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“Understanding the folding of centromere DNA in the maximally condensed methaphase chromosome remains a basic challenge in cell biology. We propose here a set of structural models with a graphical presentation of alphoid higher order repeat (HOR)

distribution in the centromere folding, based on the assumption of encryption key for microtubule-centromere interaction which arises from chromosomespecific crystal-like structure of HORs. Specific HOR leads to a characteristic geometrical pattern which may be responsible for individual microtubule to recognize a specific structure of centromere in each chromosome. (c) 2008 Elsevier BTSA1 Ltd. All rights reserved.”
“Recently it has been shown that fructose-1,6-diphosphate see more (FDP) has dose-dependent anticonvulsant

activity in rat models of acute generalized motor seizures induced with chemical convulsants. The present study asked whether FDP also has activity in an epileptic brain after oral administration and activity against non-convulsive seizures. Animals (n = 14) were administered pilocarpine to induce status epilepticus. Several weeks later, these animals had spontaneous seizures and a baseline rate of seizure frequency was determined over a 6-day period. Animals were then continued without treatment (n = 8) or 0.5% FDP was added to the drinking water (n = 6). In animals treated with FDP the seizures completely stopped after 7 days. Removal of FDP from the water resulted in the return of seizure activity in 4 of the 6 animals by 16 days of observation. To induce non-convulsive seizures, animals (n = 6) received a single injection of gamma-butyrolactone (GBL, 100 mg/kg i.p.). All animals had spike-wave activity recorded in the cortex within minutes after GBL administration. Administration of a single injection of FDP (500 g/kg i.p.) had no effect on the baseline cortical activity, nor on the spike-wave activity induced by

GBL (n = 5). These experiments suggest that oral administration of FDP may have utility in the treatment of partial or generalized convulsive seizure disorders, but not absence seizures. (c) 2008 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.”
“We 3-mercaptopyruvate sulfurtransferase analyse a model of mate choice when males differ in reproductive quality and provide care for their offspring. Females choose males on the basis of the success they will obtain from breeding with them and a male chooses his care time on the basis of his quality so as to maximise his long-term rate of reproductive success. We use this model to establish whether high-quality males should devote a longer period of care to their broods than low-quality males and whether females obtain greater reproductive Success from mating with higher quality males. We give sufficient conditions for optimal care times to decrease with increasing male quality.