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Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF alpha), a cytokine secreted by activated macrophages, has been shown to modulate Leydig cell steroidogenesis. The present study examined the regulation of mouse Leydig cell function by TNF alpha at the molecular level. The effects of TNF alpha on both basal and 8-Br-cAMP-stimulated testosterone production, as well as cholesterol side-chain cleavage enzyme (P450scc) and 17 alpha-hydroxylase/C17,20 lyase (P450c17), were investigated. Treatment of Leydig cells with 0.1, 1.0, and 10.0 ng/ml TNF alpha inhibited basal testosterone secretion by 20 +/- 5.0%, 61.1 +/- 6.6%, and 60.7 +/- 5.8% of control, respectively, but had no effects on basal P450scc messenger RNA (mRNA) or protein levels. Treatment of Leydig cells with 8-Br-cAMP caused a 150.7 +/- 32.9-fold increase in testosterone production and marked stimulation of P450scc and P450c17 mRNA and protein accumulation. TNF alpha caused a significant and dose-dependent inhibition of 8-Br-cAMP-stimulated testosterone secretion by 35.9 +/- 9.9%, 90.9 +/- 1.7%, and 96.9 +/- 1.4% with 0.1, 1.0, and 10.0 ng/ml TNF alpha, respectively. TNF alpha also caused a decrease in P450scc and P450c17 mRNA and protein. Treatment with 0.1, 1.0, and 10.0 ng/ml TNF alpha decreased 8-Br-cAMP-stimulated P450scc mRNA by 11.5 +/- 6.9%, 29.3 +/- 2.7%, and 59.2 +/- 8.7%, and decreased 8-Br-cAMP-induced P450c17 mRNA 41.9 +/- 13.5%, 95.7 +/- 2.3%, and 98.5 +/- 1.2%, respectively. The inhibitory effects of TNF alpha on 8-Br-cAMP-stimulated P450 enzyme protein accumulation were also dose dependent, 35.6 +/- 11.4%, 52.9 +/- 14.1%, and 56.0 +/- 7.9% inhibition of P450scc protein levels, and 65.8 +/- 9.4%, 95.5 +/- 1.9%, and 96.9 +/- 2.1% suppression on P450c17 protein levels were observed with 0.1, 1.0, and 10.0 ng/ml TNF alpha, respectively. The inhibitory effect of TNF alpha on 8-Br-cAMP-induced P450c17 mRNA expression was reversible. Within 48 h after the removal of TNF alpha from culture, P450c17 mRNA was restored to 80.6 +/- 3.1% of the level in cultures treated with 8-Br-cAMP alone for 4 days. TNF alpha-mediated inhibition of 8-Br-cAMP-stimulated testosterone secretion from Leydig cells was also reversible. In addition, no significant cell mortality was noted in TNF alpha-treated cells. These data demonstrate that TNF alpha inhibits both basal and 8-Br-cAMP-stimulated testosterone secretion from Leydig cells in a dose-dependent manner.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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Pao, a highly divergent retrotransposable element from Bombyx mori containing long terminal repeats with tandem copies of the putative R region. Nucleic Acids Res 1993; 21:2117-23. [PMID: 8389039 PMCID: PMC309473 DOI: 10.1093/nar/21.9.2117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Analysis of aberrant ribosomal DNA (rDNA) repeats of Bombyx mori resulted in the discovery of a 4.8 kilobase retrotransposable element, Pao. Approximately 40 copies of Pao are present in the genome with most located outside the rDNA units. The complete sequence of one Pao element and partial sequence of four other copies indicated that Pao encodes an 1158 amino acid open-reading frame (ORF). Located within this ORF are domains with sequence similarity to retroviral gag genes, aspartic protease and reverse transcriptase. RNase H and integrase domains were not identified suggesting that the cloned copies were not full-length elements. Pao elements contain long terminal repeats (LTRs) with a central region composed of variable numbers of 46 bp tandem repeats. The variable region appears to correspond to the R region of retroviral LTRs, the region responsible for strand transfer during reverse transcription. Based on a sequence analysis of its reverse transcriptase domain, Pao is most similar to TAS of Ascaris lumbricoides. Pao and TAS represent a subgroup of LTR retrotransposons distinct from the Copia-Ty1 and Gypsy-Ty3 subgroups.
