@inproceedings{Scheer1982, author = {Scheer, Ulrich}, title = {Electron microscopic analysis of chromatin and gene expression}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-39456}, year = {1982}, abstract = {No abstract available}, language = {en} } @article{ScheerSommerville1982, author = {Scheer, Ulrich and Sommerville, John}, title = {Sizes of chromosome loops and hnRNA molecules in oocytes of amphibia of different genome sizes}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-33094}, year = {1982}, abstract = {The lengths of lampbrush chromosome loops and their tran scription units show a positive correlation with genome size in oocytes of amphibia with different C values. However, there is no such correlation with contour lengths of hnRNA molecu les isolated from these oocytes. These results indi cate th at more ON A sequences are transcribed in amphibia of higher C value , but that processing of RNA transc ripts occurs while they are still attached to the chromosomes as nascent ribonucleoprotein fibrils.}, language = {en} } @article{MorenoDiazdelaEspinaFrankeKrohneetal.1982, author = {Moreno-Diaz de la Espina, Susana and Franke, Werner W. and Krohne, Georg and Trendelenburg, Michael F. and Grund, Christine and Scheer, Ulrich}, title = {Medusoid fibril bodies: a novel type of nuclear filament of diameter 8 to 12 nm with periodic ultrastructure demonstrated in oocytes of Xenopus laevis}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-34116}, year = {1982}, abstract = {No abstract available}, language = {en} } @article{SchartlSchartlAnders1982, author = {Schartl, A. and Schartl, Manfred and Anders, F.}, title = {Promotion and regression of neoplasia by testosterone-promoted cell differentiation in Xiphophorus and Girardinus}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-86684}, year = {1982}, abstract = {No abstract available.}, subject = {Schwertk{\"a}rpfling}, language = {en} } @article{SchartlBarnekow1982, author = {Schartl, Manfred and Barnekow, Angelika}, title = {The expression in eukaryotes of a tyrosine kinase which is reactive with pp60v-src antibodies}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-86208}, year = {1982}, abstract = {All specimens of Eumetazoa and Parazoa, ranging from mammals, birds, teleosts, sharks, lampreys, amphioxus, insects, down to sponges showed the pp60c-src associated kinase activity, indicating that c-src, which is the cellular homologue of the oncogene v-src of Rous sarcoma virus (RSV) is probably present in all multicellular animals. Protozoa and plants did not show pp60c-src: kinase activity. The degree of c-src expression depends on the taxonomic rank of the Eumetazoa tested, and is organ-specific with nervaus tissues displaying the highest kinase activities. In the central nervous system of mammals and birds we found a high c-src expression, and in that of the lampreys, amphioxus, and insects the lowest. Unexpectedly, total extracts of sponges showed an amount of pp60c-src kinase activity similar to that of brain cell extracts of mammals and birds. These findings suggest that pp60c-src is a phylogenetic old protein that might have evolved together with the multicellular organisation of Metazoa, and that might be of importance in proliferation and differentiation of nontransformed cells.}, subject = {Protein-Tyrosin-Kinasen}, language = {en} } @incollection{ScheerKleinschmidtFranke1982, author = {Scheer, Ulrich and Kleinschmidt, J{\"u}rgen A. and Franke, Werner W.}, title = {Transcriptional and skeletal elements in nucleoli of amphibian oocytes}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-40625}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg}, year = {1982}, abstract = {No abstract available}, language = {en} } @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{ScheerSommerville1981, author = {Scheer, Ulrich and Sommerville, J.}, title = {Structural organization of nascent transcripts and hnRNA molecules in amphibian oocytes}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-39765}, year = {1981}, abstract = {Comparisons ofrelative lengths oflampbrush loops, nascent RNP transcripts and hnRNA molecules from oocytes of amphibia with different C-values show that there is an increasing trend in loop, and transcriptional unit, length with increase in genome size but no increasing trend with respect to RN A contour length.The formation of duplex regions and circles in RNP fibrils indicates that RNA processing may occur within the nascent fibrils. The hnRNA molecules from oocytes of the various amphibia readily form intermolecular duplex structures. These complementary sequences have a low kinetic complexity and are transcribed from highly repetitive sequences distributed throughout the genome. Their possible function is considered.}, language = {en} } @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{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{FrankeScheerKrohneetal.1981, author = {Franke, Werner W. and Scheer, Ulrich and Krohne, Georg and Jarasch, Ernst-Dieter}, title = {The nuclear envelope and the architecture of the nuclear periphery}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-33108}, year = {1981}, abstract = {No abstract available}, 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{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} } @inproceedings{SchartlSchartlAnders1981, author = {Schartl, A. and Schartl, Manfred and Anders, F.}, title = {Phenotypic conversion of malignant melanoma to benign melanoma and vice versa in Xiphophorus}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-86662}, year = {1981}, abstract = {No abstract available.