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The effects of amino acid medium (AA medium) on the dissociation of rice callus tissues were examined in suspension-cultured cells, because a finely dispersed cell suspension had been obtained previously from rice callus tissues in this medium. The level of extracellular polysaccharides formed in cultured AA medium was much higher than that of those formed in cultured B5 medium. The polysaccharides were mainly composed of higher levels of arabinose, xylose, and galactose, suggesting the solubilization of arabinoxylan and (arabino)galactan. Nevertheless, wall polysaccharides in cells cultured in AA medium contained the same levels of arabinosyl-, xylosel-, and galactosyl-linkages as those in B5 medium. Based on amino acid analysis, rice cells in AA medium incorporated the amino acids in 3 days and formed ornithine and urea during the early stages of cultivation, and secreted urea into the culture medium. Transfer of rice tissue cultured in AA medium to B5 medium composed of inorganic nitrogen source caused...

A copper phthalocyanine 1 thin film and photoimage were formed on a polyester film by irradiation of an aqueous dispersion containing a surfactant with an azobenzene group 2a, dispersed 1, hydroquinone 3 and 0.1 M HCl. A spectroscopic study showed that the photochemical reduction of 2a with 3 leads to the deposition of 1.

Two isoforms of starch branching enzyme (Q-enzyme), QEI and QEII, have been purified to honlogeneity from developing rice endosperm. QEI and QEII, with molecular weights of about 80 and 85 kDa, respectively, could be fully separated by anion-exchange or hydrophobic chromatography. The peptide maps obtained after V8 proteinase digestion were quite different between the two enzymes. Antibodies prepared against QEI showed no immunological cross-reaction with the QEII protein in Western blot experiments, and anti-QEII serum did not react with the QEI protein. The data indicate that QEI and QEII are distinct proteins encoded by different genes in rice plants.

The formation of a copper phthalocyanine (1) thin film was carried out using a trifluoroacetic acid (2)/dichloromethane mixed solution containing protonated copper phthalocyanines. A blue film was formed on the cathodic plate with short time deposition by electrophoretic deposition using this solution. Scanning electron micrographs showed that this film is composed of fibrous crystallites.

A copper phthalocyanine 1 thin film and photoimage were formed on a polyester film by irradiation of an aqueous dispersion containing a surfactant with an azobenzene group 2a, dispersed 1, hydroquinone 3 and 0.1 M HCl. A spectroscopic study showed that the photochemical reduction of 2a with 3 leads to the deposition of 1.