Pfannenstiehl V. Pfannenstiehl: Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Grants Petition for Certiorari in Unusual Property Division Involving Trust Interest

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc A. Chorney
Keyword(s):  
Unusual Property

Linkage group XIX of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii has a linear map.

Genetics ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 133 (4) ◽  
pp. 865-874
Author(s):  
J A Holmes ◽  
D E Johnson ◽  
S K Dutcher
Keyword(s):  
Linkage Group ◽  
Chlamydomonas Reinhardtii ◽  
Mutant Strain ◽  
Meiotic Recombination ◽  
Temperature Sensitive ◽  
Unusual Property ◽  
Linkage Groups ◽  
Excess Number ◽  
Chiasma Interference ◽  
Double Crossovers

Abstract Linkage group XIX (or the UNI linkage group) of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii has been reported to show a circular meiotic recombination map. A circular map predicts the existence of strong chiasma and chromatid interference, which would lead to an excess number of two-strand double crossovers during meiosis. We have tested this prediction in multipoint crosses. Our results are consistent with a linear linkage group that shows positive chiasma interference and no chromatid interference. Chiasma interference occurs both within arms and across the centromere. Of the original loci that contributed to the circular map, we find that two map to other linkage groups and a third cannot be retested because the mutant strain that defined it has been lost. A second reported unusual property for linkage group XIX was the increase in meiotic recombination with increases in temperature during a period that precedes the onset of meiosis. Although we observed changes in recombination frequencies in some intervals on linkage group XIX in crosses to CC-1952, and in strains heterozygous for the mutation ger1 at 16 degrees, we also show that our strains do not exhibit the previously observed patterns of temperature-sensitive recombination for two different pairs of loci on linkage group XIX. We conclude that linkage group XIX has a linear genetic map that is not significantly different from other Chlamydomonas linkage groups.

Entropy Elasticity in High Polymers

1967 ◽  
Vol 40 (3) ◽  
pp. 777-785
Author(s):  
Friedrich Linhardt
Keyword(s):  
Present Article ◽  
19Th Century ◽  
Experimental Approach ◽  
Operating Temperature ◽  
Elastic Behavior ◽  
Unusual Property ◽  
Vulcanized Rubber ◽  
Entropy Elasticity ◽  
The 19Th Century ◽  
High Polymers

Abstract Vulcanized rubber has an unusual property, known early in the 19th century, but not understood until 1935: it increases in stiffness with rise in operating temperature. A strip of rubber loaded with a weight and heated does not stretch; on the contrary, it contracts to some extent. Theoretical interpretations of this effect showed deformation of rubber, as well as its softness and high extensibility, to be determined by entropy, among other things. “Entropy elasticity” was looked upon as a peculiarity of rubber. It was thus only logical, when materials were classified as “rubbers” that they should be distinguished from all other materials by using the expression “entropy elastic behavior”. To be sure, one is inclined today to consider entropy elasticity a characteristic of all high polymers, including those not crosslinked. The present article reports an experimental approach to this problem.

scholarly journals Genome Sequence of Lentisphaera araneosa HTCC2155T, the Type Species of the Order Lentisphaerales in the Phylum Lentisphaerae

2010 ◽  
Vol 192 (11) ◽  
pp. 2938-2939 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Cameron Thrash ◽  
Jang-Cheon Cho ◽  
Kevin L. Vergin ◽  
Robert M. Morris ◽  
Stephen J. Giovannoni
Keyword(s):  
Genome Sequence ◽  
Type Species ◽  
Microbial Evolution ◽  
Unusual Property ◽  
Oregon Coast ◽  
The Pacific ◽  
Genome Content

ABSTRACT Information on the genome content of deeply branching phyla with very few cultured members is invaluable for expanding understanding of microbial evolution. Lentisphaera araneosa HTCC2155T was isolated from the Oregon coast using dilution-to-extinction culturing. It is a marine heterotroph found in surface and mesopelagic waters in both the Pacific and Atlantic oceans and has the unusual property of producing a net-like matrix of secreted exopolysaccharide. Here we present the genome sequence of L. araneosa HTCC2155T, importantly, one of only two sequenced members of the phylum Lentisphaerae.

scholarly journals In Vitro Properties of BAL30072, a Novel Siderophore Sulfactam with Activity against Multiresistant Gram-Negative Bacilli

2010 ◽  
Vol 54 (6) ◽  
pp. 2291-2302 ◽  
Author(s):  
Malcolm G. P. Page ◽  
Clothilde Dantier ◽  
Eric Desarbre
Keyword(s):  
Multidrug Resistant ◽  
Unusual Property ◽  
Gram Negative ◽  
Penicillin Binding Proteins ◽  
High Affinity ◽  
Class A ◽  
Carbapenem Resistant ◽  
Lactam Antibiotic ◽  
Resistant Strains

