@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{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} } @inproceedings{ZentgrafScheerFranke1976, author = {Zentgraf, Hanswalter and Scheer, Ulrich and Franke, Werner W.}, title = {On the existence of arrested transcriptional machinery in late stages of avian erythropoiesis}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-33696}, year = {1976}, abstract = {No abstract available}, language = {de} } @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} } @inproceedings{TrendelenburgSpringScheeretal.1974, author = {Trendelenburg, Michael F. and Spring, Herbert and Scheer, Ulrich and Franke, Werner W.}, title = {Morphology of nucleolar cistrons in a plant cell, Acetabularia mediterranea}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-32213}, year = {1974}, abstract = {The structural organization of transcriptionally active DNA that contains cistrons for precursor molecules of ribosomal RNA is described in positively stained spread preparations from nuclei and nucleoli isolated from the green alga, Acetabularia mediterranea Lmx. These nuclei contain large aggregates of nucleolar subunits in which fibril-covered regions, the putative active cistrons for precursors of ribosomal RNA, alternate with fibril-free intercepts, the "spacers". The length distribution of the different intercepts of this DNA is given, and the pattern is compared with those shown in animal cell systems. The data are discussed in relation to problems of transcription and of amplification of ribosomal RNA genes.}, 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{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} } @inproceedings{TrendelenburgFrankeSpringetal.1975, author = {Trendelenburg, M. F. and Franke, Werner W. and Spring, H. and Scheer, Ulrich}, title = {Ultrastructure of transcription in the nucleoli of the green algae Acetabularia major and A. mediterranea}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-33779}, year = {1975}, abstract = {No abstract available}, language = {en} } @article{SpringTrendelenbrugScheeretal.1974, author = {Spring, Herbert and Trendelenbrug, Michael F. and Scheer, Ulrich and Franke, Werner W. and Herth, Werner}, title = {Structural and biochemical studies of the primary nucleus of two green algal species, Acetabularia mediterranea and Acetabularia major}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-40600}, year = {1974}, abstract = {Primary (giant) nuclei of the green algae Acetabularia mediterranea and A. major were studied by light and electron microscopy using in situ fixed material as well as manually isolated nuclear components. In addition, cytochemical reactions of nuclear structures and biochemical determinations of nuclear and cytoplasmic RNA and of genome DNA content were performed. The data obtained and the structures observed are interpreted as demonstralions of transcriptional activities of different gene classes. The most prominent class is the nucleolar cistrons of precursors of ribosomal RNA which occur highly repeated in clusters in the form of regularly alternating intercepts on deoxyribonucleoprotein axes of transcribed rDNA, the fibril-covered matrix units, and the fibril-free "spacer" segments. A description and a classification of the various structural complexes which seem to represent transcriptional activities is given. Quantitative evaluations of these arrangements are presented. The morphology and the dimensions of such structures are compared with the RNA molecular weight determinations and with the corresponding data reported from various animal cell systems. It is suggested that the formation of the giant nucleus is correlated with, and probably due to, an enormous amplification of transcriptionally active rDNA and packing of the extrachromosomal copies into the large nucleolar aggregate bodies.}, subject = {Cytologie}, language = {en} } @article{SpringScheerFrankeetal.1975, author = {Spring, Herbert and Scheer, Ulrich and Franke, Werner W. and Trendelenburg, Michael F.}, title = {Lampbrush type chromosomes in the primary nucleus of the green alga Acetabularia mediterranea}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-32370}, year = {1975}, abstract = {No abstract available}, language = {en} }