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  • 1
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    Effect of radical scavengers on TNFα-mediated activation of the uPA in cultured cells (1994)
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    Cellular and molecular life sciences 50 (1994), S. 958-962 
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    ISSN: 1420-9071
    Keywords: Plasminogen activator ; active oxygen ; gene expression ; radical scavengers ; endothelial cells
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Active oxygen, produced by cultured cells following stimulation with various growth factors, seems to be involved in signal transduction leading to cellular responses such as gene expression and growth modulation. In the present study, the intracellular oxidation state was measured in immortalized human endothelial cells (ECV304) after treatment with tumor necrosis factor (TNF)α, using a fluorescent dye and a laser-scanning confocal microscope. The intracellular oxidation state was increased 60 min after the addition of TNFα, and this increase was abolished by a radical scavenger, N-acetylcysteine (NAC), which is also a precursor of glutathione, and by pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate (PDTC). TNFα increased the steady state level of urokinase-type plasminogen activator (uPA), and NAC inhibited this increase at a dose that also inhibited the increase in the intracellular oxidation state. PDTC, on the other hand, did not affect the induction of the uPA gene by TNFα. These results suggest that intracellular glutathione level rather than the oxidation state is necessary for the induction of the uPA gene by TNFα.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01923487
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  • 2
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    Expression of glycogen synthase and phosphofructokinase in muscle from Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetic patients before and after intensive insulin treatment (1994)
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    Diabetologia 37 (1994), S. 82-90 
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    ISSN: 1432-0428
    Keywords: Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus ; gene expression ; skeletal muscle ; glycogen synthase ; phosphofructokinase ; hexokinase
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary The aim of the present study was to determine whether short-term appropriate insulinization of Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetic patients in longterm poor glycaemic control (HbA1C〉9.5%) was associated with an adaptive regulation of the activity and gene expression of key proteins in muscle glycogen storage and glycolysis: glycogen synthase and phosphofructokinase, respectively. In nine diabetic patients biopsies of quadriceps muscle were taken before and 24-h after intensified insulin therapy and compared to findings in eight control subjects. Subcutaneous injections of rapid acting insulin were given at 3-h intervals to improve glycaemic control in diabetic patients (fasting plasma glucose decreased from 20.8±0.8 to 8.7±0.8 mmol/l whereas fasting serum insulin increased from 59±8 to 173±3 pmol/l). Before intensified insulin therapy, analysis of muscle biopsies from diabetic patients showed a normal total glycogen synthase ctivity but a 48% decrease (p=0.006) in glycogen synthase fractional velocity (0.1 mmol/l glucose 6-phosphate) (FV0.1) and a 45% increase (p=0.01) in the half-maximal activation constant of glycogen synthase (A0.5). The activity of phosphofructokinase and the specific mRNA and immunoreactive protein levels of both glycogen synthase and phosphofructokinase were similar in the two groups. The 2.8-fold increase in serum insulin levels and the halving of the plasma glucose level for at least 15 h were associated with a normalization of glycogen synthase fractional activity (FV0.1) and of the half-maximal activation constant (A0.5) whereas the enzyme activity of phosphofructokinase and the mRNA and protein levels of both glycogen synthase and phosphofructokinase remained normal. In conclusion: 1) Reduced allosterical activation of glycogen synthase in muscle of Type 1 diabetic patients in poor metabolic control occurs in the presence of normal total activity as well as normal immunoreactive protein mass and mRNA level of glycogen synthase. 2) Changes in serum insulin within the physiological range play no role in the short-term regulation of glycogen synthase mRNA and protein abundance in muscle from Type 1 diabetic patients.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00428782
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  • 3
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    Tissue-specific correction of lipogenic enzyme gene expression in diabetic rats given vanadate (1994)
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    Diabetologia 37 (1994), S. 1065-1072 
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    ISSN: 1432-0428
    Keywords: Key words Vanadium ; lipogenic enzymes ; gene expression ; streptozotocin-diabetic rats.
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    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Vanadium is a potent insulinomimetic agent. In vivo, its blood glucose lowering action in insulin-deficient diabetic rats is associated with corrected expression of genes involved in hepatic glucose metabolism. In this study, we investigated whether vanadate treatment also reverses the impaired expression of genes coding for key enzymes of lipogenesis in diabetic liver and white adipose tissue. Oral administration of vanadate to streptozotocin-rats caused a 55 % fall in plasma glucose levels after feeding without modifying low insulinaemia. It also partially corrected the low thyroid hormone concentrations. In untreated diabetic animals, hepatic mRNA levels of acetyl-CoA carboxylase and fatty acid synthase were reduced by more than 80 and 90 %, respectively, in close correlation with changes in enzyme activities. Three weeks of vanadate treatment totally restored acetyl-CoA carboxylase mRNA and partially restored fatty acid synthase mRNA (71 % of control levels). The activities of both lipogenic enzymes were increased 3.5 to 4-fold, to reach 45 to 65 % of control values. By contrast, in white adipose tissue, vanadate modified neither expression nor activity of both lipogenic enzymes, which remained blunted (〈 10 % of control levels). In conclusion, vanadate treatment partially restores the activities of two key lipogenic enzymes in liver, but not in white adipose tissue, of diabetic rats. This correction results from a reversal of impaired pre-translational regulatory mechanisms possibly mediated by an improvement of thyroid function and a selective restoration of liver glycolytic flux. [Diabetologia (1994) 37: 1065–1072]
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00418369
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  • 4
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    Pancreatic Reg/pancreatic stone protein (PSP) gene expression does not correlate with beta-cell growth and regeneration in rats (1994)
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    Diabetologia 37 (1994), S. 994-999 
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    ISSN: 1432-0428
    Keywords: Pancreas ; growth factors ; gene expression ; beta cells
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    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary The Reg/pancreatic stone protein (PSP) gene is postulated to be an important regulator of pancreatic beta-cell growth. To investigate this hypothesis, we analysed the expression of the Reg/PSP gene following a 90% pancreatectomy and after chronic glucose infusion, two well-defined models of pancreatic beta-cell growth. There was a rapid induction of the Reg/PSP gene in the remnant pancreas after a 90% pancreatectomy in rats during the period of marked growth of the exocrine and islet tissue. However, a similar rapid, but smaller, induction of the Reg/PSP gene was observed in sham-operated rats and in non-surgical control rats in which there was no enhanced pancreatic growth. Furthermore, there was no pancreatic Reg/PSP gene induction in a model of selective beta-cell growth, the chronic glucose-infused rat. Thus, it is unlikely that Reg/PSP is a beta-cell specific growth factor, even though the function of this important pancreatic gene is still unknown.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00400462
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    Pancreatic Reg/pancreatic stone protein (PSP) gene expression does not correlate with beta-cell growth and regeneration in rats (1994)
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    Diabetologia 37 (1994), S. 994-999 
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    ISSN: 1432-0428
    Keywords: Key words Pancreas ; growth factors ; gene expression ; beta cells.
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary The Reg/pancreatic stone protein (PSP) gene is postulated to be an important regulator of pancreatic beta-cell growth. To investigate this hypothesis, we analysed the expression of the Reg/PSP gene following a 90 % pancreatectomy and after chronic glucose infusion, two well-defined models of pancreatic beta-cell growth. There was a rapid induction of the Reg/PSP gene in the remnant pancreas after a 90 % pancreatectomy in rats during the period of marked growth of the exocrine and islet tissue. However, a similar rapid, but smaller, induction of the Reg/PSP gene was observed in sham-operated rats and in non-surgical control rats in which there was no enhanced pancreatic growth. Furthermore, there was no pancreatic Reg/PSP gene induction in a model of selective beta-cell growth, the chronic glucose-infused rat. Thus, it is unlikely that Reg/PSP is a beta-cell specific growth factor, even though the function of this important pancreatic gene is still unknown. [Diabetologia (1994) 37: 994–999]
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  • 6
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    Tissue-specific correction of lipogenic enzyme gene expression in diabetic rats given vanadate (1994)
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    Diabetologia 37 (1994), S. 1065-1072 
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    ISSN: 1432-0428
    Keywords: Vanadium ; lipogenic enzymes ; gene expression ; streptozotocin-diabetic rats
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Vanadium is a potent insulinomimetic agent. In vivo, its blood glucose lowering action in insulin-deficient diabetic rats is associated with corrected expression of genes involved in hepatic glucose metabolism. In this study, we investigated whether vanadate treatment also reverses the impaired expression of genes coding for key enzymes of lipogenesis in diabetic liver and white adipose tissue. Oral administration of vanadate to streptozotocin-rats caused a 55% fall in plasma glucose levels after feeding without modifying low insulinaemia. It also partially corrected the low thyroid hormone concentrations. In untreated diabetic animals, hepatic mRNA levels of acetyl-CoA carboxylase and fatty acid synthase were reduced by more than 80 and 90%, respectively, in close correlation with changes in enzyme activities. Three weeks of vanadate treatment totally restored acetyl-CoA carboxylase mRNA and partially restored fatty acid synthase mRNA (71% of control levels). The activities of both lipogenic enzymes were increased 3.5 to 4-fold, to reach 45 to 65% of control values. By contrast, in white adipose tissue, vanadate modified neither expression nor activity of both lipogenic enzymes, which remained blunted (〈10% of control levels). In conclusion, vanadate treatment partially restores the activities of two key lipogenic enzymes in liver, but not in white adipose tissue, of diabetic rats. This correction results from a reversal of impaired pre-translational regulatory mechanisms possibly mediated by an improvement of thyroid function and a selective restoration of liver glycolytic flux.
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  • 7
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    Expression of calcium-binding protein regucalcin mRNA in rat liver is stimulated by calcitonin: The hormonal effect is mediated through calcium (1994)
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    Molecular and cellular biochemistry 136 (1994), S. 43-48 
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    ISSN: 1573-4919
    Keywords: regucalcin ; calcium-binding protein ; gene expression ; rat liver
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    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Abstract The involvement of a hypocalcemic hormone calcitonin (CT) in the expression of hepatic Ca2+-binding protein regucalcin mRNA was investigated. The change of regucalcin mRNA levels was analyzed by Northern blotting using liver regucalcin complementary DNA (0.9 kb). A single oral administration of calcium chloride (100 mg Ca/100 g body weight) to rats induced a remarkable increase in the serum calcium concentration and a corresponding elevation of the liver calcium content during 120 min after the administration. Thyroparathyroidectomy (TPTX) did not cause a significant increase in the liver calcium content after calcium administration. Hepatic regucalcin mRNA level was markedly elevated by calcium administration; the level was about 180% of controls at 60 min after the administration. This increase was completely abolished by TPTX. A single subcutaneous administration of CT (synthetic eel CT; 25–100 MRC mU/100 g) to TPTX rats received oral administration of calcium (100 mg/100 g) produced a remarkable increase in hepatic regucalcin mRNA levels; the level was about 280% of controls with the dose of 25 MRC mU CT/100 g. The present finding suggests that the expression of hepatic mRNA is stimulated by CT, and that the hormonal effect is mediated through Ca2+ in rat liver.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00931603
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  • 8
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    Expression of hepatic calcium-binding protein regucalcin mRNA is decreased by phenobarbital administration in rats (1994)
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    Molecular and cellular biochemistry 141 (1994), S. 15-19 
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    ISSN: 1573-4919
    Keywords: regucalcin ; calcium-binding protein ; gene expression ; phenobarbital ; rat liver
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    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Abstract The effect of phenobarbital on the expression of calcium-binding protein regucalcin mRNA in rat liver was investigated. The change of regucalcin mRNA levels was analyzed by Northern blotting using liver regucalcin cDNA (0.9 kb of open reading frame). Phenobarbital (4, 8 and 12 mg/ 100 g body weight) was intraperitoneally administered to rats 3 times with 24 h intervals, and the animals were sacrificed by bleeding at 24 h after the last administration. The hepatic regucalcin mRNA levels were markedly reduced by phenobarbital administration. This decrease was about 50% of control level with the 12 mg/100 g dose. Moreover, the hepatic regucalcin concentration was significantly decreased by the administration of phenobarbital (12 mg/100 g), although the serum regucalcin concentration was not altered appreciably. Meanwhile, serum transaminases (GOT and GPT) activities were not increased by the administration of phenobarbital (4 and 12 mg/100 g). The present study demonstrates that the expression of hepatic regucalcin mRNA is decreased by phenobarbital administration in rats, suggesting that regucalcin does not have a role in drug metabolism related to phenobarbital.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00935586
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  • 9
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    Regulation of mRNA transcripts and DNA synthesis in the rat heart following intravenous injection of transforming growth factor beta1 (1994)
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    Molecular and cellular biochemistry 141 (1994), S. 145-151 
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    ISSN: 1573-4919
    Keywords: pressure overload ; myocardium ; gene expression ; fibroblast ; extracellular matrix ; ventricular hypertrophy ; growth factor
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    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Transforming Growth Factor-beta1 (TGF-β1) is expressed in the heart by muscle and non-muscle cardiac cells.In vitro, cardiac myocytes and non-muscle cells including cardiac fibroblasts and endothelial cells respond to regulatory effects of TGF-β1. Expression of TGF-β1 in the heart is subject to regulation by hemodynamic stimuli. Increased expression of mRNA transcripts for TGF-β1 has been reported in several models of cardiac hypertrophy. The objective of this study was to determine the effect of TGF-β1 in the myocardium. TGF-β1 was injected intravenously. Expression of mRNA transcripts for functional and structural proteins was determined by Northern hybridization analysis. DNA synthesis was determined by measurement of3H-thymidine incorporation into ventricular DNA. The results showed differential regulation of mRNAs for myocyte- and non-myocyte-specific proteins in the heart of TGF-β1 treated rats. Moderate but statistically significant decrease in DNA synthesis was observed in the heart of TGF-β1 treated rats (37.5%, P〈0.025). Together, these data point to a physiological role for TGF-β1 in the heart. They further suggest that similar to its diversein vitro cell-specific regulatory effects, TGF-β1 may have multicellular targets in the heart. Effect of TGF-β1 alone or combined with those of other cytokines/hormones that come into play, as the result of its administration, may be responsible for altered gene expression and DNA synthesis in the myocardium. We propose that in experimental models of myocardial hypertrophy which are associated with increased expression of TGF-β1 in the heart, the contribution of regulatory effects of this growth factor to the manifestations of ventricular hypertrophy could be significant.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00926178
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  • 10
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    Calcium and calcium-binding proteins in the nucleus (1994)
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    Molecular and cellular biochemistry 135 (1994), S. 79-88 
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    ISSN: 1573-4919
    Keywords: calcium ; nucleus ; calpain ; calmodulin ; cell division ; gene expression
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    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Calcium has long been known to play a role as a key cytoplasmic second messenger, but until relatively recently its possible involvement in nuclear signal transduction and the regulation of nuclear events has not been extensively studied. Evidence revealing the presence of transmembrane nuclear Ca2+ gradients and a variety of intranuclear Ca2+ binding proteins has fueled renewed interest in this key ion and its involvement in cell-cycle timing and division, gene expression, and protein activation. This review will offer an overview of the current state of knowledge and theory regarding calcium orchestration of nuclear functions and events and discuss possible future directions in this field of study.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00925963
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    Transcriptional regulation and autoregulation of the human gene for ADP-ribosyltransferase (1994)
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    Molecular and cellular biochemistry 138 (1994), S. 99-104 
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    ISSN: 1573-4919
    Keywords: poly(ADP-ribosyl) transferase (human) ; autoregulation ; gene expression ; promoter structure ; cruciform structure
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    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Human nuclear poly(ADP-ribosyl)transferase (ADPRT) modifies proteins with branched ADP-ribose-polymers. Various proteins, including ADPRT itself, serve as acceptors for polyADP-ribose. Target proteins include those controlling basic cellular processes such as DNA repair, differentiation and proliferation. Because of the outstanding features of this enzyme: automodification, several functional domains and central role in physiology of the cell, the molecular biology of ADPRT gained wide interest. The promoter structure contains several CCAAT/TATA boxes and SP1 sites. However, there is no CCAAT/TATA box in the neighbourhood of an SP1 site and, thus no obvious site for initiation of transcription. Within this region there are several noteworthy inverted repeats, which by internal basepairing could form two types of cruciform structures. Deletion analysis revealed that these cruciform structures have functional significance. Removal of one type increases the promoter activity, whereas removal of the other diminishes the promoter function. Overexpression of ADPRT from heterologous promoters (MMTV, SV40) leads to repression of the activity of the ADPRT promoter. Indeed, ADPRT was shown to bind specifically to one type of cruciform structure. This specific interaction indicates autorepression of the ADPRT gene: the enzyme ADPRT acts directly as a negative modulator of the activity of its own promoter.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00928449
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  • 12
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    Expression of the mitochondrial creatine kinase genes (1994)
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    Molecular and cellular biochemistry 133-134 (1994), S. 235-243 
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    ISSN: 1573-4919
    Keywords: creatine kinase ; mitochondria ; metabolism ; creatine phosphate shuttle ; gene expression ; muscle
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    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Mitochondrial Creatine Kinase (MtCK) is responsible for the transfer of high energy phosphate from mitochondria to the cytosolic carrier, creatine, and exists in mammals as two isoenzymes encoded by separate genes. In rats and humans, sarcomere-specific MtCK (sMtCK) is expressed only in skeletal and heart muscle, and has 87% nucleotide identity across the 1257 bp coding region. The ubiquitous isoenzyme of MtCK (uMtCK) is expressed in many tissues with highest levels in brain, gut, and kidney, and has 92% nucleotide identity between the 1254 bp coding regions of rat and human. Both genes are highly regulated developmentally in a tissue-specific manner. There is virtually no expression of sMtCK mRNA prior to birth. Unlike cytosolic muscle CK (MCK) and brain CK (BCK), there is no developmental isoenzyme switch between the MtCKs. Cell culture models representing the tissue-specific expression of either sMtCK or uMtCK are available, but there are no adequate developmental models to examine their regulation. Several animal models are available to examine the coordinate regulation of the CK gene family and include 1) Cardiac Stress by coarctation (sMtCK, BCK, and MCK), 2) Uterus and placenta during pregnancy (uMtCK and BCK), and 3) Diabetes and mitochondrial myopathy (sMtCK, BCK, and MCK). We report the details of these findings, and discuss the coordinate regulation of the genes necessary for high-energy transduction.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF01267957
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    Nuclear Ca2+: physiological regulation and role in apoptosis (1994)
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    Molecular and cellular biochemistry 135 (1994), S. 89-98 
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    ISSN: 1573-4919
    Keywords: calcium ; cell death ; nuclei ; apoptosis ; gene expression
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    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Medicine
    Notes: Abstract The last decade has seen the rapid development of research investigating the molecular mechanisms whereby hormones, peptide growth factors and cytokines regulate cell metabolism, differentiation and proliferation. One general signalling mechanism used to transfer the information delivered by agonists into appropriate intracellular compartments involves the rapid Ca2+ redistribution throughout the cell, which results in transient elevations of the cytosolic free Ca2+ concentration. Ca2+ signals are required for a number of cellular processes including the activation of nuclear processes such as gene transcription and cell cycle events. The latter require that appropriate Ca2+ signals elicited in response to agonists be transduced across the nuclear envelope. It has generally been assumed that small molecules, metabolites and ions could freely diffuse across the nuclear envelope. Nevertheless several findings during the past few years have suggested that nuclear pore permeability can be regulated and that ion transport systems and ion-selective channels may exist on the nuclear membranes and regulate intranuclear processes. Intranuclear Ca2+ fluctuations can affect chromatin organization, induce gene expression and also activate cleavage of nuclear DNA by nucleases during programmed cell death or apoptosis. The possible mechanisms involved in nuclear Ca2+ transport and the control of nuclear Ca2+-dependent enzymes in apoptosis is discussed below.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00925964
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    Modelling the constancy of X (1994)
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    Astrophysics and space science 216 (1994), S. 153-154 
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    ISSN: 1572-946X
    Keywords: Chemistry ; Molecular Hydrogen ; Cloud Models
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    Topics: Physics
    Notes: Abstract Observations of the CO J=1-0 line are commonly used as a tracer for molecular material in clouds. The ratio of the H2 column density to the integrated intensity of this line,X, is often taken to be constant, despite theoretical and observational uncertainty. We have tried to identify how this ratio depends on cloud parameters, testing a simple theoretical argument suggesting its invariance with respect to density. The apparent constancy can be understood if clouds are clumpy on scales of Av ≈ 1-2 mag.
