Identification of angiogenic activity and the cloning and expression of platelet-derived endothelial cell growth factor

Cloning and sequencing of the complementary DNA for platelet-derived endothelial cell growth factor indicates that it is a novel factor distinct from previously characterized proteins. The factor, a protein with a relative molecular mass of about 45,000, stimulates endothelial cell growth and chemotaxis in vitro and angiogenesis in vivo.     

Isolation and characterization of hemagglutinins from the sponge Dysidea herbacea

The sponge Dysidea herbacea (Keller) was found to possess hemagglutinins. The major component, DHA-I, is a protein with a mol. wt of 26,000, which dissociates into subunits of equal size (14,000). It contains large amounts of glutamic acid and aspartic acid residues, but no half-cystine, methionine or histidine residues. DHA-I reacted with rabbit and human AB0 erythrocytes. D-galactose and lactose were effective inhibitors of DHA-I. The sponge also contained a minor component(s) which reacted preferentially with rabbit erythrocytes but not with human AB0 erythrocytes.     

Differences in cardiac myosin light chain LC1 among human, monkey and sheep

The atrial and ventricular myosin light chains of human, monkey and sheep hearts were compared by dodecylsulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. The atrial light chain 2 and ventricular light chain 2 are similar among these mammals. However, the atrial light chain 1 of monkey has different electrophoretic mobility from those of human and sheep. The monkey ventricular light chain 1 has same mobility as that of sheep but different from that of human.     

Light-dependent antibody labelling of photoreceptors

Monoclonal antibodies are tools widely used to analyse the structure of the nervous system. Whereas some labelling patterns are highly reproducible, others appear to vary from one preparation to the next, as we noticed in particular for some antibodies with respect to photoreceptor labelling. To establish whether some of this variability can be linked to functional criteria, we tested for light-dependence. We found two antibodies that label photoreceptor outer segments, only when the retina has been illuminated, and a third antibody that has a selective affinity for dark-adapted outer segments. The two antibodies against light-activated sites are primarily directed against the highly phosphorylated neurofilament subunit at relative molecular mass 200,000 (200K). One of them, RT97, recognizes on immunoblots, in addition to neurofilaments, a light-activated epitope on a protein that resembles the photopigment rhodopsin, presumably a phosphorylation-dependent site. Antibodies like those described here may allow the study of physiological processes such as light and dark adaptation using morphological techniques.     

一种二值图像的快速细化算法

提出了一种适应于二值图像的快速细化算法，该算法利用边缘跟踪、根据边缘跟踪特点所设计的判断规则及单向链表结构存储边缘信息等技术，大大地加快了细化速度，而且占内存少，当仅需对目标模式进行细化处理时，该算法更为有效。     

Nb2O5掺杂及TiO2压敏陶瓷埋烧工艺的研究

通过微结构分析、I-V特性及复阻抗频谱的测量,比较了埋烧和传统的裸烧工艺对于Nb^5 掺杂的TiO2压敏陶瓷材料的压敏电压和非线性系数的影响,结果表明掩埋法烧结可以降低该类陶瓷材料的压敏电压和非线性系数;考察了Nb2O5掺杂的作用,表明Nb^5 固溶于TiO2中取代Ti^4 使晶粒半导化．Nb2O5掺杂量对TiO2压敏陶瓷的I-V特性和微观结构都会有影响作用,适量Nb^5 的掺杂有助于晶粒的生长.     

Ecological long-term effects of cultigens becoming feral and of naturalization of non-native species

Transgenic cultigens may become feral as we know of some non-transgenic cultigens. The article explains two basic ways how cultigens become feral: through hybridization with a closely related wild plant and through revert to the wild-type. A long list of examples of cultigens becoming feral in Central Europe is presented. The process of becoming feral is compared to the naturalization of non-native species (Exotic Species Model). Ecological long-term effects of both cultigens becoming feral and non-native species being naturalized are discussed with special regard to the predictability of such events. The ecological aspects discussed in the article are as significant for transgenic cultigens as for non-transgenic cultigens.