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Transport processes in and of cells are of major importance for the survival of the organism. Muscles have to be able to contract, chromosomes have to be moved to opposing ends of the cell during mitosis, and organelles, which are compartments enclosed by membranes, have to be transported along molecular tracks. Molecular motors are proteins whose main task is moving other molecules.For that purpose they transform the chemical energy released in the hydrolysis of ATP into mechanical work. The motors of the cytoskeleton belong to the three super families myosin, kinesin and dynein. Their tracks are filaments of the cytoskeleton, namely actin and the microtubuli. Here, we examine stochastic models which are used for describing the movements of these linear molecular motors. The scale of the movements comprises the regime of single steps of a motor protein up to the directed walk along a filament. A single step bridges around 10 nm, depending on the protein, and takes about 10 ms, if there is enough ATP available. Our models comprise M states or conformations the motor can attain during its movement along a one-dimensional track. At K locations along the track transitions between the states are possible. The velocity of the protein depending on the transition rates between the single states can be determined analytically. We calculate this velocity for systems of up to four states and locations and are able to derive a number of rules which are helpful in estimating the behaviour of an arbitrary given system. Beyond that we have a look at decoupled subsystems, i.e., one or a couple of states which have no connection to the remaining system. With a certain probability a motor undergoes a cycle of conformational changes, with another probability an independent other cycle. Active elements in real transport processes by molecular motors will not be limited to the transitions between the states. In distorted networks or starting from the discrete Master equation of the system, it is possible to specify horizontal rates, too, which furthermore no longer have to fulfill the conditions of detailed balance. Doing so, we obtain unique, complete paths through the respective network and rules for the dependence of the total current on all the rates of the system. Besides, we view the time evolutions for given initial distributions. In enzymatic reactions there is the idea of a main pathway these reactions follow preferably. We determine optimal paths and the maximal flow for given networks. In order to specify the dependence of the motor's velocity on its fuel ATP, we have a look at possible reaction kinetics determining the connection between unbalanced transitions rates and ATP-concentration. Depending on the type of reaction kinetics and the number of unbalanced rates, we obtain qualitatively different curves connecting the velocity to the ATP-concentration. The molecular interaction potentials the motor experiences on its way along its track are unknown. We compare different simple potentials and the effects the localization of the vertical rates in the network model has on the transport coefficients in comparison to other models.
Movements of processive cytoskeletal motors are characterized by an interplay between directed motion along filament and diffusion in the surrounding solution. In the present work, these peculiar movements are studied by modeling them as random walks on a lattice. An additional subject of our studies is the effect of motor-motor interactions on these movements. In detail, four transport phenomena are studied: (i) Random walks of single motors in compartments of various geometries, (ii) stationary concentration profiles which build up as a result of these movements in closed compartments, (iii) boundary-induced phase transitions in open tube-like compartments coupled to reservoirs of motors, and (iv) the influence of cooperative effects in motor-filament binding on the movements. All these phenomena are experimentally accessible and possible experimental realizations are discussed.
We modeled the two most extreme highstands of Lake Naivasha during the last 175 k.y. to estimate potential precipitation/ evaporation changes in this basin. In a first step, the bathymetry of the paleolakes at f135 and 9 k.y. BP was reconstructed from sediment cores and surface outcrops. Second, we modeled the paleohydrologic budget during the highstands using a simplified coupled energy mass-balance model. Our results show that the hydrologic and hence the climate conditions at f135 and 9 k.y. BP were similar, but significantly different from today. The main difference is a f15% higher value in precipitation compared to the present. An adaptation and migration of vegetation in the cause of climate changes would result in a f30% increase in precipitation. The most likely cause for such a wetter climate at f135 and 9 k.y. BP is a more intense intertropical convergence and increased precipitation in East Africa.
This work incorporates three treatises which are commonly concerned with a stochastic theory of the Lyapunov exponents. With the help of this theory universal scaling laws are investigated which appear in coupled chaotic and disordered systems. First, two continuous-time stochastic models for weakly coupled chaotic systems are introduced to study the scaling of the Lyapunov exponents with the coupling strength (coupling sensitivity of chaos). By means of the the Fokker-Planck formalism scaling relations are derived, which are confirmed by results of numerical simulations. Next, coupling sensitivity is shown to exist for coupled disordered chains, where it appears as a singular increase of the localization length. Numerical findings for coupled Anderson models are confirmed by analytic results for coupled continuous-space Schrödinger equations. The resulting scaling relation of the localization length resembles the scaling of the Lyapunov exponent of coupled chaotic systems. Finally, the statistics of the exponential growth rate of the linear oscillator with parametric noise are studied. It is shown that the distribution of the finite-time Lyapunov exponent deviates from a Gaussian one. By means of the generalized Lyapunov exponents the parameter range is determined where the non-Gaussian part of the distribution is significant and multiscaling becomes essential.
