Geese and Gauls – the Capitol in the Social Memory of the ‘Gallic Disaster’

This paper examines some aspects of the ‘Gallic Disaster’ in Roman memory culture, especially the role of the capitol. The capitol as a symbol of Roman resistance against foreign enemies and her dominance over the Mediterranean is the result of a longer development of cultural traditions and included a stylization after Greek accounts of the Persian capture of Athens. It can be shown that the sight of the Capitol stimulated the invention of different versions of the course of events during the siege, the use of historical exempla in speeches, and the development of ritual processions. As a result, the capitol was integrated in the memorial landscape of the city, and the ‘Gallic disaster’ was remembered as an important part of the history of the religious and political center of Rom

„Verrat ist eine Frage des Datums“: Der parapresbeia-Prozess des Jahres 343

Rohde D. „Verrat ist eine Frage des Datums“: Der parapresbeia-Prozess des Jahres 343. In: Hölkeskamp K-J, Hoffmann-Salz J, Kostopoulos K, Lentzsch S, eds. Die Grenzen des Prinzips. Altertumswissenschaften. Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag; 2019: 95–106

Gewalteruption in der späten Republik: Unfall, stete Option oder Agens einer Dehnung von Regeln und Normen?

Walter U. Gewalteruption in der späten Republik: Unfall, stete Option oder Agens einer Dehnung von Regeln und Normen? In: Hölkeskamp K-J, Hoffmann-Salz J, Kostopoulos K, Lentzsch S, eds. Die Grenzen des Prinzips. Die Infragestellung von Werten durch Regelverstöße in antiken Gesellschaften. Altertumswissenschaften . Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag; 2019: 179-92

A 4.6 KB DNA REGION OF RHIZOBIUM-MELILOTI INVOLVED IN DETERMINING UREASE AND HYDROGENASE ACTIVITIES CARRIES THE STRUCTURAL GENES FOR UREASE (UREA, UREB, UREC) INTERRUPTED BY OTHER OPEN READING FRAMES

Miksch G, Arnold W, LENTZSCH P, PRIEFER UB, Pühler A. A 4.6 KB DNA REGION OF RHIZOBIUM-MELILOTI INVOLVED IN DETERMINING UREASE AND HYDROGENASE ACTIVITIES CARRIES THE STRUCTURAL GENES FOR UREASE (UREA, UREB, UREC) INTERRUPTED BY OTHER OPEN READING FRAMES. MOLECULAR & GENERAL GENETICS. 1994;242(5):539-550.A 4.6 kb DNA region of the Rhizobium meliloti strain AK631 was found to contain seven open reading frames (ORFs), all oriented in the same direction. The putative gene products of four of these ORFs were highly homologous to UreA, UreB and UreC of Klebsiella aerogenes, Proteus mirabilis, Proteus vulgaris and Canavalia ensiformis. The overall organisation of the DNA region analysed was ORF1, ureA (ORF 2), ORF3, ureB (ORF4), ORF5, ORF6 and ureC (ORF7), indicating that the organisation of the urease structural genes in R. meliloti differs from that of other urease genes so far characterized. ORF1 was incomplete; only the 3' end of the coding region was present. The six complete ORFs coded for polypeptides of 11.1 (UreA), 8.9 (ORF3), 10.8 (UreB), 15.0 (ORF5), 13.8 (ORF6) and 60.7 kDa (UreC). No sequence homology to known polypeptides could be detected for the gene products of ORF1, ORF3, ORF5 and ORF6. Using a lacZ fusion and insertional mutagenesis it was shown that the seven ORFs identified were all located in the same transcription unit. For mutational analysis a resistance gene cassette was introduced into each of the complete ORFs resulting in apolar mutations. Mutations in ureA, ureB and ureC, but not in ORF3, ORF5 and ORF6, abolished urease activity in R. meliloti. The determination of hydrogen uptake in these R. meliloti mutants revealed that only ORF6 and ureB are necessary for hydrogen uptake