Previous genetic studies indicated intersex (ix) functions only in females and that it acts near the end of the sex determination hierarchy to control somatic sexual differentiation in Drosophila melanogaster. We have cloned ix and characterized its function genetically, molecularly and biochemically. The ix pre-mRNA is not spliced, and ix mRNA is produced in both sexes. The ix gene encodes a 1...

BACKGROUND Hypoxia-induced changes may allow tumor cells to survive under sustained hypoxic microenvironments resulting in achievement of more aggressive phenotypes. The purpose of this study is to determine the prognostic relevance of the expression of carbonic anhydrase IX (CA IX), a hypoxia-related protein in surgically resected squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue. We also relate CA IX to ...

Type IX collagen functions in covalent cross-linkage to type II collagen in cartilage (Eyre, D. R., Apone, S., Wu, J. J., Ericsson, L. H., and Walsh, K. A. (1987) FEBS Lett. 220, 337-341). To understand this molecular relationship better, an analysis of all cross-linking sites labeled by [3H]borohydride was undertaken using the protein prepared from fetal bovine cartilage. Sequence analysis of ...

We investigate the defining ideal IX of a set of points X in P n1 × · · · × Pk with a special emphasis on the case that X is in generic position, that is, X has the maximal Hilbert function. When X is in generic position, we determine the degrees of the generators of the associated ideal IX. Letting ν(IX) denote the minimal number of generators of IX, we use this description of the degrees to c...

The conformation of the A1 domain of von Willebrand factor (vWF) is a critical determinant of its interaction with the glycoprotein (GP) Ib/V/IX complex. To better define the regulatory mechanisms of vWF A1 domain binding to the GPIb/V/IX complex, we studied vWF-dependent aggregation properties of a cell line overexpressing the GPIbalpha, GPIbbeta, and GPIX subunits (CHO-GPIbalphabeta/IX cells)...

PURPOSE Carbonic anhydrase IX (CA IX) can be induced by hypoxia in vitro and shows an immunohistochemical expression pattern that is predominantly found in perinecrotic tumor areas and correlates with exogenous markers of hypoxia, such as pimonidazole. CA IX might therefore serve as an endogenous marker of tumor hypoxia, although comparisons of CA IX immunostaining with direct oxygenation measu...

Coagulation factor IX is a vitamin K-dependent glycoprotein that circulates in blood as a precursor of a serine protease. Incubation of human factor IX with human alpha-thrombin resulted in a time and enzyme concentration-dependent cleavage of factor IX yielding a molecule composed of a heavy chain (mol wt 50,000) and a doublet light chain (mol wt 10,000). The proteolysis of factor IX by thromb...

Photodynamic therapy (PDT) involves generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) by the irradiation of a photosensitizer. Controlled and targeted release of ROS by a photosensitizer is crucial in PDT. For achieving controlled generation of ROS, a ZnSe/ZnS quantum dot (QD) donor and protoporphyrin IX (Pp IX) acceptor based fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) probe is reported here. The ...

Several techniques were used to study the co-ordination of mRNA levels for five constituent chains of cartilage collagen fibrils during mouse development. Short cDNA clones were first constructed for mouse and human alpha3(IX) and for mouse proalpha1(XI) collagen mRNA species. Northern analysis of developing mouse embryos revealed that the mRNA species for alpha1, alpha2 and alpha3 chains of ty...