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Dong, a non-long terminal repeat (non-LTR) retrotransposable element from Bombyx mori. Nucleic Acids Res 1993; 21:1318. [PMID: 8385316 PMCID: PMC309301 DOI: 10.1093/nar/21.5.1318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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Sequence relationship of retrotransposable elements R1 and R2 within and between divergent insect species. Mol Biol Evol 1993; 10:163-85. [PMID: 8383793 DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a039990] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023] Open
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R1 and R2 are retrotransposable elements that integrate at specific sites in the 28S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes of Bombyx mori and Drosophila melanogaster. We have previously shown that most insect species contain insertions in their 28S genes at the R1 and/or R2 site. We have sequenced the 3' half of R1 and R2 elements from three additional insect species: the fungus gnat, Sciara coprophila (Diptera); the Japanese beetle, Popillia japonica (Colleoptera); and the parasitic wasp, Nasonia vitripennis (Hymenoptera). The elements were obtained by screening lambda phage genomic clones containing rDNA units and by a polymerase chain reaction approach using degenerate primers to conserved sequences in the reverse-transcriptase domain, in combination with a second primer to the 28S gene 3' of the insertion site. Comparisons of the sequences of R1 and R2 from four insect orders suggest that the organization of their open-reading frames has been conserved and is therefore likely to be similar throughout insects. This sequence analysis also indicates that, except for 5' truncations generated during the retrotransposition process itself, most elements have not accumulated mutations that would make them inactive. Popillia japonica and N. vitripennis differed from previously described species, in that (a) P. japonica contained multiple families of R2 and (b) N. vitripennis contained multiple families of R1. Nucleotide sequence identity between these different families is low. Amino acid sequence identity of their open-reading frames averaged only 41% for the R2 families of P. japonica and 35% for the R1 families of N. vitripennis. The presence of multiple highly divergent families of elements within a species suggests either that each insertion family is able to maintain its copy number without eliminating the other families in its competition for a limited number of 28S genes or that there has been extensive horizontal transfer of R1 and R2 elements between insect species.
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Human cyclin D1 has been associated with a wide variety of proliferative diseases but its biochemical role is unknown. In diploid fibroblasts we find that cyclin D1 is complexed with many other cellular proteins. Among them are protein kinase catalytic subunits CDK2, CDK4 (previously called PSK-J3), and CDK5 (also called PSSALRE). In addition, polypeptides of 21 kd and 36 kd are identified in association with cyclin D1. We show that the 36 kd protein is the proliferating cell nuclear antigen, PCNA. Cyclin D3 also associates with multiple protein kinases, p21 and PCNA. It is proposed that there exists a quaternary complex of D cyclin, CDK, PCNA, and p21 and that many combinatorial variations (cyclin D1, D3, CDK2, 4, and 5) may assemble in vivo. These findings link a human putative G1 cyclin that is associated with oncogenesis with a well-characterized DNA replication and repair factor.
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Cytokines produced by immune-activated testicular interstitial macrophages (TIMs) may play a fundamental role in the local control mechanisms of testosterone biosynthesis in Leydig cells. We investigated whether in vivo immune-activation of TIMs can modulate Leydig cell steroidogenesis. To immune activate TIMs in vivo, mice were injected intraperitoneally (i.p.) with lipopolysaccharide (LPS, 6 mg/kg). TIMs and Leydig cells were purified for RNA analysis. LPS treatment resulted in a 47-fold increase in interleukin-1β (IL-1β) mRNA in TIMs. P450c17 mRNA levels in the Leydig cells from the same animals, decreased to less than 10% compared to control. The effect of LPS on IL-1β and P450c17 mRNA levels was reversible on both TIMs and Leydig cells, respectively. To determine if the effect of LPS on P450c17 was mediated by a possible decrease in pituitary LH secretion, mice were co-injected with LPS and hCG. Treatment with hCG did not change the effect observed with LPS alone, in TIMs or in Leydig cells. In vitro, LPS treatment of TIMs resulted in marked induction of IL-1β mRNA expression. In parallel, in vitro treatment of Leydig cells with recombinant IL-1 resulted in a dose-dependent inhibition of P450c17 mRNA expression and testosterone production. These data demonstrate that LPS treatment, in vivo and in vitro, induced IL-1 gene expression in TIMs, and that IL-1 inhibits P450c17 mRNA in vitro. Therefore, we suggest that immune-activation of TIMs might have caused the observed inhibition of P450c17 gene expression in Leydig cells in vivo.