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    A retinoic acid-inducible skin-specific gene (RIS-1/psoriasin): molecular cloning and analysis of gene expression in human skinin vivo and cultured skin cellsin vitro (1994)
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    Molecular biology reports 20 (1994), S. 75-83 
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    ISSN: 1573-4978
    Keywords: retinoic acid ; skin ; differential hybridization ; cloning ; keratinocytes ; gene expression
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    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract A retinoic acid (RA) inducible skin-specific gene transcript (RIS-1) was isolated by differential hybridization screening of a RA-treated human skin cDNA library. The library was constructed from pooled RNA derived from normal adult human skin treated with alltrans-RA for 4 h (n=6) and 12 h (n=6)in vivo. RIS-1 cDNA corresponded to a 0.6 kb transcript that was barely detectable in normal adult human skin but was significantly induced by 8 h in RA-treated compared to vehicle-treated skin (range 1.1–3.6 fold). Prolonged RA treatment for up to 24 h further increased relative RIS-1 mRNA levels by 1.3–5.5 fold. HPLC analysis of the RA content of 0.1% RA-treated skinin vivo revealed significant levels at 6 h (18.8–120.6 ng RA/g wet weight tissue; approximately 240 nM), immediately preceding the time point at which the increased RIS-1 mRNA level was first seen. This concentration of RA also induced the mRNA levels for cellular RA binding protein II (1.6–19 fold), a marker of RA activity in human skin. RIS-1 mRNA was detected by Northern and dot blotting only in normal skin but not in any other normal human tissues examined, indicating a tissue-specific pattern of gene expression. RIS-1 transcripts were detected at very low levels in untreated cultured human epidermal keratinocytes, while no expression was seen in dermal fibroblasts and melanocytes, the other major cell types in skin. Southern analysis of human and mouse DNA indicated the existence of evolutionarily conserved sequences for RIS-1 between these two species. The polypeptide sequence derived from the partial RIS-1 cDNA was found to be identical to the calcium binding domain found in ‘psoriasin’, a gene whose expression appears to be increased in the skin of psoriasis patients.
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    Expression of nitrate assimilation related genes in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii (1994)
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    Plant molecular biology 24 (1994), S. 185-194 
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    ISSN: 1573-5028
    Keywords: gene expression ; light/nitrate regulation ; nitrate reductase ; nitrate transport
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    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract The mRNA accumulation pattern of the Chlamydomonas reinhardtii nitrate assimilation-related gene cluster has been elucidated. In ammonium-grown wild-type cells, nit-1 (nitrate reductase, NR), nar-1, nar-2 and nar-3 (nitrate transporter) genes showed very similar kinetics of expression when transferred to nitrate medium. Transcripts of all these genes accumulated transiently in ammonium-grown wild-type cells after a one-hour incubation in nitrogen-free medium, and practically disappeared at about 2 hours. Mutant strains lacking functional nitrate reductase showed similar accumulation kinetics of these transcripts during both nitrate induction and derepression in nitrogen-free media. In contrast to the other nar transcripts, that nar-4, a gene sharing similar sequences with nar-3, accumulated in small amounts in wild-type cells, and only increased after a long nitrate induction period. Nitrate and light showed a strong positive effect on the accumulation of nit-1 gene transcripts. Acetate as a carbon source allowed accumulation of nit-1 mRNA in the dark, indicating the existence of interactions between light and carbon metabolism in nit-1 gene expression. Our data strongly suggest that NR negatively autoregulates its own expression and that of nar genes.
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    Expression of one of the members of the Arabidopsis chaperonin 60β gene family is developmentally regulated and wound-repressible (1994)
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    Plant molecular biology 24 (1994), S. 195-202 
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    ISSN: 1573-5028
    Keywords: plant transformation ; chaperonin 60β ; β-glucuronidase ; wound repression ; gene expression
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    Topics: Biology
    Notes: Abstract To study the pattern of gene regulation of the plastid chaperonin 60β gene family a chimaeric gene was constructed fusing the 5′-flanking region of the chaperonin 60β B3 gene to the β-glucuronidase reporter gene. Histochemical and fluorometric analysis of the GUS activity present in transgenic plants harbouring this gene construct showed that the B3 promoter is expressed in leaves, stem, petioles and several flower tissues. The pattern of cell type-specific expression in stems and flowers was found to be developmentally regulated. Expression of the B3 promoter was found not to be heat-inducible, but highly repressed by wounding. The rapid decay in GUS activity upon wounding indicates that, at least under some physiological conditions, the gene product of this reporter gene is not as stable as has been previously thought.
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    Low-temperature-responsive barley genes have different control mechanisms (1994)
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    Plant molecular biology 24 (1994), S. 879-888 
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    ISSN: 1573-5028
    Keywords: barley ; cold acclimation ; gene expression ; low temperature genes ; nuclear run-on transcription
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    Notes: Abstract Several low-temperature-responsive (LTR) genes from barley have been shown to have high steady-state transcript levels. Run-on transcription was used to determine the control of expression of these LTR genes. Six of these are shown to be transcriptionally regulated (blt 4/9, blt 101, blt 1015, blt 63, blt 49, blt 410) whilst three are post-transcriptionally regulated (blt 14, blt 411, blt 801). Two transcriptionally regulated genes (blt 4/9 and blt 101) and one post-transcriptionally regulated gene (blt 14) have been used in expression studies. The time course for the appearance and decay of these transcripts is given. Initial appearance and steady-state levels of individual transcripts have different temperature characteristics but no single gene correlates with the cold acclimation response. We suggest that these different response profiles may represent a means of fine-tuning the low-temperature response. One gene, blt 4/9, also accumulated high steady-state levels of transcript in response to drought and a nutrient stress. However, only drought has an acclimating effect on barley plants.
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    The 24kDa outer envelope membrane protein from spinach chloroplasts: molecular cloning, in vivo expression and import pathway of a protein with unusual properties (1994)
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    Plant molecular biology 25 (1994), S. 167-177 
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    Keywords: Spinacia oleracea ; chemical cleavage ; gene expression ; polymerase chain reaction ; protein transport ; SDS-PAGE
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    Notes: Abstract The 24 kDa outer envelope membrane protein of spinach chloroplasts (omp24) represents a major constituent of this membrane. Sequences of tryptic and endoprotease Glu-C peptides derived from omp24 allowed the design of oligonucleotides which were used to generate a DNA fragment by polymerase chain reaction using spinach cDNA as template. This fragment served as a probe to screen a cDNA library for a full-length clone of the omp24 coding sequence. The protein predicted from the complete sequence only has 148 amino acids and a molecular mass of 16294 Da. It is an acidic protein (calculated isoelectric point 4.8) with a high content of proline residues. Expression of the coding sequence in Escherichia coli and characterization of the purified recombinant protein produced revealed that the overestimation of its molecular mass by SDS-PAGE (ca. 25 kDa) is due to its abnormal amino acid composition. Despite its rather low hydrophobicity (polarity index 49%), omp24 appears to be deeply embedded in the outer membrane. Insertion of omp24 into the membrane proceeds almost independently of surface receptors or targeting sequence but, in contrast to other known outer envelope membrane proteins, is stimulated by ATP.
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    Gene expression of nitrite reductase in Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) as affected by light and nitrate (1994)
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    Plant molecular biology 25 (1994), S. 449-457 
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    Keywords: gene expression ; light ; nitrate ; nitrite reductase ; Pimus sylvestris L.
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    Notes: Abstract A partial cDNA clone (PSnir) encoding the C-terminal region of nitrite reductase was isolated from a λgt 11 library of the gymnospermPimus sylvestris (L.). Nucleotide sequence analysis showed that PSnir contains a reading frame encoding 105 amino acid residues. The amino acid sequence revealed a homology to NiR of 63–68% to dicotyledoneous and of 57–59% to monocotyledoneous species. The protein region implicated to be involved in binding of the prosthetic group is highly conserved between the NiR of the gymnosperm and of angiosperms. In all organs (cotyledonary whorls, hypocotyls, roots) the pattern of NiR gene expression in response to nitrate and light is the same at the level of transcript accumulation and at the enzyme level. This suggests that regulation of NiR gene expression in the Scots pine seedling is predominantly at the level of transcript accumulation. The highest NiR appearance was observed in roots and hypocotyls. In the cotyledonary whorls only small amounts of NiR were found. In roots and hypocotyls the accumulation of NiR mRNA and the appearance of NiR protein is mainly controlled by nitrate, whereas the regulation of NiR gene expression in the whorls is strongly affected by light and the inducive effect of nitrate is only weak.
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    Isolation and characterization of two tightly linked catalase genes from castor bean that are differentially regulated (1994)
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    Plant molecular biology 25 (1994), S. 507-516 
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    Keywords: castor bean (Ricinus communis) ; catalase gene ; gene expression ; germination
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    Notes: Abstract Two catalase genes,cat1 andcat2, have been isolated from the castor bean genome. They were located in the same direction on a chromosome at a distance of 2.4 kb,cat1 being on the downstream side ofcat2. The two genes contained introns at the same positions except that one of the 7 introns incat1 is missing incat2 and the corresponding introns differed in size and sequence between the two genes. The translated regions of the two genes had the same number of nucleotides and exhibited 81.3% nucleotide sequence identity. In addition to introns, the nucleotide sequences of the 5′-and 3′-flanking regions are highly divergent between the two genes. In etiolated seedlings,cat1 mRNA was present abundantly in endosperms and cotyledons and only in a small amount in roots. Thecat1 mRNA could not be detected in hypocotyls. By contrast,cat2 mRNA is most abundant in hypocotyls and roots, while endosperms and cotyledons contained only low levels ofcat2 mRNA. Although neithercat1 norcat2 mRNA could be detected in dry seeds, both mRNAs showed temporal accumulation in the endosperm in response to germination. These results suggest that expression of two tightly linked catalase genes of castor bean,cat1 andcat2, are differentially regulated during development.
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    Characterization of four new β-tubulin genes and their expression during male flower development in maize (Zea mays L.) (1994)
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    Plant molecular biology 24 (1994), S. 295-315 
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    Keywords: β-tubulin ; microtubules ; maize ; gene expression
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    Notes: Abstract Four different β-tubulin coding sequences were isolated from a cDNA library prepared from RNA from maize seedling shoots. The four genes (designated tub4, tub6, tub7 and tub8) represented by these cDNA clones together with the tub1 and tub2 genes reported previously encode six β-tubulin isotypes with 90–97.5% amino acid sequence identity. Results from phylogenetic analysis of 17 β-tubulin genes from monocot and dicot plant species indicated that multiple extant lines of β-tubulin genes diverged from a single precursor after the appearance of the two major subfamilies of α-tubulin genes described previously. Hybridization probes from the 3′ non-coding regions of six β-tubulin clones were used to quantify the levels of corresponding tubulin transcripts in different maize tissues including developing anthers and pollen. The results from these dot blot hybridization experiments showed that all of the β-tubulin genes were expressed in most tissues examined, although each gene showed a unique pattern of differential transcript accumulation. The tub1 gene showed a high level of transcript accumulation in meristematic tissues and almost no accumulation in the late stages of anther development and in pollen. In contrast, the level of tub4 transcripts was very low during early stages of male flower development but increased markedly (more than 100 times) during the development of anthers and in pollen. Results from RNAse protection assays showed that this increased hybridization signal resulted from expression of transcripts from one or two genes closely related to tub4. The tub4-related transcripts were not present in shoot tissue. Transcripts from the tub2 gene accumulated to very low levels in all tissues examined, but reached the highest levels in young anthers containing microspore mother cells. RNAse protection assays were used to measure the absolute levels of α- and β-tubulin transcripts in seedling shoot and in pollen. The α-tubulin gene subfamily I genes (tua1, tua2, tua4) contributed the great majority of α-tubulin transcripts in both shoot and pollen. Transcripts from the β-tubulin genes tub4, tub6, tub7, and tub8 were predominant in shoot, but were much less significant than the tub4-related transcripts in pollen.
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    Structural and functional analysis of an Opaque-2-related gene from sorghum (1994)
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    Plant molecular biology 24 (1994), S. 515-523 
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    Keywords: gene expression ; b-ZIP motif ; seed storage proteins ; trans-acting factors ; transcription factors ; transcriptional regulation
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    Notes: Abstract The Opaque-2 (O2) gene from maize encodes a transcriptional activator of the b-ZIP class. We have isolated and characterized a gene from sorghum, related in sequence to the O2 gene from maize. A single copy of the gene is present in sorghum. Both genomic and cDNA sequences of the O2-related sorghum gene were determined. The sequence is highly homologous to maize O2 both in the promoter and in the coding region. The most closely related sequences contain the b-ZIP domain with only 11 amino acid substitutions in a total of 122 residues. In transient expression assays, the sorghum O2-related coding sequence, expressed from a CaMV 35S promoter, activates expression from the maize b-32 promoter as effectively as that obtained with the maize O2 sequence.
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    Cloning of two gibberellin-regulated cDNAs from Arabidopsis thaliana by subtractive hybridization: expression of the tonoplast water channel, γ-TIP, is increased by GA3 (1994)
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    Plant molecular biology 24 (1994), S. 603-615 
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    Keywords: Arabidopsis thaliana ; dwarf mutant ; gene expression ; gibberellin ; subtractive hybridization ; tonoplast intrinsic protein
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    Notes: Abstract The Arabidopsis ga1 mutant has very low levels of endogenous, active gibberellins and thus has an extreme dwarf phenotype; application of GA3 induces stem elongation and flower development. To test the hypothesis that GA action in this system involves changes in gene expression, we have cloned mRNAs whose abundance changes following GA application. A subtraction cloning scheme for the isolation of differentially regulated cDNAs was established, involving hybridization of single-stranded cDNA to biotinylated mRNA. cDNA populations enriched up to 150-fold in GA-regulated sequences were produced and cDNA libraries generated. Screening of these libraries has isolated two clones that identify mRNAs of ca. 1100 and 750 bases whose abundance is markedly increased 24 h after GA application. One of these clones encodes the vegetative form of the Arabidopsis tonoplast intrinsic protein (γ-TIP), a water channel protein, the expression of which has recently been shown to be correlated with regions of cell expansion. The second clone is expressed only in the inflorescence and encodes a proline- and glycine-rich protein that may be a cell wall component.
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    A phenylalanine ammonia-lyase gene from melon fruit: cDNA cloning, sequence and expression in response to development and wounding (1994)
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    Plant molecular biology 26 (1994), S. 473-479 
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    Keywords: Cucumis melo ; melon ; phenylalanine ammonia-lyase ; gene expression ; ripening ; wounding
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    Notes: Abstract Phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) is the first enzyme of phenylpropanoid biosynthesis involved in the synthesis of a multiplicity of plant natural products. We have isolated and characterized a nearly fulllength cDNA clone (pmPAL-1) corresponding to a melon fruit (Cucumis melo L. var. reticulatus) gene coding for a protein which is highly similar to PAL from other lants. Melon fruit PAL is transcriptionally induced both in response to fruit ripening and wounding. PAL gene expression follows the kinetics of expression of the ethylene biosynthetic genes during fruit development. In contrast, ethylene biosynthetic genes show different induction kinetics compared to PAL expression in response to wounding. Similar results have been found for two other genes coding for enzymes involved in flavonoid biosynthesis (chalcone synthase, CHS; chalcone isomerase, CHI). Our results imply that regulation of defense gene expression in melon is a co-ordinated process in response to both ethylene and an ethylene-independent wound signal.
