anthraquinone in catalytic oxidations performed in the presence of H218O suggested that different active species should be responsible for anthracene oxidation in both catalytic systems. All the results obtained are compatible with an involvement of TMPSFeV=O (or TMPS+FeIV=O), having two redox equivalents above the iron(III) state of the metalloporphyrin precursor, while PcSFeIV=O (one redox equivalent above FeIII state of FePcS) was proposed to be the active species in the metallophthalocyanine-based system.
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    ISSN: 1434-193X
    Schlagwort(e): Heck reaction ; Cross coupling ; Palladium ; Catalysis ; 6π-Electrocyclization ; Cyclohexa-1,3-dienes ; Chemistry ; General Chemistry
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    Thema: Chemie und Pharmazie
    Notizen: 1,6-Disubstituted (E, Z, E)-1,3,5-hexatrienes (4 and 5) were prepared by vicinal twofold Heck coupling reactions from 1,2-dibromocyclopentene (1), 1,2-dibromocyclohexene (2), 1,2-diiodocyclopentene (8), 1,2-diiodocyclohexene (9), 1-bromo-2-trifluoromethanesulfonyloxycyclohex-1-ene (11), or 1-chloro-2-nonafluorobutanesulfonyloxycyclohex-1-ene (19) with alkenes 3, e. g. methyl, tert-butyl, menthyl, 8-phenylmenthyl acrylate, styrene, and alkenylsilanes, respectively, in moderate to mostly good and very good yields (20-92 %). The coupling of alkenylsilanes 3f-k could only be achieved with the 1,2-diiodocycloalkenes 8 and 9, respectively. The corresponding hexatrienes 5 with two different substituents in the 1- and 6-positions were prepared by a sequence of two coupling reactions with different alkenes from 1-chloro-2-nonafluorobutanesulfonyloxycyclo-hex-1-ene (19) or by Wittig-Horner-Emmons olefination of 2-bromocyclohexene-1-carbaldehyde (24) and subsequent Heck reaction of the resulting (E,Z)-bromodienes 25. Several of the hexatrienes (4aa, ee, 5aa, ee, al, am, el) readily underwent a 6π-electrocyclization upon heating in an inert atmosphere to give the 5- or 6-ring-annelated cis-5,6-disubstituted cyclohexadienes 26, 27 (50-95 %). Starting from 5am 2,3-disubstituted tetrahydronaphthalene 28am was formed under oxidative conditions (air) in the reaction and in the work-up procedure. The bissilyl-substituted derivatives 4ff, jj, 5ff did not cyclize under thermal conditions, apparently due to the steric demand of the two silyl substituents which would have to end up cis with respect to each other in the cyclohexadiene products.
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    Berichte der deutschen chemischen Gesellschaft 1998 (1998), S. 1835-1846 
    ISSN: 1434-1948
    Schlagwort(e): Clusters ; Catalysis ; Carboxylato complexes ; Hydrogenations ; Chemistry ; General Chemistry
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    Thema: Chemie und Pharmazie
    Notizen: A strategy of using functionalized clusters as ligands for cationic metal centers facilitates the construction of designed transition metal cluster assemblies. Examples of cluster metal carboxylates with conventional as well as novel structures are given and an application of these large molecular species to the generation of heterogeneous hydrogenation catalysts with unusual activities and selectivities is described.
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    Schlagwort(e): Arene complexes ; Catalysis ; Diazadiene complexes ; Iron ; Metal vapour ; Chemistry ; General Chemistry
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    Thema: Chemie und Pharmazie
    Notizen: Two different routes to novel [(diene)(η6-2,6-dimethylpyridine)Fe] complexes are reported, both of which utilize metal vapour reactions. The presence of two small substituents on the 2,6-position of pyridine is essential for the η6-coordination of the heterocycle. Investigations on the reactivity and stability of the [(diene)(η6-arene)Fe] complexes are presented, including those of the benzene, phosphinine, and pyridine derivatives. These investigations give some hints to the relevant factors for determining the interaction between an iron atom and a π-coordinated neutral arene ligand, and their modification by a nitrogen or a phosphorus atom. Selective substitution of the 1,5-cyclooctadiene (COD) ligand of [(COD)(η6-arene)Fe] complexes by some 1,4-diaza-1,3-diene (DAD) derivatives is possible in the case of the benzene or phosphinine arene ligands, and [(DAD)(η6-arene)Fe] complexes are formed, but all DAD derivatives tested so far cause the complete disintegration of [(COD)(η6-2,6-dimethylpyridine)Fe]. [(DAD)(η6-arene)Fe] complexes exhibit a catalytic potential, which was evaluated by experiments on the catalytic cyclodimerization of 1,3-butadiene in the presence of [(Et2AlOEt)2] as a co-catalyst. This reaction yields up to 92% of 1,5-cyclooctadiene, and an almost quantitative butadiene conversion is possible in the presence of less than 0.1% of the catalyst. Structural investigations on [(N,N′-bis(cyclohexyl)ethylenediimine)(η6-toluene)Fe] 5a reveal some details of the Fe-DAD interaction. An effective electron back-donation from occupied iron d-orbitals into the π*-LUMO of the DAD is indicated.
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    Berichte der deutschen chemischen Gesellschaft 1998 (1998), S. 275-281 
    ISSN: 1434-1948
    Schlagwort(e): Molybdenum ; Peroxo complexes ; Hydrogen bonds ; Catalysis ; Chemistry ; General Chemistry
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    Thema: Chemie und Pharmazie
    Notizen: The ring-opening reaction of epoxycyclohexane with 2-[3(5)-pyrazolyl]pyridine results in the formation of racemic trans-2-[3-(2-pyridyl)-1-pyrazolyl]cyclohexanol (1). Kinetic resolution with lipase B from candida antarctica gives the (1S,2S) enantiomer of 1, the solid-state structure of which was determined by X-ray crystallography, as an enantiomerically pure tridentate ligand. Investigation by NMR spectroscopy of the corresponding oxodiperoxomolybdenum complex 2, where 1 acts as a bidentate chelate, proves the formation of a weak intramolecular MoVI(O2)····HO-C bridge in CHCl3 solution. This H bonding is broken by solvents such as acetone, THF or DMF, which are capable of forming hydrogen bonds to alcohols. Intermolecular hydrogen bonds between the OH groups and molybdenum peroxo moieties are also found in the solid-state structure of 2, leading to a helical arrangement of the peroxo complexes.