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The human CCND1 cyclin D1/PRAD1 gene was previously identified by a genetic screen for G1 cyclin function in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and also was identified as the putative BCL1 oncogene. However, its role in human cell proliferation is not known. To determine if expression of human D-type cyclin genes correlates with the state of cell growth, we examined the level of mRNAs for CCND1 and a related gene, CCND3, in normal human diploid fibroblasts (HDF). The levels of both mRNAs decrease upon serum depletion or at high cell densities. Following stimulation of quiescent fibroblasts with serum, the mRNA levels increase gradually to a peak at about 12 hr, prior to the onset of S phase. Induction of cyclin gene expression by serum is reduced concomitantly with the decline in FOS induction in aging HDFs, suggesting a possible relationship to the decrease in the proliferative response to mitogens during cellular senescence. Cycloheximide partially blocks the induction of CCND1 and CCND3 gene expression by serum, suggesting that both de novo protein synthesis-dependent and -independent pathways contribute to induction. Treatment of HDFs with defined growth factors suggests a correlation between CCND mRNA induction and DNA synthesis. However, induction of these genes is not sufficient for the transition from quiescence through G1 into S phase.
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A human D-type cyclin gene (CCND1/cyclin D1/PRAD1) was previously isolated by virtue of its ability to complement a triple G1 cyclin (Cln) deficiency of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and was also identified as a candidate BCL1 oncogene. We now report the molecular cloning of two additional human D-type cyclin genes, CCND2 (cyclin D2) and CCND3 (cyclin D3). All three human D-type cyclin genes encode small (33-34 kDa) proteins that share an average of 57% identity over the entire coding region and 78% in the cyclin box. The D-type cyclins are most closely related to cyclin A (39% identity) and cyclin E (36%), followed by cyclin B (29%) and cyclin C (21%). Isolation and characterization of genomic clones revealed two pseudogenes corresponding to CCND2 and CCND3, respectively. All three cyclin D genes are interrupted by an intron at the same position. CCND2 has been mapped to chromosome 12p13, and CCND3 has been mapped to chromosome 6p21.
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Inhibition of mitochondrial respiratory function by an organic solvent extractable component from an extract of burn eschar. Burns 1991; 17:282-7. [PMID: 1834077 DOI: 10.1016/0305-4179(91)90040-n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Saline extracts of burn eschar (CEBE) and normal skin (CENS) caused inhibition to mitochondrial respiration and inner membrane function. Ethyl acetate extracts from CEBE (D1) and CENS (D'1) caused depression of the Respiratory Control Ratio, (RCR), an inhibition of respiration rate in state 3 and stimulation to state 4 respiration. Excellent linear correlations exist between the degree of inhibition to state 3, rate of stimulation to state 4 respiration and the logarithm of doses of D1 and D'1. The effective dose ranges (0.75-0.25 mg/ml for D1 and 4-1 mg/ml for D'1) differ by one order of magnitude. The activity of NADH dehydrogenase and succinate dehydrogenase of mitochondria after incubation with the highest toxic dose of D1 or D'1 remained normal. Dinitrophenol (DNP)-stimulated respiration was moderately inhibited by D1 and D'1. No change of oligomycin-sensitive ATPase activity was demonstrated. Exogenous malondialdehyde (MDA) did not show any inhibitory effect. Preliminary studies show that D1 contains a family of free fatty acids (FFA). Incubation of normal mitochondria with D1 increased the content of saturated FFA and a decrease of unsaturated FFA. The role of other peroxidative products is under investigation.