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    Regulation of an Arabidopsis oleosin gene promoter in transgenic Brassica napus (1994)
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    Plant molecular biology 25 (1994), S. 193-205 
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    Keywords: Arabidopsis ; embryo ; gene expression ; oleosin ; promoter
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    Notes: Abstract Progressive deletions of the 5′-flanking sequences of an Arabidopsis oleosin gene were fused to β-glucuronidase (GUS) and introduced into Brassica napus plants using Agrobacterium-mediated transformation. The effect of these deletions on the quantitative level of gene expression, organ specificity and developmental regulation was assessed. In addition, the influence of abscisic acid (ABA), jasmonic acid (JA), sorbitol and a combined ABA/sorbitol treatment on gene expression was investigated. Sequences that positively regulate quantitative levels of gene expression are present between −1100 to −600 and −400 to −200 of the promoter. In addition, sequences present between −600 and −400 down-regulate quantitative levels of expression. In transgenic B. napus plants, the oleosin promoter directs seed-specific expression of GUS which is present at early stages of seed development and increases throughout seed maturation. Sequences present between −2500 and −1100 of the promoter are involved in modulating the levels of expression at early stages of embryo development. Histochemical staining of embryos demonstrated that expression is uniform throughout the tissues of the embryo. Sequences involved in the response to ABA and sorbitol are present between −400 and −200. The induction of GUS activity by a combined ABA/sorbitol treatment is additive suggesting that ABA is not the sole mediator of osmotically induced oleosin gene expression. A response to JA was only observed when the oleosin promoter was truncated to −600 suggesting that the reported effect of JA on oleosin gene expression may be at a post-transcriptional level.
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    Characterization of a cDNA from Arabidopsis thaliana encoding a potential thiol protease whose expression is induced independently by wilting and abscisic acid (1994)
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    Plant molecular biology 25 (1994), S. 259-270 
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    Keywords: abscisic acid ; Arabidopsis thaliana ; gene expression ; mutants ; signal transduction ; stress ; thiol protease ; wilting
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    Notes: Abstract The sequence and expression characteristics are described of a wilt-inducible gene in Arabidopsis thaliana. A 1494 encodes a potential thiol protease whose mRNA accumulates rapidly in shoot tissue upon the loss of turgor. A1494 mRNA levels peaked after ca. 4 h and declined thereafter. Dehydration also induced rapid biosynthesis of the phytohormone abscisic acid (ABA), which continued for at least 9 h. Exogenous ABA induced the accumulation of A1494 mRNA, with kinetics similar to those after wilting. Rehydration of wilted shoots led to a rapid decline in the content of both ABA and A1494 mRNA. Wilting and ABA independently induced A1494 expression as evidenced by the effects of ABA and wilting on the ABA-deficient aba-1 and ABA-insensitive abi-1 and abi-3 genotypes. A1494 mRNA was not detectable in aba-1 shoots but accumulated rapidly after either wilting or ABA treatment, whereas the shoot ABA content was increased only by ABA treatment. ABA had no effect on A1494 mRNA levels in the abi-1 and abi-3 mutants but wilting did result in enhanced A1494 expression. Heat shock had only a minor effect on A1494 mRNA levels, whereas exposure to low temperature resulted in substantial accumulation of A1494 mRNA in wild-type shoots. However, this latter response, unlike that to drought, was mediated exclusively via ABA synthesis as demonstrated by the lack of A1494 mRNA accumulation in cold-treated aba-1 shoots.
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    Tissue-specific expression of the large ATP synthase gene cluster in spinach plastids (1994)
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    Plant molecular biology 25 (1994), S. 369-376 
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    Keywords: ATP synthase ; chloroplast ; gene expression ; plastid ; RNA stability ; transcription
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    Notes: Abstract Plastids present in different tissues may vary morphologically and functionally, despite the fact that all plastids within the same plant contain identical genomes. This is achieved by regulation of expression of the plastid genome by tissue-specific factors, the mechanisms of which are not fully understood. The proton translocating ATP synthase/ATPase is a multisubunit complex composed of nine subunits, six encoded in the plastid and three in the nucleus. We have investigated the tissue-specific expression of the large ATP synthase gene cluster in spinach (Spinacia oleracea). This gene cluster encodes four of the six plastid-encoded ATP synthase genes. Transcript abundance, transcriptional activity, and transcript stability were investigated relative to gene dosage in root plastids and in stem, leaf, and flower chloroplasts. All three of these factors display significant tissue-specific variation. It was intriguing to discover that, although transcript abundance normalized to gene dosage varies in each tissue, transcript abundance as a proportion of the entire plastid RNA population in each tissue is not significantly different. Thus it appears that in these tissues the variation in transcription and stability of transcripts derived from the large ATP synthase gene cluster balances to yield an equivalent proportion of these transcripts in the plastid RNA population. Expression of this gene cluster in photosynthetic as well as non-photosynthetic tissues may facilitate the plasticity of structure and function which is characteristic of plastids.
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    The Chlorella virus adenine methyltransferase gene promoter is a strong promoter in plants (1994)
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    Plant molecular biology 26 (1994), S. 85-93 
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    Keywords: gene expression ; monocot cells ; promoter strength ; transient expression
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    Notes: Abstract An upstream region isolated from a eukaryotic algal virus adenine methyltransferase gene was tested for promoter function in plants. Fusion of this region to the chloramphenicol acetyltransferase reporter gene resulted in significantly higher expression than fusion with the cauliflower mosaic virus 35S promoter. Strong levels of expression were also found in electroporated monocot plant cells. The promoter activity in transgenic tobacco plants showed tissue-specific expression. Leaves had the highest expression followed by stems and flowers. The promoter activity was not detected in root tissue. Environmental cues, such as light, and the phytohormones auxin and cytokinines had no effect on the promoter's expression. This promoter might be utilized to achieve high levels of expression of introduced genes in higher plants.
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    Meristem-specific gene expression directed by the promoter of the S-phase-specific gene, cyc07, in transgenic Arabidopsis (1994)
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    Plant molecular biology 24 (1994), S. 863-878 
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    Keywords: cell cycle ; gene expression ; meristem ; promoter analysis ; transgenic Arabidopsis
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    Notes: Abstract A genomic clone for the cyc07 gene, which is expressed specifically at the S phase during the cell cycle in synchronous cultures of periwinkle (Catharanthus roseus) cells, was isolated. Determination of the nucleotide sequence of the clone revealed that the cyc07 gene consists of seven exons separated by six introns. Genomic Southern analysis indicated that the cyc07 gene is present as a single copy per haploid genome in periwinkle. Expression of related genes was detected in a wide range of other plants. Transgenic Arabidopsis plants were generated that expressed the gene for β-glucuronidase (GUS) under the control of the promoter of the cyc07 gene. The tissue-specific pattern of expression directed by the promoter was investigated by analysis of GUS activity. Histochemical tests demonstrated that 589 bp of the 5′-upstream sequence of the cyc07 gene could direct specifical expression of the GUS reporter gene in meristematic tissues in transgenic plants. The spatial pattern of expression directed by the promoter was closely correlated with meristematic activity and cell proliferation, suggesting an association between the function of the cyc07 gene and cell proliferation.
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    Over-production of the D1 protein of photosystem II reaction centre in the cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7942 (1994)
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    Plant molecular biology 26 (1994), S. 709-721 
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    Keywords: gene expression ; photosynthesis ; protein turnover ; psbA ; tac promoter
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    Notes: Abstract The unicellular cyanobacterium Synechococcus sp. PCC 7942 has three psbA genes encoding two different forms of the photosystem II reaction centre protein D1 (D1:1 and D1:2). The level of expression of these psbA genes and the synthesis of D1:1 and D1:2 are strongly regulated under varying light conditions. In order to better understand the regulatory mechanisms underlying these processes, we have constructed a strain of Synechococcus sp. PCC 7942 capable of over-producing psbA mRNA and D1 protein. In this study, we describe the over-expression of D1:1 using a tac-hybrid promoter in front of the psbAI gene in combination with lacI Q repressor system. Over-production of D1:1 was induced by growing cells for 12 h at 50 μmol photons m-2 s-1 in the presence of 40 or 80 μg/ml IPTG. The amount of psbAI mRNA and that of D1:1 protein in cells grown with IPTG was three times and two times higher, respectively. A higher concentration of IPTG (i.e., 150 μg/ml) did not further increase the production of the psbAI message or D1:1. The over-production of D1:1 caused a decrease in the level of D1:2 synthesised, resulting in most PSII reaction centres containing D1:1. However, the over-production of D1:1 had no effect on the pigment composition (chlorophyll a or phycocyanin/number of cells) or the light-saturated rate of photosynthesis. This and the fact that the total amounts of D1 and D2 proteins were not affected by IPTG suggest that the number of PSII centres within the membranes remained unchanged. From these results, we conclude that expression of psbAI can be regulated by using the tac promoter and lacI Q system. However, the accumulation of D1:1 protein into the membrane is regulated by the number of PSII centres.
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    Environmental stress-mediated differential 3′ end formation of chloroplast RNA-binding protein transcripts (1994)
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    Plant molecular biology 26 (1994), S. 833-849 
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    Keywords: gene expression ; RNA stability regulation ; chloroplast RNA-binding protein (cRBP) ; environmental stress ; Mesembryanthemum crystallinum
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    Notes: Abstract We report the characterization of transcripts from the halophyte, Mesembryanthemum crystallinum, encoding a protein with high homology to chloroplast RNA-binding proteins (cRBP). In this plant chloroplast-related functions are largely protected against salt stress. cRBP transcripts are derived from a single gene, Mc32crbp, although three size classes of polyadenylated mRNAs are detected. Transcription rate and steady state amounts of mRNA are developmentally regulated and light controlled with strong transcriptional activity as functional chloroplasts are established, and with lower maintenance activity thereafter. Upon salt stress, the rate of transcription decreases, although transcript levels increase. Accompanying stress, a change in the distribution of transcript size classes is observed as the longest transcript with an untranslated 3′ end of 381 nucleotides increases relative to transcripts with shorter 3′ ends. The long transcript is characterized by the presence of five sequence elements in the 3′-untranslated region that are present in cRBP mRNAs from a variety of plants, although not all elements are found in each mRNA. The results may indicate a mechanism by which mRNA levels of constitutively light-regulated genes may be modulated without enhanced transcription in response to environmental cues.
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    Expression of engineered antibodies in plant cells (1994)
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    Plant molecular biology 26 (1994), S. 1023-1030 
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    Keywords: immunoglobulin genes ; gene expression ; transgenic plants
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    A method for examining expression of homologous genes in plant polyploids (1994)
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    Plant molecular biology 26 (1994), S. 1065-1071 
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    Keywords: Brassica ; polyploid ; gene expression ; RT-PCR ; RFLP
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    Notes: Abstract One of the essential issues regarding evolution of polyploid species is how duplicate genes are expressed. Most studies on gene expression in polyploids have been based on isozyme analyses; RNA analysis has not been widely used partially due to difficulties in distinguishing homologous transcripts which usually have the same length and similar or almost identical sequences. In this study, a method combining RT-PCR with RFLP was used to analyze transcripts of homologous genes in natural and synthetic Brassica amphidiploids. Sequences coding for several known genes were selected and used to synthesize gene-specific primers. Total RNAs were used as templates for RT-PCR to amplify homologous transcripts in three diploid parental species, three cultivated amphidiploid species and six synthetic amphidiploids. For each gene, initial PCR products amplified in all species had identical length; however, homologous transcripts in the diploid and amphidiploid species could be distinguished after digesting the PCR products with restriction enzymes. Preliminary results based on three genes indicated that both transcripts from the diploid parents were expressed in the synthetic and natural amphidiploids. This study represents the first application of RT-PCR and RFLP analysis to investigate expression of homologous genes in higher plants. The technique is a sensitive, simple and efficient method for distinguishing homologous transcripts in a mixed RNA population and can be applied to many types of studies on expression of homologous genes.
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    Molecular cloning of the Arabidopsis thaliana sedoheptulose-1,7-biphosphatase gene and expression studies in wheat and Arabidopsis thaliana (1994)
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    Plant molecular biology 26 (1994), S. 1191-1200 
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    Keywords: Calvin cycle genes ; gene expression ; SBPase ; Triticum aestivum
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    Notes: Abstract We report here the isolation and nucleotide sequence of genomic clones encoding the chloroplast enzyme sedoheptulose-1,7-bisphosphatase (SBPase) from Arabidopsis thaliana. The coding region of this gene contains eight exons (72–76 bp) and seven introns (75–91 bp) and encodes a polypeptide of 393 amino acids. Unusually, the 5′ non-coding region contains two additional AUG codons upstream of the translation initiation codon. A comparison of the deduced Arabidopsis and wheat SBPase polypeptide sequences reveals 78.6%, identity. Expression studies showed that the level of SBPase mRNA in Arabidopsis and wheat is regulated in a light-dependent manner and is also influenced by the developmental stage of the leaf. Although the Arabidopsis SBPase gene is present in a single copy, two hybridizing transcripts were detected in some tissues, suggesting the presence of alternate transcription start sites in the upstream region.
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    Expression of the tobacco Tnt1 retrotransposon promoter in heterologous species (1994)
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    Plant molecular biology 26 (1994), S. 393-402 
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    Keywords: Arabidopsis thaliana ; Brassica napus ; gene expression ; Nicotiana tabacum ; retrotransposon
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    Notes: Abstract The expression of the tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum) retrotransposon Tntl has previously been shown to be strongly regulated and driven from the 5′ long terminal repeat (LTR). We report here that the Tntl LTR can promote activity of the β-glucuronidase (GUS) reporter gene in two heterologous species of the Brassicaceae family, namely rapessed (Brassica napus) and Arabidopsis thaliana. The translational LTR-GUS fusion was active in transient expression studies performed with tobacco and rapeseed protoplasts, indicating that the LTR sequences are recognized in heterologous species. Our results also showed that Tntl LTR-promoted GUS expression in transgenic Arabidopsis is strongly regulated, and that, in contrast to tobacco, hormonal activation plays a significant role in the expression of the Tntl LTR in Arabidopsis. LTR sequences were shown to be more effective than the CaMV 35S enhancer region in transient expression studies performed with tobacco or rapessed protoplasts; and substitution of the LTR sequences upstream from the major transcriptional start with the CaMV 35S enhancer region gave high levels of expression in transgenic tobacco and Arabidopsis leaves, suggesting that a Tntl element with similar substitutions in its 5′ LTR might be suited for gene-tagging experiments in heterologous species.
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    Structure and promoter analysis of an ABA- and stress-regulated barley gene, HVA1 (1994)
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    Plant molecular biology 26 (1994), S. 617-630 
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    Keywords: ABA ; barley ; gene expression ; Hordeum vulgare ; phylogeny ; stress
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    Notes: Abstract A single-copy barley gene, HVA1, encoding a class 3 late embryogenesis-abundant protein, can be induced by either treatment with abscisic acid (ABA) or by stress conditions such as drought, cold, heat and salinity. We have isolated an HVA1 genomic clone containing about 400 bp of 5′-upstream sequence, a single 109 bp intron, and the full coding sequence. Linker scan mutagenesis and transient expression studies were used to test the function of four HVA1 promoter elements conserved in ABA-responsive genes. Mutations in two of these elements, the C box and the putative ABRE 1 (ABA-responsive element) containing an ACGT core, resulted in no significant change in transcription level or ABA induction. In contrast, mutations of the other two elements, putative ABRE 2 & 3 cause the level of transcription to drop to 10–20% of that obtained with the wild-type promoter indicating that the high level of expression of HVA1 is dependent on both pABRE 2 & 3. Interestingly, despite their low level of expression, the mutated promoters still gave more than 20-fold induction in response to ABA treatment. We suggest that the ABA induction of barley HVA1 gene is governed by a complex consisting of pABRE 2 & 3 working together to regulate the absolute level of expression, and either of these elements or a possible third element may regulate ABA inducibility. Phylogenetic analysis by parsimony indicates that the barley HVA1 and wheat pMA2005 sequences share a recent common ancester. These two genes are closely related to the carrot Dc3 and cotton D-7 genes with which they share a similar structural gene organization.
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    Detection of immunologically related Kunitz and Bowman-Birk proteinase inhibitors expressed during potato tuber development (1994)
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    Plant molecular biology 26 (1994), S. 961-969 
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    Keywords: gene expression ; Kunitz-type proteinase inhibitor ; potato (Solanum tuberosum, L.) ; soybean C-II inhibitor
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    Notes: Abstract Antiserum against a potato Kunitz-type proteinase inhibitor (PKPI) expressed in Escherichia coli was produced. In immunoblotting assays of proteins from potato tubers cultured in vitro, three proteins reacted to the antiserum, two of 20 kDa and one of 10 kDa. Their N-termini were sequenced. While the 20 kDa proteins showed 59 and 90% identity to PKPI, the 10 kDa one had 65% identity to soybean C-II proteinase inhibitor. Characterization of the temporal expression of these proteins showed that both could be detected from 10 days after induction of tuberization (DAI) in vitro, but the times when maximum amounts of PKPI and 10 kDa protein could be detected were different, corresponding to 22 and 32 DAI, respectively. The amounts of these proteins decreased in the following stages, and no positive reaction of the antiserum with mature tuber proteins could be found. The 20 kDa proteins were also detected in early stages of development of potato tubers grown in the field, indicating that these proteins are expressed during normal tuber development, and differ from the PKPIs reported previously.
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    Cloning and molecular analysis of structural genes involved in flavonoid and stilbene biosynthesis in grape (Vitis vinifera L.) (1994)
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    Plant molecular biology 24 (1994), S. 743-755 
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    Keywords: anthocyanins ; cDNA cloning ; flavonoids ; gene expression ; genomic organization ; stilbenes ; Vitis vinifera L
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    Notes: Abstract Genes involved in flavonoid and stilbene biosynthesis were isolated from grape (Vitis vinifera L.). Clones coding for phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL), chalcone synthase (CHS), chalcone isomerase (CHI), flavanone 3-hydoxylase (F3H), dihydroflavonol 4-reductase (DFR), leucoanthocyanidin dioxygenase (LDOX) and UDP glucose:flavonoid 3-O-glucosyl transferase (UFGT), were isolated by screening a cDNA library, obtained from mRNA from seedlings grown in light for 48 h using snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus) and maize heterologous probes. A cDNA clone coding for stilbene synthase (StSy) was isolated by probing the library with a specific oligonucleotide. These clones were sequenced and when the putative products were compared to the published amino acid sequence for corresponding enzymes, the percentages of similarity ranged from 65% (UFGT) to 90% (CHS and PAL). The analysis of the genomic organization and expression of these genes in response to light shows that PAL and StSy genes belong to large multigene families, while the others are present in one to four copies per haploid genome. The steady-state level of mRNAs encoded by the flavonoid biosynthetic genes as determined in young seedlings is coordinately induced by light, except for PAL and StSy, which appear to be constitutively expressed.
