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C M Lewis

Publications and source records attributed to C M Lewis.

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PubMed1973

Changes in antigenic nature of lymphocytes caused by common viruses.

Healthy human lymphocytes were incubated in the presence of influenza A2/Singapore/57, herpes simplex type 1, or adenovirus type 2. After two days the cultures were inactivated by irradiation. Fresh lymphocytes taken from the same donor were then found to react to the virus-treated cells in short-term cultures. We suggest that this reactivity is due to a change in the surface characteristics of the lymphocytes brought about by the presence of the virus. This may account for anomalous reactions in mixed lymphocyte cultures, and a similar effect in vivo might cause accelerated graft rejection.

Adenoviridae↗
PubMed1972

Error theory and ageing in human diploid fibroblasts.

Immunological and enzymatic assessments of lactate dehydrogenase in human lung fibroblasts strongly suggest that altered proteins accumulate in ageing cells. This supports but does not prove the error catastrophe theory of all death.

Amino Acids↗
PubMed1970

Regulation of nitrate reductase in the basidiomycete Ustilago maydis.

Nitrate reductase was induced in Ustilago maydis by growth in medium containing only nitrate as the nitrogen source. Ammonium ions repressed the enzyme and led to a rapid loss of activity. Ammonium did not inhibit the enzyme in vitro; although amino acids partially did so, this cannot account for the rapid loss of in vivo activity which occurred when the ammonium was added. Experiments with cycloheximide and actinomycin D, together with measurements of protein turnover, suggested that nitrate reductase is actively broken down when cells with fully induced activity are transferred to medium containing ammonium ions.

Basidiomycota↗