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    Berichte der deutschen chemischen Gesellschaft 1998 (1998), S. 1163-1168 
    ISSN: 1434-1948
    Schlagwort(e): Chelates ; P,N ligands ; Phosphaferrocene ; Catalysis ; Heterocycles ; Chemistry ; General Chemistry
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    Thema: Chemie und Pharmazie
    Notizen: The new pyridyl-substituted phosphaferrocene ligands 3 and 6 are prepared by addition of lithiated pyridine or α-picoline to 2-formyl-3,4-dimethylphosphaferrocene (1). The ligands 3 and 6 react with [Cp*RuCl]4 in THF to give the P,N-chelate complexes [Cp*RuCl·3] (9) and [Cp*RuCl·6] (10) with high diastereoselectivity. Addition of monodentate ligands like CO or PPh3 to the complexes leads by displacement of the Ru-bound pyridyl group to the respective carbonyl or phosphane complexes with monodentate P-coordinated phospha-ferrocene ligands. Reaction of the ligand 6 with [(C3H5)PdCl]2 and NH4PF6 gives the seven-membered chelate complex [(C3H5)Pd·6]PF6 (13) which was characterized by X-ray diffraction. The ligands 3 and 6 were tested in the palladium-catalyzed asymmetric alkylation of 1,3-diphenylallyl acetate.
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    Berichte der deutschen chemischen Gesellschaft 1998 (1998), S. 1673-1675 
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    Schlagwort(e): Ruthenium ; Copper ; Oxidations ; Catalysis ; Alcohols ; Chemistry ; General Chemistry
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    Thema: Chemie und Pharmazie
    Notizen: The oxidation of allylic and benzylic alcohols to aldehydes can be carried out at room temperature with molecular oxygen, in the presence of the bifunctional ruthenium-copper system (nPr4N)(RuO4)-CuCl acting as the catalyst.
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    Liebigs Annalen 1998 (1998), S. 1867-1872 
    ISSN: 1434-193X
    Schlagwort(e): Catalysis ; Metal ion catalysis ; Kinetics ; 3-Acetyl-2,5-dimethylfuran ; 2-Acetylselenophene ; Enolisation reaction ; Chemistry ; General Chemistry
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    Notizen: Rate constants for the enolisation reactions of title compounds have been measured by their rates of halogenation at 25 °C in water, in several buffers, in dilute hydrochloric acid, in dilute sodium hydroxide, and in the presence of some metal ion salts. The results have been compared with those previously obtained from the corresponding reactions of acetophenone and a number of other acetyl heterocycles. Electronegativity of the heteroatoms and the “π-excessive” nature of the heterocyclic rings appear to be the main factors determining the relative reactivities in the acid-catalysed reactions. Brønsted β values and isotope effects, kH/kD, point to a more symmetrical transition state for the investigated acetyl heterocycles than that for acetophenone in the general base-catalysed reaction. Metal-activating factors (MAF), i.e. the catalytic constant for metal-ion (Cu2+, Zn2+, and Ni2+) catalysis, kM, relative to that for proton catalysis, kH, are discussed as an empirical measure of the “hard or soft” character of the carbonyl groups in acyl heterocycles.
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    Berichte der deutschen chemischen Gesellschaft 1998 (1998), S. 1867-1870 
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    Schlagwort(e): Vanadium ; Amidinate ; Ethene Polymerization ; Catalysis ; Chemistry ; General Chemistry
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    Thema: Chemie und Pharmazie
    Notizen: A new type of amidinate ancillary ligand has been prepared, which incorporates a pendant tertiary amine functionality. The crystal structure of a vanadium(III) derivative, [SiMe3NC(Ph)NCH2CH2NMe2]VCl2(THF) (1), shows that the ligand can adopt a facial geometry, with an unusual distortion of the amidinate nitrogen bearing the pendant functionality. With AlEt2Cl cocatalyst the compound 1 produces a single-site catalytic system for the polymerization of ethene.
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    Berichte der deutschen chemischen Gesellschaft 1998 (1998), S. 729-731 
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    Schlagwort(e): Catalysis ; Oligomerization ; Organometallics ; Oligopeptides ; Ruthenium complexes ; Chemistry ; General Chemistry
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    Thema: Chemie und Pharmazie
    Notizen: Consecutive addition of one-equivalent portions of glycine ethyl ester to [(p-cymene)Ru(GGGOMe-H+)Cl] leads to considerable amounts of (tetra- to nonapeptide)ruthenium complexes in a one-pot reaction, in which the (p-cymene)RuCl fragment acts as a catalyst. The analogous reaction with alanine methyl ester affords AGGG and AAGGG complexes as the main products. The course of these metal-catalyzed peptide oligomerizations has been followed by mass spectrometry. The synthesis and characterization of the pentapeptide complex [(C6Me6)Ru(GGGGGOMe-H+)] is reported.
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    Liebigs Annalen 1998 (1998), S. 1123-1134 
    ISSN: 1434-193X
    Schlagwort(e): Asymmetric synthesis ; Catalysis ; Hydroformylations ; Rhodium compounds ; Catalyst-directing groups ; Chemistry ; General Chemistry
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    Thema: Chemie und Pharmazie
    Notizen: Introducing ortho-diphenylphosphanyl benzoyl as a substrate bound catalyst directing group (CDG) allows an efficient substrate-directed diastereoselective hydroformylation of acyclic homomethallylic alcohols 5, making use of 1,3-asymmetric induction. The corresponding anti-aldehydes 10 were obtained as the major diastereomer in all cases, with diastereomer ratios of ca. 91:9 (anti:syn). Supporting evidence could be obtained for the ability of the o-DPPB group to act as a catalyst-directing group (CDG) via a reversible catalyst coordination. Finally, a model has been devised that rationalizes the origin of the 1,3-asymmetric induction. This model is based on a conformational analysis (NMR studies, MACROMODEL/MM3 calculations) of the homomethallylic substrates and indicates a relationship between the preferred substrate conformation and the experimentally determined stereoselectivities. In agreement with this model was the predicted significant improvement in stereoselectivity upon hydroformylation of the anti-homomethallylic alcohol derivative 15 (→ 21).
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    Liebigs Annalen 1998 (1998), S. 2301-2304 
    ISSN: 1434-193X
    Schlagwort(e): Five-membered rings, formation of ; Electrocyclic reactions ; Cyclopentane derivatives, sterically crowded ; Lewis acids ; Catalysis ; Chemistry ; General Chemistry
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    Thema: Chemie und Pharmazie
    Notizen: The annelation of five-membered rings onto the bridges of [2.2]paracyclophane-1,9-diene (1) can be achieved via Nazarov cyclization. Depending on the reaction conditions, bis([2.2]paracyclophane-1,9-dienyl) ketone (4) yielded the cy-clopentenone 8 or the α-substituted cyclopentanones 3-7 with two annelated [2.2]paracyclophane units. The synthesis of 1:2-(1:2-[2.2]paracyclophane-1,9-dieno)-4:5-(9:10-[2.2]paracyclophane-1-eno)cyclopenta-1,4-diene (10) from 8 as a potential ligand for metallocene complexes and generation of its anion 11 is also described.Supporting information for this article is available on the WWW under http://www.wiley-vch.de/contents/jc_2046/1998/98200_s.pdf or from the author.