}, subject = {Schwertk{\"a}rpfling}, language = {en} } @article{WernerSebald1981, author = {Werner, S. and Sebald, Werner}, title = {Immunological techniques for studies on the biogenesis of mitochondrial membrane proteins}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-82044}, year = {1981}, abstract = {no abstract available}, subject = {Biochemie}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{AndersSchollSchartl1981, author = {Anders, F. and Scholl, E. and Schartl, Manfred}, title = {Environmental and hereditary factors in the causation of neoplasia, based on studies of the Xiphophorus fish melanoma system}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-86402}, year = {1981}, abstract = {Neoplasia in Xiphophorus can be classified into: a) a Jarge group triggered by carcinogens; b) a large group triggered by promoters; and c) a small group that develops "spontaneously" according to Mendelian Jaw. The process leading to susceptibility for neoplasia is represented by the disintegration of gene systems that normally protect the fish from neoplasia. Interpopulational arid interracial hybridization is the most effective process that Ieads to disintegration of the protective gene systems. Environmental factors may complete disintegration in somatic cells and thus may trigger neoplasia. The applications of the findings on Xiphophorus to humans are discussed.}, subject = {Schwertk{\"a}rpfling}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{AndersSchartlScholl1981, author = {Anders, F. and Schartl, Manfred and Scholl, E.}, title = {Evaluation of environmental and hereditary factors in carcinogenesis, based on studies in Xiphophorus}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-72741}, year = {1981}, abstract = {Neoplasia in Xiphophorus can be classified into a) a large group that is triggered by carcinogens; b) a large group triggered by promoters; c) a small group that develops "spontaneously" following interpopulational and interracial hybridizations; and d) a small group that develops "spontaneously" following germ line mutation. The process leading to susceptibility for neoplasia is represented by the disintegration of gene systems that normally protect the fish from neoplasia. Hybridization is the most effective process that leads to disintegration of the protection gene systems. Environmental factors may complete disintegration and thus may trigger neoplasia. It is discussed whether the findings on Xiphophorus may also apply to humans.}, subject = {Schwertk{\"a}rpfling}, language = {en} } @article{HoppeSebald1980, author = {Hoppe, J. and Sebald, Walter}, title = {Amino acid sequence of the proteolipid subunit of the proton-translocating ATPase complex from the thermophilic bacterium PS-3}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-62754}, year = {1980}, abstract = {No abstract available}, subject = {Biochemie}, language = {en} } @article{HoppeSchairerSebald1980, author = {Hoppe, J. and Schairer, H. U. and Sebald, Walter}, title = {The proteolipid of a mutant ATPase from Escherichia coli defective in H\(^+\)-conduction contains a glycine instead of the carbodiimide-reactive aspartyl residue}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-62769}, year = {1980}, abstract = {No abstract available}, subject = {Biochemie}, language = {en} } @article{HoppeSchairerSebald1980, author = {Hoppe, J. and Schairer, HU and Sebald, Walter}, title = {Identification of amino-acid substitutions in the proteolipid subunit of the ATP synthase from dicyclohexylcarbodiimide-resistant mutants of Escherichia coli}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-47374}, year = {1980}, abstract = {The amino acid sequence of the proteolipid subunit of the A TP synthase was analyzed in six mutant strains from Escherichia coli K 12, selected for their increased resistance towards the inhibitor N,N'-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide. All six inhibitor-resistant mutants were found to be altered at the same position of the proteolipid, namely at the isoleucine at residue 28. Two substitutions could be identified. In type I this residue was substituted by a valine resulting in a moderate decrease in sensitivity to dicyclohexylcarbodiimide. Type II contained a threonine residue at this position. Here a strong resistance was observed. These two amino acid substitutions did not influence functional properties of the ATPase complex. ATPase as well as A TP-dependent proton-translocating activities of mutant membranes were indistinguishable from the wild type. At elevated concentrations, dicyclohexylcarbodiimide still bound specifically to the aspartic acid at residue 61 of the mutant proteolipid as in the wild type, and thereby inhibited the activity of the ATPase complex. It is suggested that the residue 28 substituted in the resistant mutants interacts with dicyclohexylcarbodiimide during the reactions leading to the covalent attachment of the inhibitor to the aspartic acid at residue 61. This could indicate that these two residues are in close vicinity and would thus provide a first hint on the functional conformation of the proteolipid. Its polypeptide chain would have to fold back to bring together these two residues separated by a segment of 32 residues.}, subject = {Biochemie}, language = {en} } @article{Kreft1980, author = {Kreft, J{\"u}rgen}, title = {Reovirus-specific messenger ribonucleoprotein particles from Hela cells}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-47028}, year = {1980}, abstract = {When reovirus-infected Hela cells are incubated at 43°C virus-specific messenger RNA is released ~rom the polysomes. It accumulates free in the cytoplasm as messenger ribonucleoprotem partIcles (mRNPs). The:e part~cles have a sedimentati~n rate of about 50S and a buoyant densIty m CsCI of 1.42 g/cm . ReovIrus mRNPs contam, beSIdes all three size classes of reovirus messenger RNA, the same spectrum of proteins found in the polysomal mRNPs from uninfected cells, plus t~o addi~ional pr?teins with molecular masses of 7000~ d and 110000 d, respectively. Electron mIcroscoPIc exammatlOn of the reovIrus mRNP fractIOn reveals specific Y-shaped structures wIth a total mean length ofO.5Ilm.