The P- and S-wave velocity structure of the D” layer beneath the southwestern Pacific was investigated by using short-period data from 12 deep events in the Tonga-Fiji region recorded by the J-Array and the Hi-net in Japan. A migration method and reflected wave beamforming (RWB) were used in order to extract weak signals originating from small-scale heterogeneities in the lowermost mantle. In order to acquire high resolution, a double array method (DAM) which integrates source array beamforming with receiver array beamforming was applied to the data. A phase-weighted stacking technique, which reduces incoherent noise by employing complex trace analysis, was also applied to the data, amplifying the weak coherent signals from the lowermost mantle. This combination greatly enhances small phases common to the source and receiver beams. The results of the RWB method indicate that seismic energy is reflected at discontinuities near 2520 km and 2650 km, which have a negative P-wave velocity contrast of 1 % at the most. In addition, there is a positive seismic discontinuity at a depth of 2800 km. In the case of the S-wave, reflected energy is produced almost at the same depth (2550 km depth). The different depth (50 km) between the P-wave velocity discontinuity at the depth of 2800 and a further S-wave velocity discontinuity at the depth of 2850 km may indicate that the S-wave velocity reduction in the lowermost mantle is about 2-3 times stronger that that of P wave. A look at a 2D cross section, constructed with the RWB method, suggests that the observed discontinuities can be characterized as intermittent lateral heterogeneities whose lateral extent is a few hundred km, and that the CMB might have undulations on a scale of less than 10 km in amplitude. The migration shows only weak evidence for the existence of scattering objects. Heterogeneous regions in the migration belong to the detected seismic discontinuities. These anomalous structures may represent a part of hot plume generated beneath the southwestern Pacific in the lowermost mantle.
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Multiple landslide clusters record quaternary climate changes in the northwestern Argentine andes
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The chronology of multiple landslide deposits and related lake sediments in the semi-arid eastern Argentine Cordillera suggests that major mass movements cluster in two time periods during the Quaternary, i.e. between 40 and 25 and after 5 14C kyr BP. These clusters may correspond to the Minchin (maximum at around 28-27 14C kyr BP) and Titicaca wet periods (after 3.9 14C kyr BP). The more humid conditions apparently caused enhanced landsliding in this environment. In contrast, no landslide-related damming and associated lake sediments occurred during the Coipasa (11.5- 10 14C yr BP) and Tauca wet periods (14.5-11 14C yr BP). The two clusters at 40-25 and after 5 14C kyr BP may correspond to periods where the El Niño-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) and Tropical Atlantic Sea Surface Temperature Variability (TAV) were active. This, however, was not the case during the Coipasa and Tauca wet periods. Lake-balance modelling of a landslide-dammed lake suggests a 10-15% increase in precipitation and a 3-4 ° C decrease in temperature at ~30 14C kyr BP as compared to the present. In addition, time-series analysis reveals a strong ENSO and TAV during that time. The landslide clusters in northwestern Argentina are therefore best explained by periods of more humid and more variable climates.
Variations in the temporal and spatial distribution of solar radiation caused by orbital changes provide a partial explanation for the observed long-term fluctuations in African lake levels. The understanding of such relationships is essential for designing climate-prediction models for the tropics. Our assessment of the nature and timing of East African climate change is based on lake-level fluctuations of Lake Naivasha in the Central Kenya Rift (0°55'S 36°20'E), inferred from sediment characteristics, diatoms, authigenic mineral assemblages and 17 single-crystal 40Ar/39Ar age determinations. Assuming that these fluctuations reflect climate changes, the Lake Naivasha record demonstrates that periods of increased humidity in East Africa mainly followed maximum equatorial solar radiation in March or September. Interestingly, the most dramatic change in the Naivasha Basin occurred as early as 146 kyr BP and the highest lake level was recorded at about 139 to 133 kyr BP. This is consistent with other well-dated low-latitude climate records, but does not correspond to peaks in Northern Hemisphere summer insolation as the trigger for the ice- age cycles. The Naivasha record therefore provides evidence for low-latitude forcing of the ice-age climate cycles.
