Screening of a bovine genomic library with the human minisatellite 33.6 probe uncovered a family of clones that, when used to probe Southern blots of bovine genomic DNA digested with the restriction enzyme HaeIII or MboI, revealed sexually dimorphic, but otherwise virtually monomorphic, patterns among the larger DNA fragments to which they hybridized. Characterization of one of these clones revealed that it contains different minisatellite sequences. The sexual dimorphism hybridization pattern observed with this clone was found to be due to multiple copies of two tandemly interspersed repeats: the simple sequence (TG)n and a previously undescribed 29-bp sequence. Both repeats appear to share many genomic loci including autosomal loci. In contrast, Southern analysis of AluI- or HinfI-digested bovine DNA with the (TG)n repeat used as a probe yielded substantial polymorphism. These results show that (i) different minisatellites can be found in a cluster, (ii) both simple and more complex repeated sequences other than the simple quaternary (GATA)n repeat can be sexually dimorphic, and (iii) simple repeats can reveal substantial polymorphism.
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Nematic films doped with molecules of high nonlinear polarizability can exhibit two-dimensional asymmetry after electric-field poling along one direction only. Consequently, these films exhibit more nonzero components of the second-order susceptibility tensor than are obtained through usual poling techniques. These films can exhibit very high nonlinear optical coefficients (close to 10−7 esu/cm3) and retain most of their nonlinearity one week after removal of the poling field.
Cationic particles interact by electrostatic forces with membrane components of diverse cell types, including lymphocytes. Contact with cationized streptococci was shown to induce a murine T-cell hybridoma to transcribe lymphokine mRNA as well as secrete interleukin-2. This activation was accompanied by a rise in intracellular calcium. Cationized streptococci-induced activation of this T-cell hybridoma could be specifically inhibited by either chelating extracellular calcium or by treating with CD4 monoclonal antibody. These data indicate that the in vitro behaviour of T cells can be modulated by charged microbial particles; such interactions may have relevance for chronic inflammation associated with some bacterial infections.
Photosensitized redn. of HCO3- to HCO2- proceeds in an aq. system composed of deazariboflavin, dRFl, as photosensitizer, N,N'-dimethyl-4,4'-bipyridinium, MV2+, as primary electron acceptor, sodium oxalate as sacrificial electron donor, and in the presence of a Pd colloid stabilized by β-cyclodextrin, Pd-β-CD. The reaction proceeds with a quantum efficiency of 1.1. Kinetic characterization of the Pd-β-CD catalyst activity reveals the presence of active sites for bicarbonate activation and redn. as well as catalytic sites for H2 evolution. The HCO3- activation sites are specifically inhibited by thiols. The catalytic redn. of HCO3- to HCO2- and the resp. inhibition processes exhibit enzyme-like kinetic properties. The Pd-β-CD colloid shows reversible activities and effects the redn. of MV2+ by formate. Kinetic characterization of the catalyzed redn. of HCO3- to HCO2- and the reverse oxidn. of HCO2- provides a sequential mechanism for the reactions. [on SciFinder(R)]
