The title isotypic complexes, bis-[μ-5,6-bis-(pyridin-2-yl)pyrazine-2,3-di-carboxylato]-κ4N1,O2,N6:O3;κ4O3:N1,O2,N6-bis-[di-aqua-manganese(II)] tetra-hydrate, [Mn2(C16H8N4O4)2(H2O)4]·4H2O, (I), and bis-[μ-5,6-bis-(pyridin-2-yl)pyrazine-2,3-di-carboxyl-ato]-κ4N1,O2,N6:O3;κ4O3:N1,O2,N6-bis-[di-aqua-iron(II)] tetrahydrate, [Fe2(C16H8N4O4)2(H2O)4]·4H2O, (II), are, respectively, the mangan-ese(II) a...

The accumulation of two polypeptides, SCm1 and SCm2, in the medium of Sertoli cell cultures is enhanced by follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) but is unaffected by either the cAMP analog, N6,O2'-dibutyrl cAMP or luteinizing hormone. The assigned molecular weights of SCm1 and SCm2 differ from those of androgen-binding protein subunits or any other previously identified Sertoli cell secretory prod...

Pollen plants from anther culture in rice breeding allows selection of fine strains in early generations. Exploitation of anther culture technique in research is limited due to very low regeneration frequency of indica cultivars and the transfer of anther culture traits from japonica to indica varieties is important in improving these rice varieties. In this study the optimization of media requ...

Upon reduction, 2,5-diaziridinyl-1,4-benzoquinone (DZQ) can form an interstrand guanine to guanine crosslink with DNA duplexes containing a d(GC).d(GC) dinucleotide step. The reaction is enhanced by a thymine positioned 5[prime] to each guanine [i.e. in a d(TGCA). d(TGCA) duplex fragment]. Here we show that spermine can inhibit DZQ crosslink formation in duplexes of sequence d[C(N6)TGCA(M6)C]. ...

M.PvuII is a DNA methyltransferase from the bacterium Proteus vulgaris that catalyzes methylation of cytosine at the N4 position. This enzyme also displays promiscuous activity catalyzing methylation of adenine at the N6 position. In this work we use QM/MM methods to investigate the reaction mechanism of this promiscuous activity. We found that N6 methylation in M.PvuII takes place by means of ...

In isolated 32P-labeled guinea pig ventricular cardiomyocytes phospholamban (PLB), myosin light chain 2 and the inhibitory subunit of troponin (Tnl) were identified by antibodies. In isolated 32P-labeled guinea pig ventricular cardiomyocytes isoproterenol (0.1 mumol/l) increased phosphorylation of PLB and of the inhibitory subunit of Tnl to 159 and 119% of control, respectively, without effect ...