@article{Scheer1982, author = {Scheer, Ulrich}, title = {A novel type of chromatin organization in lampbrush chromosomes of Pleurodeles waltlii: visualization of clusters of tandemly repeated, very short transcriptional units}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-41087}, year = {1982}, abstract = {A novel chromatin configuration is described in lampbrush chromosomes of Pleurodeles waltlii oocytes which is different from transcriptionally inactive chromatin as weil as from the various forms of transcribed chromatin hitherto described. This novel type of chromatin is not arranged in Christmas tree-Iike configurations of densely packed lateral ribonucleoprotein (RNP) fibriIs but is characterized by a periodic alternating pattern of thick and thin regions which occur in clusters 01 some 10,000 repeats. Each thickened unit with an average length of 45 nm contains two c10sely spaced particles, the putative RNA polymerases, and each thickened unit is separated from the next one by a beaded chromatin spacer with a length of about 80 nm. This chromatin spacer contains on average two particles of approximately 14 nm in diameter, assumed to be nucleosomes. The thickened regions are interpreted to represent short transcriptional units containing approximately 130 base pairs of DNA which are separated from each other by nontranscribed spacers of 240-400 base pairs of DNA. The possibility is discussed that these transcriptional units represent 5S rRNA or tRNA genes.}, language = {en} } @article{FrankeKleinschmidtSpringetal.1981, author = {Franke, Werner W. and Kleinschmidt, J{\"u}rgen A. and Spring, Herbert and Krohne, Georg and Grund, Christine and Trendelenburg, Michael F. and St{\"o}hr, Michael and Scheer, Ulrich}, title = {A nucleolar skeleton of protein filaments demonstrated in amplified nucleoli of Xenopus laevis}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-33130}, year = {1981}, abstract = {The amplified, extrachromosomal nucleoli of Xenopus oocytes contain a meshwork of -4-nm-thick filaments, which are densely coiled into higher-order fibrils of diameter 30-40 nm and are resistant to treatment with high- and low-salt concentrations, nucleases (DNase I, pancreatic RNase, micrococcal nuclease), sulfhydryl agents, and various nonionic detergents. This filamentous "skeleton" has been prepared from manually isolated nuclear contents and nucleoli as weil as from nucleoli isolated by fluorescence-activated particle sorting. The nucleolar skeletons are observed in light and electron microscopy and are characterized by ravels of filaments that are especially densely packed in the nucleolar cortex. DNA as weil as RNA are not constituents of this structure, and precursors to ribosomal RNAs are completely removed from the extraction-resistant filaments by treatment with high-salt buffer or RN ase. Fractions of isolated nucleolar skeletons show specific enrichment of an acidic major protein of 145,000 mol wt and an apparent pi value of -6.15, accompanied in some preparations by various amounts of minor proteins. The demonstration of this skeletal structure in "free" extrachromosomal nucleoli excludes the problem of contaminations by nonnucleolar material such as perinucleolar heterochromatin normally encountered in studies of nucleoli from somatic cells. It is suggested that this insoluble protein filament complex forms a skeleton specific to the nucleolus proper that is different from other extraction-resistant components of the nucleus such as matrix and lamina and is involved in the spatial organization of the nucleolar chromatin and its transcriptional products. In studies of the organization of the interphase nucleus, considerable progress has been made in the elucidation of the arrangement of chromatin components and transcriptional products. However, relatively little is known about the composition and function of another category of nuclear structures, the nonnucleoproteinaceous architectural components that are insoluble in solutions of low and high ionic strength, despite numerous studies dedicated to this problem. Such structures include (a) the nuclear envelope and its pore complexes (I, 15, 18, 23, 37, 41), (b) a peripheral layer of insoluble protein ("lamina"; I, 15, 22, 23, 59), (e) certain skeletal proteins related to the chromosome "scaffold" described by Laemmli and coworkers (see references 2 and 3), and (d) ill-defined tangles of fibrillar structures of the nuclear interior that are collectively described as residual "matrix" (6, 21 ; for reviews, see references THE JOURNAL OF CEll BrOlOGY . VOlUME 90 AUGUST 1981 289-299 © The RockefeIler University Press · 0021 -9525/ 81 / 08/ 0289/ 11 \$1 .00 4 and 12). The latter, preparatively}, language = {en} } @article{FrankeScheerTrendelenburgetal.1976, author = {Franke, Werner W. and Scheer, Ulrich and Trendelenburg, Michael F. and Spring, Herbert and Zentgraf, Hanswalter}, title = {Absence of nucleosomes in transcriptionally active chromatin}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-40646}, year = {1976}, abstract = {The ultrastructure of twO kinds of transcription ally active chromatin, the lampbrush chromosome loops and the nucleoli from amphibian oocytes and primary nuclei of the green alga Acetabularia, has been examined after manual isolation and dispersion in low salt media of slightly alkaline pH using various electron microscopic staining techniques (positive staining, metal shadowing, negative staining, preparation on positively charged films, etc.) and compared with the appearance of chromatin from various somatic cells (hen erythrocytes, rat hepatocytes, ClIltured murine sarcoma cells) prepared in parallel. While typical nucleosomes were revealed with all the techniques for chromatin from the latter three cell system, no nucleosomes were identified in either the lampbrush chromosome structures or the nucleolar chromatin. Nucleosomal arrays were absent not only in maximally fibril-covered matrix units but also in fibril-free regions between transcriptional complexes, including the apparent spacer intercepts between different transcriptional units. Moreover, comparisons of the length of the repeating units of rDNA in the transcribed state with those determined in the isolated rDNA and with the lengths of the first stable product of rDNA transcription, the pre-rRNA, demonstrated that the transcribed rDNA was not significantly shortened and/or condensed but rather extended in the transcriptional units. Distinct granules of about nucleosomal size which were sometimes found in apparent spacer regions as well as within matrix units of reduced fibril density were shown not to represent nucleosomes since their number per spacer unit was not inversely correlated with the length of the specific unit and also on the basis of their resistance to treatment with the detergent Sarkosyl NL-30. It is possible to structurally distinguish between transcriptionally active chromatin in which the DNA is extended in a non-nucleosomal form of chromatin and condensed, inactive chromatin within the typical nucleosomal package. The characteristic extended structure of transcriptionally active chromatin is found not only in the transcribed genes but also in non-transcribed regions within or between ("spacer") transcriptional units as well as in transcriptional units that are untranscribed amidst transcribed ones and/or have been inactivated for relatively short time. It is hypothesized that activation of transcription involves a transition from a nucleosomal to an extended chromatin organisation and that this structural transition is not specific for single "activated" genes but may involve larger chromatin regions, including adjacent untranscribed intercepts.