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  • 66
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    Schlagwort(e): Cyclopropanation ; Chromium ; Catalysis ; Carbene complex ; Diazo compounds ; Chemistry ; General Chemistry
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    Thema: Chemie und Pharmazie
    Notizen: The [2 + 1] cycloaddition reaction of electron-rich alkenes such as enol ethers with 9-diazo-9H-fluorene (1) is efficiently catalyzed by pentacarbonyl(η2-cis-cyclooctene)chromium(0) (2). This cyclopropanation reaction shows a pronounced preference for electron-rich C=C bonds, as demonstrated by the regioselective reactions of allyl vinyl ether and 2-vinyloxyethyl acrylate; the [2 + 1] cycloaddition proceeds via the carbene complex intermediate 13, which has been detected by 13C-NMR spectroscopy in the course of the reaction. (Z)-Propenyl benzyl ether yields spirocyclopropane 21 with retention of the configuration of the former olefinic double bond. Whereas diazo compounds 22 and 23 react with ethyl vinyl ether to give low yields of cyclopropanes, the dibenzocycloheptenylidene and diarylcarbene precursors 24 and 25 afford moderate yields of olefin metathesis products 29-31. The competition between cyclopropanation and olefin metathesis reflects the propensity of the carbene complex intermediates to undergo decarbonylation.
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  • 67
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    Liebigs Annalen 1998 (1998), S. 1259-1266 
    ISSN: 1434-193X
    Schlagwort(e): Catalysis ; Carbonyl compounds ; Lanthanides ; Michael reaction ; Transition metals ; Chemistry ; General Chemistry
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    Thema: Chemie und Pharmazie
    Notizen: Transition-metal catalysis of the Michael reaction of 1,3-dicarbonyl compounds with acceptor-activated alkenes is introduced as a valuable alternative to the classic base catalysis of this reaction. Owing to the mild, neutral reaction conditions, the chemoselectivity of these processes is superior to that offered by the base catalysis, since the latter suffers from various unwanted side- and subsequent reactions, such as aldol cyclizations and ester solvolyses. The most efficient transition-metal catalysts do not require inert or anhydrous conditions, even solvents are unnecessary in some cases, and quantitative conversions can be achieved at room temperature. Furthermore, the development of transition-metal catalysts on solid supports has allowed very simple work-up procedures. Despite the extraordinary chemoselectivity, in terms of diastereoselectivity transition-metal catalysis gives better results than base catalysis only in a very few special cases. Also, in terms of enantioselectivity, results recently achieved with basic rare-earth metal catalysts cannot be reproduced by transition metals. Nevertheless, with transition-metal catalysis, even new reactivities can be observed, which have hitherto been unknown for base-catalyzed systems. For example, Michael donor molecules have been found to react in an unprecedented vinylogous fashion.
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    Liebigs Annalen 1998 (1998), S. 1077-1084 
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    Schlagwort(e): Carbohydrates ; Catalysis ; General base ; Macrocycles ; Molecular recognition ; Hydrogen bond ; Chemistry ; General Chemistry
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    Thema: Chemie und Pharmazie
    Notizen: Selectivity enhancements in the base-catalyzed acylation of polyols (1,2- or 1,3-alkanediol, partially protected glucoside) have been found with (bi)macrocyclic pyridines 2 and 9 as catalysts. The different selectivities obtained for concave pyridines of varying ring sizes (1 vs. 2) are probably caused by their different geometries as a number of X-ray analyses (1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 2e, 9) indicate. The methyl glucoside 7 can selectively be acylated in 2-position.
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    Liebigs Annalen 1998 (1998), S. 759-761 
    ISSN: 1434-193X
    Schlagwort(e): Catalysis ; Carbonyl compounds ; Iron compounds ; Michael reactions ; Tautomerism ; Chemistry ; General Chemistry
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    Thema: Chemie und Pharmazie
    Notizen: A double acceptor-activated cycloalkene 1 reacts in an FeCl3 · 6 H2O catalysed Michael reaction surprisingly as a donor. The constitution of the product 2 results from a reaction of 1 in the γ-position, thus the Michael reaction is vinylogous with respect to the donor. A tautomerism between the enone 1 and the dienol 4 is found to be a precondition for this reactivity.
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    Berichte der deutschen chemischen Gesellschaft 1998 (1998), S. 25-27 
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    Schlagwort(e): Bite angle ; Catalysis ; P ligands ; Palladium ; Allylic alkylation ; Chemistry ; General Chemistry
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    Notizen: The effect of the natural bite angle (βn) of diphosphane ligands on catalyst selectivity and activity in the palladium-catalyzed allylic alkylation was investigated. The selectivity and rate of the reaction are mainly determined by steric hindrance induced by the diphosphane ligands. The steric hindrance at the palladium center increases as the natural bite angle of the ligand becomes larger. This results in an increasing selectivity at larger bite angles, but at very large bite angles the rate of the reaction drops. The ligand with the largest calculated bite angle, Xantphos, induced 100% selectivity but the reaction rate became low.
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    Berichte der deutschen chemischen Gesellschaft 1998 (1998), S. 29-35 
    ISSN: 1434-1948
    Schlagwort(e): Catalysis ; Palladium ; C-C coupling ; Metallacycles ; Trisubstituted olefins ; Chemistry ; General Chemistry
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    Thema: Chemie und Pharmazie
    Notizen: The coupling reaction of 1,1-disubstituted olefins (α-methylstyrene, n-butyl methacrylate) with various aryl bromides (Heck reaction) has been studied as a new concept to synthesize trisubstituted olefins. Surprisingly, the nature of the base dramatically influences the product distribution. Thus, a systematic investigation on the role of base in Heck reactions of 1,1-disubstituted olefins was performed. Less coordinating bases like NaOAc, NaOBz or Na2CO3 yield a statistical distribution of regioisomers with the terminal olefin 10 as the major product. However, by using amines like Bu3N or diisopropylethylamine (DIPEA) as base internal olefins can be synthesized with high selectivities. With phosphapalladacycle 3 as catalyst precursor, we were able to obtain catalyst turnover numbers up to 1000, while Pd(OAc)2/2PPh3 was one order of magnitude less active. Analysis of the reaction profile by kinetic investigations led to the postulation of a reduction and subsequent oxidative addition of the catalyst precursor 3 to form 12 as catalytically active intermediate.