ABSTRACT BAL30072 is a new monocyclic β-lactam antibiotic belonging to the sulfactams. Its spectrum of activity against significant Gram-negative pathogens with β-lactam-resistant phenotypes was evaluated and was compared with the activities of reference drugs, including aztreonam, ceftazidime, cefepime, meropenem, imipenem, and piperacillin-tazobactam. BAL30072 showed potent activity against multidrug-resistant (MDR) Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter sp. isolates, including many carbapenem-resistant strains. The MIC90s were 4 μg/ml for MDR Acinetobacter spp. and 8 μg/ml for MDR P. aeruginosa, whereas the MIC90 of meropenem for the same sets of isolates was >32 μg/ml. BAL30072 was bactericidal against both Acinetobacter spp. and P. aeruginosa, even against strains that produced metallo-β-lactamases that conferred resistance to all other β-lactams tested, including aztreonam. It was also active against many species of MDR isolates of the Enterobacteriaceae family, including isolates that had a class A carbapenemase or a metallo-β-lactamase. Unlike other monocyclic β-lactams, BAL30072 was found to trigger the spheroplasting and lysis of Escherichia coli rather than the formation of extensive filaments. The basis for this unusual property is its inhibition of the bifunctional penicillin-binding proteins PBP 1a and PBP 1b, in addition to its high affinity for PBP 3, which is the target of monobactams, such as aztreonam.

Floating gaussians — an unusual property

1975 ◽  
Vol 35 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter H. Blustin
Keyword(s):  
Unusual Property

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PETITE MITOCHONDRIAL DNA OF SUPPRESSIVE AND NEUTRAL HAPLOIDS AND OF [rho−] DIPLOIDS OBTAINED FROM CROSSING [rho+] TO A NEUTRAL PETITE

1975 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 381-389 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. J. Robertson ◽  
N. T. Bech-Hansen ◽  
G. H. Rank
Keyword(s):  
Saccharomyces Cerevisiae ◽  
Mitochondrial Dna ◽  
Ethidium Bromide ◽  
Buoyant Density ◽  
Unusual Property ◽  
Mating Reaction

An unusual property of GR25a [rho+] was the production of 20 to 30 percent [rho−] zygote colonies when crossed to a tester strain lacking mitochondrial DNA. Spontaneous [rho−] isolates of GR25a [rho+] were observed to be highly suppressive and to contain mitochondrial DNA of a parental buoyant density (1.685 g/cm3). Three ethidium bromide induced neutral petites of GR25a [rho+] did not have detectable mitochondrial DNA and were neutral in crosses to [rho+] strains. Seven [rho−] zygote colony isolates obtained from crossing GR25a [rho+] to a neutral petite were shown to contain abnormal mitochondrial DNA. Six zygote colony isolates had mitochondrial DNA of a buoyant density less than, or equal to, GR25a (1.682–1.685 g/cm3), whereas one isolate had a buoyant density greater than GR25a (1.688 g/cm3). It was suggested that abnormal mitochondrial DNA is generated during the mating reaction.

scholarly journals Unusual Property of Prion Protein Unfolding in Neutral Salt Solution

Biochemistry ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 41 (36) ◽  
pp. 11017-11024 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. K. Nandi ◽  
E. Leclerc ◽  
D. Marc
Keyword(s):  
Prion Protein ◽  
Salt Solution ◽  
Protein Unfolding ◽  
Neutral Salt ◽  
Unusual Property

Negative-U Properties for Point Defects in Silicon

1980 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. D. Watkins
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Point Defects ◽  
Electron Irradiation ◽  
Correlation Energy ◽  
Energy Levels ◽  
Unusual Property ◽  
Simple Point ◽  
Normal Order ◽  
Defect Energy ◽  
Lattice Vacancy

ABSTRACTA defect has negative-U properties if it can trap two electrons (or holes) with the second bound more strongly than the first. It is as if there were a net attraction between the two carriers (negative Hubbard correlation energy U) at the defect, and the defect energy levels in the gap are therefore inverted from their normal order. Experimental evidence is presented that interstitial boron and the lattice vacancy, both common simple point defects produced by electron irradiation of silicon, have this unusual property. These defects represent the first and only concrete examples of negative-U centers in any material and serve as models for an understanding of the phenomenon.

scholarly journals MNRR1, a Biorganellar Regulator of Mitochondria

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lawrence I. Grossman ◽  
Neeraja Purandare ◽  
Rooshan Arshad ◽  
Stephanie Gladyck ◽  
Mallika Somayajulu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Energy Metabolism ◽  
Neurodegenerative Diseases ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Unusual Property ◽  
Promoter Element ◽  
Low Oxygen ◽  
Oxidative Stresses ◽  
Graded Response ◽  
Oxygen Tensions

The central role of energy metabolism in cellular activities is becoming widely recognized. However, there are many gaps in our knowledge of the mechanisms by which mitochondria evaluate their status and call upon the nucleus to make adjustments. Recently, a protein family consisting of twin CX9C proteins has been shown to play a role in human pathophysiology. We focus here on two family members, the isoforms CHCHD2 (renamed MNRR1) and CHCHD10. The better studied isoform, MNRR1, has the unusual property of functioning in both the mitochondria and the nucleus and of having a different function in each. In the mitochondria, it functions by binding to cytochromecoxidase (COX), which stimulates respiration. Its binding to COX is promoted by tyrosine-99 phosphorylation, carried out by ABL2 kinase (ARG). In the nucleus, MNRR1 binds to a novel promoter element inCOX4I2and itself, increasing transcription at 4% oxygen. We discuss mutations in both MNRR1 and CHCHD10 found in a number of chronic, mostly neurodegenerative, diseases. Finally, we propose a model of a graded response to hypoxic and oxidative stresses, mediated under different oxygen tensions by CHCHD10, MNRR1, and HIF1, which operate at intermediate and very low oxygen concentrations, respectively.

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