}, subject = {Cytologie}, language = {en} } @article{HockMoormannFischeretal.1993, author = {Hock, Robert and Moormann, Antoon and Fischer, Dagmar and Scheer, Ulrich}, title = {Absence of somatic histone H1 in oocytes and preblastula embryos of Xenopus laevis}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-41350}, year = {1993}, abstract = {Available data on the occurrence and expression of somatic histone HI during oogenesis and early embryogenesis of Xenopus laevis are contradictory. In particular the reported presence of a large storage pool of histone HIA in oocytes is difficult to reconcile with the high transcriptional activity of all gene classes in this specific cell type. In the present study we have used polyclonal antibodies raised against somatic Xenopus histone HI (HIA and HIA/B) for combined immunoblotting experiments to quantitate HI pools and immunolocalization studies to visualize chromosome- bound HI. Both approaches failed to detect soluble or chromosomal histone HI in vitellogenic oocytes, eggs, and cleavage-stage embryos up to early blastula. In addition, chromatin assembled in Xenopus egg extract was also negative for histone HI as revealed by immunofluorescence microscopy. Lampbrush chromosomes not only lacked histone HI but also the previously identified histone HI-like B4 protein (Smith et al., 1988, Genes Dev. 2,1284-1295). In contrast, chromosomes of eggs and early embryos fluoresced brightly with anti-B4 antibodies. Our results lend further support to the view that histone HI expression is developmentally regulated during Xenopus oogenesis and embryogenesis similar to what is known from other species.}, language = {en} } @article{EckertFrankeScheer1972, author = {Eckert, W. A. and Franke, Werner W. and Scheer, Ulrich}, title = {Actinomycin D and the central granules in the nuclear pore complex: thin sectioning versus negative staining}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-40636}, year = {1972}, abstract = {Thin section electron microscopy of Actinomycin D treated Tetrahymena cells and amphibian oocytes (Xenopus laevis, Triturus aZpestris) reveal no reduction in the central granules in the nuclear pore complexes. Possible reasons for the diversity between these results and earlier observations using negatively stained isolated nuclear envelopes from the same objects are discussed. The results clearly show that the presence of central granules within the nuclear pores does neither depend on nuclear RNA synthesis nor does indicate nucleocytoplasmic RNA transport. This conclusion leads to a reconsideration of the nature of the central granule. The functioning of the central granule of the nuclear pore complexes is further discussed in connection with recent studies on the ultrastructure of various types of cisternal pores.}, language = {en} } @article{ScheerFranke1972, author = {Scheer, Ulrich and Franke, Werner W.}, title = {Annulate lamellae in plant cells: formation during microsporogenesis and pollen development in Canna generalis Bailey}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-32160}, year = {1972}, abstract = {The occurrence of stacked annulate tamellae is documented for a plant cell system, namely for pollen mother cells and developing pollen grains of Canna generalis. Their structural subarchiteeture and relationship to endoplasmie reticulum (ER) and nuclear envelope cisternae is described in detail. The results demonstrate structural homology between plant and animal annulate lamellae and are compatible with, though do not prove, the view that annulate lamcllar cisternae may originate as a degenerative form of endoplasmic retieulum.}, language = {en} } @article{BonaScheerBautz1981, author = {Bona, Marion and Scheer, Ulrich and Bautz, Ekkehard K. F.}, title = {Antibodies to RNA polymerase II (B) inhibit transcription in lampbrush chromosomes after microinjection into living amphibian oocytes}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-33128}, year = {1981}, abstract = {Antibodies directed against RNA polymerase II (B) from Drosophila melanogaster were obtained from rabbit sera and, as monoclonal immunoglobulins, from mouse hybridomas and shown to cross-react with the amphibian enzyme protein. Localization by indirect immunofluorescence microscopy revealed the association of this enzyme with chromatin of interphase nuclei of amphibian cells and its absence in nucleoli. Purified immunoglobulins were microinjected in to nuclei ofliving vitellogenic oocytes of Ple1lrodeles waltlii and X enopus laevis and their effects on transcriptional processes were monitored by biochemical and light and electron microscopic stud ies. RNA polymerase II antibodies from rabbit sera caused a rapid and almost complete release of nascent transcripts from the chromatin axis of the loops of lampbrush chromosomes, followed by collapse of the loops and their retraction on the main chromosome axis. Monoclonal murine antibodies to the Iarge RNA polymerase II subunits also inhibited transcription in chromosome Ioops but appeared to inhibit initiation rather than elongation events. Activities of class land III RNA polymerases were not significantly affected by injection of antibodies to polymerase II, indicating immunological differences between the three RNA polymerases. The potential value of the in vitro test system described , as a very sensitive assay for detecting proteins involved in transcription in living cells, is discussed. 1}, language = {en} } @article{RoseSzopaHanetal.1988, author = {Rose, Kathleen M. and Szopa, Jan and Han, Fu-Sheng and Cheng, Yung-Chi and Richter, Arndt and Scheer, Ulrich}, title = {Association of DNA topoisomerase I and RNA polymerase I: A possible role for topoisomerase I in ribosomal gene transcription}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-33901}, year = {1988}, abstract = {RNA polymerase I preparations purified from a rat hepatoma contained DNA topoisomerase activity. The DNA topoisomerase associated with the polymerase had an Mr of 110000, required Mg2+ but not ATP, and was recognized by anti-topoisomerase I antibodies. When added to RNA polymerase I preparations containing topoisomerase activity, anti-topoisomerase I antibodies were able to inhibit the DNA relaxing activity of the preparation as well as RNA synthesis in vitro. RNA polymerase II prepared by analogous procedures did not contain topoisomerase activity and was not recognized by the antibodies. The topoisomerase I: polymerase I complex was reversibly dissociated by column chromatography on Sephacryl S200 in the presence of 0.25 M (NH4hS04. Topoisomerase I was immunolocalized in the transcriptionally active ribosomal gene complex containing RNA polymerase I in situ. These data indicate that topoisomerase I and RNA polymerase I are tightly complexed both in vivo and in vitro, and suggest a role for DNA topoisomerase I in the transcription of ribosomal genes.}, language = {en} } @article{ReimerRoseScheeretal.1987, author = {Reimer, Georg and Rose, Kathleen M. and Scheer, Ulrich and Tan, Eng M.}, title = {Autoantibody to RNA polymerase I in scleroderma sera}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-34294}, year = {1987}, abstract = {Autoantibodies to components of the nucleolus are a unique serological feature of patients with scleroderma. There are autoantibodies of several specificities; one type produces a speckled pattern of nucleolar staining in immunofluorescence. In actinomycin D and 5,6-dichloro-{j-D-ribofuranosylbenzimidazoletreated Vero cells, staining was restricted to the fibrillar and not the granular regions. By double immunofluorescence, specific rabbit anti-RNA polymerase I antibodies stained the same fibrillar structures in drug-segregated nucleoli as scleroderma sera. Scleroderma sera immunoprecipitated 13 polypeptides from (35S)methionine-labeled HeLa cell extract with molecular weights ranging from 210,000 to 14,000. Similar polypeptides were precipitated by rabbit anti-RNA polymerase I antibodies, and their common identities were confirmed in immunoabsorption experiments. Microinjection of purified IgG from a patient with speckled nucleolar staining effectively inhibited ribosomal RNA transcription. Autoantibodies to RNA polymerase I were restricted to certain patients with scleroderma and were not found in other autoimmune diseases.