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    Yeast 14 (1998), S. 287-295 
    ISSN: 0749-503X
    Schlagwort(e): Candida maltosa ; Candida albicans ; tRNA splicing gene ; silent genes ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Genetics
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    Thema: Biologie
    Notizen: The tRNA splicing gene SPL1-1 has been cloned and sequenced in Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Kolman and Soll, 1993). Sequence adjacent to the LEU2 gene in Candida maltosa showed some homology to the SPL1-1 gene of S. cerevisiae. This work describes the sequencing of the SPL1 tRNA splicing genes from C. maltosa and C. albicans and the analysis of these genes. Comparison of these sequences and the relationship observed between the LEU2 and SPL1 genes in these yeasts suggests that there may be some synteny amongst various species of yeasts. The coding region of the C. maltosa SPL1 region described in this work differs from previously described partial sequences in that it is a complete uninterrupted open reading frame. Two strains of C. maltosa were each shown to contain different alleles, one uninterrupted open reading frame and one disrupted open reading frame. The sequences have been deposited in the GenBank/EMBL data libraries under Accession Numbers X72940, AF000115, AF000116, AF000117, AF000118, AF000119 and AF000120. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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    Schlagwort(e): Oligotrophic yeasts ; low-nutrient conditions ; starvation ; Cryptococcaceae ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Genetics
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    Thema: Biologie
    Notizen: Seven oligotrophic yeasts, which can grow in a 104-fold dilution of malt-yeast-glucose-peptone medium (10-4 YM), were mainly isolated from soil. These yeasts belong to the Cryptococcaceae. When inoculated at about 102 cells/ml in 10-4 YM, the isolates grew to 1·4×103-2·4×105 cells/ml after 3 days. Some culture collection yeasts fell into three groups according to their growth characteristics in 10-4 YM, one group showing characteristics of the oligotrophic yeasts. The half-saturation values of uptake by the five isolated oligotrophic yeasts for D-glucose, L-leucine and L-amino acids were 6·0-25·0, 1·7-43·3 and 3·5-21·6 μM, respectively. The oligotrophic yeasts suspended in 10 mM-phosphate buffer (pH 6·0) had high tolerances for starvation, and remained more than 15% viable after 90 days of starvation. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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  • 74
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    Schlagwort(e): Saccharomyces cerevisiae ; mitochondria ; mitochondrial matrix ; homo-oligomeric protein ; Mam33p ; gene disruption ; gC1q-R ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Genetics
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    Notizen: Mam33p (mitochondrial acidic matrix protein) is a soluble protein, located in mitochondria of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. It is synthesized as a precursor with an N-terminal mitochondrial targeting sequence that is processed on import. Mam33p assembles to a homo-oligomeric complex in the mitochondrial matrix. It can bind to the sorting signal of cytochrome b2 that directs this protein into the intermembrane space. Mam33p is encoded by an 801 bp open reading frame. Gene disruption did not result in a significant growth defect. Mam33p exhibits sequence similarity to gC1q-R, a human protein that has been implicated in the binding of complement factor C1q and kininogen. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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  • 75
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    Schlagwort(e): phosphofructokinase-1 ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae ; deletion mutants ; reactivation ; assembly ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Genetics
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    Notizen: Phosphofructokinase-1 from Saccharomyces cerevisiae is an octameric enzyme comprising two non-identical subunits, α and β, which are encoded by the unlinked genes PFK1 and PFK2. In this paper, assembly and reactivation of the enzyme have been studied in cell-free extracts of single-deletion mutants. In contrast to the previously described lack of phosphofructokinase-1 activity in cell-free extracts of these mutants, we could measure a temporary enzyme activity immediately after lysis of protoplasts. This result supports the assumption that each of the subunits forms an enzyme structure which is active in vivo but not stable after cell disruption.Upon mixing of separately prepared cell-free extracts of both deletion mutants very low activity could be measured. About 40% of the wild-type activity was regained when both mutants were mixed prior to disruption. The reactivation rate could be slightly increased by addition of ATP and fructose 6-phosphate and was found to be a function of the growth state, particularly of the β-subunit-carrying cells. The individual subunits did not interact with Cibacron Blue F3G-A, a biomimetic ligand of phosphofructokinase-1. After reassembly of both subunits in vitro a strong affinity of the reconstituted phosphofructokinase-1 to the dye-ligand was observed.The inability of the subunits to reconstitute under certain conditions seems to result from alterations of the intracellular environment following disruption. These changes give rise to induce an unproductive side reaction like self-aggregation of the subunits.Because reconstitution of phosphofructokinase-1 from S. cerevisiae behaves in a similar way to that of hemoglobin and luciferase, we would speculate a general mechanism for assembly of oligomeric proteins in vivo. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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    Schlagwort(e): Saccharomyces ; redox ; glycerol ; NADH ; shuttle ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Genetics
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    Notizen: Maintenance of a cytoplasmic redox balance is a necessity for sustained cellular metabolism. Glycerol formation is the only way by which Saccharomyces cerevisiae can maintain this balance under anaerobic conditions. Aerobically, on the other hand, several different redox adjustment mechanisms exist, one of these being the glycerol 3-phosphate (G3P) shuttle. We have studied the importance of this shuttle under aerobic conditions by comparing growth properties and glycerol formation of a wild-type strain with that of gut2Δ mutants, lacking the FAD-dependent glycerol 3-phosphate dehydrogenase, assuming that the consequent blocking of G3P oxidation is forcing the cells to produce glycerol from G3P. To impose different demands on the redox adjustment capability we used various carbon sources having different degrees of reduction.The results showed that the shuttle was used extensively with reduced substrate such as ethanol, whereas the more oxidized substrates lactate and pyruvate, did not provoke any activity of the shuttle. However, the absence of a functional G3P shuttle did not affect the growth rate or growth yield of the cells, not even during growth on ethanol. Presumably, there must be alternative systems for maintaining a cytoplasmic redox balance, e.g. the so-called external NADH dehydrogenase, located on the outer side of the inner mitochondrial membrane. By comparing the performance of the external NADH dehydrogenase and the G3P shuttle in isolated mitochondria, it was found that the former resulted in high respiratory rates but a comparably low P/O ratio of 1·2, whereas the shuttle gave low rates but a high P/O ratio of 1·7.Our results also demonstrated that of the two isoforms of NAD-dependent glycerol 3-phosphate dehydrogenase, only the enzyme encoded by GPD1 appeared important for the shuttle, since the enhanced glycerol production that occurs in a gut2Δ strain proved dependent on GPD1 but not on GPD2. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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  • 77
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    Schlagwort(e): modified LFH cassette ; EUROFAN 6-pack analysis ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Genetics
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    Thema: Biologie