}, 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} } @incollection{FrankeScheerZentgrafetal.1980, author = {Franke, Werner W. and Scheer, Ulrich and Zentgraf, Hanswalter and Trendelenburg, Michael F. and M{\"u}ller, U. and Krohne, G. and Spring, H.}, title = {Organization of transcribed and nontranscribed chromatin}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-40656}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg}, year = {1980}, abstract = {No abstract available}, subject = {Tumor / Zellteilung}, language = {en} } @article{Scheer1980, author = {Scheer, Ulrich}, title = {Structural organization of spacer chromatin between transcribed ribosomal RNA genes in amphibian oocytes}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-41057}, year = {1980}, abstract = {Transcribed nucleolar chomatin, including the spacer regions interspersed between the rRNA genes, is different from the bulk of nontranscribed chromatin in that the DNA of these regions appears to be in an extended (B) conformation when examined by electron microscopy. The possibility that this may reflect artificial unfolding of nucleosomes during incubation in very low salt buffers as routinely used in such spread preparations has been examined by studying the influence of various ion concentrations on nucleolar chromatin structure. Amplified nucleolar chromatin of amphibian oocytes (Xenopus laevis, Pleurodeles waltlii, Triturus cristatus) was spread in various concentrations of NaCl (range 0 to 20 mM). Below 1 mM salt spacer chromatin frequently revealed a variable number of irregularly shaped beads, whereas above this concentration the chromatin axis appeared uniformly smooth. At all salt concentrations studied, however, the length distribution of spacer and gene regions was identical. Preparations fixed with glutaraldehyde instead of formaldehyde, or unftxed preparations, were indistinguishable in this respect. The observations indicate that (i) rDNA spacer regions are not compacted into nucleosomal particles and into supranucleosomal structures when visualized at chromatin stabilizing salt concentrations (e.g., 20 mM NaCl), and (ii) spacer DNA is covered by a uniform layer of proteins of unknown nature which, at very low salt concentrations (below 1 mM NaCl), can artificially give rise to the appearance of small granular particles of approximately nucleosome-like sizes. These particles, however, are different from nucleosomes in that they do not foreshorten the associated spacer DNA. The data support the concept of an altered nucleohistone conformation not only in transcribed chromatin but also in the vicinity of transcriptional events.}, subject = {Cytologie}, language = {en} } @article{vonJagowSebald1980, author = {von Jagow, Gerhard and Sebald, Walter}, title = {b-Type cytochromes}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-47383}, year = {1980}, abstract = {No abstract available}, subject = {Biochemie}, language = {en} } @article{SebaldMachleidtWachter1980, author = {Sebald, Walter and Machleidt, Werner and Wachter, Elmar}, title = {N,N'-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide binds specifically to a single glutamyl residue of the proteolipid subunit of the mitochondrial adenosinetriphosphatases from Neurospora crassa and Saccharomyces cerevisiae}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-47394}, year = {1980}, abstract = {T~e N,N'-dicrclohexylcarbodiimide-binding proteolipid subumt of the mitochondrial adenosinetriphosphatases (ATP phosphohydrolase, EC 3.6.1.3) of Neurosporacrassa and Saccharomyces cerevisiae were purified from mitochondria incubated with the radioactively labeled inhibitor. The specifically labeled subunit was cleaved with cyanogen bromide and N-bromosuccinimide, and the resultant fragments were separated by gel chromatography in the presence of 80\% (vol/vol) formic acid. The N,N'-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide label was recovered in each organism exclusively in a 17-residue fragment. Further analysis by automated solid-phase Edman degrada.ti.on revealed tha~ the bound label was present at only one positIOn, correspondmg to a glutamyl residue. The NN'~ icyc~ohexyl~a~bodiiJ?1~de-'!l0dified glutamyl residue is the ~nly Id~ntIcal aCidic posItIon m both proteins and occurs in the middle of a hydrophobic sequence of about 25 residues.}, subject = {Dicyclohexylcarbodiimid}, language = {en} } @article{SebaldWachterTzagoloff1979, author = {Sebald, Walter and Wachter, E. and Tzagoloff, A.}, title = {Identification of amino acid substitutions in the dicyclohexylcarbodiimide-binding subunit of the mitochondrial ATPase complex from oligomycin-resistant mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-62770}, year = {1979}, abstract = {No abstract available}, subject = {Biochemie}, language = {en} } @article{MichelWachterSebald1979, author = {Michel, R. and Wachter, E. and Sebald, Walter}, title = {Synthesis of a larger precursor for the proteolipid subunit of the mitochondrial ATPase complex of Neurospora crassa in a cell-free wheat germ system}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-62789}, year = {1979}, abstract = {No abstract available}, subject = {Biochemie}, language = {en} } @article{SebaldGrafLukins1979, author = {Sebald, Walter and Graf, T. and Lukins, H. B.