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A cDNA library prepared from a human glioblastoma cell line has been introduced into a budding yeast strain that lacks CLN1 and CLN2 and is conditionally deficient for CLN3 function. We rescued a gene that we call cyclin D1. It is related to A-, B-, and CLN-type cyclins, but appears to define a new subclass within the cyclin gene family. Transcription of the cyclin D1 gene gives rise to two major transcripts through alternative polyadenylation. The cyclin D1 gene transcript and its 34 kd product are both abundant in the glioblastoma cell line of origin.
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Density of steam-flaked sorghum grain, roughage level, and feeding regimen for feedlot steers. J Anim Sci 1991; 69:1707-18. [PMID: 1649157 DOI: 10.2527/1991.6941707x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Two hundred fifty-two steers (366 kg) were assigned to a 3 x 2 x 2 factorial arrangement of three densities of steam-flaked sorghum grain (bulk [flake] density of 437, 360, and 283 g/liter, B34, B28, and B22, respectively), two roughage levels (9 [R9] and 18% [R18]) and two feeding strategies (ad libitum [AD] or multiple of maintenance [MM], 2.3, 2.5, and 2.7 MM for wk 1, 2, and 3, and 2.9 MM thereafter). Steers fed R18-AD gained faster than steers fed R18-MM (1.59 vs 1.52 kg/d, P = .10); for R9 diets, no difference (P greater than .25) was found between steers fed AD and MM (interaction, P = .07). Flake density did not affect ADG (1.53 kg, P greater than .2). Dry matter intake decreased (9.8, 9.3, and 9.0 kg/d, linear, P less than .001) and gain efficiency (G/DMI, kg of gain/100 kg of DMI) increased (15.7, 16.5, and 16.9, linear, P less than .001; quadratic, P = .19) as processing degree increased (B34 to B22). Percentage of choice carcasses for B34 (67.0%) was higher (linear, P = .05) than for B28 (51.9%) and B22 (52.3%). Fecal starch and pH were 10.8, 5.7, and 4.0%, and 6.11, 6.23, and 6.37 for B34, B28, and B22, respectively (linear, P less than .001). The correlation between fecal starch and pH was -.51 (P less than .001, n = 252). Enzymatic glucose release, in vitro 6-h gas production, microbial protein synthesis, and protein degradability were 375, 483, and 559 mg/g; 24.7, 28.2, and 31.1 ml/.2 g; 6.15, 6.88, and 7.84 g/100g; and 61.4, 56.6, and 42.2% for B34, B28, and B22, respectively (linear, P less than .05).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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Improved enzymatic method to measure processing effects and starch availability in sorghum grain. J Anim Sci 1990; 68:3861-70. [PMID: 2262433 DOI: 10.2527/1990.68113861x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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A modified enzymatic method to measure processing effects and starch availability in steam-flaked sorghum grain (SFSG) was developed. To establish the method, experiments were conducted to determine the required enzyme concentration, color reagents, precipitants, sample particle size, shaking frequency and buffer pH. Glucose release at different incubation times (0 to 48 h) from uncooked (UNC) or fully cooked (CK, 100% gelatinized) ground sorghum grain, a 50:50 mixture of UNC and CK (C50) and SFSG was determined. Glucose release from UNC, CK and SFSG was expressed as one-component equations with rate constant k and r2 of .119 and .98, 1.781 and .98, and .368 and .99, respectively; C50 was characterized by having two starch components, one with a fast rate constant, 2.624/h, and one with a slow rate constant, .066/h (R2 = .99). Different degrees of gelatinization were obtained by mixing different proportions of CK and UNC. Glucose release from these samples was highly correlated with starch gelatinization (r2 = .99). By adjusting the tension between mill rollers, five SFSG samples with bulk densities ranging from 476 to 283 g/liter (37 to 22 lb/bu) were produced; respective roller mill electrical load ranged from 21 to 51.5 amps. Enzymatic determination of glucose release resulted in values of 422, 512, 588, 618 and 678 mg/g, which were more closely related to bulk density than birefringence measurements. The modified method for starch availability determination was found to be relatively simple, fast and sensitive, and is recommended.
