Pre-mRNA splicing in yeast and higher eukaryotes proceeds by similar pathways, in which a probable splicing intermediate and the excised intron are in a lariat configuration. To compare the pre-mRNA splicing mechanisms in yeast and higher eukaryotes, we have analyzed the RNA products resulting from in vitro processing of a yeast intron-containing pre-mRNA in HeLa cell and yeast extracts. In yea...

an aerobic, meophilic and lipolitic bacillus.sp bacterium (lipase activity 40 u/ml) was isolated from the olive extract. this isolate was identified based on morphological and biochemical characterization and 16s rrna gene sequence. effect of the solid substrate (pomegranate seed ground, grape seed ground and coriander seed ground as a solid substrate), the substrate particle size, moisture con...

Supercritical fluid extract of leaves of Vitex negundo was tested for its antimicrobial potential and was compared with that of ethanol extract, ether extract and hydrodistilled oil of leaves. The chemical constituents of extracts were studied by chromatographic techniques. Extracts were evaluated for antimicrobial potential against bacterial strains like Staphylococcus aureus, Bacillus subtili...

Xenopus egg extracts initiate replication at specific origin sites within mammalian G1-phase nuclei. Similarly, S-phase extracts from Saccharomyces cerevisiae initiate DNA replication within yeast nuclei at specific yeast origin sequences. Here we show that Xenopus egg extracts can initiate DNA replication within G1-phase yeast nuclei but do not recognize yeast origin sequences. When G1-phase y...

The effect of thermally processed rice koji extracts on survival of yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae was examined in comparison with non-heated koji extract. In chronological life span (CLS) tests on high-sugar fermentation, the survivals of the yeast cells grown with heated koji extracts were higher than non-heated koji extract. Heat treatment of the extracts by autoclaving led to a loss in most...

A new method to sort gene expression patterns into functional groups is presented. The method is based on a sorting algorithm using a non-local similarity score, which takes all other patterns in the dataset into account. The method is therefore very robust wih respect to noise. Using the expression data for yeast, we extract information about functional groups. Without prior knowledge of param...

Killer toxins are the proteinaceous toxins produced by some group of yeast designatedKiller yeasts. These toxins have activity against microorganisms other than yeast and the activity is readily detectable only when a suitable sensitive strain is tested. The aim of this study was extract the Killer toxin from yeast cells, to purify by thin layer chromatography and to find out the action of kill...

Maximal revival of heat-damaged Escherichia coli occurred in nutrient media containing 0.8 to 1.0% (w/v) of Difco yeast extract. Vitamins did not appear to be involved in the recovery process. The situation with amino acids was less clear-cut, and, although certain of these may be essential for revival, proof for this is as yet inconclusive. Replica plating, in which colonies (from cells which ...

In the present study, statistically based experimental design was applied for the optimization of bacteriocin production by Lactobacillus plantarum ATM11 isolated from goat slaughter house soil. Seven variables were chosen for Plackett-Burman design, in which three variables were screened as influencing factors: yeast extract, Tween 80 and K2HPO4. These three factors were subsequently optimized...

p53 activates transcription of genes with a p53 response element, and it can repress genes lacking the element. Here we demonstrate that wild-type but not mutant p53 inhibits transcription in a HeLa nuclear extract from minimal promoters. Wild-type but not mutant p53 binds to human TATA-binding protein (TBP). p53 does not bind to yeast TBP, and it cannot inhibit transcription in a HeLa extract ...