}, title = {The dicyclohexylcarbodiimide-binding protein of the mitochondrial ATPase complex from Neurospora crassa and Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Identification and isolation}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-62792}, year = {1979}, abstract = {Incubation of mitochondria from Neuraspara crassa and Saccharomyces cerevisiae with the radioactive ATPase inhibitor [14C]dicyclohexylcarbodiimide results in the irreversible and rather specific labelling of a low-molecular-weight polypeptide. This dicyclohexylcarbodiimide-binding protein is identical with the smallest subunit (Mr 8000) of the mitochondrial ATPase complex, and it occurs as oligomer, probably as hexamer, in the enzyme protein. The dicyclohexylcarbodiimide-binding protein is extracted from whole mitochondria with neutral chloroformjmethanol both in the free and in the inhibitor-modified form. In Neuraspara and yeast, this extraction is highly selective and the protein is obtained in homogeneaus form when the mitochondria have been prewashed with certain organic solvents. The bound dicyclohexylcarbodiimide Iabel is enriched in the purified protein up to 50-fold compared to whole mitochondria. Based on the amino acid analysis, the dicyclohexylcarbodiimide-binding protein from Neurospora and yeast consists of at least 81 and 76 residues, respectively. The content of hydrophobic residues is extremely high. Histidine and tryptophan are absent. The N-terminal ~mino acid is tyrosine in Neuraspara and formylmethionine in yeast.}, subject = {Biochemie}, language = {en} } @article{Linsenmair1979, author = {Linsenmair, Karl Eduard}, title = {Untersuchungen zur Soziobiologie der W{\"u}stenassel Hemilepistus reaumuri und verwandter Isopodenarten (Isopoda, Oniscoidea): Paarbildung und Evolution der Monogamie}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-30854}, year = {1979}, abstract = {The desert isopod, Hemilepistus reaumuri, extremely common in the arid regions of North Africa and Asia Minor, depends upon the burrows it itself digs for survival during the hotter parts of the year. The dig-ging of new burrows is limited by chmatic conditions to a short period during the spring. Burrows must be constantly defendet - especially against roving eonspecifics. The decisive problem of a connnuous burrow defense is solved through cooperative behavior: the adult woodlice form monogamous pairs whose partners recognize one another individually. Here, questions on the binding of partners, especially the problem of the binding of male to female will be treated upon, along with questions on the evolution of monogamy, wherein the purely maternal families of Porcellio species will be taken as models for intermedi{\"a}re stages. At first, males olHemilepistus are not permitted to copulate at all; later, for a relatively long period, they are only permitted incomplete copulations, the females alone have control over the partunal ecdysis; they alone determine the moment of final copulations. Under the thermal conditions prevalent during the season of pair formation, a female irreversibly induces a parturial ecdysis only when it has spent a minimum of sev-eral days in her own burrow with a specific male. At higher average temperatures, the number of females which undergo parturial ecdyses without these preconditions increases sharply. Males cannot greatly lnrlu-ence the willingness of females to reproduce with the investment they make in the digging of burrows; the factors deciding this are the male's presence and its role as guard. The first condition necessary for the genesis of monogamy might have been the evolution of a stnc{\"u}y lo-cation-dependent copulatory behavior, which guaranteed the male exclusive mating pnveliges with the female whose location - the burrow - he acheived control of. A male must, under these conditions, serve guard duty in his own interest, and defend the burrow against competitors (Cf or 2) seeking an already-dug burrow. The decisive advantage for the female in the beginning of the development was probably that she could leave the burrow for extended feeding excursions, whereas alone it would have to either completely forego nourishment or, as is the case with the Porcellio species mentioned, must greatly restrict the spectrum of food that it can use (to that which is to be found only a short distance from the burrow and which can eas-ily be carried inside the burrow). This could be a disadvantage, especially during egg production. Necessary to the male's successful defense of the burrow is that he recognises his female. Studies of the Canary Island Porcellio species have shown over which pathways and under what selection pressures the recopinon of individuals, as is realized mHemilepistus, could have evolved. Females can bind males longer, the longer the period of their attraction is extended: Females olHemilepistus reaumuri have been proven to be al·ready att-ractive before they are ready to copulate and still remain attractive after they have copulated. The conse-quences of the last fact will be discussed. The question of why the males remain with the females after the parturial ecdysis will also be discussed: The great danger to the male's investment resulting from a tooi early abandoning, and the low probability of successfully finding another partner after a later abandomng should prevent a positive balance in the males' cost-effecriveness calculations.}, language = {de} } @incollection{FrankeScheerSpringetal.1979, author = {Franke, Werner W. and Scheer, Ulrich and Spring, Herbert and Trendelenburg, Michael F. and Zentgraf, Hanswalter}, title = {Organization of nucleolar chromatin}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-39410}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg}, year = {1979}, abstract = {No abstract available}, language = {en} } @incollection{ScheerSpringTrendelenburg1979, author = {Scheer, Ulrich and Spring, Herbert and Trendelenburg, Michael F.