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Estimating starch availability and protein degradation of steam-flaked and reconstituted sorghum grain through a gas production technique. J Anim Sci 1990; 68:3880-5. [PMID: 2262434 DOI: 10.2527/1990.68113880x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Five steam-flaked sorghum grain (SFSG) samples with bulk densities of 476, 412, 347, 309 and 283 g/liter made by adjusting tension between mill rollers and three reconstituted sorghum grain (RSG) samples with reconstitution times of 10, 20 and 30 d and a control sample were analyzed for gas production kinetics (rumen liquor fermentation) and enzymatic glucose release (amyloglucosidase). Protein degradation was estimated from 6-h gas production and residual ammonia in the liquid. Gas production followed first-order kinetics (r2 greater than .98; P less than .01) and was used to describe rate and extent of digestion kinetics. Rate of gas production increased as processing degree increased. The magnitude of increase in gas production, however, was much less for RSG than for SFSG. Linear relationships were observed between enzymatic glucose release and the gas production rate constant k as well as gas production at 4,6 and 8 h (r2 greater than .98; P less than .01). Protein degradation decreased with processing degree of SFSG but increased with reconstitution time. A technique based on 6-h gas production and residual ammonia in the liquid is proposed to estimate both ruminal starch availability and ruminal protein degradability for processed sorghum grain.
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To study the evolutionary relationship of reverse transcriptase (RT) containing genetic elements, a phylogenetic tree of 82 retroelements from animals, plants, protozoans and bacteria was constructed. The tree was based on seven amino acid domains totalling 178 residues identified in all RTs. We have also identified these seven domains in the RNA-directed RNA polymerases from various plus-strand RNA viruses. The sequence similarity of these RNA polymerases to RT suggests that these two enzymes evolved from a common ancestor, and thus RNA polymerase can be used as an outgroup to root the RT tree. A comparison of the genetic organization of the various RT containing elements and their position on the tree allows several inferences concerning the origin and evolution of these elements. The most probable ancestor of current retroelements was a retrotransposable element with both gag-like and pol-like genes. On one major branch of the tree, organelle and bacterial sequences (e.g. group II introns and bacterial msDNA) appear to have captured the RT sequences from retrotransposons which lack long terminal repeats (LTRs). On the other major branch, acquisition of LTRs gave rise to two distinct groups of LTR retrotransposons and three groups of viruses: retroviruses, hepadnaviruses and caulimoviruses.
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Type I (R1) and type II (R2) ribosomal DNA insertions of Drosophila melanogaster are retrotransposable elements closely related to those of Bombyx mori. J Mol Biol 1990; 212:37-52. [PMID: 1690812 DOI: 10.1016/0022-2836(90)90303-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 117] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Approximately 50% of the ribosomal DNA (rDNA) units of Drosophila melanogaster are inactivated by two different 28 S RNA ribosomal gene insertions (type I and type II). We present here the nucleotide sequence of complete type I and type II elements. Conceptual translation of these sequences revealed open reading frames (ORFs) encoding amino acid residues conserved in all retrotransposable elements. Full-length type I elements are 5.35 x 10(3) base-pairs in length and contain two overlapping ORFs. The smaller ORF (471 amino acid residues) has similarity to gag genes, while the larger ORF (1021 residues) has similarity to pol genes. Full-length type II elements are 3.6 x 10(3) base-pairs and contain one large ORF (1056 residues) that appears to represent a gag-pol fusion. Type I and type II elements are similar in structure, in the proteins they encode, and in insertion specificity to the R1Bm and R2Bm retrotransposable elements of Bombyx mori. We suggest that the D. melanogaster elements be called R1Dm and R2Dm, to reflect their structure as retrotransposons. Comparison of the R1 and R2 elements from these two widely different species revealed regions of the ORF that are likely to play an important role in the propagation of the elements. Four distinct regions of sequence conservation separated by regions of little or no sequence similarity were detected for both the R1 and R2 elements: (1) cysteine motifs of the gag gene, with three such motifs for R1 and one motif for R2; (2) a reverse transcriptase domain; (3) an integrase domain located carboxyl terminal to the reverse transcriptase region; and (4) a small region amino terminal to the reverse transcriptase domain, whose function is not known. The level of identity of the amino acid residues for these segments is 28 to 34% between the R1 elements, and 34 to 39% for the R2 elements. Finally, it may be predicted that the mechanism of unequal crossover might eventually eliminate R1 and R2 from the rDNA locus. The long history of selection at the protein level exhibited by these elements indicates that it is their active transposition that maintains them in the locus. The high level of sequence homogeneity between copies of each element within the same species is consistent with the high turnover rate expected to result from these processes.