}, language = {en} } @article{Scheer1982, author = {Scheer, Ulrich}, title = {Biologische Objekte im Transmissions-Elektronenmikroskop (Teil 4): Spreitungstechniken}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-39652}, year = {1982}, abstract = {Visualizing nucleic acids (DNA, RNA), nucleoprotein complexes and chromatin requires the use of special electron microscopicspreading techniques. In part 4 (27 refs.), methods are outlined for spreading DNA and RNA molecules for electron microscopic observation, these methods using modifications of the basic protein film method developed by A. Kleinschmidt and R. K. Zahn (1959). Hybridization techniques that allow the observation of heteroduplexes formed between two DNA molecules or between DNA and RNA molecules are reviewed, with special emphasis being placed on the DNA-RNA hybrids as a tool for elucidating RNA splicing. Techniques for studying DNA-protein interactions without the use of a protein monolayer film are mentioned. Finally, the "Miller spreading technique" for visualizing the nucleosomal organization of eukaryotic chromatin as well as the transcription of genes is discribed and illustrated.}, language = {de} } @article{Scheer2018, author = {Scheer, Ulrich}, title = {Boveri's research at the Zoological Station Naples: Rediscovery of his original microscope slides at the University of W{\"u}rzburg}, series = {Marine Genomics}, volume = {40}, journal = {Marine Genomics}, doi = {10.1016/j.margen.2018.01.003}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-228453}, pages = {1-8}, year = {2018}, abstract = {Eric Davidson once wrote about Theodor Boveri: "From his own researches, and perhaps most important, his generalized interpretations, derive the paradigms that underlie modern inquiries into the genomic basis of embryogenesis" (Davidson, 1985). As luck would have it, the "primary data" of Boveri's experimental work, namely the microscope slides prepared by him and his wife Marcella during several stays at the Zoological Station in Naples (1901/02, 1911/12 and 1914), have survived at the University of Wurzburg. More than 600 slides exist and despite their age they are in a surprisingly good condition. The slides are labelled and dated in Boveri's handwriting and thus can be assigned to his published experimental work on sea urchin development. The results allowed Boveri to unravel the role of the cell nucleus and its chromosomes in development and inheritance. Here, I present an overview of the slides in the context of Boveri's work along with photographic images of selected specimens taken from the original slides. It is planned to examine the slides in more detail, take high-resolution focal image series of significant specimens and make them online available.}, language = {en} } @article{Scheer1978, author = {Scheer, Ulrich}, title = {Changes of nucleosome frequency in nucleolar and non-nucleolar chromatin as a function of transcription: an electron microscopic study}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-39750}, year = {1978}, abstract = {The morphology of nucleolar and non-nucleolar (Iampbrush chromosome loops) chromatin was studied in the electron microscope during states of reduced transcriptional activity in amphibian oocytes (Xenopus laevis, Triturus alpestris, T. cristatus). Reduced transcriptional activity was observed in maturing stages of oocyte development and after treatment with an inhibitor, actinomycin D. Strands of nucleolar chromatin appear smooth and thin, and contain only few, if any, nucleosomal particles in the transcribed units. This is true whether they are densely or only sparsely covered with lateral ribonucleoprotein fibrils. This smooth and non-nucleosomal character is also predominant in the interspersed, apparently nontranscribed rDNA spacer regions. During inactivation, however, nucleolar chromatin frequently and progressively assumes a beaded appearance in extended fibril-free-that is, apparently nontranscribed - regions. I n either fUll-grown 00- cytes or late after drug treatment, most of the nucleolar chromatin is no longer smooth and thin, but rather shows a beaded configuration indistinguishable from inactive non - nucleolar chromatin. In many chromatin strands, transitions of fibril-associated regions of smooth character into beaded regions wihout lateral fibrils are seen. Similarly, in the non-nucleolar chromatin of the retracting lampbrush chromosome loops, reduced transcriptional activity is correlated with a change from smooth to beaded morphology. Here, however, beaded regions are also commonly found interspersed between the more or less distant bases of the lateral fibrils, the putative transcriptional complexes. I n both sorts of chromatin, detergents (in particular Sarkosyl) that remove most of the chromatin proteins including histones from the DNA axis but leave the RNA polymerases of the transcriptional complexes attached were used to discriminate between polymerases and nucleosomal particles. The results suggest that nucleosomes are absent in heavily transcribed chromatin regions but are reformed after inactivation. In contrast to the findings with inactivated nucleolar genes, in lampbrush chromosome loops the beaded nucleosomal configuration appears to be assumed also in regions within transcriptional units that, perhaps temporarily, are not involved in transcription.}, language = {en} } @article{ZentgrafScheerFranke1975, author = {Zentgraf, Hanswalter and Scheer, Ulrich and Franke, Werner W.}, title = {Characterization and localization of the RNA synthesized in mature avian erythrocytes}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-32410}, year = {1975}, abstract = {No abstract available}, language = {en} } @article{ScheerFrankeTrendelenburgetal.1976, author = {Scheer, Ulrich and Franke, Werner W. and Trendelenburg, Michael F. and Spring, Herbert}, title = {Classification of loops of lampbrush chromosomes according to the arrangement of transcriptional complexes}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-32822}, year = {1976}, abstract = {The arrangement of transcriptional units in the loops of lampbrush chromosomes from oocyte nuclei of urodele amphibia and from primary nuclei of the green alga Acetabularia have been studied in the electron microscope using spread preparations. Loops with different patterns of arrangement of matrix units (i.e. to a first approximation, transcriptional units) can be distinguished: (i) loops consisting of one active transcriptional unit; (ii) loops containing one active transcriptional unit plus additional fibril-free, i.e. apparently untranscribed, intercepts that may include 'spacer' regions; (iii) loops containing two or more transcriptional units arranged in identical or changing polarities, with or without interspersed apparent spacer regions. Morphological details of the transcriptional complexes are described. The observations are not compatible with the concept that one loop reflects one and only one transcriptional unit but, rather, lead to a classification of loop types according to the arrangement of their transcriptional units. We propose that the lampbrush chromosome loop can represent a unit for the coordinate transcription of either one gene or a set of several (different) genes.