}, title = {Organization of transcriptionally active chromatin in lampbrush chromosome loops}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-39293}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg}, year = {1979}, abstract = {No abstract available}, language = {en} } @article{ZentgrafTrendelenburgSpringetal.1979, author = {Zentgraf, Hanswalter and Trendelenburg, Michael F. and Spring, Herbert and Scheer, Ulrich and Franke, Werner W. and M{\"u}ller, Ulrike and Drury, Kenneth C. and Rungger, Duri}, title = {Mitochondrial DNA arranged into chromatin-like structures after injection into amphibian oocyte nuclei}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-33174}, year = {1979}, abstract = {Purified mitochondrial DNA (mitDNA) from ovaries ofXenopus lae vis was injected into the nuclei (germinal vesicles) of large viteUogenic oocytes of the same organism and examined by electron microscopy ofthe spread nuclear contents. Normally located nuclei of untreated oocytes as weil as peripherally translocated nuclei of centrifuged oocytes were used. In addition, oocyte nuclei isolated and incubated under liquid paraffin oil were injected with DNA. The integrity oftranscriptional structures of endogenous chromosomal (Iampbrush chromosomes) and extrachromosomal (nucleoli) genes of the injected nuclei was demonstrated. Microinjected mitDN A was identified as circles of chromatin exhibiting polynucleosome-like organization and a me an contour length of 2.6 J.Lm, corresponding to a compaction ratio of the mitDN A of about 2 : I. This DNA packing ratio is similar to that observed after preparation of various kinds of native chromatin in low salt buffers. The chromatin circles formed from injected mitDNA only very rarely exhibited lateral fibrils suggestive of transcriptional activity. These results suggest that purified mitDNA can be transformed to normally structured chromatin when exposed to oocyte nuclear contents but is rarely , if at all , transcribed in this form and in this environment.}, language = {en} } @article{ScheerSommervilleBustin1979, author = {Scheer, Ulrich and Sommerville, John and Bustin, M.}, title = {Injected histone antibodies interfere with transcription of lampbrush chromosome loops in oocytes of Pleurodeles}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-33166}, year = {1979}, abstract = {Antibodies to calf thymus histone H2B were purified by chromatography on DEAE-cellulose and injected into oocyte nuclei of Pleurodeles waltlii. As shown by indirect immunofluorescence these antibodies cross-reacted strongly with corresponding histones associated with lampbrush chromosomes. Shortly after injection the lateral loops of the chromosomes retracted into the chromomeres and by 3 h postinjection the 'lampbrush' appearance was completely lost and the chromosomes appeared in light-microscopic preparations as rod-like structures consisting of 10ngitudina11y coalesced chromomeres. In control oocytes injected with non-immune immunoglobulins or antibodies against a ubiquitous transcript-associated protein no morphological alterations of the lampbrush chromosomes could be observed. Electron microscopic spreads of chromosomes prepared at various times after injection of anti-H2B revealed a progressive loss of transcriptional complexes from the loop axes. Finally, higher-order chromatin configurations, like supranuc1eosomal globules (' superbeads ') or cable-like chromatin strands 50- 60 nm thick predominated, indicating complete transcriptional inactivation of a11 chromosomal regions. The results indicate that H2B antibodies react specifically with his tones associated with the transcribed DNA of lateral loops in their native state. The resulting antigenantibody complexes seem to inhibit progression of the R A polymerases along the template, thus causing the premature release of transcripts, a process analogous to the stripping effect of actinomycin D. The demonstration of histones associated with heavily transcribed regions, which are not compacted into nucleosomes but largely extended, supports the current concept that unfolding of nucleosomes to a110w transcription of the DNA does not involve dissociation of histones. In contrast, amplified ribosomal RNA genes are unaffected by injected HzB antibodies. This does not necessarily indicate absence of his tones from nucleolar chromatin, since we do not know whether it is accessible in vivo to antibodies or whether the histone antigenie determinants are masked by the presence of other proteins. The technique of injecting specific antibodies should be widely applicable when analysing the in vivo distribution of chromosomal components at the electron-microscopic level and when studying complex metabolie processes, like the cleavage and modification of RNA, by selective inhibition of defined enzymic steps.}, language = {en} } @article{MeyerSchartl1979, author = {Meyer, Manfred K. and Schartl, Manfred}, title = {Eine neue Xiphophorus-Art aus Vera Cruz, Mexiko : (Pisces: Poeciliidae)}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-87124}, year = {1979}, abstract = {Xiphophorus andersi n. sp. from the Rio Atoyac, Vera Cruz, Mexico is described: lang head, moderately slender body, large dark black spar at the basis of the anal fin; adult male with short sword-like caudal appendage; rip of ray 5a of gonopodium without a developed claw. Xiphophorus andersi n. sp. differs by the combination of distinct characters from all the other species of the genus known so far. The new species shows features of both the so-called platyfish species group and the so-called swordtail species group.}, subject = {Schwertk{\"a}rpfling}, language = {en} } @article{TzagoloffMacinoSebald1979, author = {Tzagoloff, A. and Macino, G. and Sebald, Walter}, title = {Mitochondrial genes and translation products}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-47408}, year = {1979}, abstract = {No abstract available}, subject = {Biochemie}, language = {en} } @article{SebaldWernerWeiss1979, author = {Sebald, Walter and Werner, S and Weiss, H}, title = {Biogenesis of mitochondrial membrane proteins in Neurospora crassa}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-82055}, year = {1979}, abstract = {no abstract available}, subject = {Biochemie}, language = {en} } @article{SebaldWild1979, author = {Sebald, Walter and Wild, G.