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    Triticum aestivum puroindolines, two basic cystine-rich seed proteins: cDNA sequence analysis and developmental gene expression (1994)
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    Plant molecular biology 25 (1994), S. 43-57 
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    Keywords: cDNA sequence ; cystine-rich proteins ; gene expression ; puroindolines ; tryptophan-rich domain ; wheat
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    Notes: Abstract From a mid-maturation seed cDNA library we have isolated cDNA clones encoding two Triticum aestivum puroindolines. Puroindoline-a and puroindoline-b, which are 55% similar, are basic, cystine-rich and tryptophan-rich proteins. Puroindolines are synthezised as preproproteins which include N- and C-terminal propeptides which could be involved in their vacuolar localization. The mature proteins have a molecular mass of 13 kDa and a calculated isoelectric point greater than 10. A notable feature of the primary structure of puroindolines is the presence of a tryptophan-rich domain which also contains basic residues. A similar tryptophan-rich domain was found within an oat seed protein and a mammalian antimicrobial peptide. The ten cysteine residues of puroindolines are organized in a cysteine skeleton which shows similarity to the cysteine skeleton of other wheat seed cystine-rich proteins. Northern blot analysis showed that puroindoline genes are specifically expressed in T. aestivum developing seeds. No puroindoline transcripts as well as no related genes were detected in Triticum durum. The identity of puroindolines to wheat starch-granule associated proteins is discussed as well as the potential role of puroindolines in the plant defence mechanism.
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    Structure of genes that encode isozymes of aspartate aminotransferase in Panicum miliaceum L., a C4 plant (1994)
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    Plant molecular biology 26 (1994), S. 723-734 
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    Keywords: aspartate aminotransferase ; C4 photosynthesis ; gene expression ; gene structure ; isozyme
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    Notes: Abstract The cytosolic and mitochondrial isozymes of aspartate aminotransferase (AspAT) function in the C4 photosynthetic cycle in NAD-malic enzyme-type C4 plants and are expressed at high levels in mesophyll cells and bundle sheath cells, respectively. We constructed a genomic library from Panicum miliaceum, a NAD-malic enzyme-type C4 plant, and cloned the genes for these isozymes. The sequence of the cloned gene for cytosolic AspAT spans 7800 bp and consists of 12 exons. The sequence of the cloned gene for mitochondrial AspAT spans 9000 bp and consists of 10 exons. The results of primer-extension analysis suggest that transcription may be initiated from multiple adjacent sites. Both genes have significant GC-rich regions around the site of initiation of transcription, and these regions showed no CpG suppression. The 5′-flanking regions of both genes include several short sequences similar to the regulatory elements found in other genes for components of the photosynthetic machinery. In particular, the cytosolic AspAT gene contains sequences similar to nuclear protein-binding sites in other mesophyll-expressed C4 photosynthetic genes and the mitochondrial AspAT gene contains elements for light-sensitive and constitutive expression of a bundle sheath-expressed gene. The results of Southern analysis indicated that there are at least two genes that encode each isozyme in the genome of P. miliaceum. A comparison of nitron-insertion positions between AspAT genes of plants and animals revealed that several introns are located at identical positions. On the basis of a phylogenetic tree among AspATs and tyrosine aminotransferase, we have shown that the introns of aminotransferase genes antedate the divergence of eubacteria, archaebacteria, and eukaryotes.
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    Vascular expression of the grp1.8 promoter is controlled by three specific regulatory elements and one unspecific activating sequence (1994)
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    Plant molecular biology 26 (1994), S. 747-756 
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    Keywords: activating sequence ; gene expression ; glycine-rich protein ; tobacco ; vascular expression
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    Notes: Abstract The bean grp1.8 full-length promoter is specifically active in vascular tissue during normal development of tobacco. Deletion of a negative regulatory element resulted in ectopic activity of the promoter in cortical cells of hypocotyls, roots and stems. A 169 bp fragment (−205 to −36) of the grp1.8 promoter conferred vascular-specific expression to CaMV 35S minimal promoters whereas a 141 bp fragment (−205 to −64) strongly activated these minimal promoters both in vascular and cortical cells. These experiments defined a new regulatory element (VSE) that is essential for vascular-specific expression and is located between −64 and −36. The 141 bp grp1.8 promoter sequence had enhancer-like properties as it was active in both orientations. A 24 bp sequence (bp −119 to −96, corresponding to the SE1 regulatory element) enhanced expression from several minimal promoters strongly but unspecifically, whereas a 26 bp sequence (−98 to −73, corresponding to the RSE regulatory element) induced vascular-specific expression. Thus, the grp1.8 promoter is regulated by a combinatorial mechanism that can integrate the action of different, non-additively acting regulatory elements into vascular-specific expression.
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    A dehydrin cognate protein from pea (Pisum sativum L.) with an atypical pattern of expression (1994)
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    Plant molecular biology 26 (1994), S. 805-816 
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    Keywords: Dehydrin ; gene expression ; pea (Pisum sativum L.) ; cognate
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    Notes: Abstract Dehydrins are a family of proteins characterised by conserved amino acid motifs, and induced in plants by dehydration or treatment with ABA. An antiserum was raised against a synthetic oligopeptide based on the most highly conserved dehydrin amino acid motif, the lysine-rich block (core sequence KIKEK-LPG). This antiserum detected a novel M r 40 000 polypeptide and enabled isolation of a corresponding cDNA clone, pPsB61 (B61). The deduced amino acid sequence contained two lysine-rich blocks, however the remainder of the sequence differed markedly from other pea dehydrins. Surprisingly, the sequence contained a stretch of serine residues, a characteristic common to dehydrins from many plant species but which is missing in pea dehydrin. The expression patterns of B61 mRNA and polypeptide were distinctively different from those of the pea dehydrins during seed development, germination and in young seedlings exposed to dehydration stress or treated with ABA. In particular, dehydration stress led to slightly reduced levels of B61 RNA, and ABA application to young seedlings had no marked effect on its abundance. The M r 40 000 polypeptide is thus related to pea dehydrin by the presence of the most highly conserved amino acid sequence motifs, but lacks the characteristic expression pattern of dehydrin. By analogy with heat shock cognate proteins we refer to this protein as a dehydrin cognate.
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    Gibberellins: perception, transduction and responses (1994)
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    Plant molecular biology 26 (1994), S. 1529-1555 
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    Keywords: gibberellin ; growth ; development ; perception ; receptor ; gene expression ; signal transduction ; response mutant ; calcium
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    Isolation and characterization of two β-tubulin cDNA clones from rice (1994)
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    Plant molecular biology 26 (1994), S. 1975-1979 
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    Keywords: β-tubulin ; cDNA ; rice ; monocot ; gene expression
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    Notes: Abstract Two cDNA clones encoding two different β-tubulins, RTUB-1 and RTUB-2, were isolated from a rice cDNA library and their nucleotide sequences were analyzed. The deduced amino acid sequences showed amino acid sequence identity between 92% and 97% with other plant β-tubulins. Southern blot analysis using gene-specific and coding-region probes suggested that β-tubulins in rice are encoded by multigene families. The two cDNA clones represent two subfamilies of rice tubulins. RTUB-1 and RTUB-2, consisting of 3 to 4 genes and a single gene, respectively. The transcript levels of RTUB-1 and RTUB-2 genes were higher in actively elongating tissues such as etiolated shoot tissues and light-grown root tissues of four-day old seedlings.
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    Changes in polypeptide patterns in tobacco roots colonized by two Glomus species (1994)
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    Mycorrhiza 4 (1994), S. 215-221 
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    Keywords: Nicotiana ; Glomus species ; arbuscular mycorrhiza ; gene expression ; specific polypeptides
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    Notes: Abstract Changes in gene expression were studied during the establishment of arbuscular mycorrhizal symbiosis in tobacco roots from an amphidiploid hybrid Nicotiana glutinosa x N. debneyi. Polypeptide patterns from control roots and from roots infected by Glomus mosseae or G. intraradices were resolved by two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis and followed in a time-course analysis. Arbuscular mycorrhizal infection led to significant modifications in polypeptide patterns with: (a) decreased amounts of some polypeptides, (b) increased accumulation of others, and (c) appearance of newly-induced polypeptides. Comparisons made during infection development by the two Glomus species demonstrated that protein modifications changed in relation to the mycorrhizal state of the tobacco roots.
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    Tissue specific expression of an α-skeletal actin-lacZ fusion gene during development in transgenic mice (1994)
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    Transgenic research 3 (1994), S. 59-66 
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    Keywords: α-actin ; transgenic mice ; gene expression ; muscle ; embryos ; lacZ
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    Notes: Abstract Transgenic mice carrying a chimaeric transgene containing 730 bp of the 5′-flanking sequences and the entire first intron of the rat α-skeletal actin gene fused to thelacZ reporter gene have been produced by microinjection. ThelacZ reporter gene was used to verify the suitability of using the rat α-actin promoter elements to target expression of genes of agricultural and therapeutic value exclusively to skeletal and heart muscle cells and fibres of transgenic mice. Expression of the transgene indicates a tightly regulated developmental and muscle specific control of the rat α-skeletal actin gene, making it a useful promoter for gene targeting to muscle tissues. The cells destined to form muscle tissues in these transgenic mice are readily visualized in intact embryos by staining for β-galactosidase activity, making them a suitable animal model for studying the origin and development of skeletal and cardiac muscle tissues.
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    Complementation of an alcohol dehydrogenase-deficientNicotiana plumbaginifolia mutant by transformation with theArabidopsis thaliana Adh gene (1994)
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    Transgenic research 3 (1994), S. 376-387 
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    Keywords: alcohol dehydrogenase ; Arabidopsis thaliana ; functional complementation ; gene expression ; Nicotiana plumbaginifolia
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    Notes: Abstract An alcohol dehydrogenase-deficient (ADH) mutant ofNicotiana plumbaginifolia, selected on the basis of ethanol resistance, was restored for ADH activity by transformation with anAdh gene fromArabidopsis thaliana expressed under the control of its own promoter or the CaMV 35S promoter. The expression in various organs (seed, root, leaf and pollen) was analysed at the protein and RNA levels as well as byin situ detection of ADH activity. The analysis of spatial and temporal regulation of theA. thaliana Adh gene expression suggests that ADH expression is controlled at the transcriptional level.
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    Carbohydrate binding activities ofBradyrhizobium japonicum: IV. Effect of lactose and flavones on the expression of the lectin, BJ38 (1994)
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    Glycoconjugate journal 11 (1994), S. 363-370 
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    Keywords: lectin ; gene expression ; cell-cell adhesion
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Abstract BJ38 is a galactose/lactose-specific lectin (M r ∼ 38000) found at one pole ofBradyrhizobium japonicum. It has been implicated in mediating the adhesion of the bacteria to soybean roots, leading to the establishment of a nitrogen-fixing symbiosis. When the ligand lactose is added to cultures of the bacteria for at least 1 h prior to harvesting the cells for BJ38 isolation, the yield of the protein was found to be elevated in a dose-dependent fashion. Half maximal stimulation was observed at ∼ 50 µm; the effect was saturated at ∼ 1mm, where a 10-fold higher yield of BJ38 was obtained. Saccharides with a lower affinity for BJ38 than lactose yielded a correspondingly smaller induction effect when compared at a concentration of 1mm. The higher level of BJ38 induced by lactose is also manifested by an elevated amount of BJ38 detectable at the cell surface and by a higher number ofB. japonicum cells adsorbed onto soybean cells. Surprisingly, the induction of BJ38 expression seen with lactose was also observed with certain, but not all, flavonoids that induce thenod genes of the bacteria; genistein mimicked the induction observed with lactose, whereas luteolin failed to stimulate BJ38 production.
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    Recombinant protein expression in aDrosophila cell line: comparison with the baculovirus system (1994)
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    Cytotechnology 15 (1994), S. 139-144 
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    Keywords: Baculovirus ; cell culture ; Drosophila ; gene expression ; insect cell ; metallothionein promoter ; recombinant protein
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    Topics: Biology , Medicine , Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
    Notes: Abstract In this report, we compare two different expression systems: baculovirus/Sf9 and stable recombinantDrosophila Schneider 2 (S2) cell lines. The construction of a recombinant S2 cell line is simple and quick, and in batch fermentations the cells have a doubling time of 20 hours until reaching a plateau density of 20 million cells/ml. Protein expression is driven by theDrosophila Metallothionein promoter which is tightly regulated. When expressed in S2 cells, the extracellular domain of human VCAM, an adhesion molecule, is indistinguishable from the same protein produced by baculovirus-infected Sf9 cells. Additionally, we present data on the expression of a seven trans-membrane protein, the dopamine D4 receptor, which has been successfully expressed in both systems. The receptor integrates correctly in the S2 membrane, binds [3H]spiperone with high affinity and exhibits pharmacological characteristics identical to that of the receptor expressed in Sf9 and mammalian cells. The general implications for large scale production of recombinant proteins are discussed.
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    Progress in the research of artemisinin-related antimalarials: An update (1994)
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    Pharmacy world & science 16 (1994), S. 169-180 
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    Keywords: Antimalarials ; Artemisia annua L ; Artemisinin ; Biosynthesis ; Chemistry ; Clinical trials ; Pharmacology ; Phytochemistry ; Sesquiterpenes ; Toxicology
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    Topics: Chemistry and Pharmacology
    Notes: Abstract Artemisinin, a sesquiterpene lactone endoperoxide isolated fromArtemisia annua L., and a number of its semisynthetic derivatives have shown to possess antimalarial properties. They are all eflective againstPlasmodium parasites that are resistant to the newest and commonly used antimalarial drugs. This article gives a survey of the literature dealing with artemisinin-relaled antimalarial issues that have appeared from the end of 1989 up to the beginning of 1994. A broad range of medical and pharmaceutical disciplines is covered, including phytochemical aspects like the selection of high-producing plants, analytical procedures, and plant biotechnology. Furthermore, the organic synthesis of artemisinin derivatives is discussed, as well as their mechanism of action and antimalarial activity, metabolism and pharmacokinetics, clinical studies, sideeffects and toxicology, and biological activities other than antimalarial activity.
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    UV-B damage and protection at the molecular level in plants (1994)
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    Photosynthesis research 39 (1994), S. 475-489 
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    Keywords: DNA repair ; flavonoids ; gene expression ; oxidative stress ; photosynthesis ; promoter
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    Notes: Abstract Influx of solar UV-B radiation (280–320 nm) will probably increase in the future due to depletion of stratospheric ozone. In plants, there are several targets for the deleterious UV-B radiation, especially the chloroplast. This review summarizes the early effects and responses of low doses of UV-B at the molecular level. The DNA molecules of the plant cells are damaged by UV due to the formation of different photoproducts, such as pyrimidine dimers, which in turn can be combatted by specialized photoreactivating enzyme systems. In the chloroplast, the integrity of the thylakoid membrane seems to be much more sensitive than the activities of the photosynthetic components bound within. However, the decrease of mRNA transcripts for the photosynthetic complexes and other chloroplast proteins are among very early events of UV-B damage, as well as protein synthesis. Other genes, encoding defence-related enzymes, e.g., of the flavonoid biosynthetic pathway, are rapidly up-regulated after commencement of UV-B exposure. Some of the cis-acting nucleotide elements and trans-acting protein factors needed to regulate the UV-induced expression of the parsley chalcone synthase gene are known.
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    Acclimation of photosynthetic proteins to rising atmospheric CO2 (1994)
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    Photosynthesis research 39 (1994), S. 413-425 
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    Keywords: elevated CO2 ; gene expression ; Rubisco ; rbcL ; rbcS
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    Notes: Abstract In this review we discuss how the photosynthetic apparatus, particularly Rubisco, acclimates to rising atmospheric CO2 concentrations (ca). Elevated ca alters the control exerted by different enzymes of the Calvin cycle on the overall rate of photosynthetic CO2 assimilation, so altering the requirement for different functional proteins. A decreased flux of carbon through the photorespiratory pathway will decrease requirements for these enzymes. From modeling of the response of CO2 uptake (A) to intracellular CO2 concentration (ci) it is shown that the requirement for Rubisco is decreased at elevated ca, whilst that for proteins limiting ribulose 1,5 bisphosphate regeneration may be increased. This balance may be altered by other interactions, in particular plasticity of sinks for photoassimilate and nitrogen supply; hypotheses on these interactions are presented. It is speculated that increased accumulation of carbohydrate in leaves developed at elevated ca may signal the ‘down regulation’ of Rubisco. The molecular basis of this ‘down regulation’ is discussed in terms of the repression of photosynthetic gene expression by the elevated carbohydrate concentrations. This molecular model is then used to predict patterns of acclimation of perennials to long term growth in elevated ca.
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    Mitochondrial DNA diseases: Histological and cellular studies (1994)
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    Journal of bioenergetics and biomembranes 26 (1994), S. 301-310 
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    Keywords: Mitochondrial encephalomyopathy ; mitochondrial DNA ; gene expression ; protein translation
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    Topics: Biology , Chemistry and Pharmacology , Physics
    Notes: Abstract Large-scale deletions and tRNA point mutations in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) are associated with a variety of different mitochondrial encephalomyopathies. Skeletal muscle in these patients shows a typical pathology, characterized by the focal accumulation of large numbers of morphologically and biochemically abnormal mitochondria (ragged-red fibers). Both mtDNA deletions and tRNA point mutations impair mitochondrial translation and produce deficiencies in oxidative phosphorylation. However, mutant and wild-type mtDNAs co-exist (mtDNA heteroplasmy) and the translation defect is not expressed until the ratio of mutant: wild-type mtDNAs exceeds a specific threshold. Below the threshold the phenotype can be rescued by intramitochondrial genetic complementation. The mosaic expression of the skeletal muscle pathology is thus determined by both the cellular and organellar distribution of mtDNA mutants.
