EFFECT OF CONIFEROUS EXTRACT ON POTATO PLANTS

Low doses of extracts from conifer trees, such as Novosil and Lariksin, increased the complex resistance of potato plants to diseases in vegetation period. Also they act as growth stimulation factors and promote the growth yield

Structure and function of oncogene-transfected immortal cells

Previously we have characterized a new oncogene CHI3L1, overexpressed in the glioblastoma and the malignant 293_CHI3L1 cells, stably producing the CHI3L1 angiogenic oncoprotein. The 293_CHI3L1 cells proliferated faster and acquired a higher ability for anchorage-independent growth. Here, we report the atomic force microscopy data and functional characteristics of these cells. The constitutive CHI3L1 expression leads to the increased resistance to the damages by oxidative substances and promotes the chromosome instability in the 293 cells. According to the data of the last clinical investigations, anti-cancer therapy should be targeted not at the individual genes, but at the pathological effects they caused. We propose a complex treatment of gliomas including multi-target inhibitors, which can be delivered to the brain tumor by a specific nanoparticle vector.Раніше нами охарактеризовано новий онкоген CHI3L1, який суперекспресується в гліобластомі та злоякісних клітинах 293_CHI3L1, щo стабільно продукують ангіогенний онкобілок CHI3L1. Клітини 293_CHI3L1 проліферують швидше і набувають більшої здатності до незалежного від основи росту. Наведено дані атомносилової мікроскопії та функціональні характеристики зазначених клітин. Конститутивна експресія CHI3L1 підвищує стійкість до пошкоджень речовинами-окиснювачами і сприяє нестабільності хромосом у клітинах 293. За даними останніх клінічних випробувань, протиракова терапія повинна бути націлена не на індивідуальні гени, а на спричинені ними патологічні ефекти. Ми пропонуємо комплексне лікування гліом із залученням багатомішенних інгібіторів, які можна доствляти до пухлин головного мозку специфічним вектором на основі наночасток.Ранее нами охарактеризован новый онкоген CHI3L1, суперэкспрессирующийся в глиобластоме и злокачественных клетках 293_CHI3L1, стабильно продуцирующих ангиогенный онкобелок CHI3L1. Клетки 293_CHI3L1 пролиферируют быстрее и приобретают большую способность к независимому от подложки росту. Приведены данные атомно-силовой микроскопии и функциональные характеристики указанных клеток. Конститутивная экспрессия CHI3L1 повышает устойчивость к повреждениям веществами-окислителями и способствует нестабильности хромосом в клетках 293. По данным последних клинических испытаний, противораковая терапия должна быть нацелена не на индивидуальные гены, а на вызываемые ими патологические эффекты. Мы предлагаем комплексное лечение глиом с привлечением мультимишенных ингибиторов, которые можно доставлять к опухолям головного мозга специфическим вектором на основе наночастиц

Молекулярный анализ гена GID1 у Dasypyrum villosum и создание ДНК-маркера для его идентификации

