The effects of cyanide and 3-(3,4-dichlorophenyl)-1,1-dimethylurea (DCMU) on photosynthesis and respiration of intact chlorophyllic moss (Funaria hygrometrica) spore was investigated. Thirty micromolar cyanide strongly inhibited dark respiration, was without effect on photosynthesis at high light intensities (above the saturation plateau values), and stimulated photosynthesis at low light inten...

One of the main challenges for the production of biopharmaceuticals in plant-based systems is the modulation of plant-specific glycosylation patterns towards a humanized form. Posttranslational modifications in plants are similar to those in humans, but several differences affect product quality and efficacy and can also cause immune responses in patients. In the moss Physcomitrella patens high...

The paper describes the algorithms used in MOSS, an additive synthesis library, to realize sounds with a prescribed loudness. Loudness is a perceived attribute of sound that depends both on the amount of energy carried by the sound wave and on the way this energy is processed by the ear-brain system. The loudness routines in MOSS translate the target loudness of a sound into amplitudes of the c...

This article includes a series of methods for culturing the moss Physcomitrella patens at all stages of its life cycle. Gametophytes are axenically cultured on solid agar-based media and in shaken liquid cultures. For long-term storage of gametophytes, cultures are maintained on solid medium at 10°C in a very short day. Cryopreservation may also be used. Finally, sporophytes are generated by se...

Carrageenan is a natural carbohydrate (polysaccharide) obtained from edible red seaweeds. The name Carrageenan is derived from the Chondrus crispus species of seaweed known as Carrageen Moss or Irish Moss in England, and Carraigin in Ireland. Carraigin has been used in Ireland since 400 AD as a gelatin and as a home remedy to cure coughs and colds. It grows along the coasts of North America and...

Observations of transition region emission in solar active regions represent a powerful tool for determining the properties of hot coronal loops. In this Letter we present the analysis of new observations of active region moss taken with the Extreme Ultraviolet Imaging Spectrometer (EIS) on the Hinode mission. We find that the intensities predicted by steady, uniformly heated loop models are to...

We have received a large number of samples of drugs and preparations from the well-known Manufacturing Chemist, Mr. \V. Martindale, of New Cavendish Street, W. Among these the following articles are worthy of being brought to the notice of the profession in India, &?()?, COMPRESSED MOSS. This forms a most absorbent^ surgical dressing, absorbing, it is said, twenty times its own weight of moistu...

We have screened a cDNA library of the moss Physcomitrella patens (Hedw.) for phytochrome sequences. The isolated sequences turned out to encode a phytochrome dissimilar to the phytochrome type postulated for the moss Ceratodon [(1992) Plant Mol. Biol. 20, 1003-1017] Physcomitrella phytochrome was completely alignable to fern phytochrome (Selaginella) and phytochromes of higher plants. The freq...