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    PC12 variants deficient in norepinephrine transporter mRNA have wild type activities of several other related transporters (1994)
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    Neurochemical research 19 (1994), S. 743-751 
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    Keywords: Neurotransmitters ; reuptake ; PC12 ; gene expression
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    Notes: Abstract Wild type PC12 pheochromocytoma cells express a Na+-dependent norepinephrine transporter that operates in the uptake of catecholamines. In addition to the previously described Na+-dependent system A for the uptake of α-amino-isobutyric acid and system Gly for glycine, we have identified two other Na+-dependent transporter systems for amino acid uptake in these cells: 1) system β for β-alanine and taurine; and 2) a system for creatine. Uptake of α-amino-isobutyric acid, glycine, β-alanine, and creatine is not affected in some PC12 variants that were previously shown to be deficient in catecholamine uptake and to have decreased levels of norepinephrine transporter mRNA. We have isolated two PC12 cDNA clones that are essentially identical in sequence to recently reported cDNAs for rat brain taurine and creatine transporters, respectively, and a third cDNA that appears to code for a novel transporter. mRNAs for these three transporters are present at wild type levels in those variants that express no or little norepinephrine transporter mRNA. These results support the notion that the expression of catecholamine reuptake transporters may be particularly susceptible to down-regulation.
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    Mechanisms of EGF receptor regulation in breast cancer cells (1994)
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    Breast cancer research and treatment 31 (1994), S. 227-236 
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    Keywords: breast cancer ; epidermal growth factor receptor ; gene expression ; hormone-indepence
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    Notes: Abstract Overexpression of the EGF receptor in breast cancer correlates with poor prognosis and failure on endocrine therapy for both ER−/EGFR+ and ER+/EGFR+ tumors, suggesting a role for EGFR in the progression to hormone independence. The identification of specific DNase I hypersensitive site patterns for the EGFR gene in ER+ vs. ER− cells implicates regions of the EGFR first intron in up-regulation of EGFR, while estrogen regulation studies indicate the involvement of a repressor(s) in the maintenance of low levels of EGFR. Based on these findings, a multi-step model is proposed for the progression of breast cancer from a hormone-dependent, ER+/EGFR- phenotype to an aggressive, hormone-independent, ER−/EGFR+ stage.
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    Effect of a new cholecystokinin antagonist (FK 480) on gene expression of cholecystokinin and secretin in rat intestine (1994)
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    Journal of gastroenterology 29 (1994), S. 385-387 
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    Keywords: CCK antagonist (FK 480) ; gene expression ; CCK ; secretin
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    Notes: Abstract The effects of a new cholecystokinin (CCK) antagonist (FK 480; 0.1 mg/kg per day given by intragastric administration to rats for 3 days) on the expression of the CCK and secretin genes, plasma CCK immunoreactivity, and CCK content in the intestinal mucosa were examined. FK 480 increased the level of CCK mRNA in the intestine to 1.7 times the level in control rats, but did not affect the level of secretin mRNA. It did not increase plasma CCK immunoreactivity or CCK content in the intestinal mucosa. These results suggest that the ingested FK 480 directly increased CCK mRNA level in the intestine and produced a dissociation between the synthesis and release of CCK.
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    Photosynthetic electron transport and anaerobic metabolism in purple non-sulfur phototrophic bacteria (1994)
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    Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 66 (1994), S. 151-164 
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    Keywords: purple non-sulfur bacteria ; Rhodobacter ; photosynthesis ; CO2 fixation ; anaerobic respiration ; gene expression
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    Notes: Abstract Purple non-sulfur phototrophic bacteria, exemplifed byRhodobacter capsulatus andRhodobacter sphaeroides, exhibit a remarkable versatility in their anaerobic metabolism. In these bacteria the photosynthetic apparatus, enzymes involved in CO2 fixation and pathways of anaerobic respiration are all induced upon a reduction in oxygen tension. Recently, there have been significant advances in the understanding of molecular properties of the photosynthetic apparatus and the control of the expression of genes involved in photosynthesis and CO2 fixation. In addition, anaerobic respiratory pathways have been characterised and their interaction with photosynthetic electron transport has been described. This review will survey these advances and will discuss the ways in which photosynthetic electron transport and oxidation-reduction processes are integrated during photoautotrophic and photoheterotrophic growth.
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    Strategies for improving heterologous protein production from filamentous fungi (1994)
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    Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 65 (1994), S. 245-250 
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    Keywords: Aspergillus ; gene expression ; heterologous protein ; protein secretion ; Trichoderma
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    Notes: Abstract Despite the naturally high capacity for protein secretion by many species of filamentous fungi, secteted yields of many heterologous proteins have been comparatively low. The strategies for yield improvement have included the use of strong homologous promoters, increased gene copy number, gene fusions with a gene encoding a naturally well-secreted protein, protease-deficient host strains and screening for high yields following random mutagenesis. Such approaches have been effective with some target heterologous proteins but not others. Approaches used in heterologous protein production from filamentous fungi are discussed and a perspective on emerging strategies is presented.
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    Photobiology of Bacteria (1994)
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    Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 65 (1994), S. 331-347 
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    Keywords: photoactive proteins ; photoreceptors ; chromophores ; energy transduction ; light signalling ; phototaxis ; gene expression
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    Notes: Abstract The field of photobiology is concerned with the interactions between light and living matter. For Bacteria this interaction serves three recognisable physiological functions: provision of energy, protection against excess radiation and signalling (for motility and gene expression). The chemical structure of the primary light-absorbing components in biology (the chromophores of photoactive proteins) is surprisingly simple: tetrapyrroles, polyenes and derivatised aromats are the most abundant ones. The same is true for the photochemistry that is catalysed by these chromophores: this is limited to light-induced exciton- or electron-transfer and photoisomerization. The apoproteins surrounding the chromophores provide them with the required specificity to function in various aspects of photosynthesis, photorepair, photoprotection and photosignalling. Particularly in photosynthesis several of these processes have been resolved in great detail, for others at best only a physiological description can be given. In this contribution we discuss selected examples from various parts of the field of photobiology of Bacteria. Most examples have been taken from the purple bacteria and the cyanobacteria, with special emphasis on recently characterised signalling photoreceptors inEctothiorhodospira halophila and inFremyella diplosiphon.
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    Powdery mildew resistance in Aegilops tauschii coss. and synthetic hexaploid wheats (1994)
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    Genetic resources and crop evolution 41 (1994), S. 151-158 
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    Keywords: Triticum aestivum ; Aegilops tauschii (syn. Ae. squarrosa) ; Erysiphe graminis f. sp. tritici resistance genes ; gene expression
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    Topics: Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
    Notes: Summary A collection of 400 Ae. tauschii (syn. Ae. squarrosa) Coss. accessions were screened for powdery mildew resistance based on the response patterns of 13 wheat cultivars/lines possessing major resistance genes to nine differential mildew isolates. 106 accessions showed complete resistance to all isolates, and 174 accessions revealed isolate-specific resistance, among which were 40 accessions exhibiting an identical response pattern as wheat cultivar ‘Ulka/*8Cc’ which is known to possess resistance gene Pm2. Expression of both complete and isolate-specific resistance from Ae. tauschii was observed in some synthetic hexaploid wheats derived from four mildew susceptible T. durum Desf. parents, each crossed with five to 38 resistant diploid Ae. tauschii accessions. Synthetic amphiploids involving different combinations of T. durum and Ae. tauschii generally showed a decrease in resistance compared with that expressed by the Ae. tauschii parental lines.
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    Molecular biology of C4 phosphoenolpyruvate carboxylase: Structure, regulation and genetic engineering (1994)
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    Photosynthesis research 39 (1994), S. 115-135 
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    Keywords: C4 photosynthesis ; gene expression ; oligomerization ; phosphorylation-dephosphorylation cascade ; PEPC-protein kinase ; site-directed mutagenesis
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    Notes: Abstract Three to four families of nuclear genes encode different isoforms of phosphoenolpyruvate (PEP) carboxylase (PEPC): C4-specific, C3 or etiolated, CAM and root forms. C4 leaf PEPC is encoded by a single gene (ppc) in sorghum and maize, but multiple genes in the C4-dicot Flaveria trinervia. Selective expression of ppc in only C4-mesophyll cells is proposed to be due to nuclear factors, DNA methylation and a distinct gene promoter. Deduced amino acid sequences of C4-PEPC pinpoint the phosphorylatable serine near the N-terminus, C4-specific valine and serine residues near the C-terminus, conserved cysteine, lysine and histidine residues and PEP binding/catalytic sites. During the PEPC reaction, PEP and bicarbonate are first converted into carboxyphosphate and the enolate of pyruvate. Carboxyphosphate decomposes within the active site into Pi and CO2, the latter combining with the enolate to form oxalacetate. Besides carboxylation, PEPC catalyzes a HCO3 --dependent hydrolysis of PEP to yield pyruvate and Pi. Post-translational regulation of PEPC occurs by a phosphorylation/dephosphorylation cascade in vivo and by reversible enzyme oligomerization in vitro. The interrelation between phosphorylation and oligomerization of the enzyme is not clear. PEPC-protein kinase (PEPC-PK), the enzyme responsible for phosphorylation of PEPC, has been studied extensively while only limited information is available on the protein phosphatase 2A capable of dephosphorylating PEPC. The C4 ppc was cloned and expressed in Escherichia coli as well as tobacco. The transformed E. coli produced a functional/phosphorylatable C4 PEPC and the transgenic tobacco plants expressed both C3 and C4 isoforms. Site-directed mutagenesis of ppc indicates the importance of His138, His579 and Arg587 in catalysis and/or substrate-binding by the E. coli enzyme, Ser8 in the regulation of sorghum PEPC. Important areas for further research on C4 PEPC are: mechanism of transduction of light signal during photoactivation of PEPC-PK and PEPC in leaves, extensive use of site-directed mutagenesis to precisely identify other key amino acid residues, changes in quarternary structure of PEPC in vivo, a high-resolution crystal structure, and hormonal regulation of PEPC expression.
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    Design and application of antisense oligonucleotides in cell culture,in vivo, and as therapeutic agents (1994)
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    Cellular and molecular neurobiology 14 (1994), S. 557-568 
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    Keywords: antisense oligonucleotides ; gene expression ; pharmacology ; drug design ; cell cultures ; brain research
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    Notes: Summary 1. Synthetic oligonucleotides can inhibit the expression of a gene in a sequence specific manner on the transcriptional and translational level. These molecules are usually referred to as antisense oligonucleotides. 2. Antisense mediated inhibition of gene expression is a valuable tool to analyze the function of a genein vivo and can also be used for therapeutic gene suppression. 3. A number of factors such as the mode of action, specificity, chemistry, and pharmacology must be carefully considered for the design and successful application of antisense oligonucleotides. 4. Assay systems and controls must be chosen as to assure that the observed biological effects of antisense oligonucleotides do in fact reflect the result of a specific gene inhibition. 5. This article critically discusses these factors in view of the literature and our own experience with a wide range of cell types and animal models, targeting different genes. The emphasis is on the use of phosphorothioate oligodeoxynucleotides in cell cultures,in vivo, and as potential drugs.
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    Image formation of alkyl-pendent aromatic polyimide by photocoupling with aromatic ketones (1994)
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    Angewandte Makromolekulare Chemie 214 (1994), S. 57-65 
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    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Description / Table of Contents: Positive und negative Photostrukturen wurden in einem Polyimid (PI) aus 4,4′-Biphthalsäureanhydrid (BPA) und 4,4′-Diamino-3,3′-dimethyldiphenylmethan (DADMDPM), PI(BPA/DADMDPM) erzeugt, nachdem dieses mit Michlers Keton (MK) bzw. Benzophenon (BP) dotiert und einer ultravioletten Strahlung von 400 ± 50 nm ausgesetzt und naß entwickelt wurde. Das Prinzip der positiven Abbildung basiert auf dem Photokupplungseffekt von MK mit PI, der die Löslichkeit des Polyimids erhöht und so die Entwicklung eines Positivmusters ermöglicht. Die Erzeugung negativer Muster wird durch intermakromolekulare Wasserstoffbrücken zwischen der Carbonylgruppe des Imid-Rings und der Hydroxygruppe, die bei der photoinduzierten Kupplung von Benzophenon mit dem Polyimid gebildet wird, bewirkt. Die lithographische Auswertung zeigt, daß der mit MK dotierte, positive Polyimidfilm nicht in der Lage ist, brauchbare Muster zu erzeugen, da die UV-Wellenlängen von MK absorbiert werden, wodurch die Photokupplung in den tieferen Schichten des Films verhindert wird. Andererseits können in dem 0,6 μm dicken, mit Benzophenon dotierten Polyimidfilm sogar 2 μm schmale Linien aufgelöst werden.
    Notes: Positive and negative photostructures are formed after the polyimide (PI) of 4,4′-biphthalic anhydride (BPA) and 4,4′-diamino-3,3′-dimethyldiphenylmethane (DADMDPM), PI(BPA/DADMDPM) is doped with Michler′s ketone (MK) and benzophenone (BP), respectively, and is subjected to UV light (400 ± 50 nm) irradiation and solvent development. The principle of positive feature formation is based on the photocoupling of MK with PI, which increases PI solubility and thus enables a positive pattern to be developed. The phenomenon of negative photopatterning results from intermacromolecular H-bonding between the carbonyl group of the imide ring and the hydroxy group which is formed in the photoinduced coupling reaction between BP and PI. Lithographic evaluation shows that the MK-doped positive-acting PI film cannot form useful patterns because UV wavelengths are strongly absorbed by MK, which limits the depth of photocoupling in the film. On the other hand, 2-μm-wide lines can be resolved in the BP-doped negative-acting 0.6-μm-thick PI film.
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    Blends of polyamide 6 and poly(etheraroylhydrazide)s prepared concurrently with polyhydrazide polymerization (1994)
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    Angewandte Makromolekulare Chemie 214 (1994), S. 101-113 
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    Description / Table of Contents: Polyhydrazid/Polyamid-Blends (PEHZ12/PA6) wurden durch Niedrigtemperatur-Polykondensation von 4,4′-Dichlorformyl-α,ω-diphenoxydodecan und Terephthaloyldihydrazid (TDH) zu Poly(etheraroylhydrazid) in Gegenwart von Polyamid 6 synthetisiert. Die DSC-Analysen lassen vermuten, daß die zwei Polymerkomponenten nicht wechselwirken. Bei der Extraktion des PA6-Anteils der Blends mit Ameisensäure zeigt die Charakterisierung des PEHZ12-Extraktionsrückstands aber, daß zumindest bei bestimmten Zusammensetzungen Wechselwirkungen zwischen den Komponenten auftreten. Modellreaktionen erlauben die Annahme, daß die PEHZ12-Polymerisation zwischen den Amino-Endgruppen des PA6 und den wachsenden PEHZ12-Polymerketten abläuft.
    Notes: Poly(etheraroylhydrazide) is synthesized in the presence of PA6 by means of low-temperature condensation polymerization of 4,4′-dichloroformyl-α,ω-diphenoxydodecane with terephthaloyl dihydrazide (TDH) in order to prepare polyhydrazide/poly-amide 6 (PEHZ12/PA6) blends. The thermal analysis of the blends by DSC seems to indicate that the two polymers are not interacting. Nevertheless, when the blends are subjected to an extraction process with formic acid in order to remove the PA6, the characterization of the residual PEHZ12 reveales that some interactions do occur between the constituent polymers, at least for selected compositions. Model experiments permit to hypothesize that the polymerization of PEHZ12 proceeds with a chemical interaction between amino end groups of PA6 and growing PEHZ12 chains.
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    Die kristallisation von polybutylenterephthalat (PBT) und polycarbonat (PC) im polymerblend PBT/PC (1994)
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    Angewandte Makromolekulare Chemie 214 (1994), S. 179-196 
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    Description / Table of Contents: The crystallization behavior of PBT as well as PC is changed in the controlled-processed blend due to intermolecular interactions between the different macromolecules in molten state.If the kinetics of the crystallization process prevents a crystallization-induced separation, the partial miscibility of the amorphous phases, measured by the glass transition temperatures, will lead to a decrease of the crystallinity of PBT. The crystallinity, normalized to the concentration of PBT in the blend, is independent from the concentration of PC at low coolling rates.At high cooling rates, PBT is crystallizing stepwise in the blend PBT/PC 40/60 wt.-%. The crystallization temperature in the anisothermic crystallization process is increased at low contents of PC due to a changed nucleation mechanism. The half-time of crystallization is increasing in blends with an increasing PC-content in isothermic crystallization experiments.The normally amorphous PC crystallizes considerably fast in presence of PBT in PC-rich blends. The crystallization or change in the state of order of PC was measured in situ by X-ray diffraction. Calorimetric experiments confirm this result and allow a quantitative estimation of the PC-crystallinity, which amounts to some 20% in the blend PBT/PC 5/95 wt.-%.
    Notes: Das Kristallisationsverhalten sowohl von PBT als auch von PC ist im definiert verarbeiteten Blend infolge intermolekularer Wechselwirkungen zwischen den unterschiedlichen Molekülen in der Schmelze verändert.Die über die Glasübergangstemperaturen gemessene teilweise Mischbarkeit der amorphen Phasen führt bei PBT zu einer Erniedrigung des Kristallinitätsgrades, wenn die kinetischen Bedingungen des Kristallisationsprozesses keine kristallisationsbedingte Entmischung zulassen. Der auf den PBT-Anteil normierte Kristallinitätsgrad ist bei kleinen Abkühlgeschwindigkeiten vom PC-Anteil unabhängüg.In der Mischung PBT/PC 40/60 Gew.-% kommt es bei hohen Kühlraten zu einer fraktionierten Kristallisation. Die Kristallisationstemperatur bei anisothermer Kristallisation ist bei geringen PC-Gehalten durch Änderung des Keimbildungsmechanismus erhöht. Bei isothermer Kristallisation steigt mit zunehmendem PC-Anteil die Kristallisationshalbwertszeit des PBT an.Das normalerweise amorphe PC kann in Gegenwart von PBT in den PC-reichen Mischungen besonders schnell kristallisieren, wobei der Kristallisations- bzw. Ordnungsprozeß des PC in situ mittels der Röntgenbeugung gemessen wurde. Kalorimetrische Untersuchungen bestätigen dieses Ergebnis und erlauben eine quantitative Abschätzung des PC-Kristallinitätsgrades zu ca. 20% im Blend PBT/PC 5/95 Gew.-%.
