Requirement of yeast fimbrin for actin organization and morphogenesis in vivo

The SAC6 gene was found by suppression of a yeast actin mutation. Its protein product, Sac6p (previously referred to as ABP67), was independently isolated by actin-filament affinity chromatography and colocalizes with actin in vivo. Thus Sac6p binds to actin in vitro, and functionally associates with actin structures involved in the development and maintenance of cell polarity in vivo. We report here that Sac6p is an actin-filament bundling protein 43% identical in amino-acid sequence to the vertebrate bundling protein fimbrin. This yeast fimbrin homologue contains two putative actin-binding regions homologous to domains of dystrophin, beta-spectrin, filamin, actin-gelation protein and alpha-actinin. Mutants lacking Sac6p do not form normal actin structures and are defective in morphogenesis. These findings demonstrate an in vivo role for the well-documented biochemical interaction between fimbrin and actin.     

Novel cell cycle control of RNA synthesis in yeast

During the fission yeast cell cycle, the rate of polyadenylated messenger RNA synthesis doubles when the cell reaches a critical size. This size-related control maintains average mRNA content in balance with total cell mass during exponential growth, even in cells growing at different absolute growth rates per cell.     

Intrinsic coupling of lagging-strand synthesis to chromatin assembly

Fifty per cent of the genome is discontinuously replicated on the lagging strand as Okazaki fragments. Eukaryotic Okazaki fragments remain poorly characterized and, because nucleosomes are rapidly deposited on nascent DNA, Okazaki fragment processing and nucleosome assembly potentially affect one another. Here we show that ligation-competent Okazaki fragments in Saccharomyces cerevisiae are sized according to the nucleosome repeat. Using deep sequencing, we demonstrate that ligation junctions preferentially occur near nucleosome midpoints rather than in internucleosomal linker regions. Disrupting chromatin assembly or lagging-strand polymerase processivity affects both the size and the distribution of Okazaki fragments, suggesting a role for nascent chromatin, assembled immediately after the passage of the replication fork, in the termination of Okazaki fragment synthesis. Our studies represent the first high-resolution analysis--to our knowledge--of eukaryotic Okazaki fragments in vivo, and reveal the interconnection between lagging-strand synthesis and chromatin assembly.     

Electrophoresis of ribonucleoproteins reveals an ordered assembly pathway of yeast splicing complexes

Three splicing complexes formed with a yeast pre-messenger RNA during in vitro splicing can be resolved by non-denaturing gel electrophoresis after incubation in the presence of non-specific competitor RNA. The time course of the appearance of these complexes and their composition suggest that they represent an ordered pathway of splicing complex assembly.     

Therapy with monoclonal antibodies by elimination of T-cell subsets in vivo

A major aim in immunology has been to understand how the immune system evokes characteristic responses to infection, foreign tissue grafts and tumours. The current view of immunoregulation is based mainly on studies of lymphocyte subsets, either in vitro or by adoptive transfer to irradiated recipients. Many reagents are available for defining T-cell subsets, but only recently have there been helper T-cell-specific antibodies against the mouse equivalent of the Leu3/T4 (man) and W3/25 (rat) antigens. It is clear that monoclonal antibodies will eventually replace antilymphocyte globulin for immunosuppression in organ grafting, but although there has been some clinical success, most monoclonal reagents cause only transient reductions in their target cells in vivo. This uncertainty in the potency of monoclonal antibodies has led some workers to consider them as targeting agents for such highly cytotoxic drugs as ricin A (ref. 21). We show here that unmodified monoclonal antibodies can be extremely effective at depleting cells in vivo and can be used for the selective manipulation of different aspects of the immune response.     

Characterization of the yeast HSP60 gene coding for a mitochondrial assembly factor

The hsp60 protein isolated from the protozoan Tetrahymena thermophila is induced in response to heat stress and is a member of an immunologically conserved family represented in Escherichia coli and in mitochondria of plants and animals. We report here the cloning and characterization of a nuclear gene, HSP60, which codes for the hsp60 homologue from the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Nucleotide sequence analysis revealed that yeast hsp60 is related to the groEL protein of E. coli and the RUBISCO-binding protein (RBP) of chloroplasts. HSP60 was found to be the genetic locus of the conditional-lethal mutation described by Cheng et al., which at non-permissive temperature is defective in the assembly of several different multisubunit complexes in mitochondria. These data are consistent with the hypothesis that the groEL-related proteins serve an evolutionarily conserved function as accessory factors facilitating the folding and/or association of individual subunits of multimeric protein complexes.     

金属合金功能材料的软化学合成（综述）

介绍了包括还原扩散法,前驱体法和非水溶剂热法等软化合成方法在金属及金属－非金属功能材料合成中的应用及进展,并总结出金属合金粒子大小和分布可由前驱体粒子尺寸和形貌控制的方法。     

Mitochondrial heat-shock protein hsp60 is essential for assembly of proteins imported into yeast mitochondria

A nuclear encoded mitochondrial heat-shock protein hsp60 is required for the assembly into oligomeric complexes of proteins imported into the mitochondrial matrix. hsp60 is a member of the 'chaperonin' class of protein factors, which include the Escherichia coli groEL protein and the Rubisco subunit-binding protein of chloroplasts.     

酵母菌的分离及鉴定

从新疆吐鲁番所采的土样中分离出的３株编号为Ｓｙ９５－００１、Ｓｙ９４－００２、Ｓｙ９４－００３的酵母菌株，通过形态和生理生化试验，初步鉴定为：克洛克酵母属（Ｋｌｏｅｃｋｅａｓｐ．）、假丝酵母属（Ｃａｎｄｉｄａ）的热带假丝酵母（Ｔｒｏｐｉｃａｅｉｓ）、类酵母属（Ｓａｃｃｈａｒｏｍｙｃｏｄｅｓ）的中国类酵母（ｓｉｎｅｎｓｉｓ）     

分组装配中分组尺寸及偏差的确定

本文提出了分配时分组尺寸及公差确定的新方法－－尺寸链计算法，给出了确定各组基本尺寸及偏差的计算公式，经实例验证，该方法可行有效。     

面向装配和拆卸的产品设计

面向装配和拆卸设计（DFA／DFD）是实现环境制造的重要手段之一。分析了DFA／DFD的理论基础和实现方式，并给出了产品装配性和拆卸性的评价方法。     

面向装配和拆卸的产品设计

面向装配和拆卸设计(DFA/DFD)是实现环境意识制造的重要手段之一.分析了DFA/DFD的理论基础和实现方式,并给出了产品装配性和拆卸性的评价方法.