}, language = {en} } @article{FrankeScheerHerth1973, author = {Franke, Werner W. and Scheer, Ulrich and Herth, Werner}, title = {Cytologie, allgemeine und molekulare Cytologie}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-40547}, year = {1973}, abstract = {No abstract available}, language = {de} } @article{FrankeJaraschHerthetal.1975, author = {Franke, Werner W. and Jarasch, Ernst-Dieter and Herth, Werner and Scheer, Ulrich and Zerban, Heide}, title = {Cytology : general and molecular cytology}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-41458}, year = {1975}, abstract = {The present review discusses some general aspects of membrane structure and problems of membrane isolation and membrane biochemistry, with particular focus on the endoplasmic reticulum.}, subject = {Botanik}, language = {en} } @article{FrankeScheerHerth1974, author = {Franke, Werner W. and Scheer, Ulrich and Herth, Werner}, title = {Cytology, general and molecular cytology}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-39499}, year = {1974}, abstract = {The present article had originally been conceived as a review on endomembranes, the plasma membrane, and the major product of membrane-bound activities, the cell wall material. However, limitations of space and the cascading number of pertinent literature articles made it necessary to confine this to one group of membranes and one type of cell wall components. Therefore, we shall begin our survey on the biochemical and cytological aspects of membranes by a review of the class of the pore complex bearing endomembranes, i.e. the nuclear envelope and the annulate lamellae (AL). Next year the membranes of the endoplasmic reticulum and the dictyosomes will be dealt with in conjunction with a discussion of the various intracellular vesicles, the tonoplast and the plasmalemma.}, subject = {Botanik}, language = {en} } @article{Scheer1986, author = {Scheer, Ulrich}, title = {Das Chromatin : seine Struktur und Funktion}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-80790}, year = {1986}, abstract = {no abstract available}, subject = {Chromatin}, language = {de} } @article{KnechtScheer1972, author = {Knecht, Sigrid and Scheer, Ulrich}, title = {Die Liste der Vogelarten von S. Miguel (Azoren) des Gaspar Fructuoso (gestorben 1591)}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-41402}, year = {1972}, abstract = {No abstract available}, language = {de} } @article{ScheerKnecht1971, author = {Scheer, Ulrich and Knecht, Sigrid}, title = {Die V{\"o}gel der Azoren}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-39668}, year = {1971}, abstract = {W{\"a}hrend einer viermonatigen Reise zu allen neun Azoreninseln wurde der gesamte Brutvogelbestand dieses Archipels untersucht. Die Befunde sind in einer detaillierten Artenliste zusammengefaßt, erg{\"a}nzt durch {\"o}kologische und brutbiologische Anmerkungen. Zahlreiche Beobachtungen lassen vermuten, daß vor allem Stieglitz und Kanarienvogel t{\"a}gliche und auch jahreszeitlich bedingte interinsulare Fl{\"u}ge unternehmen. Die Laut{\"a}ußerungen sechs verschiedener Vogel arten sind in Klangspektrogrammen dargestellt. Ein mathematischer Ansatz zeigt, daß sich die Anzahl der auf einer bestimmten Insel br{\"u}tenden Landvogelarten umgekehrt proportional zur Entfernung zum europ{\"a}ischen Festland und proportional zum Logarithmus naturalis der Inselfl{\"a}che verh{\"a}lt. Die abgeleitete Formel l{\"a}ßt sich prinzipiell auch auf andere Atlantikinseln anwenden, die weitgehend vom Festland isoliert sind.}, language = {de} } @article{ScheerZentgrafSauer1981, author = {Scheer, Ulrich and Zentgraf, Hanswalter and Sauer, Helmut W.}, title = {Different chromatin structures in Physarum polycephalum: a special form of transcriptionally active chromatin devoid of nucleosomal particles}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-33148}, year = {1981}, abstract = {Nonnucleolar chromatin from interphase nuclei of Physarum polycephalum plasmodia occurs in two different structural configurations as seen in electron microscopic spread preparations. While the majority of the chromatin is devoid of nascent ribonucleoprotein (RNP) fibrils and compacted into nucleosomal particles, a minor proportion (10- 20\%) is organized differently and reveals a smooth contour. It is this form of smooth chromatin which is rich in transcription units (mean length: 1.36±0.21 11m). Only occasionally are solitary nascent RNP fibrils observed which are associated with beaded strands of chromatin. In transcribed smooth chromatin nucleosomal particles are not only absent from the transcription units but also from their nontranscribed flan king regions, indicating that this special structural aspect is not merely a direct consequence of the transcriptional process. The existence of ca. 10- 20\% of Physarum chromatin in the smoothly contoured form is discussed in relation to reports of a preferential digestibility of a similar proportion of Physarum chromatin by DNAse I (Jalouzot et al. , 1980) and to the altered configuration of "peak A" chromatin subunits after micrococcal nuclease digestion (Johnson et al., 1978a, b).}, language = {en} } @article{ScheerSommervilleMueller1980, author = {Scheer, Ulrich and Sommerville, John and M{\"u}ller, Ulrike}, title = {DNA is assembled into globular supranucleosomal chromatin structures by nuclear contents of amphibian oocytes}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-39671}, year = {1980}, abstract = {The assembly of DNA into nucleosomal and supranucleosomal chromatin structures has been studied (i) by injection of circular DNA molecules (plasmids) into nuclei of Pleurodeles waltlii oocytes; and (ii) by in vitro incubation of plasmid molecules with the supernatant fraction from oocyte nuclei of Pleurodeles and Xenopus laevis, followed by purification of nucleoprotein structures formed with sucrose gradient centrifugation. [n both types of experiments , spread preparations of the newly assembled and transcriptionally inactive chromatin , examined by electron microscopy , show dense globular higher order (supranucleosomal) packing forms. Under partially relaxing (low salt) preparation conditions granular chromatin subunits of about 30 nm diameter can be seen either as widely spaced particles or in closely packed aggregates. The transcriptionally inactive endogenous chromatin of chromomeres of lampbrush chromosomes is arranged in similar higher order chromatin units. A correlation is found between the sizes of the DN A molecule probes used and the numbers of nucleosomes and higher order globules in the assembled chromatin structures. After prolonged dispersion in low salt buffers , these globular chromatin units unfold into chains of7-12 nucleosomes. The results support the concept that chromatin is arranged , under physiological ion concentrations as they are present in the nucleus , in supranucleosomal units of globular morphology.}, language = {en} } @article{FischerHockScheer1993, author = {Fischer, Dagmar and Hock, Robert and Scheer, Ulrich}, title = {DNA Topoisomerase II is not detectable on lampbrush chromosomes but enriched in the amplified nucleoli of xenopus oocytes}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-32654}, year = {1993}, abstract = {In somatic cells DNA topoisomerase II (topo II) is thought to be involved in the domain Organization of the genome by anchoring the basis of chromatin loops to a chromosomal scafFold. Lampbrush chromosomes of am-phibian oocytes directly display this radial loop Organization in cytological preparations. In order to find out whether topo II may play a role in the Organization of these meiotic chromosomes, we performed immunofluorescence studies using antibodies against Xenopus topo II. Our results indicate that topo II is apparently absent from lampbrush chromosomes and is hence unlikely to act as a "fastener" of the numerous lateral chromosomal loops. Topo II was, however, enriched in the amplified nucleoli of Xenopus oocytes.}, language = {en} } @article{ScheerHuegleHazanetal.1984, author = {Scheer, Ulrich and H{\"u}gle, Barbara and Hazan, Rachel and Rose, Kathleen M.