Present erosion and sediment flux in the semi-arid intramontane Santa Maria Basin, NW Argentina are compared with conditions during a period of wetter and more variable climate at about 30,000 14C yrs ago. The results suggest that the influence of climate change on the overall erosional sediment budget is significant, mainly because of a change in the erosion regime coupled with an increase in mass movements. The most effective mechanism to increase landslide activity in this environment is a highly variable climate on inter-annual timescales. In contrast, Quaternary changes in erosional budgets due to variations in moisture regimes is small in the Santa Maria Basin. Since the magnitude of a potential increase in background erosion as well as enhanced landsliding is smaller than typical levels of uncertainty of erosional budgets for such large basins, it is not likely that climate-driven erosional unloading can influence tectonic style and rates in this semi-arid environment on time scales of several 103 to 104 years.
Western Anatolia that represents the eastward lateral continuation of the Aegean domain is composed of several tectono-metamorphic units showing occurrences of high-pressure/low-temperature (HP-LT) rocks. While some of these metamorphic rocks are vestiges of the Pan-African or Cimmerian orogenies, others are the result of the more recent Alpine orogenesis. In southwest Turkey, the Menderes Massif occupies an extensive area tectonically overlain by nappe units of the Izmir-Ankara Suture Zone in the north, the Afyon Zone in the east, and the Lycian Nappes in the south. In the present study, investigations in the metasediments of the Lycian Nappes and underlying southern Menderes Massif revealed widespread occurrences of Fe-Mg-carpholite-bearing rocks. This discovery leads to the very first consideration that both nappe complexes recorded HP-LT metamorphic conditions during the Alpine orogenesis. P-T conditions for the HP metamorphic peak are about 10-12 kbar/400°C in the Lycian Nappes, and 12-14 kbar/470-500°C in the southern Menderes Massif, documenting a burial of at least 30 km during subduction and nappe stacking. Ductile deformation analysis in concert with multi-equilibrium thermobarometric calculations reveals that metasediments from the Lycian Nappes recorded distinct exhumation patterns after a common HP metamorphic peak. The rocks located far from the contact separating the Lycian Nappes and the Menderes Massif, where HP parageneses are well preserved, retained a single HP cooling path associated with top-to-the-NNE shearing related to the Akçakaya shear zone. This zone of strain localization is an intra-nappe contact that was active in the early stages of exhumation of HP rocks, within the stability field of Fe-Mg-carpholite. The rocks located close to the contact with the Menderes Massif, where HP parageneses are completely retrogressed into chlorite and mica, recorded warmer exhumation paths associated with top-to-the-E intense shearing. This deformation occurred after the southward emplacement of Lycian Nappes, and is contemporaneous with the reactivation of the ’Lycian Nappes-Menderes Massif′ contact as a major shear zone (the Gerit shear zone) that allowed late exhumation of HP parageneses under warmer conditions. The HP rocks from the southern Menderes Massif recorded a simple isothermal decompression at about 450°C during exhumation, and deformation during HP event and its exhumation is characterized by a severe N-S to NE-SW stretching. The age of the HP metamorphism recorded in the Lycian Nappes is assumed to range between the Latest Cretaceous (age of the youngest sediments in the Lycian allochthonous unit) and the Eocene (age of the Cycladic Blueschists). A probable Palaeocene age is suggested. The age of the HP metamorphism that affected the cover series of the Menderes Massif is constrained between the Middle Palaeocene (age of the uppermost metaolistostrome of the Menderes ’cover′) and the Middle Eocene (age of the HP metamorphism in the Dilek-Selçuk region that belongs to the Cycladic Complex). Apatite fission track data for the rocks on both sides of the ’Lycian Nappes/Menderes Massif’ contact suggest that these rocks were very close to the paleo-Earth surface in the Late Oligocene-Early Miocene time. This study in the Lycian Nappes and in the Menderes Massif establishes the existence of an extensive Alpine HP metamorphic belt in southwest Turkey. HP rocks were involved in the accretionary complex related to northward-verging subduction of the Neo-Tethys Ocean, Late Cretaceous obduction and subsequent Early Tertiary continental collision of the passive margin (Anatolide-Tauride block) beneath the active margin of the northern plate (Sakarya micro-continent). During the Eocene, the accretionary complex was made of three stacked HP units. The lowermost corresponds to the imbricated ’core′ and HP ’cover′ of the Menderes Massif, the intermediate one consists of the Cycladic Blueschist Complex (Dilek-Selçuk unit), and the uppermost unit is made of the HP Lycian Nappes. Whereas the basement units of both Aegean and Anatolian regions underwent a different pre-Mesozoic tectonic history, they were probably juxtaposed by the end of the Paleozoic and underwent a common Mesozoic history. Then, the basements and their cover, as well as the Cycladic Blueschists and the Lycian Nappes were involved in similar evolutional accretionary complexes during the Eocene and Oligocene times.
