Nuclei were prepared from the human colon mucin-producing tumor GW-39. The method described involves incubation in beta-mercaptoethanol under mild conditions and results in the preparation of nuclei free of the mucin web that initially enmeshes them. A sensitive colorimetric immunoassay was used to confirm that nuclei prepared in this fashion were generally free of contaminating mucin. This met...

A simple, rapid and efficient method for isolating genomic DNA from lychee (Litchi chinensis Sonn.) was developed. This modified CTAB protocol include the use of 2 M NaCl, PVP, 5% mercaptoethanol and 80% ethanol in the extraction as well as reducing the centrifugation times during the separation and precipitation of the DNA. Isolated genomic DNA showed high purity and high quantity following re...

Proplastids from developing castor bean (Ricinus communis) endosperm have a pyruvate kinase activity which is extremely unstable on isolation from the organelle. It can be stabilized by 20 mm 2-mercaptoethanol in 20% ethylene glycol. In contrast the soluble pyruvate kinase is stable at 60 C for 10 minutes. The two activities have different pH optima. The soluble and the proplastid activities ar...

Assay conditions have been established which allow maximum expression of phosphodeoxyribomutase activity in ultrasonic extracts of Escherichia coil K-12. The enzyme requires 2-mercaptoethanol, manganous ions, and glucose 1, 6-diphosphate for optimal activity. When cells are grown in minimal medium with glycerol as the carbon source and supplemented with 10-' M thymidine, phosphodeoxyribomutase ...

In the present work, first data on catalytic activity of d-metal complexes petroleum porphyrins obtained via two-stage re-metallization (acid demetallization with subsequent metalation) high-purity vanadyl are presented. During acid porphyrins, highest yield (49%) and spectral purity free petroporphyrin bases were achieved concentrated sulfuric a diluted solution in chloroform. series divalent ...

Renewable natural and synthetic basic substances can be used to produce biodegradable polymers. Several methods of the polymerization terpene limonene have been evaluated. The evaluated are radical polymerization, cationic thiol-ene polymerization. free-radical with azobisisobutyronitrile (AIBN) as an initiator was carried out. out using AlCl3 a catalyst. copolymerization mercaptoethanol, 2-mer...

The effect of bleomycin on the molecular integrity of SV40 DNAwas determined under various conditions by taking advantage of the fact that a single scission produced in such a superhelical form of DNAcould be clearly manifested by analysis of samples with centrifugation in alkaline sucrose gradients. Conditions were found where the reaction velocity, the rate of disappearance of the characteris...