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Nuptial and childbearing customs of the ethnic minorities in China. CHINESE JOURNAL OF POPULATION SCIENCE 1989; 1:251-61. [PMID: 12284127] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/19/2023]
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The current nuptial customs of the ethnic minorities in China are examined. "Although monogamous marriage has now been adopted by all but a few ethnic communities, variations still exist between different nationalities in the specific forms of marriage and range of intermarriage owing to the uneven nature of historical development. Such variations are shaped by various factors of the given locality and given time such as the socioeconomy, religion, culture and education, and exert direct influence on the childbearing behavior and reproduction of the ethnic population."
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An analysis of the mortality of the ethnic minorities in China. CHINESE JOURNAL OF POPULATION SCIENCE 1989; 1:43-50. [PMID: 12316559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/19/2023]
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Differential migration of China's population: an analysis of population migration sampling survey data in 74 cities and towns. POPULATION RESEARCH (PEKING, CHINA) 1988; 5:31-40. [PMID: 12282094] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/19/2023]
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Ribosomal DNA insertion elements R1Bm and R2Bm can transpose in a sequence specific manner to locations outside the 28S genes. Nucleic Acids Res 1988; 16:10561-73. [PMID: 2849750 PMCID: PMC338924 DOI: 10.1093/nar/16.22.10561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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A fraction of the ribosomal 28S genes in some insects are interrupted at specific sites by insertion elements R1 and R2 (also called Type I and II). These elements contain long open-reading frames with homology to reverse transcriptase. We have identified in the silkmoth, Bombyx mori, copies of these elements which have inserted into sites outside the ribosomal DNA (rDNA) units. The 3' ends of all "non-rDNA" elements are identical to the elements within the 28S genes; however their 5' ends are often truncated. Each non-rDNA copy has inserted into sequences that exhibit similarity to their target sites in the 28S gene. We also demonstrate by genomic blot analysis of different strains of B. mori that insertions of R1 and R2 outside the rDNA units have been infrequent, while considerable turnover of elements has occurred within the rDNA locus. One race of B. mori has lost all copies of R1 from its rDNA units, while retaining normal levels of R2. The level of both R1 and R2 have significantly increased in a tissue culture line. These findings add considerable support to the model that R1 and R2 are retrotransposable elements that utilize sequence specific endonucleases in their integration into the genome.
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Similarity of reverse transcriptase-like sequences of viruses, transposable elements, and mitochondrial introns. Mol Biol Evol 1988; 5:675-90. [PMID: 2464735 DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.molbev.a040521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Sequences similar to reverse transcriptase (RT) of retroviruses have been found in certain DNA viruses, mitochondrial intron sequences, and a wide variety of transposable elements. While total amino acid similarity between these diverse elements is quite low, we have identified seven regions, consisting of 182 amino acids, that are common to all elements. Highly conserved residues identified in each of these regions are diagnostic for the identification and alignment of these and for future RT-like sequences. Using both the neighbor-joining and the unweighted-pair-group methods, we have derived a probable phylogenetic tree for all RT-containing elements. These elements can be divided into two major groups. Retroviruses and DNA viruses whose propagation involves an RNA intermediate are grouped with a series of transposable elements containing long terminal repeats (LTRs). The second group is made up of RT-containing sequences of fungal mitochondrial introns and a series of transposable elements that lack LTRs. The transposable elements, copia and Ty, were found to be the most difficult to position on the phylogenetic tree, as a result of their higher rate of sequence divergence. The data are most consistent with their being distant members of the LTR group (retroviruses/LTR retrotransposons).