}, title = {Drug-induced dispersal of transcribed rRNA genes and transcriptional products: Immunolocalization and silver staining of different nucleolar components in rat cells treated with 5,6-dichloro-1-Beta-D-ribofuranosylbenzimidazole}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-33216}, year = {1984}, abstract = {Upon incubation of cultured rat cells with the adenosine analogue 5,6-dichloro-l-\&\#946;- D-ribofuranosylbenzimidazole (DRB), nucleoli reversibly dissociate into their substructures, disperse throughout the nuclear interior, and form nucleolar "necklaces". We have used this experimental system, which does not inhibit transcription of the rRNA genes, to study by immunocytochemistry the distribution of active rRNA genes and their transcriptional products during nucleolar dispersal and recovery to normal morphology. Antibodies to RNA polymerase I allow detection of template-engaged polymerase, and monoclonal antibodies to a ribosomal protein (S 1) of the small ribosomal subunit permit localization of nucleolar preribosomal particles. The results show that, under the action of DRB transcribed rRNA, genes spread throughout the nucleoplasm and finally appear in the form of several rows, each containing several (up to 30) granules positive for RNA polymerase land argyrophilic proteins. Nucleolar material containing preribosomal particles also appears in granular structures spread over the nucleoplasm but its distribution is distinct from that of rRNA gene-containing granules. We conclude that, although transcriptional units and preribosomal particles are both redistributed in response to DRB, these entities retain their individuality as functionally defined subunits. We further propose that each RNA polymerase-positive granular unit represents a single transcription unit and that each continuous array of granules ("string of nucleolar beads") reflects the linear distribution of rRNA genes along a nucleolar organizer region. Based on the total number of polymerase I-positive granules we estimate that a minimum of 60 rRNA genes are active during interphase of DRB-treated rat cells.}, language = {en} } @article{ScheerFrankeTrendelenburg1975, author = {Scheer, Ulrich and Franke, Werner W. and Trendelenburg, Michael F.}, title = {Effects of actinomycin D on the association of newly formed ribonucleoproteins with the cistrons of ribosomal RNA in Triturus oocytes}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-32383}, year = {1975}, abstract = {No abstract available}, language = {en} } @article{Scheer1969, author = {Scheer, Ulrich}, title = {Entwicklung der Gametogonien in ektopisch transplantierten Gonaden bei Triturus}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-40510}, year = {1969}, abstract = {Nach homoplastischer Transplantation von larvalen Gonaden mit Fettkiirper in die vordere Leibeshiihle wiichst nur der Fettkiirper an der Leber an, so daB die Gonade nur indirekt mit dem Wirtsgewebe verbunden ist. Die Differenzierung der Gametogonien folgt der Normogenese, bei Ovartransplantationen entwickeln sich Auxocyten. Nach spatestens 27 Tagen ist die Blutversorgung wiederhergestellt. Homo- und autoplastische Transplantationen von Gonaden oh ne Fettkiirper ergeben fUr die Gametogonien eine vollig andere Entwicklung. Sind die Gonaden mit breiter Fliiche angewachsen, liiBt si ch bereits 7 Tage p.o. im Bereich der Kontaktzone Gonade-Leber die Karyolyse der Gametogonienkerne feststellen. Nach 3--4 Wochen stellt das Transplantat eine bindegewebige Zyste ohne Geschlechtszellen dar. Erythrozyten zeigen die Vaskularisation an. 1st nur ein Teil der Gonade mit der Leber verwachsen, zeigt der frei gebliebene Abschnitt eine normale Struktur mit Mitosen der Gametogonien. Die Degeneration der Geschlechtszellen hiingt offenbar von ihrer Lage zum extragonadalen Gewebe ab.}, language = {de} } @article{ZentgrafMuellerScheeretal.1981, author = {Zentgraf, H. and M{\"u}ller, U. and Scheer, Ulrich and Franke, W. W.}, title = {Evidence for the existence of globular units in the supranucleosomal organization of chromatin}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-34123}, year = {1981}, abstract = {No abstract available}, language = {en} } @article{ScheerKartenbeckTrendelenburgetal.1976, author = {Scheer, Ulrich and Kartenbeck, J{\"u}rgen and Trendelenburg, Michael F. and Stadler, Joachim and Franke, Werner W.}, title = {Experimental disintegration of the nuclear envelope: evidence for pore-connecting fibrils}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-39735}, year = {1976}, abstract = {The disintegration of the nuclear envelope has been examined in nuclei and nuclear envelopes isolated from amphibian oocytes and rat liver tissue, using different electron microscope techniques (ultrathin sections and negatively or positively stained spread preparations). Various treatments were studied, including disruption by surface tension forces, very low salt concentrations, and non ionic detergents such as Triton X-lOO and Nonidet P-40. The high local stability of the cylinders of nonmembranous pore complex material is emphasized. As progressive disintegration occurred in the membrane regions, a network of fibrils became apparent which interconnects the pore complexes and is distinguished from the pore complexassociated intranuclear fibrils. This network might correspond to an indistinct lamella, about 15 - 20 nm thick, located at the level of the inner nuclear membrane, which is recognized in thin sections to bridge the interpore distances. With all disintegration treatments a somewhat higher susceptibility of the outer nuclear membrane is notable, but a selective removal does not take place. Final stages of disintegration are generally characterized by the absence of identifiable, membrane- like structures. Analysis of detergent-treated nuclei and nuclear membrane fractions shows almost complete absence of lipid components but retention of significant amount of glycoproteins with a typical endomembrane-type carbohydrate pattern. Various alternative interpretations of these observations are discussed. From the present observations and those of Aaronson and Blobel (1,2), we favor the notion that threadlike intrinsic membrane components are stabilized by their attachment to the pore complexes, and perhaps also to peripheral nuclear structures, and constitute a detergent-resistant, interpore skeleton meshwork.}, language = {en} } @article{TrendelenburgFrankeScheer1977, author = {Trendelenburg, Michael F. and Franke, Werner W. and Scheer, Ulrich}, title = {Frequencies of circular units of nucleolar DNA in oocytes of two insects, Acheta domesticus and Dytiscus marginalis, and changes of nucleolar morphology during oogenesis}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-41370}, year = {1977}, abstract = {The organization of the extrachromosomal nucleolar material in oocytes of two insect species with different ovary types, the house cricket Acheta domesticus (panoistic ovary) and the water beetle Dytiscus marginalis (meroistic ovary), was studied with light and electron microscopic techniques. Stages early in oogenesis were compared with fully vitellogenic stages (mid-to-Iate diplotene). The arrangement of the nucleolar material undergoes a marked change from a densely aggregated to a dispersed state. The latter was characterized by high transcriptional activity. In spread and positively stained preparations of isolated nucleolar material, a high frequency of small circular units of transcribed rDNA was observed and rings with small numbers (1-5) of pre-rRNA genes were predominant. The observations suggest that the "extra DNA body" observed in early oogenic stages of both species represents a dense aggregate of numerous short circular units of nucleolar chromatin, with morphological subcomponents identifiable in ultrathin sections. These apparently remain in close association with the chromosomal nucleolar organizer(s). The observations further indicate that the individual small nucleolar subunit circles dissociate and are dispersed as actively transcribed rDNA units later in diplotene. The results are discussed in relation to principles of the ultrastructural organization of nucleoli in other cell types as well as in relation to possible mechanisms of gene amplification.