A high-spectral resolution laser-excited molecular fluorescence
system was developed that utilizes a pulsed supersonic expansion to
simplify the fluorescence excitation spectra of large, gas-phase
aromatic molecules diluted in an excess of a monatomic gas. A
microcomputer was used to control and synchronize the instrumental
components, which included a Chromatix CMX-4...
Spectrometric detection systems for gas chromatography
(GC) based on gas phase ultraviolet absorbance
and fluorescence measurements have been developed and
evaluated in this research. Polynuclear aromatic compounds
(PNAs) are selectively detected by these systems.
Limits of detection for PNAs range from 4 ng to 90 ng
for absorbance determinations, and...
Between 1982-1984 I studied site tenacity and mate retention in Black Terns at Sycan Marsh, Lake County, Oregon. I banded 778 adult Black Terns and used this marked population to test the hypotheses that site tenacity and mate retention would be less for Black Terns which nest in variable marsh...
Prothoracicotropic hormone has been partially purified
from whole heads of tobacco hornworm larvae, Manduca sexta.
Activity was followed with a larval bioassay. Activity was
purified 4400 fold from crude extracts. The hormone was
found to be a heat-stable polypeptide with an approximate
molecular weight of 25,000 Daltons. The hormone has...
Several laboratories have shown that the VV
replication cycle is dependent on the host cell nucleus.
The basic biological observation is that if the host cell
nucleus is physically removed by cytochalasin B-mediated
enucleation, functionally inactivated by UV-irradiation, or
selectively blocked with a-amanitin, the results are the
same: W is...
The lentil strain of pea seedborne mosaic virus, PSbMV-L, was
distinguished from the standard isolates of PSbMV by a natural inoculum
reservoir in lentil seed and by separate resistance genes in Pisum
and Lens. PSbMV-L was intermediate in symptom severity between the
standard and New Zealand isolates of PSbMV.
Seed...
The lentil strain of pea seedborne mosaic virus, PSbMV-L, was
distinguished from the standard isolates of PSbMV by a natural inoculum
reservoir in lentil seed and by separate resistance genes in Pisum
and Lens. PSbMV-L was intermediate in symptom severity between the
standard and New Zealand isolates of PSbMV.
Seed...
The vascular system of Aplysia californica is a simple visceromotor system with three main arteries innervated by a small pool of identified neurons. I used this system to
study the functions of neuropeptide transmitters and their actions on neural and muscle tissues. A central finding of this study is that...