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Microbial origin for pedogenic micrite associated with a carbonate paleosol (Champagne, France)
1999
Abstract Micro-rods have been observed in indurated carbonate horizons (30 cm thick) that overlie a periglacial chalk formation, in contact with the present-day soil (Champagne, France). They are numerous in the upper part of the hardened layers. Variations in micro-rod morphologies are related to progressive biomineralization of organic matter, transforming purely organic rods into calcite. Mineralized rods undergo diagenesis and their arrangement evolves from a random mesh fabric to recrystallized micritic platelets to microsparite. Two types of organic micro-rods have been observed: bacilliform and thread-like bacteria. Mineralogically, micro-rods are low-magnesian calcite. Crystallograp…
Model Eye Incorporating a Manually Tunable Polymer Lens and Microfluidics Chamber for Simulation of Vitreous Floaters
2016
a model eye incorporating a manually tunable lens and microfluidics chamber for simulation of vitreous floaters has been described. Aberrations correspond to average values in population and diffraction effects could be observed.
A Compilation of Protocols to Visualize Enzymes Following Electrophoretic Separation
1994
The following tables supply protocols for the electrophoretic separation as well as for the succeeding visualization of enzymes. Separation systems and enzyme visualization procedures are adjusted to each other.
Tomato peel drying and carotenoids stability of the extracts
2014
Summary Tomato peels were firstly dried by different methods (hot air, freeze-drying, and fluidized bed drying) to evaluate the recovery of lycopene, β-carotene and DPPH radical scavenging activity. Comparison of the results showed that hot air drying at 50 °C was a suitable method and alternative to freeze-drying to preserve carotenoids compounds and antioxidant activity in tomato peels. Then, ethanol/ethyl acetate (1:1) extracts from tomato peel, previously dried at 50 °C by hot air, were submitted to heat (100 °C) and light treatment (1000 lumen) to evaluate their stability as natural food dyes. Heating of the extracts caused a progressive reduction of total carotenoids, up to about 30% …
Complete Nucleotide Sequence of a Hemoglobin Gene Cluster from the Midge Chironomus thummi piger
1991
The aquatic larvae of non-biting midges (Chironomidae, Diptera) contain a variety of Hb proteins in their hemolymph that enable them to survive in an anoxic environment (1). In Chironomus thummi thummi, 12 different Hb variants have been identified and their amino acid sequences determined (2). Based on these primary structures, the evolutionary relationships between the five monomeric and the s e v e n dimeric Hb proteins have been deduced (2). The two groups are thought to have evolved in two different lineages which separated more than 255 million years ago.
Two-dimensional assembling of 4,4'-bipyridine and 4,4'-azopyridine bridged iron(II) linear coordination polymers via hydrogen bond
1999
[EN] Novel two-dimensional polymers, [Fe(L-1)(H2O)(2)(NCX)(2)]. L-1 (L-1 =4.4'-bipyridine (bipy)) (1, 2) and [Fe(L-2)(CH3OH)(2)-(NCX)(2)]. L-2 (L-2 =4,4'-azopyridine (azpy)) (3) and X = S (1, 3), Se (2), have been synthesized and characterized by X-ray crystallography. The structures reveal the formation of tranzs-L-bridged [Fe(NCX)(2)(Y)(2)] where Y=H2O, CH3OH linear chains assembled into two-dimensional networks by hydrogen bonds between the uncoordinated ligand L and the coordinated solvent molecules.
Oxygen-induced changes in hemoglobin expression in Drosophila
2008
The hemoglobin gene 1 (dmeglob1) of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster is expressed in the tracheal system and fat body, and has been implicated in hypoxia resistance. Here we investigate the expression levels of dmeglob1 and lactate dehydrogenase (a positive control) in embryos, third instar larvae and adult flies under various regimes of hypoxia and hyperoxia. As expected, mRNA levels of lactate dehydrogenase increased under hypoxia. We show that expression levels of dmeglob1 are decreased under both short- and long-term hypoxia, compared with the normoxic (21% O2) control. By contrast, a hypoxia/reoxygenation regime applied to third instar larvae elevated the level of dmeglob1 mRNA. A…
Carotenoid-based colour polyphenism in a moth species: search for fitness correlates
2007
Carotenoid-based integumental coloration is often associated with individual performance in various animals. This is because the limited amount of the pigment has to be allocated to different vital functions. However, most of the evidence for the carotenoid-based trade-off comes from vertebrate studies, and it is unclear if this principle can be applied to insects. This possibility was investigated in Orgyia antiqua L. (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae). The larvae of this species are polyphenic in their coloration, varying from a highly conspicuous combination of yellow hair tufts on black background to cryptic appearance with brown hair tufts. The conspicuous larvae are aposematic, advertising t…
Structure formation in doped discotic polymers and low molar mass model systems
1992
Abstract Doping of low molar mass materials or polymers, possessing disc-like units, with electron acceptors leads to the stabilization of columnar discotic phases or even to the induction of such phases in compounds which either display a nematic discotic phase or only an amorphous phase in the absence of the electron acceptor. The induced columnar phase corresponds frequently to a hexagonally ordered one. We have observed, however, in addition the induction of new columnar phases such as the rectangularly ordered (Dro) and the columnar nematic phase (Nc). The enhancement of the tendency towards the formation of columnar phases is a consequence of electron acceptor—electron donor complex f…
Tenascin in denervated human muscle
1996
Tenascin is a large oligomeric glycoprotein of the extracellular matrix. Its location is limited in innervated muscle tissues. We investigated immunohistologically, using two monoclonal antibodies (mab) against Tenascin, biopsied denervated human muscle of children and adults. Tenascin was present in the interstitial space among denervated muscle fibres. Accumulation of Tenascin in denervated adult muscle tissue was frequent, accumulation in denervated muscle tissue of children was sparse and weak. The two antibodies reacted correspondingly. Tenascin was not only found in the vicinity of atrophic muscle fibres, but also close to normally sized fibres, suggesting an early stage of denervatio…