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S Iida

Publications and source records attributed to S Iida.

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PubMed1971

Infection of actinomycin-permeable mutants of Escherichia coli with urea-disrupted bacteriophage.

Intact cells of actinomycin-permeable mutants of Escherichia coli could be infected with urea-disrupted phage T4 (designated as T4pi). The parental strains and the revertants, which are impermeable to actinomycin, were not susceptible to T4pi unless they had been treated with agents which altered their permeability. The permeable mutants developed competence for pi infection during the growth cycle; cells in the early stationary phase produced 10- to 100-fold more plaques on plating with T4pi than did exponentially growing cells. Colistin (polymyxin E) was effective in converting noncompetent cells of either permeable or nonpermeable strains to the competent state. Treatment with lysozyme resulted in a considerable increase in susceptibility to T4pi of permeable mutants but not of nonpermeable cells. It appears that development of competence for pi infection is mainly due to alterations in the permeability barriers of the cell.

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PubMed1970

Chromosome aberrations among the Yanomamma Indians.

The chromosomes of leucocytes cultured from the peripheral blood of 49 primitive Yanomama Indians of Venezuela were studied to determine the types and frequencies of aberrations in a human population not exposed to the same exogenous agents as civilized man. In all but one instance, 100 cells per individual were scored. In 13 cases, we found one or more cells with multiple complex breaks and rearrangements, represented by tetracentric, tricentric, and numerous dicentric chromosomes. From the standpoint of chromosomal damage, these cells are among the most abnormal cells yet described in vivo in man, and were not seen in the controls. There was also a higher than expected frequency of cells with an isolated structural aberration in both Indians and controls. This may be the result of a 24- to 48-hour delay in the initiation of culture. The cause of the more extensive damage to some cells remains to be determined.

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