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    Photoreactions in halogen-containing negative-tone novolac resists (1994)
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    Angewandte Makromolekulare Chemie 214 (1994), S. 197-210 
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    Description / Table of Contents: Elementaranalytische sowie NMR-, IR- und UV-spektroskopische Untersuchungen zeigen, daß die Photolyse von Halogenphenolnovolaken zur Substitution der Halogenatome durch Wasserstoff, der Bildung chinoider Gruppen und intermolekularen Vernetzung führt. Die Geschwindigkeit der Halogeneliminierung hängt von der Art des Halogens ab. Sie steigt in der Reihenfolge F 〈 Cl 〈 Br 〈 I. Die Chloreliminierung aus der 4-Position ist gegenüber der aus der 2- und 3-Position begünstigt. Außerdem verläuft die Abspaltung para-ständiger Chloratome aus Dimeren schneller als aus Trioder Tetrameren. ESR-Messungen bei 77 K sowie die Laserblitzphotolyse bei 296 K deuten auf die intermediäre Bildung von Phenoxyl- und Arylradikalen. Lithographische Tests belegen die hohe UV-Empfindlichkeit von Resisten auf der Basis von Halogenphenolnovolaken. Im Vergleich zu nichthalogenhaltigen Novolakresisten wird eine 6 - 10fache (System: 4-Chlorphenolnovolak/4,4′-Bisazidobiphenyl (5%)) bzw. eine ca. 25fache (System: 4-Chlorphenol-/m-Cresolnovolak/Hexamethoxymethylmelamin (5%)) Steigerung der Empfindlichkeit erreicht. Zur Interpretation wird ein Mechanismus postuliert, demzufolge die durch Halogenabspaltung hervorgerufene Sekundärradikalbildung zu einer zusätzlichen Vernetzung beiträgt. In den melaminhaltigen Resisten katalysiert der gebildete Halogenwasserstoff (Hal· + RH → H-Hal + R·) außerdem die Reaktion der Melaminverbindung mit der Novolakmatrix.
    Notes: The photolysis of halogenophenol novolacs is determined by the substitution of halogens by hydrogen and the formation of quinoid groups and intermolecular crosslinks. This is concluded from elemental analysis, NMR, IR and optical absorption measurements. The rate of halogen release depends on the chemical nature of the halogen. It increases in the order F 〈 Cl 〈 Br 〈 I. Chlorine elimination from 4-position is favored over that from 2- and 3-position. Moreover, dimers release chlorine from 4-position much more readily than trimers and tetramers. ESR measurements at 77 K and flash photolysis studies at 296 K yielded evidence for the intermediate existence of phenoxyl and aryl radicals. Lithographic tests demonstrated the high UV-sensitivity of resist formulations based on halogen-containing novolacs. The increase in sensitivity relative to that of formulations based on nonhalogenated novolacs is 6 to 10fold system: 4-chlorophenol novolac/4,4′-bisazidobiphenyl (5%) and ca. 25fold system: 4-chlorophenol/m-cresol novolac/hexamethoxymethylmelamine (5%). A postulated reactions mechanism concerning the sensitivity increase takes into account that halogen elimination results in the formation of additional radicals that accelerate the rate of crosslinking. Moreover, hydrogen halide generated by hydrogen abstraction of halogen radicals (Hal· + RH → H-Hal + R·) provides for the acid required to catalyze the reaction of the melamine compound with the novolac matrix.
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    Crystallization behavior of polypropylene filled with calcium carbonate of various shape (1994)
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    Angewandte Makromolekulare Chemie 215 (1994), S. 11-24 
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    Description / Table of Contents: Calciumcarbonate unterschiedlicher Teilchenform (sphäarisch, kubisch und nadelfäormig) wurden mit Polypropylen (PP) in einer Zwei-Walzen-Mäuhle gemischt und anschließend zu Platten gepreßt. Der Einflußder Teilchenform auf das Kristallisationsverhalten der PP/CaCO3-Composite, d.h. Kristallisationspeaktemperatur (Tmax), Kristallisationsverlauf usw., wurde mittels Differentialkalorimetrie untersucht. Der Wert von Tmax häangt von der Größe der Gesamtoberfläache der CaCO3-Teilchen ab; Tmax ist bei nadelfäormigen Teilchen gräoßer als bei kubischen oder sphäarischen und hauangt in allen Fäallen der nicht-isothermen Kristallisation von der Abkäuhlgeschwindigkeit und der vorher erreichten maximalen Temperatur ab.
    Notes: Calcium carbonate of various particle shape (spheric, cubic, needle-shaped type) and polypropylene (PP) were mixed on a two roll mill and the mixture was pressed into plates. The effect of particle shape on the crystallization behavior of PP/CaCO3 composites, such as crystallization peak temperature (TMAX), crystallized pattern, etc., was investigated with differential scanning calorimetry measurements. The value of TMAX is explained by the total surface area of added CaCO3 particles; TMAX of needle-shaped series is larger than that of cubic or spheric ones. TMAX of various shaped CaCO3-filled PP totally depends on the cooling rate and maximum temperature in the non-isothermal crystallization, respectively.
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    Cationic polyelectrolytes, XIIPart. XI cf.8.. PEG-precursor for water-soluble cationic polymers with tertiary n-atoms in the main chain (1994)
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    Angewandte Makromolekulare Chemie 215 (1994), S. 107-119 
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    Description / Table of Contents: Durch Polyaddition von Polyethylenglykol (PEG) Oligoglycidylethern (Mn (PEG): 396,587, 1437 und 3554) mit asymmetrischen Diaminen, wie N,N-Dimethylund N,N-Diethyl-1,3-diaminopropan, wurden wasserläosliche kationische Polymere erhalten. Die Eigenschaften der kationischen Polymeren sind vom urspräunglichen PEG-Molekulargewicht und der Diaminreaktivitäat abhäangig. PEG mit Mn = 396 zeigt das beste Verhalten. In verdäunnten wäassrigen Läosungen und in wäassrigen 2M NaCl-Läosungen der Polymeren wurde das Polyelektrolytverhalten veranschaulicht. Die Gegenwart der PEG Kette bestimmt das Polyelektrolytverhalten in den 2M NaCl Läosungen.
    Notes: Water-soluble cationic polymers were obtained by polyaddition of poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) diglycidylethers (M̄n of PEG were 396, 587, 1437 and 3554, resp.) with asymmetrical diamines such as N,N-dimethyl-1,3-diaminopropane and N,N-diethyl-1,3-diaminopropane. The cationic polymer properties depend on the PEG initial molecular weight and on the diamine reactivity too. PEG with M̄n = 396 had the best behaviour in these reactions. The polyelectrolyte feature of cationic polymers was emphasized both in dilute aqueous solutions and in 2M aqueous NaCl solutions. The polyelectrolyte behaviour in 2M aqueous NaCl solution is determined by the PEG chain presence.
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    Untersuchungen zur reaktion von o-kresol mit formaldehyd unter verwendung tertiärer amine (1994)
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    Angewandte Makromolekulare Chemie 215 (1994), S. 139-145 
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    Description / Table of Contents: Die Reaktion von o-Kresol mit Formaldehyd wurde unter Verwendung verschiedener tertiäarer Amine als Katalysatoren untersucht. Der Einfluß der Reaktionsparameter Basizitäat, Temperatur, Reaktionszeit und Formaldehydkonzentration wird diskutiert. Für die bevorzugte Bildung von 2,4-Bis(hydroxymethyl)-6-methylphenol wurden optimierte Synthesebedingungen erarbeitet. Die Bildung von Zwei-bzw. Mehrkernprodukten konnte nicht ausgeschlossen werden.
    Notes: The reaction between o-cresol and formaldehyde was investigated using various tertiary amines as catalysts. The influence of the reaction parameters basicity, temperature, reaction time and concentration of formaldehyde was discussed. To yield preferentially 2,4-bis(hydroxymethyl)-6-methylphenol the conditions of synthesis were optimized. The formation of bi- and polynuclear products cannot be avoided.
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    Effect of addition of cellulose powder on the viscometric behavior of liquid crystalline solutions of ethyl cellulose in m-cresol (1994)
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    Angewandte Makromolekulare Chemie 215 (1994), S. 189-200 
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    Description / Table of Contents: Die Scherviskositäat fläussigkristalliner Ethylcellulose, die mit Cellulosepulver unterschiedlicher Partikelgräoße gefäullt war, wurde bei konstantem Schergefäalle mit einem Kegel-Platte-Viskosimeter bestimmt. Der Einfluß des Cellulosepulvergehalts, des Läange/Breite-Verhäaltnisses der Pulverteilchen und der Temperatur auf das viskose Verhalten und die Phasenäubergäange wird diskutiert. Der Zusatz von Cellulosepulver erhäoht die Viskositäat und verringert die Aktivierungsenergie des Fließens(Ea), ohne jedoch die Phasenäubergäange zu beeinflussen. Die Viskositäat und die Aktivierungsenergie sind abhäangig vom Läange/Breite-Verhäaltnis der Pulverteilchen; mit zunehmender Gräoße dieses Verhäaltnisses wird die Viskositäatszunahme beschleunigt und die Aktivierungsenergie des Fließens erhäoht, wäahrend die Aktivierungsenergie mit steigendem Pulvergehalt abnimmt. Die Phasenumwandlungen sind unabhäangig von der Partikelform. Der Einfluß des Pulvergehalts auf Viskositäat und Aktivierungsenergie ist abhäangig von der Art der fläussigen Phase; in der anisotropen Phase ist der Einfluß geringer als in der isotropen Phase. Dies scheint von der Ausrichtung der Pulverteilchen und der stäabchenfäormigen Molekäule herzuräuhren.
    Notes: Steady-state shear viscosity for the liquid crystalline ethyl cellulose solution filled with cellulose powders was determined using a cone-plate-type viscometer and the effects of cellulose powder content, powder aspect ratio and temperature on the viscometric behavior and phase transformation were discussed. The addition of powder increased the viscosity and decreased the activation energy (Ea) for flow, but did not affect the phase transformation. The viscosity and Ea depended on the aspect ratio; with greater aspect ratio, the viscosity enhancement was accelerated and Ea as well as the decrease in Ea with powder content increased. The phase transformation did not depend on the aspect ratio, the dependences of viscosity and of Ea on powder content depended on the solution phase; the dependences for the anisotropic phase were smaller than those for the isotropic one. The findings appeared to originate from the alignments of powders and rod-like molecules.
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    Oxygen uptake methods as a tool to determine the mechanism of action of hindered amine light stabilizers1Paper presented at the “15th Annual International Conference on Advances in the Stabilization and Degradation of Polymers” in Luzern (Switzerland), June 2-4, 1993. (1994)
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    Angewandte Makromolekulare Chemie 216 (1994), S. 37-44 
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    Notes: The UV-degradation of an unstabilized and two HALS stabilized polyethylene (PE) films is described. The degradations are characterized by measuring the oxygen uptake, the formation of CO and CO2, the FT-IR spectra, the mechanical properties, the stabilizer concentration and the oxygen content of the film.The oxygen uptake of the unstabilized PE film led to the expected changes in the IR spectra and embrittlement of the film, while the oxygen uptake by the HALS stabilized films caused only minor changes. The differences between the results for the unstabilized and the HALS stabilized polymers are explained assuming that the initiation of the photodegradation of PE is due to charge transfer complexes.
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    Current of status of exploitation of radical scavenging stabilizers in advanced polymer stabilizationPaper presented at the “15th Annual International Conference on Advances in the Stabilization and Degradation of Polymers” in Luzern (Switzerland), June 2-4, 1993. (1994)
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    Angewandte Makromolekulare Chemie 216 (1994), S. 135-146 
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    Notes: Principal chemical pathways characteristic of active participation of radical scavenging polymer stabilizers (phenols, aromatic, hydroaromatic and hindered aliphatic amines) are outlined. Pathways resulting in a partial depletion or distortion of activity of stabilizers, in formation of polymer discolouring products, or in interactions in bifunctional stabilizers are involved.
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    Poly(butyleneterephtalate) photolysis and photooxidation : Identification of the ir-absorbing productsPaper presented at the “15th Annual International Conference on Advances in the Stabilization and Degradation of Polymers” in Luzern (Switzerland), June 2-4, 1993. (1994)
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    Angewandte Makromolekulare Chemie 216 (1994), S. 155-167 
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    Notes: Irradiations (λ≥300 nm) of poly(butyleneterphtalate) films were carried out in both vacum and air. Photoproducts were investigated by FTIR spectroscopy, chemical derivatization reactions and physical treatments. The repartition of photoproducts in the polymer was shown to be heterogeneous. A scheme accounting for the main routes of PBT photolysis was found on the basis of photoproducts identification. Most of oxidation products were analogous to vacum photolysis species; the mechanism of photooxidation proposed implied both pure photolytical processes and a photo-induced oxidation route.
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    Photo- and radiation-induced degradation of synthetic polymers: Polymer structure and stabilityPaper presented at the “15th Annual International Conference on Advances in the Stabilization and Degradation of Polymers” in Luzern (Switzerland), June 2-4, 1993. (1994)
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    Angewandte Makromolekulare Chemie 216 (1994), S. 225-241 
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    Notes: The effect of polymer density, processing conditions (quenching of annealing), degree of crystallinity, size of crystallite and mobility of polymer chains on the photo-and radiation-induced degradation and the polymer stability have been studied by UV, FTIR spectroscopic, viscosity and mechanical property measurements. Four kinds of annealed or quenched polyethylene (PE) films varying densities were used to the studies. Polystyrene (PSt) films were used to investigate the effect of chain mobility on polymer degradation. The following results were obtained. 1.In linear low density (LLD) PE, greater amounts of crosslinking (irradiated in vacuum) and chain scission (irradiated in air) were noticed than in mediun density (MD) PE and high density (HD) PE samples.2.Polyene formation is favored in the case of the irradiation in vacuum for LLDPE.3.Polymer stability evaluated by mechanical property such as elongation at break (%) is superior in LLDPE to MDPE and HDPE for annealed and quenched samples.4.Segmental motion of polymer chain also affects the polymer stability
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    Eigenschaften von binären mischungen aus polyethylenen hoher dichte mit ultrahoher und normaler molmasse (1994)
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    Angewandte Makromolekulare Chemie 217 (1994), S. 43-49 
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    Description / Table of Contents: The study is on two component blends of high density polyethylenes, having normal and ultra-high molecular weight. The polyethylenes were homogenized by two routes: in powder state or by rolling in melt, then pressed at temperatures in the range from 140°C to 220°C. Comparative studies showed that the way of homogenizing of the components does practically not affect the main mechanical properties of the blends when pressed at temperatures ≥ 160°C. Of special interest are the characteristics of those systems where ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene is the matrix component.
    Notes: Untersucht wurden binäre Mischungen von Polyethylenen hoher Dichte rnit normaler und ultrahochmolekularer Molmasse, die auf zweierlei Weise - in Pulverform oder durch Walzen im Schmelzezustand - homogenisiert und bei Temperaturen zwischen 140 und 220°C gepreßt waren.Es wurde festgestellt, daß die Art der Homogenisierung der Komponenten praktisch keinen Einfluß auf die Eigenschaften bei Preßtemperaturen ≥ 160°C hat. Von besonderem Interesse sind die Eigenschaften der Systeme, in welchen das ultrahochmolekulare Polyethylen die Rolle der Matrixkomponente spielt.
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    Rôle des pigments dans une réaction de polymérisation sous lumière UV-visible (1994)
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    Angewandte Makromolekulare Chemie 218 (1994), S. 81-109 
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    Description / Table of Contents: Das Verhalten eines neuartigen photoinitiierenden Systems, das die Polymerisation von pigmenthaltigen Schichten großer Dicke in einem Reaktionsschritt gestattet, wird dargestellt. Die verschiedenen Wechselwirkungen, die in einem pigmenthaltigen System auftreten, werden qualitativ beschrieben, und der Anteil der von einem Photoinitiator absorbierten Lichtintensität wird berechnet. Neben dem Absorptions- und Reflexionsverhalten von verschiedenen Pigmentklassen werden die optischen Eigenschaften verschiedener Strahlungsquellen untersucht, um die Strahlungsbereiche zu finden, die am besten mit den optischen Parametern der Pigmente korrespondieren. Weiterhin wird die Beschleunigung von Polymerisationen durch die photokatalytische Wirkung einiger Pigmente behandelt.
    Notes: Ce travail sur le rôe des pigments définit le comportement d'un nouveau systeme photosensible qui permet de polymériser des milieux épais et pigmentés selon un procédé en une seule étape. Les différentes interactions présentes en milieu pigmenté sont décrites de façon qualitative, et la part de l'intensité lumineuse absorbée par un photo-amorceur dans un systéme pigmenté est evaluée. Les propriétés optiques telles que l'absorption et la réflectance des différentes familles chimiques de pigments sont déterminées, et, en paralléle, les propriétés optiques des différentes sources d'irradiation sont étudiées de manière à répondre au mieux aux fenêtres de transmission des pigments. L'effet photocatalytique de certains pigments est mentionné, ceci afin d'amkliorer la réaction de polymérisation.