Dasypyrum villosum is an annual cereal used as a donor of agronomic traits for wheat. Productivity is one of the most important traits that breeding is aimed at. It is a very complex trait, the formation of which is influenced by many different factors, both internal (the genotype of the plant) and external. The genes responsible for the gibberellin sensitivity played a large role in multiplying yields of cereal crops. Another such gene is the Gid1, which encodes a receptor for gibberellins. This article compares the DNA sequences of the Gid1 gene obtained from six Dasypyrum villosum samples. Using a sequence of wheat and rye taken from the GenBank database (NCBI), we selected primers for regions of different genomes (A, B, and D subgenomes of wheat and the R genome of rye), and carried out a polymerase chain reaction on D. villosum accessions of diverse geographical origin. The resulting PCR product was sequenced by an NGS method. Based on the assembled sequences, DNA markers have been created that make it possible to differentiate these genes of the V genome and homologous genes of wheat origin. Using monosomic addition, substitution, and translocation wheat lines, the localization of the Gid1 gene of D. villosum was established on the long arm of the first V chromosome. A phenotypic assessment of common wheat lines carrying substituted, translocated, or added D. villosum chromosomes in their karyotype was performed. Tendency of disappearance of the first chromosome of D. villosum in the lines with added chromosomes was revealed.Dasypyrum villosum (VV) - однолетний злак, зарекомендовавший себя в качестве донора хозяйственно-ценных признаков для пшеницы. Один из важнейших показателей, на который направлена селекция,- урожайность, являющаяся сложным, комплексным признаком. На его формирование влияет множество различных факторов. Большую роль в росте урожайности злаковых культур сыграли гены, регулирующие физиологический ответ растений на гиббереллины, одним из которых стал ген Gid1 , являющийся рецептором активных форм этих фитогормонов. Приведено сравнение частичных ДНК-последовательностей гена Gid1 , секвенированных у двух образцов Dasypyrum villosum . Используя последовательности пшеницы и ржи, взятые из базы данных GenBank (NCBI), подобрали праймеры на участки разных геномов (субгеномы А, В и D пшеницы и геном R ржи) и провели полимеразную цепную реакцию на образцах дазипирума мохнатого различного происхождения. Полученный ПЦР-продукт был секвенирован методом NGS. На основе секвенированных нуклеотидных последовательностей создан ДНК-маркер, позволяющий дифференцировать данные гены генома V и гомологичные гены пшеничного происхождения. С использованием моносомно-дополненных, замещенных и транслоцированных линий пшеницы впервые установлена локализация гена Gid1 на хромосомах Dasypyrum villosum . Показано расположение данного гена на длинном плече первой хромосомы генома V (1VL). Проведена фенотипическая оценка линий мягкой пшеницы, имеющих в своем кариотипе замещенные, транслоцированные или дополненные хромосомы Dasypyrum villosum

The Diffusion Region in Collisionless Magnetic Reconnection

A review of present understanding of the dissipation region in magnetic reconnection is presented. The review focuses on results of the thermal inertia-based dissipation mechanism but alternative mechanisms are mentioned as well. For the former process, a combination of analytical theory and numerical modeling is presented. Furthermore, a new relation between the electric field expressions for anti-parallel and guide field reconnection is developed

Measurement of the polarisation of W bosons produced with large transverse momentum in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV with the ATLAS experiment

This paper describes an analysis of the angular distribution of W->enu and W->munu decays, using data from pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV recorded with the ATLAS detector at the LHC in 2010, corresponding to an integrated luminosity of about 35 pb^-1. Using the decay lepton transverse momentum and the missing transverse energy, the W decay angular distribution projected onto the transverse plane is obtained and analysed in terms of helicity fractions f0, fL and fR over two ranges of W transverse momentum (ptw): 35 < ptw < 50 GeV and ptw > 50 GeV. Good agreement is found with theoretical predictions. For ptw > 50 GeV, the values of f0 and fL-fR, averaged over charge and lepton flavour, are measured to be : f0 = 0.127 +/- 0.030 +/- 0.108 and fL-fR = 0.252 +/- 0.017 +/- 0.030, where the first uncertainties are statistical, and the second include all systematic effects.Comment: 19 pages plus author list (34 pages total), 9 figures, 11 tables, revised author list, matches European Journal of Physics C versio

Observation of a new chi_b state in radiative transitions to Upsilon(1S) and Upsilon(2S) at ATLAS

The chi_b(nP) quarkonium states are produced in proton-proton collisions at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV and recorded by the ATLAS detector. Using a data sample corresponding to an integrated luminosity of 4.4 fb^-1, these states are reconstructed through their radiative decays to Upsilon(1S,2S) with Upsilon->mu+mu-. In addition to the mass peaks corresponding to the decay modes chi_b(1P,2P)->Upsilon(1S)gamma, a new structure centered at a mass of 10.530+/-0.005 (stat.)+/-0.009 (syst.) GeV is also observed, in both the Upsilon(1S)gamma and Upsilon(2S)gamma decay modes. This is interpreted as the chi_b(3P) system.Comment: 5 pages plus author list (18 pages total), 2 figures, 1 table, corrected author list, matches final version in Physical Review Letter

