The alga Chara has very large cells fro
hich the cytopl
may be
At Oak Ridge Nati bnal
Squeezed out, free of cell wall and cell Sap.
Laboratory, it has been found that this preparation when placed
atmosphere of Carbon 1k synthesized carbohydrate.
Thus essenti
no an’
ly
a
cell
free medium is capable of carrying out photosynthesis,
Effect of Thermal Neutrons on Seeds, (UNCLASSIFIED)
The nulber of.
mutations produced in barley seeds by doses of X rays and thermal. neutrons
has been compared with the amount of damage indicated by growth Inhibition.
At Brockhaven Nat Lonal
and the amount of visible chromosomal damage.
Laboratcry, it was founa that the mutation frequency was closely correlated
with
the chromosomal danage but not correlated with growth inhib Ltion,.
This means that with thermal neutrons many more mutations will 1De Dp roduced
for a given degree of injury than for * rays,
and thus thermal n PULLTONS
give great promise as a tool for genetic study.
Use_of Phosphorus
aM Sickle Cell Anemia.
(UNCLASSIFIED)
o
cell anemia, a Serious blood disorder in which red blood cells as
abnormal sickle shape, a
ects approximately one in 500 negro
n~
chic
Under a project with the Howard University, a study is being mad
of bleed
e both as a means of increasing an un erstanding informnablion concerning proteir synthes
nhospheruc transfer in the bicod.
.
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use of >
shosphoruc
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