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    Molar mass distribution of polybutadiene synthesized with nickel-based Ziegler-Natta catalysts, I (1994)
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    Angewandte Makromolekulare Chemie 218 (1994), S. 153-162 
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    Description / Table of Contents: Die Herstellung von cis-1,4-Polybutadien erfolgte mittels Polymerisation von 1,3-Butadien mit einem Katalysatorsystem, das in einer zweistufigen Reaktion gebildet wird: (1) BF3 · O(C2H5)2 und Al(C2H5)3, (2) Ni(OOC8H15)2 und Al(C2H5)3, genannt in-situ-Katalysatorsystem.Die Molmassenverteilungen (MMD) der erhaltenen Polymeren sind mit der Größenausschlußchromatographie (SEC) untersucht worden. Sie lassen sich mit Summen aus Schulz-Flory-Funktionen (SFF) beschreiben. Veränderte Katalysatorformierungs- und Polymerisationsbedingungen beeinflussen die Parameter der SFF. Veränderte Peakflächen und Molmassenmittelwerte der Einzelpeaks zeigen, daß die Polymerisation über mehrere Arten aktiver Zentren verläuft.
    Notes: Cis-1,4-polybutadiene was produced by polymerization of 1,3-butadiene using a catalyst system formed by a two-step formation, Namely (1) BF3 . O(C2H5)2 and Al(C2H5)3, (2) Ni(OOC8H15)2 and Al(C2H5)3 named in-situ-catalyst.The molar mass distributions (MMD) of the polybutadienes are investigated by means of size exclusion chromatography (SEC). The MMD's were fitted by a sum of Schulz-Flory-Functions (SFF). Changed catalyst formation and polymerization conditions influenced the parameters of the SFF. Changed areas and changed molar mass averages indicate a polymerization with more than one peak maximum and kind of active species and lead to a better understanding of the polymerization.
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    Synthesis and characterization of epoxy resins containing chromium acrylate (1994)
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    Angewandte Makromolekulare Chemie 219 (1994), S. 1-10 
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    Description / Table of Contents: Durch Umsetzung von Chromacrylat mit Bisphenol A und einem Überschuß Epichlorhydrin wurden neuartige Epoxid-Harze hergestellt. Epoxy-Äquivalentgewicht, Gehalt an Hydroxygruppen und hydrolysierbarem Chlor sowie die Viskosität wurden bestimmt, und die Harze wurden mittels IR- und 1H-NMR-Spektroskopie charakterisiert. Die thermischen Eigenschaften der bei 30°C für 24 h mit Ciba Geigy HY 850 (aliphatisches Amin) gehärteten Harze wurden gemessen. Die Harze besitzen eine gute thermische und chemische Stabilität und eine gute elektrische Leitfähigkeit. Die Reaktion verläuft nach erster Ordnung; die Aktivierungsenergie beträgt 47 kJ mol-1 bzw. 34 kJ mol-1 mit bzw. ohne Chromacrylat. Aus spektroskopischen Untersuchungen wird geschlossen, daß das Chrom mit Bisphenol A einen Komplex bildet, der die Epoxidierung beschleunigt.
    Notes: Novel epoxy resins containing chromium acrylate have been synthesized by reacting chromium acrylate with bisphenol-A and excess epichlorohydrin. The quantities such as epoxy equivalent weight, hydroxy content, hydrolyzable chlorine content and viscosity have been determined. The resins have been characterized by IR and 1H NMR spectroscopy. The cured resins were evaluated for thermal properties. The curing of resins was carried out with Ciba Geigy HY 850 (aliphatic amine adduct) at 30°C for 24 h. The cured resins have excellent thermal and chemical resistance, in addition to an excellent electrical conductivity. The reaction follows first order kinetics with an activation energy of 47 kJ mol-1 and 34 kJ mol-1 in the presence and absence of chromium acrylate, respectively. The chromium forms a complex with bisphenol-A, as indicated by spectroscopic studies, which increases epoxidation.
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    Interpenetrating polymer networks based on liquid natural rubber. 1. Synthesis and effect of nco/oh ratio on physical and mechanical properties (1994)
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    Angewandte Makromolekulare Chemie 219 (1994), S. 67-76 
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    Description / Table of Contents: Interpenetrierende Polymernetzwerke (IPNs) aus Polystyrol und Polyurethan auf der Basis von hydroxyterminiertem Naturkautschuk mit unterschiedlichen NCO/OH-Verhältnissen wurden unter verschiedenen Reaktionsbedingungen hergestellt und zu widerstandsfähigen Filmen verarbeitet. Die IPNs wurden durch ihre physikalischen, mechanischen und morphologischen Eigenschaften wie Dichte, Shore-A-Härte, Vernetzungsdichte, Zugfestigkeit und Reißdehnung charakterisiert. Mit steigendem Polystyrolgehalt erhöhen sich auch Dichte, Shore-A-Härte und Zugfestigkeit, während die Reißdehnung abnimmt. Die Untersuchungen der Vernetzungsdichte lassen eine Phasenumkehr vermuten.
    Notes: Interpenetrating polymer networks (IPNs) of polyurethane based on hydroxyterminated natural rubber with varying NCO/OH ratios and polystyrene were synthesized under different experimental conditions. These IPNs were found to make tough films. The IPNs were characterized by their physical, mechanical and morphological properties like density, Shore-A hardness, crosslink density, tensile strength and elongation at break. The IPNs exhibited an increasing trend in density, Shore-A hardness and tensile strength with increasing polystyrene content, while elongation at break decreased with similar variation in polystyrene content. The crosslink density measurements indicated a possible phase inversion process.
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    Plasma treatment of polyethylene ultrafiltration membranes (1994)
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    Angewandte Makromolekulare Chemie 219 (1994), S. 117-124 
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    Description / Table of Contents: Der Einfluß einer Plasmabehandlung von Ultrafiltrationsmembranen aus Polyethylen auf die Fouling- und Reinigungseigenschaften bei der Filtration von Rinderserumalbumin werden diskutiert. Bei 2,45 GHz erzeugtes Luft-Plasma steigert die Hydrophilie der Membranoberfläche von 0 auf 60%. Der Durchfluß bleibt bei 90 bis 99%. Mit Plasma behandelte Membranen sind leichter zu reinigen als unbehandelte; dennoch sind sie anfälliger für die Ablagerung von Rinderserumalbumin.
    Notes: The effect of plasma treatment of polyethylene ultrafiltration membranes on fouling and cleaning phenomena during filtration of bovine serum albumin solutions is discussed. Air-plasma of 2.45 GHz raises the membrane surface hydrophilicity from 0 up to 60%. The flux is maintained at 90-99%. Plasma-treated membranes are easier to clean than untreated polyethylene membranes. Despite that, the plasma-modified membranes are susceptible to more intensive deposition of albumin.
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    Preparation and characteristics of immobilized glucose oxidase on membranes of photosensitive polymers (1994)
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    Angewandte Makromolekulare Chemie 219 (1994), S. 101-115 
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    Description / Table of Contents: Die Immobilisierung von Glucose-Oxidase in einer Poly(vinylalkohol) (PVAL)-Membran in Gegenwart von UV-Photoinitiatoren wurde untersucht. Enzym-Membranen wurden aus PVAL-Diazoharz- und PVAL-Photoinitiator-Systemen durch Vernetzung mit UV-Licht hergestellt. Mit diesen immobilisierten Glucose-Oxidase-Membranen wurde eine wirkungsvolle Enzymelektrode entwickelt, deren Eigenschaften untersucht wurden. Der Einfluß der Photoinitiatorkonzentration in Poly(vinylalkohol) und der UV-Bestrahlungsdauer auf den Grad der Unlöslichkeit sowie die Aktivitätsausbeute der Membran wurden mit Glucose als Substrat untersucht. Temperatur- und pH-Abhängigkeit der relativen Aktivität, Stabilität bei mehrmaligem Gebrauch, Lagerstabilität und Kalibrierungsdiagramme der Enzym-Membranen wurden ermittelt. Eine beim Erstgebrauch auftretende Instabilitätserscheinung der Membranen wurde ebenfalls untersucht.
    Notes: A study of the immobilization of glucose oxidase on a poly(vinyl alcohol) (PVAL) membrane in the presence of UV sensitizers was carried out. Enzyme membranes were prepared from PVAL-diazoresin and PVAL-sensitizer systems, crosslinked by means of UV irradiation. An effective enzyme electrode was developed by using the immobilized glucose oxidase membrane, and its characteristics were investigated. The effects of the concentration of sensitizers in poly(vinyl alcohol) and UV irradiation time on the degree of insolubility as well as the activity yield of the membrane were examined for the immobilized glucose oxidase using glucose as a substrate. Temperature and pH dependences of the relative activity, stability in repeated use, storage stability and calibration plots of the enzyme membranes were evaluated. The unstability phenomenon, found in the initial use of the immobilized glucose oxidase membrane, which was prepared from PVAL-sensitizer system, was also investigated.
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    Auswirkungen von Sterilisationsverfahren auf biologisch abbaubare Kunststoffe (1994)
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    Angewandte Makromolekulare Chemie 219 (1994), S. 11-26 
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    Description / Table of Contents: Biopol, Biocellat and Mater-Bi, three biologically decomposable plastics have been tested for their use in medical industries. Biopol did not loose its stress and stiffness under sterilisation, and was also resistant against temperature and alcohol. Mater-Bi and Biocellat, the two other materials, did not satisfy the test applications. Water vapor sterilisation, temperature up to 60°C, at higher temperatures this material will embrittle.
    Notes: Für den Einsatz biologisch abbaubarer Kunststoffe in der pharmazeutischen Industrie und Medizintechnik wurden Produkte verschiedener Hersteller, wie Biopol, Biocellat und Mater-Bi untersucht. Dabei zeigte vor allem Biopol das notwendige Anforderungsprofil, d.h. die Anwendbarkeit aller Sterilisationsverfahren ohne Festigkeitsbzw. Steifigkeitsverluste sowie Temperatur- und Alkoholbeständigkeit. Dagegen wiesen die Werkstoffe Mater-Bi und Biocellat einige Schwachstellen auf. Bei Mater-Bi lagen diese bei der Wasserdampfsterilisation sowie bei der geringen thermischen und Medienbeständigkeit. Biocellat versprödet dagegen durch die erhöhte Temperatur bei der Dampfsterilisation, d.h. daß ein Einsatz über 60°C nicht möglich wäre.
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    Polymers and copolymers based on vinyl tetrazoles, 2Part 1 cf.10.. Alkylation of poly(5-vinyl tetrazole) (1994)
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    Angewandte Makromolekulare Chemie 219 (1994), S. 89-99 
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    Description / Table of Contents: Die Alkylierung von Poly(5-vinyltetrazol) mit Dimethylsulfat und tert-Butylalkohol sowie Alkylhalogeniden RHal (R=CH3, C2H5, CH2—CH=CH2, n-C4H9 und t-C4H9) und die Kinetik dieser Reaktion wurden untersucht, um eine neue Herstellungsmethode für tetrazolhaltige Polymere mit wertvollen Eigenschaften zu entwickeln. Die vergleichenden Untersuchungen über die isomere Zusammensetzung und die spektroskopischen Daten von Poly(N-alkyl-5-vinyltetrazol)en, die durch die Alkylierung von Poly(5-vinyltetrazol) sowie durch die Copolymerisation der entsprechenden Monomeren hergestellt wurden, wurden mit IR-, 1H-NMR- und 13C-NMR-Spektroskopie durchgeführt. Der Alkylierungsumsatz beträgt bis zu 99,8%; dadurch können polymere Produkte erhalten werden, deren Zusammensetzung, Struktur und Eigenschaften denen der Homo- und Copolymeren sehr ähnlich sind.
    Notes: Alkylation of poly(5-vinyl tetrazole) with dimethyl sulfate and tert-butyl alcohol as well as with alkyl halides RHal (R=CH3, C2H5, CH2—CH=CH2, n-C4H9, t-C4H9) has been studied under various conditions in order to develop a new method of synthesis of tetrazole-containing polymers having a complex of valuable properties. The kinetic study of the process and comparison of isomeric compositions and spectroscopic characteristics (IR, 1H NMR and 13C NMR) of poly(N-alkyl-5-vinyl tetrazole)s synthesized by alkylation of poly(5-vinyl tetrazole) and of those prepared by (co)polymerization of the corresponding vinyl tetrazoles have been carried out. The alkylation is found to proceed to high conversion extents (up to 99.8%) and enables to obtain a wide variety of polymeric products having the composition, structure and properties very similar to those of homo- and copolymers.
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    Dyes for nonlinear optics prepared from 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate. Nonlinear properties of the resulting copolymers (1994)
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    Angewandte Makromolekulare Chemie 220 (1994), S. 75-87 
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    Description / Table of Contents: Farbstoffe mit nichtlinearen optischen Eigenschaften wurden in einer zweistufigen Synthese aus 2-Hydroxyethylmethacrylat (HEMA), 4-Carboxybenzaldehyd und verschiedenen Anilinderivaten hergestellt. Die Farbstoffe (aromatische Iminester von HEMA) wurden mit Styrol copolymerisiert, die erhaltenen Copolymere wurden mit DSC sowie IR-, 1H NMR- und UV-VIS-Spektroskopie charakterisiert, und ihre nichtlinearen Eigenschaften wurden untersucht. Es zeigte sich, daß die nichtlinearen Koeffizienten d31 und d33 vom Farbstoffgehalt der Copolymeren und der Art der elektronenspendenden Gruppen abhängig sind.
    Notes: Dyes for nonlinear optics have been synthesized in two steps from 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate (HEMA), 4-carboxybenzaldehyde and various substituted anilines. The obtained dyes (aromatic imine esters of HEMA) have been copolymerized with styrene, the copolymers characterized by DSC as well as IR, 1H NMR and UV-VIS spectroscopy, and studied for their nonlinear properties. The d31 and d33 nonlinear coefficients proved to be dependent on the dye content of the copolymers and on the nature of electrondonating groups.
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    Viscosity behaviour of multivalent metal ion-containing carboxymethyl cellulose solutions (1994)
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    Angewandte Makromolekulare Chemie 220 (1994), S. 123-132 
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    Description / Table of Contents: Der Einfluß von Ca2+-bzw. Al3+-Ionen auf das Viskositätsverhalten (Salzverträglichkeit) wäßriger Lösungen von Natriumcarboxymethylcellulose (CMC) sowohl mit unterschiedlichem Polymerisationsgrad (DP) als auch mit unterschiedlichem Substitutionsgrad (DS) und verschiedenartiger Substitutentenverteilung wurde untersucht. Aus Viskositätsmessungen mit einem Rotationsviskosimeter bei einer Scherrate von 500 s-1 geht hervor, daß die relative Abnahme der Viskosität im Ergebnis des Zusatzes der mehrwertigen Metallkationen unabhängig vom DP (im Bereich von 160 bis 900) der CMC ist. Homogen hergestellte CMC-Proben 2 mit einem größeren Gehalt an 2,3,6-Tri-O-carboxymethylglucose-Einheiten in der Polymerkette weisen im Vergleich zu heterogen hergestellten CMCs 1 bei gleichem Gesamt-DS eine höhere Salzverträglichkeit auf.
    Notes: The influence of Ca2+-and Al3+-ions, respectively, upon the viscosity behaviour (so-called salt tolerance) of aqueous solutions of sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) with different degree of polymerization (DP) and, on the other hand, with both different degree of substitution (DS) and distribution of substituents, was investigated. Viscosimetry by means of a rotational rheometer at a shear rate of 500 s-1 shows that the relative drop in viscosity as a result of addition of the multivalent metal cations is independent of DP (ranging from 160 to 900) of the CMC samples. Homogeneously synthesized CMCs (2) with a higher content of 2,3,6-tri-O-carboxymethyl glucose units in the polymer chain possess a significantly higher salt tolerance than those (1) prepared under heterogeneous reaction conditions at comparable total DS values.
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    Modification of melamine-formaldehyde moulding compounds with ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymers (1994)
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    Angewandte Makromolekulare Chemie 222 (1994), S. 61-87 
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    Description / Table of Contents: Melamin-Formaldehyd-Harz-Formmassen (MF) wurden durch mechanisches Mischen mit Ethylen-Vinylacetat-Copolymeren (EVA) und teilverseiftem EVA modifiziert, wobei Etherbindungen zwischen dem hydrolysierten EVA und dem MF-Harz nachgewiesen werden konnten, die die mechanischen Eigenschaften von spritzgepreßten Formteilen im Vergleich zur Modifizierung mit EVA verbessern. Der Zusatz solcher Modifikatoren erhöht die Duktilität und verringert im Falle von EVA die Nachschwindung der überaus steifen MF-Matrix, solange der Modifikatoranteil gering bleibt. Dagegen werden die Steifigkeit und die Wärmeformbeständigkeit verschlechtert. Die durch solche unvernetzten Polymeren erreichbare Steigerung der Schlagzähigkeit bleibt allerdings unzureichend.
    Notes: Melamine-formaldehyde moulding compounds (MF) were modified by mechanical mixing with ethylene/vinyl acetate copolymers (EVA) and with partially hydrolysed EVA. Ether linkages between the hydrolysed material and the MF resin improve the mechanical properties of the transfer moulded parts containing the hydrolysed material compared to those made with EVA. The use of both modifying polymers improves the ductility and, in case of the partially hydrolysed material, the postshrinkage of the extremely rigid MF matrix, as long as the modification polymer content is kept low. On the contrary, Young's modulus and the heat deflection temperature are deteriorated. The improvement in impact strength by use of those uncrosslinked polymers is still insufficient.
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    Synthesis and properties of biodegradable copolyesteramides: Nylon 6,6/∊-caprolactone copolymers, 1 (1994)
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    Angewandte Makromolekulare Chemie 222 (1994), S. 111-123 
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    Description / Table of Contents: Eine Reihe von Copolyesteramiden mit Molekulargewichten zwischen 1000 und 7000 (GPC, NMR) wurden aus Adipinsäure/1,6-Hexandiamin/∊-Caprolacton bzw. Nylon 6,6-Salz/∊-Caprolacton hergestellt. Die thermischen Eigenschaften der synthetisierten Polymeren (Glasübergangs-, Schmelz-, und Zersetzungstemperaturen, Schmelzenthalpien) wurden durch DSC- und TGA-Messungen bestimmt und in Bezug auf das Comonomerverhältnis in der Ausgangsmischung diskutiert. Die Übereinstimmung der Copolymerzusammensetzung mit dem Ausgangscomonomerverhältnis wurde mit FT-IR- und NMR-Spektroskopie untersucht. Die Bioabbaubarkeit der Copolyesteramide wurde durch enzymatische Hydrolyse geprüft.