}, title = {Mitochondrial ATPase complex from Neurospora crassa}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-82065}, year = {1979}, abstract = {The A TPase eomplex has been isolated from mitoehondria of N eurospora crassa by immunologieal teehniques. The protein ean be obtained rapidly and qua ntitatively in high purity by miero- or large-seale immunopreeipitation. Immunopreeipitation has been applied to labeled and doubly labeled mitoehondrial proteins in order to investigate the number and moleeular weights of subunit polypeptides , the site of synthesis of subunit polypeptides, and the dieycIohexyIcarbodiimide-binding protein . The A TPase complex obtained by large-seale immunopreeipitation has been used as starting ma terial for the isolation of hydrophobie polypeptides.}, subject = {Biochemie}, language = {en} } @article{SebaldNeupertWeiss1979, author = {Sebald, Walter and Neupert, W. and Weiss, H.}, title = {Preparation of Neurospora crassa mitochondria}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-82070}, year = {1979}, abstract = {The fungus Neurospora crassa represents a eukaryotic cell with high biosynthetic activities. Cell mass doubles in 2-4 hr during expone ntial growth , even in simple salt media with sucrose as the sole carbon source. The microorgani sm forms a mycelium of long hyphae durlng vegetative growth . The mitochondria can be isolated under relatively gentle condi tions since a few breaks in the threadlike hyphae are sufficient to cause the outflow of the organelles. This article describes two methods for the physical disruption of the hyphae : (I) The cell s are opened in a grind mill between two rotating corundum di sks. This is a continuous and fast procedure and allows large- and small-scale preparations of mitochondria. (2) Hyphae are ground with sand in a mortar and pestle. This procedure can be applied to microscale preparations of mitochondria starting with minute amounts of cells. Other procedures for the isolation of Neurospora mitochondria after the physical di sruption or the enzymatic degradation of the cell wall have been described elsewhere}, subject = {Biochemie}, language = {en} } @incollection{AndersSchollSchartl1979, author = {Anders, F. and Scholl, E. and Schartl, Manfred}, title = {Xiphophorus als Modell in der Krebsforschung}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-72752}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}t W{\"u}rzburg}, year = {1979}, abstract = {No abstract available.}, subject = {Schwertk{\"a}rpfling}, language = {de} } @article{GrafSebald1978, author = {Graf, T. and Sebald, Walter}, title = {The dicyclohexylcarbodiimide-binding protein of the mitochondrial ATPase complex from beef heart. Isolation and amino acid composition}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-62806}, year = {1978}, abstract = {No abstract available}, subject = {Biochemie}, language = {en} } @article{KreftBernhardGoebel1978, author = {Kreft, J{\"u}rgen and Bernhard, K. and Goebel, Werner}, title = {Recombinant plasmids capable to replication in B. subtilis and E. coli}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-47000}, year = {1978}, abstract = {The plasmid pBC16 (4.25 kbases), ongtnally isolated from Bacillus cereus, determines tetracycline resistance and can be transformed into competent cells of B. subtilis. A miniplasmid of pBCl6 (pBCI6-1), 2,7 kb) which has lost an EcoRI fragment of pBCI6 retains the replication functions and the tetracycline resistance. This plasmid which carries only one EcoRI site has been joined in vitro to pBS], a cryptic plasmid previously isolated from B. subtilis and shown to carry also a single EcoRI site (Bernhard et aI., 1978). The recombinant plasmid is unstable and dissociates into the plasmid pBSl61 (8.2 kb) and the smaller plasmid pBS162 (2. I kb). Plasmid pBS161 retains the tetracycline resistance. It possesses a single EcoRI site and 6 HindlII sites. The largest HindIII fragment of pBS161 carries the tetracycline resistance gene and the replication function. After circularization in vitro of this fragment a new plasmid, pBS161-l is generated, which can be used as a HindlII and EcoRI cloning vector in Bacillus suhtilis. Hybrid plasmids consisting of the E. coli plasmids pBR322, p WL 7 or pACl84 and different HindlII fragments of pBSI61 were constructed in vitro. Hybrids containing together with the E. coli plasmid the largest HindlII fragment of pBS161 can replicate in E. coli and B. sublilis. In E. coli only the replicon of the E. coli plasmid part is functioning whereas in B. suhtilis replication of the hybrid plasmid is under the control of the Bacillus replicon. The tetracycline resistance of the B. subtilis plasmid is expressed in E. coli, but several antibiotic resistances of the E. coli plasmids (ampicillin, kanamycin and chloramphenicol) are not expressed in B. suhtilis. The hybrid plasmids seem to be more unstable in B. subtilis than in E. coli.}, language = {en} } @article{FrankeScheer1978, author = {Franke, Werner W. and Scheer, Ulrich}, title = {Morphology of transcriptional units at different states of activity}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-41363}, year = {1978}, abstract = {The morphology of two forms of transcription ally active chromatin, the nucleoli and the loops of lampbrush chromosomes, has been examined after fixation in situ or after isolation and dispersion of the material in media of low ionic strengths, using a variety of electron microscopic preparation techniques (e.g. spread preparations with positive or negative staining or without any staining at all, with bright and dark field illumination, with autoradiography, after pretreatment of the chromatin with specific detergents such as Sarkosyl NL-30; transmission and scanning transmission electron microscopy of ultrathin sections). Nucleolar chromatin and chromosomes from oocytes of various amphibia and insects as well as from green algae of the family of the Dasycladaceae were studied in particular detail. The morphology of transcriptional units that are densely packed with lateral ribonucleoprotein fibrils, indicative of great transcriptional activity, was compared with that of chromatin