}, subject = {Zelldifferenzierung}, language = {en} } @article{BenaventeDabauvalleScheeretal.1989, author = {Benavente, Ricardo and Dabauvalle, Marie-Christine and Scheer, Ulrich and Chaly, Nathalie}, title = {Functional role of newly formed pore complexes in postmitotic nuclear reorganization}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-40754}, year = {1989}, abstract = {Many nuclear proteins are released into the cytoplasm at prometaphase and are transported back into the daughter nuclei at the end of mitosis. To determine the role of this reentry in nuclear remodelling during early interphase, we experimentally manipulated nuclear protein uptake in dividing cells. Recently we and others have shown that signal-dependent, pore complex-mediated uptake of nuclear protein is blocked in living cells on microinjection of the lectin wheat germ agglutinin (WGA), or of antibodies such as PI1 that are directed against WGA-binding pore complex glycoproteins. In the present study, we microinjected mitotic PtKz cells with WGA or antibody PIt and followed nuclear reorganization of the daughter cells by immunofluorescence and electron microscopy. The inhibitory effect on nuclear protein uptake was monitored by co-injection of the karyophilic protein nucleoplasmin. When injected by itself early in mitosis, nucleoplasmin became sequestered into the daughter nuclei as they entered telophase. In contrast, nucleoplasmin was excluded from the daughter nuclei in the presence of WGA or antibody PI1 . Although PtKz cells with blocked nuclear protein uptake completed cytokinesis, their nuclei showed a telophaselike organization characterized by highly condensed chromatin surrounded by a nuclear envelope containing a few pore complexes. These findings suggest that pore complexes become functional as early as telophase, in close coincidence with nuclear envelope reformation. They further indicate that the extensive structural rearrangement of the nucleus during the telophase-G1 transition is dependent on the influx of karyophilic proteins from the cytoplasm through the pore complexes, and is not due solely to chromosome- associated components.}, language = {en} } @article{FrankeSpringScheeretal.1975, author = {Franke, Werner W. and Spring, Herbert and Scheer, Ulrich and Zerban, Heide}, title = {Growth of the nuclear envelope in the vegetative phase of the green alga Acetabularia. Evidence for assembly from membrane components synthesized in the cytoplasm.}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-32403}, year = {1975}, abstract = {No abstract available}, language = {en} } @article{Scheer1994, author = {Scheer, Ulrich}, title = {Harold Garnet Callan 1917-1993}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-80789}, year = {1994}, abstract = {Professor Harold Gamet Callan, honorary member of the German Society for Cell Biology, died on the 3rd November 1993, at the age of 76. His name is inseparably connected with lampbrush chromosomes, the most spectacular and aesthetically ailuring form of chromosomes, which occupied the major part of his scientific career. " Mick" Callan's pioneering studies led to fruitful new concepts, served as a building block for many subsequent studies by others, and contributed enormously to our current understanding of chromosome organization and activity ...}, subject = {Harold Garnet Callan}, language = {en} } @article{TrendelenburgScheerZentgrafetal.1976, author = {Trendelenburg, Michael F. and Scheer, Ulrich and Zentgraf, Hanswalter and Franke, Werner W.}, title = {Heterogeneity of spacer lengths in circles of amplified ribosomal DNA of two insect species, Dytiscus marginalis and Acheta domesticus}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-33055}, year = {1976}, abstract = {No abstract available}, language = {en} } @article{KleinschmidtScheerDabauvalleetal.1983, author = {Kleinschmidt, J{\"u}rgen A. and Scheer, Ulrich and Dabauvalle, Marie-Christine and Bustin, Michael and Franke, Werner W.}, title = {High mobility group proteins of amphibian oocytes: a large storage pool of a soluble high mobility group-1-like protein and involvement in transcriptional events}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-33250}, year = {1983}, abstract = {No abstract available}, language = {en} } @article{ScheerMessnerHazanetal.1987, author = {Scheer, Ulrich and Messner, Karin and Hazan, Rachel and Raska, Ivan and Hansmann, Paul and Falk, Heinz and Spiess, Eberhard and Franke, Werner W.}, title = {High sensitivity immunolocalization of double and single-stranded DNA by a monoclonal antibody}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-41063}, year = {1987}, abstract = {A monoclonal antibody (AK 30-10) is described which specifically reacts with DNA both in double and single-stranded forms but not with other molecules and structures, including deoxyribonucleotides and RNAs. When used in immunocytochemical experiments on tissue sections and permeabilized cultured cells, this antibody detects DNA-containing structures, even when the DNA is present in very small amounts. Examples of high resolution detection include the DNA present in amplified extrachromosomal nucleoli, chromomeres of lampbrush chromosomes, mitochondria, chloroplasts and mycoplasmal particles. In immunoelectron microscopy using the immunogold technique, the DNA was localized in distinct substructures such as the "fibrillar centers" of nucleoli and certain stromal centers in chloroplasts. The antibody also reacts with DNA of chromatin of living cells, as shown by microinjection into cultured mitotic cells and into nuclei of amphibian oocytes. The potential value and the limitations of immunocytochemical DNA detection are discussed.}, subject = {Cytologie}, language = {en} } @article{SpringKrohneFrankeetal.1976, author = {Spring, Herbert and Krohne, Georg and Franke, Werner W. and Scheer, Ulrich and Trendelenburg, Michael F.}, title = {Homogeneity and heterogeneity of sizes of transcriptional units and spacer regions in nucleolar genes of Acetabularia}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-41398}, year = {1976}, abstract = {The arrangement of genes of precursor molecules for ribosomal RNA (pre-rRNA) in primary nuclei from two green algae species, Acetabularia mediterranea and A. major, has been analyzed in an electron microscope study. The pattern of transcriptional units in individual strands of nucleolar chromatin was investigated using spread and positively stained preparations. The rDNA pattern is not uniform but differs in different strands. The predominant type of nucleolar chromatin exhibits a high degree of homogeneity in the sequence of matrix units (intercepts covered with fibrilst hat contain the pre-rRNA) and fibril-free spacer intercepts. Substantial differences, however, are observed between the patterns in different strands. In addition, there is evidence in some strands for intraaxial heterogeneity of both spacer and matrix units. The following major types can be distinguished: type la, ca. 2 micrometer long matrix units, extremely short spacer intercepts in A. mediterranea (ca. 1 micrometer long ones in A. major), completely homogeneous distribution; type Ib, as type la but with intercalated, isolated, significantly shorter and/or longer matrix units; type lIa, matrix unit sizes as in type la, but much longer spacer intercepts, high degree of homogeneity; type Ill, largely heterogeneous arrangements of matrix and spacer units of varying sizes. The matrix unit data are compared with the sizes of pre-rRNA as determined by polyacrylamide gelelectrophoresis under denaturing and non-denaturing conditions. The findings are discussed in relation to recent observations in amphibia and insects and with respect to current concepts of the species-specificity of rDNA arrangements.