Effects of physical environment on plasma membrane semipermeability and osmotic induction of changes in aqueous cytoplasmic volume were studied in vegetative and spore cells of a plant pathogenic fungus, Fusarium sulphureum. A direct method, employing a spin probe molecule that partitioned between intracellular aqueous and hydrophobic phases, allowed measurement of reversible water movement out...

The addition of oxygen to anaerobic rat liver mitochondria incubated at 15 degrees C in the absence of permeant cations produced negligible rapid H+ ejection, monitored spectroscopically with phenol red, which corresponded kinetically to the rise in delta psi, as monitored by merocyanine 540. Slow H+ translocation was observed under these conditions during the aerobic phase, the extent of which...

Calixarenes are a readily available and important class of macrocycles in supramolecularchemistry. Calixarenes have generated considerable interest due to their basket shaped structureand as useful building blocks to synthesize selective receptors for the guest species, notably alkali,alkaline earth, lanthanide and transition metal cations. In this work studied on the complexingproperties of a ...

A flagellar adhesion-induced signal sent during the mating reaction of the biflagellate alga, Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, initiates release of cell-wall-degrading enzymes, activation of mating structures, and cell fusion. The nature of this signal is unknown, but it may be mediated by an adhesion-induced change (activation) of flagellar tips. The studies reported here show that lidocaine, a loca...

calixarenes are a readily available and important class of macrocycles in supramolecularchemistry. calixarenes have generated considerable interest due to their basket shaped structureand as useful building blocks to synthesize selective receptors for the guest species, notably alkali,alkaline earth, lanthanide and transition metal cations. in this work studied on the complexingproperties of a ...

in this study, we assessed the relative contribution of organic and inorganic solutes to osmotic adjustment (oa) in three almond rootstocks subjected to four levels of soil salinity. the results showed that leaf water and osmotic potentials were affected by salinity in gf677 and bitter almond, but less so in gn15, suggesting a higher selectivity for k+ and ca2+ against na+ in this latter rootst...

In this report, the alkali metal cation selectivity of the purified, voltage-dependent sodium channeI from rat skeletal muscle is described. Isolated sodium channet protein (980-2840 pmol (of saxitoxin bindinglmg of protein) was reconstituted into eggphosphatidylcholine vesicles, and channels were subsequently activated by either batrachotoxin (5 % lo-' M) or veratridine (5 x 1 0 4 M). Activati...

Soil-water flow velocity can be a major factor affecting ion movement in the soil matrix. The transport of both cations and anions and their interactions with soil surface affect many aspects of soil management such as wastewater disposal, saline soil reclamation, remediation of sodic soils, and soil decontamination (HENG et al., 1999a). Therefore it is important to understand the processes tha...