of reduced lateral fibril density, including stages of drug-induced inhibition. The micrographs showed that under conditions which preserve the nucleosomal organization in condensed chromatin studied in parallel, nucleosomes are not recognized in transcriptionally active chromatin. This holds for the transcribed regions as well as for apparently untranscribed (i.e. fibril-free) regions interspersed between ('spacer') and/or adjacent to transcribed genes and for the fibril-free regions within transcriptional units of reduced fibril density. In addition, comparison oflengths of repeating units of isolated rDNA with those observed in spread nucleolar chromatin indicated that this DNA is not foreshortened and packed into nucleosomal structures. Granular particles which were observed, at irregular frequencies and in variable patterns, in some spacer regions, did not result in a proportional shortening of the spacer axis, and were found to be resistant to detergent treatment effective in removing most of the chromatin associated proteins including histones. Thus, these particles behave like RNA polymerases rather than nucleosomes. It is suggested that structural changes from nucleosomal packing to an extended form of DNA are involved in the transcriptional activation of chromatin.}, 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} } @inproceedings{FrankeZentgrafScheer1978, author = {Franke, Werner W. and Zentgraf, Hanswalter and Scheer, Ulrich}, title = {Supranucleosomal and non-nucleosomal chromatin configurations}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-39447}, year = {1978}, abstract = {A significant contribution to the understanding of chromatin organization was the d iscovery of the nucleosome as a globular repeating unit of the package of DNA (Hewish and Burgoyne, 1973; Woodcock, 1973; Kornberg, 1974; Olins and Olins, 1974; for review see Oudet et al., 1978 a) . In accord with the original definition and in ag reement with most workers in this field of research we identify a nucleosome as a spheric alor slightly oblate gr anular particle 10-13 nm in diameter, containing about 200 base pairs of DNA and two of each of the four his tones H2a, H2b, H3 and H4. It is this structure in which the bulk of the nuclear chroma tin is organized in most eukaryotic cells, with the exception of the dinofl age llates (Rae and Steele, 1977; dinofl agellate DNA, however, c an be packed into nucleosoma l structures in vitro by addition of the appropriate amounts of histones;the same reference). Although it seems clear from the work reported that condensed and transcriptiona lly inactive chroma tin is contained in nucleosomes as the principle for first order p acking of DNA there are two important questions onto which we are focusing in the present study: ( i ) What is the higher order of p a cking present in - and perhaps typical-of - the condensed sta te of chromatin, and (ii) what is the specific form of arrangement of transcriptionally a ctive chromatin?}, language = {en} } @article{RunggerCrippaTrendelenburgetal.1978, author = {Rungger, M. and Crippa, M. and Trendelenburg, M. F. and Scheer, Ulrich and Franke, Werner W.}, title = {Visualization of rDNA spacer transcription in Xenopus oocytes treated with fluorouridine}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-33082}, year = {1978}, abstract = {Under the intluence of 5-tluoro-uridine, the ultrastructure of the rDNA transcription units in Xenopus oocytes is altered. Whereas part of the matrix units maintains anormal aspect or shows various degrees of inhibition, in a strong proportion of the transcription units the alternating pattern of matrix units and fibril-free spacer regions is no longer recognized. Transcriptional complexes are found along the entire DNP axis, including the regions of the spacers. These observations support biochemical data on transcription in rDNA spacer region.}, language = {en} } @article{KrohneFrankeScheer1978, author = {Krohne, Georg and Franke, Werner W. and Scheer, Ulrich}, title = {The major polypeptides of the nuclear pore complex}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-33078}, year = {1978}, abstract = {Nuclear envelopes of maturing oocytes of various amphibia contain an unusually high number of pore complexes in very close packing. Consequently, nuclear envelopes , which can be manually isolated in great purity, provide a remarkable enrichment of nuclear pore complex material, relative to membranous and other interporous structures. When the polypeptides of nuclear envelopes isolated from oocytes of Xenopl/s la evis and Triturus alpestris are examined by gel electrophoresis, visualized either by staining with Coomassie blue or by radiotluorography after in vitro reaction with [3H]dansyl chloride , a characteristic pattern is obtained (10 major and 15 minor bands). This polypeptide pattern is radically different from that of the nuclear contents isolated from the same cell. Extraction of the nuclear envelope with high salt concentrations and moderateIy ac tive detergents such as Triton X- 100 results in the removal of membrane material but leaves most of the non-membranous structure of the pore complexes. The dry weight of the pore complex (about 0.2 femtograms) remains essentially unchanged during such extractions as measured by quantitative electron microscopy . The extracted preparations which are highly enriched in nuclear pore complex material contain only two major polypeptide components with apparent molecular weights of 150000 and 73000. Components of such an electrophoretic mobility are not present as major bands , if at all , in nuclear contents extracted in the same way. lt is concluded that these two polypeptides are the major constituent protein(s) of the oocyte nuclear pore complex and are specific for this structure. When nuclear envelopes are isolated from rat liver and extracted with high salt buffers and Triton X- 100 similar bands are predominant, but two additional major components of molecular weights of 78000 and 66000 are also recognized. When the rat liver nuclear membranes are further subfractionated material enriched in the 66000 molecular weight component can be separated from the membrane material, indicating that this is relatively loosely associated material , probably a part of the nuclear matrix . The results suggest that the nuclear pore complex is not only a characteristic ubiquitous structure but also contains similar, if not identical , skeletal proteins that are remarkably re sistant to drastic changes of ionic strength as weil as to treatments with detergents and thiol reagents.