Nucleolar localization of succinic dehydrogenase in human malignant cells with MTT

Résumé Les auteurs complètent leurs recherches sur la localisation cytochimique de l'activité de la déshydrogénase succinique dans les nucléoles en utilisant un troisième sel de tetrozolium, MTT d'une importance particulière.     

Role of sialic acid in the maintenance of cell surface rigidity.

Removal of the cell surface sialic acid with neuraminidase brings about cell deformation in amoeba. The membranes of these deformed cells are eventually ruptured leading to the liberation of the cell mass.     

Interaction of mammalian hemoglobins with dehydroascorbic acid

Summary Reactive sulfhydryl groups of major hemoglobins from guinea-pig, rat and cat reduced dehydroascorbic acid to ascorbic acid leading to formation of intrachain disulfide bonds. Hybridization experiments indicated that the reduction was carried out by thea chain of cat hemoglobin.This work was supported in part by UGC and a DST grant HCS/DST/258/76.     

Role of ‘adreno-ephedrine’ in the induction of persistent vaginal cornification

Zusammenfassung Adreno-Ephedrin bewirkte bei Ratten Daueröstrus und Zunahme des Gewichts der Uteri und der Nebennieren. Die Ovarien enthielten Follikel verschiedener Grösse, aber keine reifen Corpora lutea. Diese Wirkungen des Adreno-Ephedrins werden auf fettige Infiltration des Leberparenchyms zurückgeführt.     

Sequence of reovirus haemagglutinin predicts a coiled-coil structure

The use of modern techniques has led to new insights into the molecular mechanisms of viral pathogenesis. Although the infectious process is quite complex, it is clear that one critical stage, the interaction of viral attachment proteins with cell-surface receptors, often has a major role in determining the pattern of infection. The mammalian reoviruses have served as useful models for understanding the molecular basis of viral pathogenesis. The mammalian reovirus haemagglutinin (sigma 1 protein), which is an outer capsid protein, has been shown to be a major factor in determining virus-host cell interactions. To further our understanding of the structure and function of the haemagglutinin, we have cloned a complementary DNA copy of the reovirus type 3 S1 double-stranded RNA gene which encodes the virus haemagglutinin and have sequenced the DNA complementary to the S1 gene. Analysis of the predicted amino-acid sequence of the virus haemagglutinin has allowed us to determine that the amino-terminal portion contains an alpha-helical coiled-coil structure and that the carboxy-terminal portion contains the receptor-interacting domains. Using this information, we propose here a model of how the reovirus haemagglutinin is attached to the virus particle.