Abstract

The Minority Biomedical Support Program at SUNY/Old Westbury includes five subprojects: 1) Development of synthetic procedures for preparation of biologically important compounds related to cholesterol and steroid hormones. 2) Exploration of the potential of biologically active compounds from marine bryozoans and their effects on both prokaryote and eukaryote cells. 3) A study of the functional relationship between processing and secretion of procollagen in chick embryo tendon culture. The various stages of pro-collagen processing as procollagen is secreted from the cells is being determined. 4) Preparation of organic semiconducting polymers which have transition metals in alternating mixed oxidation states along the chain. This construction will serve as a paradigm for electron transfer in biological reactions. 5) A study of the rates and mechanisms of electron-transfer reactions in solution. The Minority Biomedical Support Program at Old Westbury provides undergraduate students with research experience.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)
Type
Minority Biomedical Research Support - MBRS (S06)
Project #
5S06RR008180-09
Application #
3514150
Study Section
General Research Support Program Advisory Committee (GRS)
Project Start
1980-06-01
Project End
1991-05-31
Budget Start
1988-06-01
Budget End
1989-05-31
Support Year
9
Fiscal Year
1988
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
College at Old Westbury
Department
Type
Schools of Arts and Sciences
DUNS #
City
Old Westbury
State
NY
Country
United States
Zip Code
11568

  Publications

Pryor, S C; Daly, J (1991) Temporal variation in morphological and genetic characteristics within a hybrid population of Culex pipiens (Diptera: Culicidae). J Med Entomol 28:481-6
Colon-Urban, R; Oppenheim, J D (1990) Seasonally occurring lectins from the bryozoan Bugula neritina. J Exp Zool 254:138-43
Hoyte, R M; MacLusky, N J; Hochberg, R B (1990) The synthesis and testing of E-17 alpha-(2-iodovinyl)-5 alpha-dihydrotestosterone and Z-17 alpha-(2-iodovinyl)-5 alpha-dihydrotestosterone as gamma-emitting ligands for the androgen receptor. J Steroid Biochem 36:125-32
Lamb, D J; Bullock, D W; Hoyte, R M et al. (1988) delta 9-[16 alpha-125I]iodo-19-nortestosterone: a gamma-emitting photoaffinity label for the progesterone receptor. Endocrinology 122:1923-32
Leung, M K; Stefano, G B (1987) Comparative neurobiology of opioids in invertebrates with special attention to senescent alterations. Prog Neurobiol 28:131-59
Ndubuka, C; Brown, D; Pratt, S et al. (1986) Opiates stimulate food consumption in the land snail Helix aspersa. NIDA Res Monogr 75:493-6
Mixon, B; Kuruvilla, S; Stefano, G B et al. (1986) Presence of enkephalin precursor in molluscan neural tissue extract. NIDA Res Monogr 75:255-8
Leung, M K; Folkes, G A; Ramamurthy, N S et al. (1986) Diabetes stimulates procollagen degradation in rat tendon in vitro. Biochim Biophys Acta 880:147-52
Leung, M K; Rozsa, K S; Hall, A et al. (1986) Enkephalin-like substance in aplysia nervous tissue and actions of leu-enkephalin on single neurons. Life Sci 38:1529-34
Pratt, S; Pryor, S C (1986) Dopamine- and octopamine-sensitive adenylate cyclase in the brain of adult Culex pipiens mosquitoes. Cell Mol Neurobiol 6:325-9

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