    Notes: A series of copolyesteramides based on adipic acid/1,6-hexane diamine/∊-caprolactone and Nylon 6,6 salt/∊-caprolactone were synthesized. Their molecular weights, determined by gel permeation chromatography and NMR spectroscopy, were found to lie within the range from 1000 up to 7000. Their thermal properties (glass transitions, melting points and heats of melting, and decomposition temperatures) were recorded with diferential scanning calorimetry and thermogravimetry, respectively, and correlated to the comonomer feed composition. The FT-IR and NMR spectra were also recorded in order to confirm the composition of the copolyesteramides and to compare them with that of the comonomer feed. The biodegradability of the synthesized copolymers was tested by enzymatic hydrolysis.
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    Study of the condensation products of abietic acid with formaldehyde at high temperatures (1994)
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    Angewandte Makromolekulare Chemie 222 (1994), S. 165-174 
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    Description / Table of Contents: Durch sulfonsäurekatalysierte Umsetzung von Abietinsäure und Paraformaldehyd bei hohen Temperaturen wurden neuartige Kondensationsprodukte erhalten. Als Nebenprodukte der Polykondensation werden eine Ketoverbindung sowie Wasser und Kohlendioxid gebildet. Die Carboxygruppen der Abietinsäure sind an der Kondensationsreaktion beteiligt. In Abwesenheit von Paraformaldehyd wurde das Abietinsäure/Sulfonsäurekatalysator-System untersucht, um zusätzliche Informationen über die Reaktion zu erhalten. Der Reaktionsverlauf hängt von der Temperatur und der chemischen Struktur des Katalysators ab. Ein möglicher Reaktionsmechanismus der Kondensation wird diskutiert.
    Notes: New condensation products have been synthesized by heating abietic acid and formaldehyde at high temperatures in the presence of sulfonic-type acid catalysts. The main polycondensation reaction is associated with a secondary one which leads to a ketonic compound, carbon dioxide and water. The carboxylic groups of abietic acid participate in this condensation reaction. The behaviour of the abietic acid-sulfonic acid catalyst system was studied in absence of formaldehyde to acquire additional information about the reaction. The process is defined by the reaction temperature and chemical nature of the catalyst. A possible mechanism of the condensation reaction is discussed on the basis of the obtained results.
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    Tailored polymers by cationic ring-opening polymerization (1994)
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    Angewandte Makromolekulare Chemie 223 (1994), S. 1-11 
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    Notes: After a general classification of the cationic ring-opening polymerizations (CROP's) according to their polymerization mechanism, a number of examples of tailored polymers based on CROP are presented. The monomers used for the synthesis of these tailored structures are tetrahydrofuran (THF), N-tert-butyl aziridine (TBA), 2-methyl-1,3-oxazoline (MeOX) and 1,3-dioxolane (DXL).The polymer structures include different block and graft copolymers, macromonomers, star-shaped polymers, polymer networks and interpenetrating polymer networks (IPNs).
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    Massgeschneiderte PolymereVortrag anläßlich der Tagung der Fachgruppe “Makromolekulare Chemie” der Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker über “Fortschritte in der Polymersynthese” in Bad Nauheim, 21.-22. März 1994. Synthesestrategien für Telechele, Makromonomere, Block- und Pfropfcopolymere (1994)
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    Angewandte Makromolekulare Chemie 223 (1994), S. 29-46 
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    Description / Table of Contents: In diesem Beitrag wird ein überblick über neuere Entwicklungen auf dem Gebiet der Synthese von Telechelen, Makromonomeren, Block- und Pfropfcopolymeren gegeben. Synthesestrategien aus den Bereichen der Polykondensation, der radikalischen, anionischen und kationischen Polymerisation, der Kettenspaltung sowie der Criss-Cross-Cycloaddition werden diskutiert.
    Notes: New developments in the synthesis of telechelics, macromonomers, block- and graftcopolymers are presented. Synthetic strategies for them are demonstrated with examples from different fields such as polycondensation, radical, anionic, and cationic polymerization, chain cleavage and criss-cross-cycloaddition.
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    Alkane als initiatoren zur radikalischen polymerizationHerrn Professor Dr. rer. nat. Dr.-Ing. E.h. Hansjörg Sinn mit den besten Wünschen zum 65. Geburtstag gewidmet (1994)
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    Angewandte Makromolekulare Chemie 223 (1994), S. 69-79 
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    Notes: Alkanes with highly substituted carbon-carbon bonds can be cleaved in free radicals by homolytic dissociation under the influence of thermal energy. The energy of dissociation is mainly determined by the type and size of the respective substituents. For tetraarylbutane dinitriles the temperatures of decomposition are in the range of other technically used initiators. But nevertheless, these compounds are up to now rather seldom used to initiate free radical polymerizations. This is connected with the special mechanism of initiation: the formed highly substituted alkyl radicals are relatively stable and show only a rather low reactivity against the usually used monomers. Therefore, in the beginning of the polymerization the radical concentration is rather high which leads not only to addition to monomers but also to a pronounced primary radical termination. In some cases this termination process is reversible which results in an unusual polymerization kinetics. Depending on the type of monomer and the degree of reversibility of the primary radical termination, either a period of “dead-end” polymerization follows or the cleavage of the oligomers at the chain end results in a re-initiation process with a “normal” polymerization with increased rate. The reaction mechanism, kinetics and some possible applications of such initiating alkanes are reported.
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    Cycloolefin-copolymere: Eine neue klasse transparenter thermoplasteHerrn Prof. Dr. H. Sinn zum 65. Geburtstag gewidmet. (1994)
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    Angewandte Makromolekulare Chemie 223 (1994), S. 121-133 
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    Description / Table of Contents: Untersuchungen wesentlicher Aspekte der Polymerisation und der Eigenschaftsmodifikation auf Metallocen-Katalyse basierender Cycloolefin-Copolymere (COC) zeigen, daß mit dieser Monomer-Katalysator-Kombination eine neue Klasse transparenter Thermoplasten zugänglich gemacht wird. COC können mit Metallocenen in beliebiger zusammensetzung und mit kontrollierter Mikrostruktur hergestellt werden. Die somit erreichte und durch zusätzliche Modifikationen noch erweiterbare Breite des Eigenschaftsspektrums ermöglicht vielfältige Anwendungen dieser neuen Polymerklasse. Die wichtigsten Schlüsselfaktoren im rohstofflich-technologischen Bereich, die diese Struktur- und Eigenschaftsvielfalt ergeben, werden beispielhaft beschrieben.
    Notes: Investigation of the polymerization process and property modification of metallocene-based cycloolefin copolymers (COC) shows that this monomer-catalyst combination enables synthesis of a new class of transparent thermoplastic polymers. Metallocene catalysis offers much opportunity to vary the composition and microstructure of the copolymers. The breadth of the polymer spectrum which can be further widened by polymer modification enables many applications for this new class of thermoplastics. The key parameters that control structure and properties in the COC family are discussed in this paper.
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    Funktionalisierte Kammpolymere: Synthesen, modifizierung und anwendungen (1994)
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    Angewandte Makromolekulare Chemie 223 (1994), S. 165-175 
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    Notes: The present paper deals with the synthesis and modification of functionalized polymers characterized by a special molecular architecture. The reactivity of a functionalized polymer with comb-like structure can be controlled in a significant manner by the crystalline order of the side chains. In contrast, photocrosslinking of comblike polymers containing cinnamic components in the side chains influences the crystallization process. The air drying process of a modified polybutadiene system with comb-like structure was shown to depend sensitively on the side chain order. Enzymatic synthesis of new monomers and polymers is briefly reviewed. The complexing capability of cyclodextrines were used to synthesize polyrotaxanes. Finally, the synthesis of a chiral polymerizable dendrimer containing eight estergroups in the monomer unit is presented.
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    Intramolekular vernetzte poly(organosiloxan)partikel (1994)
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    Angewandte Makromolekulare Chemie 223 (1994), S. 203-216 
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    Notes: Intramolecularly crosslinked poly(organosiloxane) particles are prepared by means of emulsion polycondensation or emulsion polymerization of alkoxysilanes or cyclic organic siloxanes. Starting from these intramolecularly crosslinked poly(organosiloxane) particles, graft copolymers are obtained by free-radical emulsion polymerization of unsaturated olefinic monomers (e.g. acrylates, styrene) in the presence of (functionalized) organosiloxanes. Intramolecularly crosslinked poly(siloxane) particles and their graft copolymers are characterized by means of light scattering (in dispersion), electron microscopy and thermal analyses (DSC, DMTA).
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    Study on poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene oxide)/SBS triblock copolymer blends (1994)
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    Angewandte Makromolekulare Chemie 214 (1994), S. 153-167 
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    Description / Table of Contents: Der Zusammenhang zwischen der Mischbarkeit und den physikalischen Eigenschaften von Polymerblends aus Poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylenoxid) (PPO), die in unterschiedlichen Zusammensetzungen in einem Doppelschneckenextruder mit Polystyrol, schlagzähem Polystyrol oder Styrol-Butadien-Copolymeren hergestellt wurden, wird diskutiert. Die Verträglichkeit der Komponenten wurde mittels DSC und DMA, die Morphologie der Blends mittels SEM untersucht. Mit abnehmendem Polystyrolanteil wurde eine schlechtere Mischbarkeit bei den Blends beobachtet, deren Kerbschlagempfindlichkeit sich erhöhte. Die Untersuchungsergebnisse werden mit dem Micellmodell interpretiert.
    Notes: The relationship between the miscibility and the physical properties of polymer blends of poly(2,6-dimethyl-1,4-phenylene oxide) and polystyrene (PS), high-impact polystyrene (IPS) and poly(styrene-block-butadiene-block-styrene) (SBS), which are blended in different compositions by a twin-screw extruder is discussed. The three types of SBS that were used are SBS1, SBS2 and SBS3 having different styrene/butadiene ratios. Dynamic mechanical analysis and differential scanning calorimetry were used to study the miscibility. The morphology was examined by SEM. The miscibility of the blends decreases with decreasing PS content. The notch sensitivity is improved by blending. Finally, the micelle model was used to explain the testing phenomena.
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    Water-soluble polyamides as potential drug carriers, VIIPresented in part at the Symposium on Water-soluble Polymers, 198th National Meeting Am. Chem. Soc., Miami Beach, Florida, 10-16 September 1989. For Part VI, cf1.. Synthesis of polymers containing intrachain- or extrachain-type amine ligands by interfacial polymerization (1994)
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    Angewandte Makromolekulare Chemie 214 (1994), S. 137-152 
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    Description / Table of Contents: Aliphatische Polyamide mit Poly(ethylenoxid)-Kettensegmenten unterschiedlicher Länge wurden durch Grenzflächenpolymerisation aus Succinylchlorid und Jeffamine ED-900 (O,O'-Bis(2-aminopropyl)poly(ethylenglykol) 800) bzw. Jeffamine ED-2001 (O,O'-Bis(2-aminopropyl)poly(ethylenglykol) 1900) zur Verwendung als Trägersubstanzen für Medikamente synthetisiert. Copolyamide mit kurzkettigen Diamin- und Jeffamine-Segmenten sowie Polyamide aus Cystin und Diamineinheiten wurden auf die gleiche Weise hergestellt. Die Polymerisationen wurden im zweiphasigen System Dichlormethan/Wasser bei Temperaturen um 0°C durchgeführt. Die Polymerprodukte wurden durch stufenweise Dialyse in wäßriger Phase bis zu einem Molekulargewicht von 25000 fraktioniert, nach Gefriertrocknung als wasserlösliche Harze oder Feststoffe erhalten und durch Mikroanalyse sowie 1H NMR-Spektroskopie charakterisiert. Die inhärenten Viskositäten liegen im Bereich von 10-20 ml/g. Die Eignung eines repräsentativen Zielmoleküls zur Bindung von Medikamenten wurde durch eine kovalente Verankerung einer als Medikamentmodell fungierenden Ferrocen-Verbindung untersucht. Dabei wurde ein wasserlösliches Polymer-Ferrocen-Konjugat erhalten.
    Notes: Aliphatic polyamides comprising poly(ethylene oxide) chain segments of various lengths, designed for use as drug carriers, are synthesized by interfacial polymerization of succinyl chloride with the two Jeffamine types ED-900 and ED-2001, formally described by the supplier as O,O'-bis(2-aminopropyl)poly(ethylene glycol) 800 and O,O'-bis(2-aminopropyl)poly(ethylene glycol) 1900. Copolyamides comprising both short-chain diamine and Jeffamine segments are similarly prepared, as are polyamides made up of cystine and diamine segments. The polymerizations are performed in a two-phase methylene chloride-water system at temperatures near or below 0°C. The product polymers, crudely fractionated by staged aqueous-phase dialysis at an ultimate molecular-mass cut-off of 25000, are collected after freeze-drying as water-soluble resins or solids and are characterized microanalytically and by 1H NMR spectroscopy. Inherent viscosities are in the range of 10-20 ml g-1. The drug-binding potential of a representative target polymer is probed by the covalent anchoring of a ferrocene compound used as a drug model, giving a water-soluble polymer-ferrocene conjugate.
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    Studies on vinyl ester resin and its urethane derivative as coating materials (1994)
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    Angewandte Makromolekulare Chemie 214 (1994), S. 211-216 
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    Description / Table of Contents: Über die Anwendung von Vinylesterharzen aus dem Diglycidylether von Bisphenol A sowie dessen Urethanderivat als Beschichtungsmaterial wird berichtet. Die mit den Harzen beschichteten Flußstahlplatten wurden auf Oberflächenglanz, Kratzfestigkeit und Chemikalienbeständigkeit untersucht. Harze mit Styrolanteil zeigen deutlich verbesserte Beschichtungseigenschaften.
    Notes: The present paper is concerned with the coating applications of a vinyl ester resin derived from diglycidyl ether of bisphenol-A and its urethane derivative. The mild steel panels coated with the synthesized resins were evaluated for their gloss on the surface, scratch hardness and chemical resistance. The incorporation of styrene in the resin systems improves the properties of coatings remarkably.
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    Silica gel supported zirconocene dichloride/methylalumoxane catalysts for ethylene polymerization: Effects of heterogenation on activity, polymer microstructure and product morphology (1994)
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    Angewandte Makromolekulare Chemie 215 (1994), S. 47-57 
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    Keywords: Chemistry ; Polymer and Materials Science
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    Description / Table of Contents: Das Katalysatorsystem Zirkonocendichlorid/Methylalumoxan wurde auf Siliciumdioxid aufgebracht, um Katalysatoren fur die Suspensions- order Gasphasenpolymerisation von Ethylen herzustellen. Die häochste Aktivitäat wurde für eine sandwichartige, dreilagige Verankerung von Zirkonzentren auf der Träageroberfläache gefunden. Dieneuen Katalysatorsysteme besitzen eine im Vergleich zu den entsprechenden homogenen Katalysatoren geringere Aktivitäat. Die Immobilisierung der aktiven Katalysatorzentren führt zu einer deutlichen Erhäohung der Polymermolmassen. Dabei bleibt die enge Molekulargewichtsverteilung der Polymerprodukte nahezu erhalten. Solche auf Träager aufgebrachte Metallocen-Katalysatoren käonnten für die Herstellung von Polyethylenen mit kontrollierter Rheologie Anwendung finden.
    Notes: The system zirconocene dichloride/methylalumoxane was supported on silica in order to provide ethylene polymerization catalysts for suspension or gas phase processes. Highest activity was found for a sandwich-like, three layer anchoring of the zirconium centers on the support surface. The new catalyst systems show a decrease of activity compared to polymerization experiments in homogeneous phase. However, the molecular weights are increased and the weight distributions remain narrow by immobilization of the active catalyst sites. Those supported metallocene catalysts could find application for the synthesis of polyethylene materials with controlled rheology.
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    Evaluation of poly(butyl acrylate-co-ethylene glycol dimethacrylate) sorbents for chromatographic separation of biomolecules (1994)
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    Angewandte Makromolekulare Chemie 215 (1994), S. 129-138 
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    Description / Table of Contents: Vernetzte Copolmere aus Butylacrylat (BA) und Ethylenglycol-dimethacrylat (EGDMA) wurden auf ihre Eignung als stationäare Phase für die Chromatographie untersucht. Es wurde festgestellt, daß gering vernetzte Copolymere (〈 30 Gew.-% EGDMA) nicht poräos sind, wäahrend Matrices mit mehr als 40 Gew.-% EGDMA eine konstante Porositäat aufweisen. Eine Erhäohung des Vernetzergehaltes beeinflußt hauptsäachlich die Hydrophobie der Oberfläache. Zwei Meßmethoden für diese Eigenschaft werden diskutiert: Die Absorption von Alkylalkoholen und von Aminosäauren. Für letztere wurde aus der Steigung der Beziehung zwischen der Sälenkapazitäat und dem Hydrophobie-Parameter der Aminosäauren ein Matrix-Hydrophobie-Index berechnet und dieser mit den bekannten Energien der Wechselwirkung von Alkylalkohol—CH2 Gruppen mit der Polymermatrix verglichen. Die Vorteile der Verwendung des Hydrophobie-Indexes bei der Bewertung von polymeren Sorbentien werden aufgezeigt.
    Notes: Copolymers of butyl acrylate (BA) crosslinked with ethylene glycol dimethacrylate (EGDMA) were evaluated as potential chromatographic packings. It was found that slightly crosslinked copolymers (up to 30 wt.-% EGDMA) did not provide porous material, while for matrices which exceeded 40 wt.-% of EGDMA the porous structure remained unchangeable. The increase of crosslinker content mostly affected the surface hydrophobicity. Two methods of measurement of this property were discussed: Sorption of alkyl alcohols and amino acids. Taking the latter for testing, a polymer matrix hydrophobicity index was calculated as the slope of dependence of column capacity vs. amino acid hydrophobicity parameter. The indices were verified against well-established interaction energies of —CH2— groups of alkyl alcohols and polymer surfaces. Some benefits of the use of the hydrophobicity index in evaluation of polymer sorbents were demonstrated.
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