Search for displaced vertices arising from decays of new heavy particles in 7 TeV pp collisions at ATLAS

We present the results of a search for new, heavy particles that decay at a significant distance from their production point into a final state containing charged hadrons in association with a high-momentum muon. The search is conducted in a pp-collision data sample with a center-of-mass energy of 7 TeV and an integrated luminosity of 33 pb^-1 collected in 2010 by the ATLAS detector operating at the Large Hadron Collider. Production of such particles is expected in various scenarios of physics beyond the standard model. We observe no signal and place limits on the production cross-section of supersymmetric particles in an R-parity-violating scenario as a function of the neutralino lifetime. Limits are presented for different squark and neutralino masses, enabling extension of the limits to a variety of other models.Comment: 8 pages plus author list (20 pages total), 8 figures, 1 table, final version to appear in Physics Letters

Measurement of the inclusive isolated prompt photon cross-section in pp collisions at sqrt(s)= 7 TeV using 35 pb-1 of ATLAS data

A measurement of the differential cross-section for the inclusive production of isolated prompt photons in pp collisions at a center-of-mass energy sqrt(s) = 7 TeV is presented. The measurement covers the pseudorapidity ranges |eta|<1.37 and 1.52<=|eta|<2.37 in the transverse energy range 45<=E_T<400GeV. The results are based on an integrated luminosity of 35 pb-1, collected with the ATLAS detector at the LHC. The yields of the signal photons are measured using a data-driven technique, based on the observed distribution of the hadronic energy in a narrow cone around the photon candidate and the photon selection criteria. The results are compared with next-to-leading order perturbative QCD calculations and found to be in good agreement over four orders of magnitude in cross-section.Comment: 7 pages plus author list (18 pages total), 2 figures, 4 tables, final version published in Physics Letters

Search for a W' boson decaying to a bottom quark and a top quark in pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV

Results are presented from a search for a W' boson using a dataset corresponding to 5.0 inverse femtobarns of integrated luminosity collected during 2011 by the CMS experiment at the LHC in pp collisions at sqrt(s)=7 TeV. The W' boson is modeled as a heavy W boson, but different scenarios for the couplings to fermions are considered, involving both left-handed and right-handed chiral projections of the fermions, as well as an arbitrary mixture of the two. The search is performed in the decay channel W' to t b, leading to a final state signature with a single lepton (e, mu), missing transverse energy, and jets, at least one of which is tagged as a b-jet. A W' boson that couples to fermions with the same coupling constant as the W, but to the right-handed rather than left-handed chiral projections, is excluded for masses below 1.85 TeV at the 95% confidence level. For the first time using LHC data, constraints on the W' gauge coupling for a set of left- and right-handed coupling combinations have been placed. These results represent a significant improvement over previously published limits.Comment: Submitted to Physics Letters B. Replaced with version publishe

Measurement of D*+/- meson production in jets from pp collisions at sqrt(s) = 7 TeV with the ATLAS detector

This paper reports a measurement of D*+/- meson production in jets from proton-proton collisions at a center-of-mass energy of sqrt(s) = 7 TeV at the CERN Large Hadron Collider. The measurement is based on a data sample recorded with the ATLAS detector with an integrated luminosity of 0.30 pb^-1 for jets with transverse momentum between 25 and 70 GeV in the pseudorapidity range |eta| < 2.5. D*+/- mesons found in jets are fully reconstructed in the decay chain: D*+ -> D0pi+, D0 -> K-pi+, and its charge conjugate. The production rate is found to be N(D*+/-)/N(jet) = 0.025 +/- 0.001(stat.) +/- 0.004(syst.) for D*+/- mesons that carry a fraction z of the jet momentum in the range 0.3 < z < 1. Monte Carlo predictions fail to describe the data at small values of z, and this is most marked at low jet transverse momentum.Comment: 10 pages plus author list (22 pages total), 5 figures, 1 table, matches published version in Physical Review