A FERMENTATION TUBE AND MEDIUM FOR FASTIDIOUS ANAEROBES

1964 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 513-519 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. Khairat
Keyword(s):  
Growth Factors ◽  
Gas Formation ◽  
Durham Tube ◽  
Cooked Meat

A modified fermentation tube was devised by introducing a glass rod in the small inverted Durham tube to keep its mouth away from the bottom of the outer main tube, thus providing the maximum opportunity for gas collection. A medium containing autoclavable growth factors was developed, which, when added to the main tubes with a few particles of cooked meat, allowed growth of fastidious anaerobes. Each ingredient was shown to be free of any fermentable substance that might lead to gas formation. The fermentation tubes were incubated in an anaerobic jar.

Growth factors and the primary cilium in BALB/c 3T3 cells

1987 ◽  
Vol 45 ◽  
pp. 830-831
Author(s):  
R. W. Tucker ◽  
N. S. More ◽  
S. Jayaraman
Keyword(s):  
Growth Factors ◽  
Primary Cilium ◽  
Cultured Cells ◽  
Morphological Changes ◽  
Calcium Ionophore ◽  
Growth Stimulation ◽  
Calcium Ionophore A23187 ◽  
Ionophore A23187 ◽  
3T3 Cells ◽  
Microtubule Depolymerization

The mechanisms by which polypeptide growth factors Induce DNA synthesis in cultured cells is not understood, but morphological changes Induced by growth factors have been used as clues to Intracellular messengers responsible for growth stimulation. One such morphological change has been the transient disappearance of the primary cilium, a “9 + 0” cilium formed by the perinuclear centriole in interphase cells. Since calcium ionophore A23187 also produced both mitogenesis and ciliary changes, microtubule depolymerization might explain ciliary disappearance monitored by indirect immunofluorescence with anti-tubulin antibody. However, complete resorption and subsequent reformation of the primary cilium occurs at mitosis, and might also account for ciliary disappearance induced by growth factors. To settle this issue, we investigated the ultrastructure of the primary cilium using serial thin-section electron microscopy of quiescent BALB/c 3T3 cells before and after stimulation with serum.

New insights into heparan sulphate biosynthesis from the study of mutant mice

2002 ◽  
Vol 69 ◽  
pp. 47-57 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine L. R. Merry ◽  
John T. Gallagher
Keyword(s):  
Growth Factors ◽  
Biosynthetic Pathway ◽  
Heparan Sulphate ◽  
Mutant Mice ◽  
Gene Products ◽  
Multiple Gene ◽  
Adhesion Proteins ◽  
Ligand Interactions

Heparan sulphate (HS) is an essential co-receptor for a number of growth factors, morphogens and adhesion proteins. The biosynthetic modifications involved in the generation of a mature HS chain may determine the strength and outcome of HS–ligand interactions. These modifications are catalysed by a complex family of enzymes, some of which occur as multiple gene products. Various mutant mice have now been generated, which lack the function of isolated components of the HS biosynthetic pathway. In this discussion, we outline the key findings of these studies, and use them to put into context our own work concerning the structure of the HS generated by the Hs2st-/- mice.

1386: Role of Seminal Growth Factors in Infertile Men with Varicocele

2004 ◽  
Vol 171 (4S) ◽  
pp. 365-365
Author(s):  
Tamer M. Said ◽  
Shyam Allamaneni ◽  
Kiran P. Nallella ◽  
Rakesh K. Sharma ◽  
Mohamed A. Bedaiwy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Growth Factors ◽  
Infertile Men
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