It is a familiar observation that different ecotypes of cattle, whether they are distinguished as species, breeds, or strains, show marked contrasts in coat cover. These differences follow the principle, dignified by Wright (1954) as “Wilson’s Rule”, of a gradient from thick, woolly coats in cold climates to short coats with bristly hairs lying sleekly against the skin in hot climates. The cont...

TROSZYŃSKA A., CISKA E. (2002): Phenolic compounds of seed coats of white and coloured varieties of pea (Pisum sativum L.) and their total antioxidant activity. Czech J. Food Sci., 20: 15–22. The purpose of this study was to compare the composition and contents of phenolic acids and condensed tannin in the seed coats of white and coloured varieties of pea and to examine the antioxidant properti...

A DNA complementary to the 3'-terminal 1168 nucleotides of the genome of the N strain of soybean mosaic virus (SMV) has been cloned and sequenced. cDNA sequence and coat protein analyses indicate that the SMV coat protein-coding region is at the 3' end of the genome, and that the coat protein is processed from a larger protein. The coat protein-coding sequence is predicted to be 795 nucleotides...

An unusual and distinguishing feature of alfalfa mosaic virus (AMV) and ilarviruses such as tobacco streak virus (TSV) is that the viral coat protein is required to activate the early stages of viral RNA replication, a phenomenon known as genome activation. AMV-TSV coat protein homology is limited; however, they are functionally interchangeable in activating virus replication. For example, TSV ...

Host resistance to African trypanosomiasis is partially dependent on an early and strong T-independent B-cell response against the variant surface glycoprotein (VSG) coat expressed by trypanosomes. The repetitive array of surface epitopes displayed by a monotypic surface coat, in which identical VSG molecules are closely packed together in a uniform architectural display, cross-links cognate B-...