Molecular Genetics Approach to Polygenic Disease—Initial Results from Atherosclerosis Research

Author(s):  
Harald Funke ◽  
Arnold von Eckardstein ◽  
Gerd Assmann
Author(s):  
W. Bernard

In comparison to many other fields of ultrastructural research in Cell Biology, the successful exploration of genes and gene activity with the electron microscope in higher organisms is a late conquest. Nucleic acid molecules of Prokaryotes could be successfully visualized already since the early sixties, thanks to the Kleinschmidt spreading technique - and much basic information was obtained concerning the shape, length, molecular weight of viral, mitochondrial and chloroplast nucleic acid. Later, additonal methods revealed denaturation profiles, distinction between single and double strandedness and the use of heteroduplexes-led to gene mapping of relatively simple systems carried out in close connection with other methods of molecular genetics.


Author(s):  
Avril V. Somlyo ◽  
H. Shuman ◽  
A.P. Somlyo

This is a preliminary report of electron probe analysis of rabbit portal-anterior mesenteric vein (PAMV) smooth muscle cryosectioned without fixation or cryoprotection. The instrumentation and method of electron probe quantitation used (1) and our initial results with cardiac (2) and skeletal (3) muscle have been presented elsewhere.In preparations depolarized with high K (K2SO4) solution, significant calcium peaks were detected over the sarcoplasmic reticulum (Fig 1 and 2) and the continuous perinuclear space. In some of the fibers there were also significant (up to 200 mM/kg dry wt) calcium peaks over the mitochondria. However, in smooth muscle that was not depolarized, high mitochondrial Ca was found in fibers that also contained elevated Na and low K (Fig 3). Therefore, the possibility that these Ca-loaded mitochondria are indicative of cell damage remains to be ruled out.


2001 ◽  
Vol 120 (5) ◽  
pp. A226-A226 ◽  
Author(s):  
W LAMMERS ◽  
S DHANASEKARAN ◽  
J SLACK ◽  
B STEPHEN

2007 ◽  
Vol 177 (4S) ◽  
pp. 364-364 ◽  
Author(s):  
Surena F. Matin ◽  
Christopher G. Wood ◽  
Shi-Ming Tu ◽  
Nizar M. Tannir ◽  
Eric Jonasch

1992 ◽  
Vol 25 (5) ◽  
pp. 995-1009
Author(s):  
Michael J. Lanser
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