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Jeffress Research Grant - 2005
Jeffress Research Grant - 2005
Virginia Journal of Science
Seven-page list of winners of the Jeffress Research Grant Awards for 2005.
Minutes: Council Meeting
Virginia Journal of Science
Minutes of the VAS Council meeting Friday May 26, 2006, 8 - 9:40 AM, at Skelton Conference Center Inn, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg VA. Minutes were edited for publication.
Production Of A Novel Copper-Binding Ligand By Marine Synechococcus (Cyanobacteria) In Response To Toxic Concentrations Of Copper, Arunsi C. Brown, Andrew S. Gordon
Production Of A Novel Copper-Binding Ligand By Marine Synechococcus (Cyanobacteria) In Response To Toxic Concentrations Of Copper, Arunsi C. Brown, Andrew S. Gordon
Virginia Journal of Science
Marine Synechococcus spp. are extremely sensitive to copper toxicity. Some strains have been shown to produce high-affinity, extracellular ligands of unknown structure which form complexes with free cupric ion. They are also known to produce metallothioneins (MT) in response to cadmium and zinc stress. In the present study, marine Synechococcus PCC 73109 (Agmenellum quadruplicatum BG-1) (Van Baalen) was exposed to three concentrations of CuSO4 for various times. Size exclusion chromatography, atomic absorption spectrophotometry, and reverse phase HPLC were used to isolate an intracellular copper binding ligand of low molecular weight (< 6,500 Da). The ligand was detected after exposure to ≥ 8 μM CuSO4 for 2 hr in BG-11 medium. …