    Notizen: Six open reading frames (ORFs) of unknown function from Saccharomyces cerevisiae chromosome XV, three from the left and three from the right arm, were deleted in two diploid strains by the short flanking homology method (Wach et al., 1994). Transformants were selected as Geneticin (G418)-resistant colonies and correct integration of the kanMX4 cassette was checked by colony PCR. Following sporulation of the diploids, tetrads were dissected and scored for the segregation of the G418-resistant marker. We have developed a widely applicable method for the construction of gap repair plasmids to obtain the cognate clones for each of the disrupted ORFs. The 5′- and 3′-flanks of the ORF in question are linked by a unique restriction endonuclease. When the plasmid is cut at this site it can be used to obtain, by selection for the appropriate antibiotic resistance, long flanking homology (LFH) cassettes containing the cognate clone or the disrupted allele. The LFH cassette containing the cognate clone or the disrupted allele can be released from the gap-repaired plasmid by cutting at the inserted flanking restriction sites. One of the six ORFs (YOR319w) corresponds to an essential gene whose product is part of the spliceosome complex. Haploid as well as homozygous and heterozygous diploid disruptant strains for each of the five non-essential ORFs were subjected to growth test on different media at 15°C, 30°C and 37°C. Disruption of YOR322c causes osmotically sensitive growth on YEPD at 37°C and the product of YOL091w appears to play a role in sporulation since the homozygous diploid disruptant has lost the ability to sporulate. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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    Yeast 14 (1998), S. 409-417 
    ISSN: 0749-503X
    Schlagwort(e): transcription factor ; SPT3 sequences ; Schizosaccharomyces pombe ; Kluyveromyces lactis ; Clavispora opuntiae ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Genetics
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    Notizen: Spt3 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a factor required for normal transcription from particular RNA polymerase II-dependent promoters. As a step towards analysing Spt3 structure-function relationships, we have identified and studied Spt3 homologues from three other yeasts: Kluyveromyces lactis, Clavispora opuntiae and Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Alignment of their predicted amino acid sequences shows an overall identity of 30% between all four homologues and suggests that three conserved domains are present in Spt3. When tested for function in S. cerevisiae, K. lactis SPT3 was shown to fully complement and S. pombe SPT3 to partially complement an spt3 Δ mutation. These data demonstrate that Spt3 is functionally conserved among distantly related yeasts. The new sequences have been entered in GenBank: AF005930 (K. lactis SPT3), AF005932 (C. opuntiae SPT3) and AF005931 (S. pombe SPT3). © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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    Yeast 14 (1998), S. 471-477 
    ISSN: 0749-503X
    Schlagwort(e): ribosomal protein genes ; yeast genome ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Genetics
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    Thema: Biologie
    Notizen: Screening of the complete genome sequence from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has enabled us to compile a complete list of the genes encoding cytoplasmic ribosomal proteins in this organism.Putative ribosomal protein genes were selected primarily on the basis of the sequence similarity of their products with ribosomal proteins from other eukaryotic organisms, in particular the rat. These genes were subsequently screened for typical yeast rp-gene characteristics, viz. (1) a high codon adaptation index; (2) their promoter structure and (3) their responses to changes in growth conditions.The yeast genome appears to carry 78 different genes, of which 59 are duplicated, encoding 32 different small-subunit and 46 large-subunit proteins. A new nomenclature for these ribosomal proteins is proposed. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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    Yeast 14 (1998), S. 335-345 
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    Schlagwort(e): Candida albicans ; arginine permease ; amino acid transport ; affinity chromatography ; functional reconstitution ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Genetics
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    Thema: Biologie
    Notizen: We have for the first time purified arginine permease from a pathogenic yeast, Candida albicans, to homogeneity by affinity chromatography using L-arginine-linked agarose matrix as affinity column. The purified protein (PP) was of 66 kDa with no subunit structure. Two kinetically distinct binding affinities of PP were evident where high affinity binding (S1) revealed a dependence on acidic pH while pH did not have dramatic effect on low affinity (S2) binding. The specificity of L-arginine binding to PP with regard to other amino acids, structural analogues and inhibitors, was essentially similar to arginine transport observed in the intact cells of C. albicans (Rao et al., 1986). The purified arginine permease was reconstituted into proteoliposomes and its functionality was tested by imposing a valinomycin-induced membrane potential. All the characteristic features of L-arginine transport displayed by the reconstituted system were similar to those observed in intact cells. Thus homogeneous purified arginine permease was also functionally active. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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    Yeast 14 (1998), S. 383-390 
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    Schlagwort(e): polyphosphatase ; cytosol ; yeast ; purification ; kinetic model ; Mg2+ ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Genetics
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    Thema: Biologie
    Notizen: A homogenous polyphosphatase preparation was obtained from Saccharomyces cerevisiae cytosol with a 3·8% yield and 3540-fold purification. The enzyme hydrolysed polyphosphate (polyP) with various chain lengths, including polyP3, and split Pi off the end of the chain. It was inactive with respect to ATP, PPi, and p-nitrophenylphosphate. Its specific activity with polyP15 was 283 U/mg protein. The polyphosphatase was a monomeric protein with a molecular mass of 40 kDa. This enzyme was inactive without divalent cations and with Cu2+ and Ca2+. The ability of other divalent cations to activate the enzyme decreased in the following order: Co2+〉Mn2+〉Mg2+〉Zn2+. A kinetic model of the hydrolysis of polyP3 and action of Mg2+ is proposed. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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  • 82
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    Digitale Medien
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    Yeast 14 (1998), S. 401-407 
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    Schlagwort(e): yeast ; Kluyveromyces marxianus ; malic acid transport ; mutants ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Genetics
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    Notizen: In malic acid-grown cells of the strains ATCC 10022 and KMS3 of Kluyveromyces marxianus the transport of malic acid occurred by a malate-proton symport, which accepted l-malic, d-malic, succinic and fumaric acids, but not tartaric, malonic or maleic acids. The system was inducible and subjected to glucose repression. Mutants of the strain KMS3, unable to grow in a medium with malic acid, were isolated and checked for their capacity to utilize several carbon sources and to transport dicarboxylic acids by the malate-proton symport. Two distinct clones affected on malate transport were obtained. Both were able to grow on a medium with glycerol or ethanol but not with dl-malic, succinic, oxoglutaric and oxaloacetic acids as the sole carbon and energy sources. However, while one of the mutants (Mal7) displayed activity levels for the enzymes malate dehydrogenase, isocitrate lyase, and phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase similar to those of the wild strain, in the other mutant type (Mal6) the activities for the same enzymes were significantly reduced. Plasma membranes from derepressed cells of the wild strain and of the mutants Mal6 and Mal7 were isolated and the protein analysed by SDS-PAGE. The electrophoretic patterns of these preparations differed in a polypeptide with an apparent molecular mass of about 28 kDa, which was absent only in the mutant Mal7. The results indicated that Mal7 can be affected in a gene that encodes a malate carrier in K. marxianus. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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  • 83
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    Yeast 14 (1998), S. 485-492 
    ISSN: 0749-503X
    Schlagwort(e): Schizosaccharomyces pombe ; protein kinase ; cell flocculation ; PRK1 ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Genetics
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Biologie
    Notizen: We report the isolation and characterization of a protein kinase from the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. The proposed Prk1 protein contains 352 amino acids and has significant homology to the Ume5p kinase (also known as Srb10p, Ssn3p and Are1p) of the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, a cyclin-dependent kinase involved in regulating the transcription of a diverse set of genes. Disruption of the prk1 gene increases flocculation but does not appear to have any other significant effect on cell behaviour. This defect can be overcome by expressing the UME5 gene, indicating that Prk1 is the fission yeast homologue of Ume5p. The sequence is in the EMBL data library under Accession Number Z98977. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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  • 84