}, language = {en} } @article{ScheerZentgraf1978, author = {Scheer, Ulrich and Zentgraf, Hanswalter}, title = {Nucleosomal and supranucleosomal organization of transcriptionally inactive rDNA circles in Dytiscus oocytes}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-33188}, year = {1978}, abstract = {Oocytes of the water beetle, Dytiscus marginalis, contain large amounts of rDNA most of which is present in the form of rings containing one or several pre-rRNA genes. Electron microscopy of spread preparations of vitellogenic oocytes has shown that the rDNA is extended in chromatin rings with transcribed pre- rRNA genes and is not packed into nucleosomes (Trendelenburg eta!. , 1976). When similar preparations are made from previtellogenic ooytes in which a large proportion of the nuc1eolar chromatin is transcriptionally inactive, a different morphological form of this chromatin is recognized. In contrast to the transcribed chromatin rings the inactive nucleolar chromatin circles show the characteristic beaded configuration, indicative of nucleosomal packing. Nuc1eosomal packing is also indicated by the comparison of the lengths of these chromatin rings with both iso lated rDNA circ1es and transcribed chromatin rings. In addition, these inactive nuc1eofilaments often appear to be compacted into globular higher order structures of diameters from 21 to 34nm, each composed of an aggregate of 6-9 nuc1eosomes. While the estimated reduction of the overall length of rDNA, as seen in our preparations, is, on the average, only 2.2 - 2.4 fold in the nuc1eosomal state it is 10- 13 fold when supranuc1eosomal globules are present. These data show that the extrachromosomal rDNA of these oocytes goes through a cycle of condensation and extensio n, as a function of the specific transcriptional activity, and that the beaded state described here is exc1usively found in the non-transcribed state.}, language = {en} } @article{WeissSebald1978, author = {Weiss, H. and Sebald, Walter}, title = {Purification of cytochrome oxidase from Neurospora crassa and other sources}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-82082}, year = {1978}, abstract = {A chromatographic procedure 1 is described by means of which cytochrome oxidase has been purified from a variety of organisms including the fungus N eurospora crassa,2,3 the unicellular alga Po/ytoma mirum, 4 the insect Locusta migratoria ,5 the frog Xenopus muel/eri,4 and the mammal Rattus norwegicus. 4 This procedure can be used to equal effect for large-scale preparations, starting from grams of mitochondrial protein, or for small-scale preparations starting from milligrams. The cytochrome oxidase preparations from the different organisms are enzymically active. They show similar subunit compositions.}, subject = {Biochemie}, language = {en} } @inproceedings{FrankeScheerTrendelenburgetal.1978, author = {Franke, Werner W. and Scheer, Ulrich and Trendelenburg, Michael F. and Zentgraf, H. and Spring, H.}, title = {Morphology of transcriptionally active chromatin}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-41097}, year = {1978}, abstract = {Some decades ago it was noted by cytologists that within the interphase nucleus large portions of the transcriptionally ("genetically," in their terms) inactive chromosomal material are contained in aggregates of condensed chromatin, the "chromocenters," whereas transcriptionally active regions of chromosomes appear in a more dispersed form and are less intensely stained with DNA-directed staining procedures (Heitz 1929, 1932, 1956; Bauer 1933). The hypothesis that condensed chromatin is usually characterized by very low or no transcriptional activity, and that transcription occurs in loosely packed forms of chromatin (including, in most cells, the nucleolar chromatin) has received support from studies of ultrathin sections in the electron microscope and from the numerous attempts to separate transcriptionally active from inactive chromatin biochemically (for references, see Anderson et al. 1975; Berkowitz and Doty 1975; Krieg and Wells 1976; Rickwood and Birnie 1976; Gottesfeld 1977). Electron microscopic autoradiography has revealed that sites of RNA synthesis are enriched in dispersed chromatin regions located at the margins of condensed chromatin (Fakan and Bernhard 1971, 1973; Bouteille et al. 1974; Bachellerie et al. 1975) and are characterized by the occurrence of distinct granular and fibrillar ribonucleoprotein (RNP) structures, such as perichromatin granules and fibrils. The discovery that, in most eukaryotic nuclei, major parts of the chromatin are organized in the form of nucleosomes (Olins and Olins 1974; Kornberg 1974; Baldwin et al. 1975) has raised the question whether the same nucleosomal packing of DNA is also present in transcriptionally active chromatin strands. Recent detailed examination of the morphology of active and inactive chromatin involving a diversity of electron microscopic methods, particularly the spreading technique by Miller and coworkers (Miller and Beatty 1969; Miller and Bakken 1972), has indicated that the DNA of some actively transcribed regions is not packed into nucleosomal particles but is present in a rather extended form within a relatively thin (4-7 nm) chromatin fiber.}, language = {en} }