}, language = {en} } @article{BenaventeSchmidtZachmannHuegleDoerretal.1988, author = {Benavente, Ricardo and Schmidt-Zachmann, Marion S. and H{\"u}gle-D{\"o}rr, B. and Reimer, G. and Rose, K. M. and Scheer, Ulrich}, title = {Identification and definition of nucleolus-related fibrillar bodies in micronucleated cells}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-39423}, year = {1988}, abstract = {Small nucleolus-related bodies which occur in the nUcleoplasm of " micronuclei" lacking nucleolar organizers have been studied by immunofluorescence microscopy. These bodies stained specifically with three different antibodies directed against proteins that are normally associated with the dense fibrillar component of functional nucleoli, but not with antibodies specific for certain proteins of the granular component or the fibrillar centers. Our data show that, in the absence of rRNA genes, the various constituent proteins characteristic of the dense fibrillar component spontaneously assemble into spherical entities but that the subsequent fusion of these bodies into larger structures is prevented in these micronuclei. The similarity between these nucleolus-related bodies of micronuclei and the prenucleolar bodies characteristic of early stages of nucleologenesis during mitotic telophase is discussed.}, language = {en} } @article{ScheerSchmidtZachmannHuegleetal.1984, author = {Scheer, Ulrich and Schmidt-Zachmann, Marion S. and H{\"u}gle, Barbara and Franke, Werner W.}, title = {Identification and localization of a novel nucleolar protein of a high molecular weight by a monoclonal antibody}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-39786}, year = {1984}, abstract = {A monoclonal murine antibody (No-I 14) is described which reacts specifically with a polypeptide of molecular weight (M,) 180000 present in low-speed nuclear pellets from oocytes and somatic cells of Xenopus laevis and X. borealis and in isolated amplified nucleoli. Two-dimensional gel electrophoresis has revealed the acidic nature of this polypeptide (isoelectric at pH of ca 4.2 in the presence of 9.5 M urea). A relatively large proportion of the protein is extracted at elevated ionic strength( i.e., at 0.4-0.5 M alkali salt) in a form sedimenting at approx. 7-8S , compatible with a monomeric state. It is also extracted by digestion with RNase but not with DNase. In immunofluorescence microscopy, antibody No-114 stains intensely nucleoli of oocytes and all somatic cells examined , including the residual nucleolar structure of Xenopus erythrocytes which are transcriptionally inactive. During mitosis the antigen does not remain associated with the nucleolar organizer regions (NOR) of chromosomes but is released and dispersed over the cytoplasm until telophase when it re-associates with the reforming interphase nucleoli. At higher resolution the immunofluorescent region is often resolved into a number of distinct subnucleolar components of varied size and shape. Immunoelectron microscopy using colloidal gold-coupled secondary antibodies reveals that the M, 180000 protein is confined to the dense fibrillar component of the nucleolus. This conclusion is also supported by its localization in the fibrillar part of segregated nucleoli of cells treated with actinomycin D. We conclude that nucleoli contain a prominent protein of M, 180000 which contributes to the general structure of the dense fibrillar component of the interphase nucleolus , independent of its specific transcriptional activity.}, language = {en} } @article{Scheer1981, author = {Scheer, Ulrich}, title = {Identification of a novel class of tandemly repeated genes transcribed on lampbrush chromosomes of Pleurodeles waltlii}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-33153}, year = {1981}, abstract = {Electron microscope preparations of lampbrush chromosomes from oocytes of Pleurodeles waltl;; have revealed a new class of tandemly repeated genes. These genes are highly active, as judged by the close spacing of nascent transcripts. They occur in clusters of >100 copies and are transcribed in units containing roughly 940 base pairs of DNA that are separated by nontranscribed spacers of an estimated DNA content of 2,410 base pairs. The size and the pattern of arrangement of these transcription units can not be correlated with any of the repetitious genes so far described.}, language = {en} } @article{DabauvalleLoosScheer1990, author = {Dabauvalle, Marie-Christine and Loos, Karin and Scheer, Ulrich}, title = {Identification of a soluble precursor complex essential for nuclear pore assembly in vitro}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-32801}, year = {1990}, abstract = {No abstract available}, language = {en} } @article{WeberOsbornFrankeetal.1977, author = {Weber, Klaus and Osborn, Mary and Franke, Werner W. and Seib, Erinita and Scheer, Ulrich and Herth, Werner}, title = {Identification of microtubular structures in diverse plant and animal cells by immunological cross-reaction revealed in immunofluorescence microscopy using antibodies against tubulin from porcine brain}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-41383}, year = {1977}, abstract = {Antibody against tubulin from porcine brain was used to evaluate the immunological cross reactivity of tubulin from a variety of animal and plant cells. Indirect immunofluorescence microscopy revealed microtubule-containing structures including cytoplasmic microtubules, spindle microtubules, cilia and fIagella. Thus tubulin from diverse species of both mammals and plants show immunological cross-reactivity with tubulin from porcine brain. Results obtained by immunofluorescence microscopy are whenever possible compared with previously known ultrastructural results obtained by electron microscopy.}, subject = {Cytologie}, language = {en} } @article{ScheerRaska1987, author = {Scheer, Ulrich and Raska, I.}, title = {Immunocytochemical localization of RNA polymerase I in the fibrillar centers of nucleoli}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-39618}, year = {1987}, abstract = {No abstract available}, language = {en} } @article{ThiryScheerGoessens1988, author = {Thiry, Marc and Scheer, Ulrich and Goessens, Guy}, title = {Immunoelectron microscopic study of nucleolar DNA during mitosis in Ehrlich tumour cells}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-40745}, year = {1988}, abstract = {In order to investigate the DNA localization within Ehrlich tumor cell nucleoli during mitosis, two recent immunocytochemical methods using either an anti-DNA or an anti-bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) monoclonal antibody have been applied. In both cases, the immunogold labeling has been performed on ultrathin sections of cells embedded either in Lowicryl K4M or in Epon, respectively. Identical results are observed with both immunocytochemical approaches. In the interphase nucleolus, besides the labeling of the perinucleolar chromatin shell and of its intranucleolar invaginations which penetrate into the nucleolar body and often terminate at the fibrillar centers, a few gold particles are also preferentially found towards the peripheral region of the fibrillar centers. In contrast, the dense fibrillar component and the granular component are never labeled. During mitosis, the fibrillar centers persist at the chromosomal nucleolus organizing regions (NOR's) and can be selectively stained by the silver method. However, these metaphase fibrillar centers are no longer decorated by the DNA- or BrdU antibodies. These results indicate that until the end of prophase, rRNA genes are present inside the fibrillar center material, disappear during metaphase and reappear in reconstituting nucleoli during telophase. Thus, fibrillar centers appear to represent structures sui generis, which are populated by rRNA genes only when the nucleolus is functionally active. In segregated nucleoli after actinomycin D treatment, the DNA labeling is exclusively restricted to the perinucleolar chromatin blocks. These findings also suggest that the DNA content of the fibrillar center material varies according to the rRNA transcription level of the cells. The results are discussed in the light of the present knowledge of the functional organization of the nucleolus.