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    Digitale Medien
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    Yeast 14 (1998), S. 431-442 
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    Schlagwort(e): differential display ; S.cerevisiae ; thermotolerance ; repression ; derepression ; gene regulation ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Genetics
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Biologie
    Notizen: We have described the use of differential display of PCR-amplified reverse transcribed mRNA (DDRT-PCR) to survey changes in gene expression profiles induced by heat shock and carbon catabolite derepression in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. It is well established that either of these states elicits thermotolerant phenotypes. An initial analysis conducted on cells of an inherently thermosensitive strain (Ysen) indicated that approximately 10% of the total number of cDNAs detected were either up or down regulated following heat shock at 37°C (30 min) in comparison to control cells (25°C). In addition, whereas 7% of all PCR products were preferentially expressed during derepressive growth, approximately 2% were found to be common to both heat-shocked and derepressed cells. A repeat analysis, performed on all three cell types of Ysen as well as cells of a relatively thermoresistant strain (Yres) yielded 30 differentially displayed cDNA fragments common to heat-shocked and derepressed cells of both strains. Eighteen of these generated signals on Northern blots, of which three were confirmed as regulated. Five amplicons, including one not detected by Northern analysis and another from the derepressed state, were cloned and sequenced. Three of these exhibited homology to S. cerevisiae genes with well-characterized protein products: HSP 90, HXK1and STA1. The remaining two applicons showed nucleotide identity to YTIS11, a homolog of the mammalian TIS11 and putative transcriptional activator, and an orphan gene encoding a hypothetical transmembrane protein belonging to the multi-drug resistance translocase family. Our novel application of DDRT-PCR has identified new and known genes that may be further evaluated as factors involved in stress regulation and has demonstrated the potential of the technique to systematically analyse gene expression in yeast. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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  • 85
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    Digitale Medien
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    Yeast 14 (1998), S. 583-586 
    ISSN: 0749-503X
    Schlagwort(e): Saccharomyces exiguus ; STE3 ; homolog ; sequence analysis ; differentiation of species ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Genetics
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Biologie
    Notizen: Homologs of Saccharomyces cerevisiae STE3, a-factor receptor gene were detected from S. exiguus NFRI 3539 by low stringency Southern hybridization. This strain might have at least two types of homolog. One of these homologs, designated as e-STE3 was cloned. Its nucleotide sequence revealed 60% identity to STE3. The putative protein coding region consisted of 453 amino acid residues. The amino acid sequence identity between STE3 and e-STE3 was 62%, and that of the N-terminal 303 amino acid residues considered to be the pheromone binding domain was 79%. The e-STE3 sequence submitted to the DDBJ/EMBL/GenBank data libraries is available under Accession Number AB003086. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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  • 86
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    Yeast 14 (1998), S. 565-571 
    ISSN: 0749-503X
    Schlagwort(e): Saccharomyces cerevisiae ; electroporation ; transformation ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Genetics
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Biologie
    Notizen: Pretreatment of yeast cells with lithium acetate (LiAc) and dithiothreitol (DTT) enhances the frequency of transformation by electroporation. The method shows improvements of 6-67-fold in wild-type strains derived from commonly used Saccharomyces cerevisiae genetic backgrounds. In addition, 15-300-fold improvement in transformation frequency was achieved with several mutant strains of S. cerevisiae that transformed poorly by conventional procedures. Both DTT and lithium acetate were necessary for maximal transformation frequencies. Pretreatment with lithium and DTT also resulted in an ∼3·5-fold increase in the electroporation transformation frequency of the pathogenic fungus Candida albicans. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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  • 87
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    Schlagwort(e): multidrug resistance ; CDR1 ; ABC transporter ; baculovirus expression ; C. albicans ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Genetics
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    Thema: Biologie
    Notizen: Cdr1p, an ATP-binding cassette transporter from the pathogenic yeast Candida albicans, confers resistance to several unrelated drugs including anti-Candida drugs (Prasad et al., 1995b). We demonstrate that the deletion of 237 bp (79 aa) from the 3′ end of CDR1 (which encompasses the transmembrane domain (TM) 12 of the putative transporter) did not result in the total loss of its ability to efflux cytotoxic agents. While the expression of ΔCDR1 in yeast resulted in impaired sensitivity to drugs like cycloheximide, anisomycin, sulfomethuron methyl and antifungal nystatin, its ability to confer resistance remained unaltered to drugs such as o-phenanthroline, 4-nitroquinoline-N-oxide, cerulenin, azoles, oligomycin, erythromycin, and benomyl. Similar to human MDR1p, Cdr1p might also have localized drug binding sites in TM 12, but that might not be the case for all the drugs. The TM 12 deletion also did not lead to any significant impairment in NTPase activities. Both ATPase and UTPase activities of complete Cdr1p and ΔCdr1p were not significantly altered, as was the case with respect to their ability to efflux Rh123 and steroid hormone like [3H]-β-estradiol. To further dissect the functionality of Cdr1p, its truncated version was overexpressed in a baculovirus-insect cell expression system. The synthesis of ΔCdr1p in Sf9 cells was temporally regulated as a function of the baculovirus polyhedrin gene promoter. The Sf9 derived ΔCdr1p was ∼130 kDa, which was lower than the expected size, probably due to the differences in glycosylation. This, however, did not affect the functionality of ΔCdr1p. The deletion of TM 12 did not affect the targeting of the protein and ΔCdr1p was exclusively localized in plasma membrane of Sf9 cells as detected by immunofluorescence. The expression of ΔCdr1p in the baculovirus-insect expression system generated a high drug-stimulated plasma membrane-bound ATPase activity which was not demonstrable when ΔCdr1p was expressed in yeast. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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  • 88
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    Digitale Medien
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    Yeast 14 (1998), S. 869-875 
    ISSN: 0749-503X
    Schlagwort(e): calmodulin ; CMD1 ; ALG1 ; K. lactis ; EF hand ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Genetics
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    Thema: Biologie
    Notizen: The KlCMD1 gene was isolated from a Kluyveromyces lactis genomic library as a suppressor of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae temperature-sensitive mutant spc110-124, an allele previously shown to be suppressed by elevated copy number of the S. cerevisiae calmodulin gene CMD1. The KlCMD1 gene encodes a polypeptide which is 95% identical to S. cerevisiae calmodulin and 55% identical to calmodulin from Schizosaccharomyces pombe.Complementation of a S. cerevisiae cmd1 deletion mutant by KlCMD1 demonstrates that this gene encodes a functional calmodulin homologue. Multiple sequence alignment of calmodulins from yeast and multicellular eukaryotes shows that the K. lactis and S. cerevisiae calmodulins are considerably more closely related to each other than to other calmodulins, most of which have four functional Ca2+-binding EF hand domains. Thus like its S. cerevisiae counterpart Cmd1p, the KlCMD1 product is predicted to form only three Ca2+-binding motifs. The KlCMD1 sequence has been assigned Accession Number AJ002021 in the EMBL/GenBank database. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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  • 89
