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The first appearance during mouse development of different allelic products was studied using the supernatant (S-)form of NADP-dependent MDH. Heterozygote offspring were produced by cross-breeding the strains C3H and CBA, and the embryos were taken at various developmental stages. The electrophoretic examination revealed no enzyme activity in unfertilized ova and preimplantation stages. After implantation, an isoenzyme pattern was seen for the first time at day 10 (228 hrs after fertilization), representing the 3 different heteromers of this tetrameric enzyme in binomial distribution. 240 hrs after fertilization, the 5-banded pattern to be expected in the heterozygotes was complete. Measurements of enzyme activity revealed a strong activity increase at about 240 hrs. The results indicate that the S-form of NADP-MDH appears rather late in development and that the two alleles tested at this gene locus commence functioning synchronously.
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Das erstmalige Auftreten der Produkte verschiedener Allele eines Genlocus während der Embryogenese wurde am Beispiel der S-NADP-MDH bei der Maus untersucht. Heterozygote Nachkommen der Kreuzung C3HxCBA wurden in verschiedenen Embryonalstadien entnommen und auf Enzymaktivität geprüft. Unberfruchtete Eier sowie präimplantative Stadien zeigen elektrophoretisch keine Aktivität. Im postimplantativen Embryo tritt erstmals am 10. Tag (228 Std nach Befruchtung) ein Elektrophoresemuster auf; die 3 Heteromere des tetrameren Isoenzyms sind in binomialer Verteilung sichtbar. 240 Std nach Befruchtung ist das erwartete 5-Bandenmuster des Heterozygoten komplett. AktivitätsMessungen zeigen einen steilen Anstieg der Enzymaktivität bei 240 Std. Diese Befunde lassen sich dahingehend interpretieren, daß die beiden untersuchten Allele relativ spät in der Embryonalentwicklung synchron ihre Syntheseaktivität aufnehmen.
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Engel, W., Wolf, U. Synchronous activation of the alleles coding for the S-form of the NADP-dependent malate dehydrogenase during mouse embryogenesis. Hum Genet 12, 162–166 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00291472
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