Morphogenesis of the truncus arteriosus of the chick embryo heart: The formation and migration of mesenchymal tissue

1979 ◽  
Vol 154 (4) ◽  
pp. 545-556 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert P. Thompson ◽  
Timothy P. Fitzharris
Keyword(s):  
Chick Embryo ◽  
Truncus Arteriosus ◽  
Mesenchymal Tissue ◽  
Chick Embryo Heart ◽  
Embryo Heart ◽  
And Migration

FURTHER STUDIES ON THE DUAL REQUIREMENT FOR PHENYLALANINE AND TYROSINE IN TISSUE CULTURE

1961 ◽  
Vol 39 (5) ◽  
pp. 925-932 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen J. Morton ◽  
Joseph F. Morgan
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Tissue Culture ◽  
Chick Embryo ◽  
Heart Cells ◽  
Present System ◽  
Chick Heart ◽  
High Concentrations ◽  
Chick Embryo Heart ◽  
Embryo Heart ◽  
Related Compounds

Seventeen structurally related compounds were tested for their ability to substitute for phenylalanine or tyrosine in the nutrition of chick embryo heart fragments. DL-Alanyl-DL-phenylalanine replaced phenylalanine. All other compounds had negligible effects, and most were toxic at high concentrations. β-Phenylserine, a phenylalanine antagonist, actually prolonged the survival of chick heart cells but only if both phenylalanine and tyrosine were present. Similarly, optimal reversal of β-phenylserine toxicity was dependent on the presence of both amino acids. Although phenylalanine and tyrosine are not interconvertible in the present system, it has been shown that three phenylalanine antagonists, p-fluorophenylalanine, β-2-thienylalanine, and β-phenylserine, can be identified by their relationship to tyrosine, rather than to phenylalanine.

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