The Knoevenagel condensation of carbonyl substrates with active methylene compounds proceeds smoothly with ammonium acetate as catalyst in n-butyl pyridinium nitrate to afford the desired products of good purity in mo...The Knoevenagel condensation of carbonyl substrates with active methylene compounds proceeds smoothly with ammonium acetate as catalyst in n-butyl pyridinium nitrate to afford the desired products of good purity in moderate yields.展开更多
The organization of the higher order structure of chromatin in chicken erythrocytes has been examined withtapping-mode scanning force microscopy under conditionsclose to their native environment. Reproducible highreso...The organization of the higher order structure of chromatin in chicken erythrocytes has been examined withtapping-mode scanning force microscopy under conditionsclose to their native environment. Reproducible highresolution AFM images of chromatin compaction at several levels can be demonstrated. An extended beads-on-astring (width of ~ 15-20nm, height of ~ 2-3nm for eachindividual nucleosome) can be consistently observed. Furthermore, superbeads (width of ~ 40nm, height of ~ 7nm)are demonstrated. Visualization of the solenoid conformation at the level of 30nm chromatin fiber is attained eitherby using AFM or by using electron microscopy. In addition, tightly coiled chromatin fibers (~ 50-60nm and ~90-110nm) can be revealed. Our data suggest that the chromatin in the interphase nucleus of chicken erythrocyte represents a high-order conformation and AFM provides useful high-resolution structural information concerning thefolding pattern of interphase chromatin fibers.展开更多
基金The project sponsored by the Scientific Research Foundation for the Returned Overseas Chinese Scholars,State Education Ministrypartly supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province(Grant No 97104).
文摘The Knoevenagel condensation of carbonyl substrates with active methylene compounds proceeds smoothly with ammonium acetate as catalyst in n-butyl pyridinium nitrate to afford the desired products of good purity in moderate yields.
文摘The organization of the higher order structure of chromatin in chicken erythrocytes has been examined withtapping-mode scanning force microscopy under conditionsclose to their native environment. Reproducible highresolution AFM images of chromatin compaction at several levels can be demonstrated. An extended beads-on-astring (width of ~ 15-20nm, height of ~ 2-3nm for eachindividual nucleosome) can be consistently observed. Furthermore, superbeads (width of ~ 40nm, height of ~ 7nm)are demonstrated. Visualization of the solenoid conformation at the level of 30nm chromatin fiber is attained eitherby using AFM or by using electron microscopy. In addition, tightly coiled chromatin fibers (~ 50-60nm and ~90-110nm) can be revealed. Our data suggest that the chromatin in the interphase nucleus of chicken erythrocyte represents a high-order conformation and AFM provides useful high-resolution structural information concerning thefolding pattern of interphase chromatin fibers.