}, subject = {Cytologie}, language = {en} } @article{ReimerScheerPetersetal.1986, author = {Reimer, Georg and Scheer, Ulrich and Peters, Jan-Michael and Tan, Eng M.}, title = {Immunolocalization and partial characterization of a nucleolar autoantigen (PM-Scl) associated with polymyositis / scleroderma overlap syndromes.}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-33191}, year = {1986}, abstract = {Precipitating anti-PM-Sel antibodies are present in sera from patients with polymyositis. scleroderma. and polymyositis/scleroderma overlap syndromes. By indirect immunofluorescence microscopy. anti-PM-Scl antibodies stained the nucleolus in cells of different tissues and species. suggesting that the antigen is highly conserved. By electron microscopy, anti-PM-Scl antibodies reacted primarily with the granular component of the nuc1eolus. Drugs that inhibit rRNA synthesis had a marked effect on the expression of PM-Scl antigen. In actinomycin D-treated cells, immunofluorescence staining by anti-PM-Scl was sign{\"u}icantly reduced with residual staining restricted to the granular regions of nuc1eoli. Treatment with 5,6-dichloro-beta-D- ribofuranosylbenzimidazole (DRB) also selectively reduced nuc1eolar staining. On a molecular level, anti-PM-Sel antibodies precipitated 11 polypeptides with molecular weights (Mr) ranging from 110,000 to 20,000. The Mr 80,000 and 20.000 polypeptides were phosphorylated. Evidence suggests that the PM-Scl antigen complex may be related to a prerlbosomal particle.}, language = {en} } @article{ReimerRaskaScheeretal.1988, author = {Reimer, Georg and Raska, Ivan and Scheer, Ulrich and Tan, Eng M.}, title = {Immunolocalization of 7-2-ribonucleoprotein in the granular component of the nucleolus}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-33890}, year = {1988}, abstract = {Certain autoimmune sera contain antibodies against a nucleolar ribonucleoprotein particle associated with 7-2-RNA (R. Reddy et al. (1983) J. Bioi. Chem . 258, 1383; C. Hashimoto and J. A. Steitz (1983) J. Bioi. Chem. 258, 1379). In this study, we showed by immunofluorescence microscopy that antibodies reactive with 7-2-ribonucleoprotein immunolocalized in the granular regions of actinomycin D and 5,6-dichloro-I-j3-D-ribofuranosylbenzimidazole (DRB)-segregated nucleoli from Vero cells. By electron microscopic immunocytochemistry, antigen-antibody complexes were located in the granular component of transcriptionally active nucleoli from rat liver hepatocytes and HeLa cells. Anti-7- 2-RNP antibodies from two autoimmune sera immunoprecipitated a major protein of Mr 40,000 from e5S] methionine-Iabeled HeLa cell extract. The immunolocalization data suggest that 7-2-ribonucleoprotein may be involved in stages of ribosome biogenesis which take place in the granular component of the nucleolus, i.e., assembly, maturation, and/or transport of preribosomes}, language = {en} } @article{HadjiolovaRoseScheer1986, author = {Hadjiolova, Krassimira and Rose, Kathleen M. and Scheer, Ulrich}, title = {Immunolocalization of nucleolar proteins after D-galactosamine-induced inhibition of transcription in rat hepatocytes}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-33205}, year = {1986}, abstract = {No abstract available}, language = {en} } @article{FischerWeisenbergerScheer1992, author = {Fischer, D. and Weisenberger, D. and Scheer, Ulrich}, title = {In situ hybridization of DIG-labeled rRNA probes to mouse liver ultrathin sections}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-69458}, year = {1992}, abstract = {No abstract available.}, subject = {Hybridisierung }, language = {en} } @article{BellDabauvalleScheer1992, author = {Bell, Peter and Dabauvalle, Marie-Christine and Scheer, Ulrich}, title = {In vitro assembly of prenucleolar bodies in Xenopus egg extract}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-34233}, year = {1992}, abstract = {Nuclei assembled in Xenopus egg extract from purified DNA or chromatin resemble their natural counterparts in a number of structural and functional features. However, the most obvious structural element of normal interphase nuclei, the nucleolus, is absent from the in vitro reconstituted nuclei. By EM, cytological silver staining, and immunofluorescence microscopy employing antibodies directed against various nucleolar components we show that nuclei assembled in vitro contain numerous distinct aggregates that resemble prenucleolar bodies (PNBs) by several criteria. Formation of these PNB-like structures requires pore complex-mediated nuclear transport of proteins but is independent of the genetic content of the in vitro nuclei as well as transcriptional and translational events. Our data indicate that nuclei assembled in vitro are capable of initiating early steps of nucleologenesis but that the resulting PNBs are unable to fuse with each other, probably due to the absence of a functional nucleolus organizer. With appropriate modifications, this experimental system should be useful to define and analyze conditions promoting the site-specific assembly of PNBs into a coherent nucleolar body.}, language = {en} } @article{DabauvalleSchulzScheeretal.1988, author = {Dabauvalle, Marie-Christine and Schulz, Barbara and Scheer, Ulrich and Peters, Reiner}, title = {Inhibition of nuclear accumulation of karyophilic proteins in living cells by microinjection of the lectin wheat germ agglutinin}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-34288}, year = {1988}, abstract = {No abstract available}, language = {en} } @article{BenaventeRoseReimeretal.1987, author = {Benavente, Ricardo and Rose, Kathleen M. and Reimer, Georg and H{\"u}gle-D{\"o}rr, Barbara and Scheer, Ulrich}, title = {Inhibition of nucleolar reformation after microinjection of antibodies to RNA polymerase I into mitotic cells}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-33247}, year = {1987}, abstract = {The formation of daughter nuclei and the reformation of nucleolar structures was studied after microinjection of antibodies to RNA polymerase I into dividing cultured cells (PtK2). The fate of several nucleolar proteins representing the three main structural subcomponents of the nucleolus was examined by immunofluorescence and electron microscopy. The results show that the RNA polymerase I antibodies do not interfere with normal mitotic progression or the early steps of nucleologenesis, i.e. , the aggregation of nucleolar material into prenucleolar bodies. However,they inhibit the telophasic coalescence of the prenucleolar bodies into the chromosomal nucleolar organizer regions, thus preventing the formation of new nucleoli. These prenucleolar bodies show a fibrillar organization that also compositionally resembles the dense fibrillar component of interphase nucleoli . We conclude that during normal nucleologenesis the dense fibrillar component forms from preformed entities around nucleolar organizer regions, and that this association seems to be dependent on the presence of an active form of RNA polymerase I.}, language = {en} }