Heat labile opsonins (HLO) in normal rat serum to both encapsulated and unencapsulated pneumococci (a) have the same heat lability as complement (C); (b) are active at 37 degrees C but not at 0 degrees C; (c) are inactivated proportionately to hemolytic C by the addition of immune aggregates to the serum; (d) are adsorbed from serum nonspecifically by bacteria at 37 degrees C but not at 0 degre...

Evidence for two species of elongation factor 1 (EF 1(A) and EF 1(B)) from calf brain has been obtained by molecular sieve chromatography on Sephadex G-150. A high molecular weight form, EF 1(A), interacts with GTP to form an EF 1(A)-GTP complex. GDP also reacts with EF 1, but unlike the reaction with GTP, an EF 1(B)-GDP complex is formed that contains a lower molecular weight and labile specie...

We report the synthesis and characterization of a bimetallic complex derived from a new family of potent and selective metalloinsertors containing an unusual Rh-O axial coordination. This complex incorporates a monofunctional platinum center containing only one labile site for coordination to DNA, rather than two, and coordinates DNA nonclassically through adduct formation in the minor groove. ...

The icosahedral membrane-containing double-stranded DNA bacteriophage PRD1 has a labile receptor binding spike complex at the vertices. This complex, which is analogous to that of adenovirus, is formed of the penton protein P31, the spike protein P5, and the receptor binding protein P2. Upon infection, the internal phage membrane transforms into a tubular structure that protrudes through a vert...