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[The differential migration of population in China: the analysis on sample survey data on urban population migration in 74 towns]. REN KOU YAN JIU = RENKOU YANJIU 1988:20-4. [PMID: 12159324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/26/2023]
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The site-specific ribosomal DNA insertion element R1Bm belongs to a class of non-long-terminal-repeat retrotransposons. Mol Cell Biol 1988; 8:114-23. [PMID: 2447482 PMCID: PMC363089 DOI: 10.1128/mcb.8.1.114-123.1988] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Two types of insertion elements, R1 and R2 (previously called type I and type II), are known to interrupt the 28S ribosomal genes of several insect species. In the silkmoth, Bombyx mori, each element occupies approximately 10% of the estimated 240 ribosomal DNA units, while at most only a few copies are located outside the ribosomal DNA units. We present here the complete nucleotide sequence of an R1 insertion from B. mori (R1Bm). This 5.1-kilobase element contains two overlapping open reading frames (ORFs) which together occupy 88% of its length. ORF1 is 461 amino acids in length and exhibits characteristics of retroviral gag genes. ORF2 is 1,051 amino acids in length and contains homology to reverse transcriptase-like enzymes. The analysis of 3' and 5' ends of independent isolates from the ribosomal locus supports the suggestion that R1 is still functioning as a transposable element. The precise location of the element within the genome implies that its transposition must occur with remarkable insertion sequence specificity. Comparison of the deduced amino acid sequences from six retrotransposons, R1 and R2 of B. mori, I factor and F element of Drosophila melanogaster, L1 of Mus domesticus, and Ingi of Trypanosoma brucei, reveals a relatively high level of sequence homology in the reverse transcriptase region. Like R1, these elements lack long terminal repeats. We have therefore named this class of related elements the non-long-terminal-repeat (non-LTR) retrotransposons.
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Mutational analysis of the Klebsiella pneumoniae nitrogenase promoter: sequences essential for positive control by nifA and ntrC (glnG) products. J Bacteriol 1985; 161:868-74. [PMID: 3882668 PMCID: PMC214977 DOI: 10.1128/jb.161.3.868-874.1985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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ntr (nitrogen regulated) and nif (nitrogen fixation) promoters are structurally similar to each other but bear no resemblance to canonic Escherichia coli promoters. ntr promoters are normally activated by the ntrC (glnG) product, but they can also be activated by the ntrC-related Klebsiella pneumoniae nifA product. In contrast, nif promoters of K. pneumoniae such as the nitrogenase (nifH) promoter can only be nifA activated. In this paper, we report the isolation and characterization of 28 mutants of the K. pneumoniae nifH promoter. Class A mutants no longer respond to nifA-mediated transcription, and class B mutants can now respond to ntrC-mediated activation. These two classes of mutants define sequences important to nifA- and ntrC-mediated transcription. Most surprising is that a single base change is sufficient to convert a nifA-activated promoter into an ntrC-activated one.
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Population Association of China (PAC). CHINA POPULATION NEWSLETTER 1983; 1:25-7. [PMID: 12312959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/19/2023]
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[Some understandings about the population development of the minorities in China]. REN KOU YAN JIU = RENKOU YANJIU 1982:33-7. [PMID: 12159329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/26/2023]
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[Preliminary study on the relationship between the immunogenic inhibition by phenargen and the termination of pregnancy by trichosanthin. (Author's transl)]. DONG WU XUE BAO. [ACTA ZOOLOGICA SINICA] 1976; 22:187-91. [PMID: 12278423] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/19/2023]
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