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    Schlagwort(e): Saccharomyces cerevisiae ; adrenodoxin reductase ; mitochondria ; essential gene ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Genetics
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    Thema: Biologie
    Notizen: A yeast gene was found in which the derived protein sequence has similarity to human and bovine adrenodoxin reductase (Nobrega, F. G., Nobrega, M. P. and Tzagoloff, A. (1992). EMBO J. 11, 3821-3829; Lacour, T. and Dumas, B. (1996). Gene 174, 289-292), an enzyme in the mitochondrial electron transfer chain that catalyses in mammals the conversion of cholesterol into pregnenolone, the first step in the synthesis of all steroid hormones. It was named ARH1 (Adrenodoxin Reductase Homologue 1) and here we show that it is essential. Rescue was possible by the yeast gene, but failed with the human gene. Supplementation was tried without success with various sterols, ruling out its involvement in the biosynthesis of ergosterol. Immunodetection with a specific polyclonal antibody located the gene product in the mitochondrial fraction. Consequently ARH1p joins the small group of gene products that affect essential functions carried out by the organelle and not linked to oxidative phosphorylation. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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  • 90
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    Digitale Medien
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    Yeast 14 (1998), S. 633-646 
    ISSN: 0749-503X
    Schlagwort(e): genetic interaction ; membrane traffic ; retrograde transport ; docking complex ; coatomer ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Genetics
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    Thema: Biologie
    Notizen: Tip20p is an 80 kDa cytoplasmic protein bound to the cytoplasmic surface of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) by interaction with the type II integral membrane protein Sec20p. Both proteins are required for vesicular transport between the ER and Golgi complex. Recently, sec20-1 was found to be defective in retrograde transport. A collection of temperature-sensitive tip20 mutants are shown to be lethal in combination with ufe1-1, a target SNARE of the ER and ret2-1, yeast δ-COP. A subset of tip20 mutants was found to be lethal in combination with sec20-1, sec21-1, sec22-3 and sec27-1. Since all pairwise combinations of a tip20 mutant, sec20-1, and ufe1-1 are lethal, Tip20p and Sec20p might be part of the docking complex for Golgi-derived retrograde transport vesicles. Since carboxy-terminal tip20 truncations are lethal in combination with mutants in three coatomer subunits, Tip20p might be involved in binding or uncoating of COPI coated retrograde transport vesicles. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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  • 91
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    Schlagwort(e): heat shock ; protein-DNA interactions ; transcriptional regulation ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Genetics
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    Thema: Biologie
    Notizen: The C-terminal hydrophobic repeat (CTR) of heat shock transcription factor (HSF) has been proposed to regulate DNA binding by intramolecular interactions with the leucine zipper motifs present in the HSF trimerization domain. Schizosaccharomyces pombe provides a useful model organism for the study of the regulation of HSF DNA binding because, unlike Saccharomyces cerevisiae, S. pombe hsf is highly heat shock inducible for DNA binding and contains a clear homology to the CTR. We examined the role that the CTR plays in the regulation of S. pombe hsf by constructing isogenic strains bearing deletion and point mutations in the chromosomal copy of hsf. Surprisingly, we found that point mutation of key hydrophobic amino acids within the CTR, as well as full deletion of it, yielded factors that show normal binding at normal growth temperatures and full levels of heat-induced binding. Deletion of the CTR did, however, slightly lower the temperature required for maximal activation. In contrast, a large deletion of the C-terminus, which removes close to a third of the coding sequence, was deregulated and bound DNA at control temperature. Several of the deletion mutants were significantly reduced in their level of expression, yet they showed wild-type levels of DNA binding activity following heat shock. These experiments demonstrate that appropriate regulation of the DNA binding activity of S. pombe hsf is not solely dependent upon the CTR, and imply that a feedback mechanism exists that establishes proper levels of DNA binding following heat shock despite mutations that significantly alter levels of total hsf. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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  • 92
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    Yeast 14 (1998), S. 747-757 
    ISSN: 0749-503X
    Schlagwort(e): Saccharomyces cerevisiae ; ubiquitin carrier proteins ; cyclin degradation ; functional analysis ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Genetics
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Biologie
    Notizen: UBC11 is the Saccharomyces cerevisiae gene that is most similar in sequence to E2-C, a ubiquitin carrier protein required for the destruction of mitotic cyclins and proteins that maintain sister chromatid cohesion in animal cells and in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. We have disrupted the UBC11 gene and found it is not essential for yeast cell viability even when combined with deletion of UBC4, a gene that has also been implicated in mitotic cyclin destruction. Ubc11p does not ubiquitinate cyclin B in clam cell-free extracts in vitro and the destruction of Clb2p is not impaired in extracts prepared from Δubc11 or Δubc4Δubc11 cells. These results suggest Ubc4p and Ubc11p together are not essential for mitotic cyclin destruction in S. cerevisiae and we can find no evidence to suggest that Ubc11p is the true functional homologue of E2-C. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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  • 93
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    Schlagwort(e): Candida albicans ; HIS4 ; complementation ; molecular biology tools ; topological marker ; amino acid biosynthesis general control ; PEX5 ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Genetics
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    Thema: Biologie
    Notizen: We have isolated the Candida albicans HIS4 (CaHIS4) gene by complementation of a his4-34 Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutant. The sequenced DNA fragment contains a putative ORF of 2514 bp, whose translation product shares a global identity of 44% and 55% to the His4 protein homologs of S. cerevisiae and Kluyveromyces lactis, respectively. Analysis of CaHIS4 sequence suggests that, similarly to S. cerevisiae HIS4, it codes for a polypeptide having three separate enzymatic activities (phosphoribosyl-AMP cyclohydrolase, phosphoribosyl-ATP pyrophosphohydrolase and histidinol dehydrogenase) which reside in different domains of the protein. A C. albicans his4 strain is complemented with this gene when using a C. albicans-S. cerevisiae-Escherichia coli shuttle vector, thus enabling the construction of a host system for C. albicans genetic manipulation. In addition, upstream of the sequenced CaHIS4 sequence, we have found the 3′-terminal half of a gene encoding a PEX5-like protein. The EMBL/DDJB/GenBank Accession Number of this sequence is AJ003115. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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  • 94
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    Schlagwort(e): yeast ; elongation factor-3 ; EF-3 ; homolog ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Genetics
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    Thema: Biologie
    Notizen: A paralog (intraspecies homolog) of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae YEF3 gene, encoding elongation factor-3, has been sequenced in the course of the yeast genome project, and identified by database searching; this gene has been designated HEF3. Bioinformatic and Northern blot analysis indicate that the HEF3 gene is not expressed during vegetative growth. Deletion of the HEF3 gene reveals no growth defects, nor any defects in mating or sporulation. A high copy 2μ clone of HEF3 was constructed, and was shown to be unable to complement a null allele of yef3. Finally, an in vitro assay for ribosome-stimulated ATPase activity was performed with isogenic HEF3 and Δhef3 strains; no difference in biochemical activity could be detected in these strains. From these results, we conclude that the HEF3 gene does not encode a functional homolog of YEF3. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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  • 95
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    Yeast 14 (1998), S. 1115-1125 
