Periodic acid as a new oxidant for the degradation of bile pigments. Isolation of a biliverdine type of reaction intermediate on oxidation of bilirubin with periodic acid

Zusammenfassung Die Oxydation des Gallenfarbstoffs Bilirubin mit Perjodsäure in wässeriger Dimethylsulfoxid-Lösung führte zu einem neuen Biliverdin-Jod-Komplex, dem die Struktur eines «charge-transfer»-Komplexes erteilt wurde.

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The authors are most pleased to acknowledge the partial support of this work by the National Institute for General Medical Sciences (NIH).

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Part VIII of the Series: Periodic Acid, a Novel Oxidant. For some previous parts, see ref.².     

Permeation of purine derivatives into the cerebrospinal fluid of dogs

Zusammenfassung Der Übertritt verschiedener Purinderivate in den Liquor cerebrospinalis nach i.v. Injektion wurde an Hunden untersucht. Coffein permeiert sehr schnell, Theobromin und Theophyllin ungleich langsamer. Dies steht in Einklang mit der unterschiedlichen Lipoidlöslichkeit dieser Substanzen. AAT hingegen tritt nur in geringer Konzentration in den Liquor über, obwohl es die höchste Lipoidlöslichkeit aufweist.     

Storage of purified plant viruses in the unfrozen state free of microbial contamination

Résumé On décrit une méthode d'accumulation des virus végétaux. Elle ne comprend pas la congélation ou la conservation chimique. La contamination microbienne est évitée par filtration á travers un microfiltre aseptique placé dans un réservoir également aseptique.     

Theory agrees with experimental thermal denaturation of short DNA restriction fragments

Experimental melting transitions of several natural DNAs of known nucleotide sequences have recently been obtained. The differential melting curves of these DNAs-phi X174 DNA, fd DNA and SV40 DNA-all show distinctive sets of peaks or fine structure. Theoretical melting curves calculated from the sequences and a few a priori parameters have not accurately predicted the experimental transitions. Although calculated fine structure resembled experimental curves in some cases, the characteristic features of a DNA's differential melting curve could not generally be produced. Azbel and Gabbarro-Arpa et al. have recently obtained good agreement between calculated and experimental curves using a different theoretical approach-only ground-state configurations of DNA were considered for temperatures inside the transition region. Their results suggest that the basic model of DNA melting, common to all theoretical approaches, is accurate. We have used here an exact theoretical approach to calculated melting curves of four DNA restriction fragments of 95-301 base pairs containing the lactose promoter region (Fig. 1). Theoretical curves agree very well with the experimental transitions published by Hardies et al. and obtained in this laboratory.     

On the biosynthesis of testicular steroids in vitro and its inhibition

Zusammenfassung Der Seitenkettenabbau von C₂₁-Steroiden zu Androgenen in Rattentesteshomogenat erwies sich abhängig von der Konzentration der Vorstufen und konnte durch gewisse Pyridinderivate präferentiell blockiert werden.     

Unstable genetic system inDrosophila melanogaster: I. Instability at theCinnabar locus

Summary A mutant strain containing acinnabar allele (cn ^rbr ,rojo brillante) is reported, that produces wild-type revertants at thecinnabar (cn) locus. Incn ^rbr /cn heterozygotes the rate of mutation is highly increased. The presence of a mutator agent acting premeiotically is indicated.D.L. Lindsley and E.H. Grell, Genetic variations ofDrosophila melanogaster. Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington, 1968; Publication No. 627.