    ISSN: 0749-503X
    Schlagwort(e): Yarrowia lipolytica ; secretion ; pH ; extracellular protease ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Genetics
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    Thema: Biologie
    Notizen: The secretion and maturation of the acid extracellular protease (AXP) of the yeast Yarrowia lipolytica have been characterized using antiserum raised against this enzyme. A 42 kDa pro-enzyme form of AXP was identified from lysates of radiolabelled Y. lipolytica cells and found to contain no N-linked carbohydrate moieties. Using pulse-chase immune precipitation it was demonstrated that the AXP precursor was secreted into the extracellular medium where, under conditions of low pH, it underwent autocatalytic activation forming the mature enzyme. Conversion of the AXP pro-form in the presence of the protease inhibitor pepstatin indicated that an intramolecularly-catalysed reaction mechanism was involved in AXP maturation. Further evidence supporting the role of autocatalytic processing came from the side-chain specificity of mature AXP towards the oxidized B-chain of insulin. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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  • 96
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    Digitale Medien
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    Yeast 14 (1998), S. 1159-1166 
    ISSN: 0749-503X
    Schlagwort(e): cell walls ; protease ; β-glucanase ; lysis ; yeast ; antifungal drugs ; glucan ; mannoprotein ; S. cerevisiae ; C. albicans ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Genetics
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Biologie
    Notizen: The rate of formation of spheroplasts of yeast can be used as an assay to study the structural integrity of cell walls. Lysis can be measured spectrophotometrically in hypotonic solution in the presence of Zymolyase, a mixture of cell wall-digesting enzymes. The optical density of the cell suspension decreases as the cells lyse. We optimized this assay with respect to enzyme concentration, temperature, pH, and growth conditions for several strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The level of variability (standard deviation) was 1-5% between trials where the replications were performed on the same culture using enzyme prepared from the same lot, and 5-15% for different cultures of the same strain. This assay can quantitate differences in cell wall structure (1) between exponentially growing and stationary phase cells, (2) among different S. cerevisiae strains, (3) between S. cerevisiae and Candida albicans, (4) between parental and mutated lines, and (5) between drug- or chemically-treated cells and controls. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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  • 97
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    Schlagwort(e): carbocyanine fluorescent probes ; membrane potential ; yeast ; cell wall ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Genetics
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    Thema: Biologie
    Notizen: Membrane-potential-dependent accumulation of diS-C3(3) in intact yeast cells in suspension is accompanied by a red shift of the maximum of its fluorescence emission spectrum, λmax, caused by a readily reversible probe binding to cell constituents. Membrane depolarization by external KCl (with or without valinomycin) or by ionophores causes a fast and reproducible blue shift. As the potential-reporting parameter, the λmax shift is less affected by probe binding to cuvette walls and possible photobleaching than, for example, fluorescence intensity. The magnitude of the potential-dependent red λmax shift depends on relative cell-to-probe concentration ratio, a maximum shift (572→582 nm) being found in very thick suspensions and in cell lysates. The potential therefore has to be assessed at reasonably low cell (≤5×106 cells/ml) and probe (10-7 M) concentrations at which a clearly defined relationship exists between the λmax shift and the potential-dependent accumulation of the dye in the cells. The redistribution of the probe between the medium and yeast protoplasts takes about 5 min, but in intact cells it takes 10-30 min because the cell wall acts as a barrier, hampering probe penetration into the cells. The barrier properties of the cell wall correlate with its thickness: cells grown in 0·2% glucose (cell wall thickness 0·175±0·015 μm, n=30) are stained much faster and the λmax is more red-shifted than in cells grown in 2% glucose (cell wall thickness 0·260±0·043 μm, n=44). At a suitable cell and probe concentration and under standard conditions, the λmax shift of diS-C3(3) fluorescence provides reliable information on even fast changes in membrane potential in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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  • 98
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    Schlagwort(e): critical target model ; differential scanning calorimetry ; Saccharomyces cerevisiae ; heat-shock response ; acquired thermotolerance ; thermal stability ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Genetics
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    Thema: Biologie
    Notizen: Hyperthermic cell killing profiles of Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells were biphasic and a shoulder (phase 1) was followed by an exponential killing (phase 2). Assuming that (i) the rate of thermal damage in particular macromolecules or their assemblies limits the rate of hyperthermic cell killing (the critical target model), and (ii) the damages of two families of targets are lethal independently, we built a ‘dual critical target model’ in order to interpret the biphasic cell killing.Time-courses of temperature-programmed fractional survival were traced for S. cerevisiae cells in exponentially growing phase, heat shocked, and in stationary phase. Non-linear curve-fitting of the time-courses by using the dual critial target model provided the Arrhenius parameters of denaturation of the two families of targets. The cells were killed more slowly in phase 1 than in phase 2. Arrest in stationary phase, not heat shock, stabilizes the family of targets that is critical to phase 1 death. On the other hand, both heat-shock response and arrest in stationary phase stabilizes the other family of targets that, in addition to the previous one, is responsible for phase 2 death. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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  • 99
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    Yeast 14 (1998), S. 805-812 
    ISSN: 0749-503X
    Schlagwort(e): Dipodascus (Endomyces) magnusii ; genetic transformation ; ribosomal DNA ; autonomous replicating sequence ; electroporation ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Genetics
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Biologie
    Notizen: We have developed the first system for genetic transformation of the multinuclear yeast Dipodascus magnusii. The system is based on a dominant selectable marker and an autonomously replicating sequence. We have constructed a plasmid vector which contains a marker conferring resistance to zeocin and the segment of non-transcribed spacer of D. magnusii ribosomal DNA which supports the autonomous replication of plasmid DNA in yeast cells. Plasmid DNA has been transferred into D. magnusii cells by electroporation. The DNA sequence which is described in this article has been deposited in the EMBL data library under Accession Number Y14587. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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    Materialart: Digitale Medien
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    Digitale Medien
    New York, NY [u.a.] : Wiley-Blackwell
    Yeast 14 (1998), S. 847-852 
    ISSN: 0749-503X
    Schlagwort(e): Saccharomyces cerevisiae ; 2 micron plasmid ; Flp ; DNA damage ; curing ; Life and Medical Sciences ; Genetics
    Quelle: Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
    Thema: Biologie
    Notizen: Powerful mutagenic screens of yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae have recently been developed which require strains that lack the endogenous 2 micron plasmid (Burns et al., 1994). Here, we describe a simple and reliable method for curing yeast of the highly stable genetic element. The approach employs heterologous expression of a ‘step-arrest’ mutant of the Flp recombinase. The mutant, Flp H305L (Parsons et al., 1988), forms long-lived covalent protein-DNA complexes exclusively at 2 micron-borne recombinase target sites. In vivo, the complexes serve as sites of targeted DNA damage. Using Southern hybridization and a colony color assay for plasmid loss, we show that expression of the mutant enzyme results in the effective elimination of the 2 micron from cells. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
    Zusätzliches Material: 3 Ill.
    Materialart: Digitale Medien
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