Der vorliegende Band dokumentiert die Ergebnisse der 44. Jahrestagung der Gesellschaft für Geistesgeschichte, die unter dem Thema "Der Orient im Okzident - Sichtweisen und Beeinflussungen" im Herbst 2002 in Potsdam stattfand. Im Mittelpunkt standen Erörterungen, die den Wegen des Nehmens und Gebens zwischen den Völkern und Kulturen nachgingen, die den Ursachen und Wirkungen dieses Austausches folgten und bekannt machten mit den jeweiligen Bildern des Anderen, den Denk- und Rezeptionsweisen sowie den wechselseitigen Einflüssen auf den jeweiligen Kulturkreis. Die Beiträge beschäftigen sich sowohl mit historischen und politischen als auch theologischen, literaturwissenschaftlichen und pädagogischen Fragestellungen und reflektieren den neuesten Forschungsstand. Autoren: Yehuda Bauer, Walter Beltz, Claus-Peter Haase, Hans J. Hillerbrand, Karl-Heinz Kohl, Stefan Leder, Reinhard Leuze, Mordechay Lewy, Ernst Piper, Julius H. Schoeps, Johannes Twardella, Udo Tworuschka
This study investigated the slope carbonates of two Miocene carbonate systems: the Maltese Islands (in the Central Mediterranean) and the Marion Plateau (Northeastern Australia, drilled during ODP Leg 194). The aim of the study was to trace the impact of the Miocene cooling steps (events Mi1-Mi6) in these carbonate systems, especially the Mi3 event, which took place around 13.6 Ma and deeply impacted the marine oxygen isotope record. This event also profoundly impacted oceanographic and climatic patterns, eventually leading to the establishment of the modern ice-house world. In particular, East Antarctica became ice covered at that period. The rational behind the present study was to investigate the impact that this event had on shallow water systems in order to complement the deep-sea record and hence acquire a more global perspective on Miocene climate change. The Maltese Islands were investigated for trends in bulk-rock carbon and oxygen isotopes, as well as bulk-rock mineralogy, clay minerals analysis and organic geochemisty. Results showed that the mid Miocene cooling event deeply impacted sedimentation at that location by changing sedimentation from carbonate to clay-rich sediments. Moreover, it was discovered that each phase of Antarctic glaciation, not just the major mid Miocene event, resulted in higher terrigenous input on Malta. Mass accumulation rates revealed that this was linked to increased runoff during periods when Antarctica was glaciated, and thus that the carbonate sediments were “diluted” by clay-rich sediments. The model subsequently developed to explain this implies feedback from Antarctic glaciations creating cold, dense air masses that push the ITCZ Northward, thus increasing precipitation on the North African subcontinent. Increased precipitation (or stronger African monsoon) accelerated continental weathering and runoff, thus bringing more terrigenous sediment to the paleo-location of the slope sediments of Malta. Spectral analysis of carbonate content and organic matter geochemical analysis furthermore suggest that the clay-rich intervals are similar to sapropelic deposits. On the Marion Plateau, trends in oxygen and carbon isotopes were obtained by measuring Cibicidoides spp foraminifers. Moreover, carbonate content was reconstructed using a chemical method (coulometer). Results show that the mid Miocene cooling step profoundly affected this system: a major drop in accumulation rates of carbonates occurs precisely at 13.8 Ma, around the time of the East Antarctic ice sheet formation. Moreover, sedimentation changes occurred at that time, carbonate fragments coming from neritic environments becoming less abundant, planktonic foraminifer content increasing and quartz and reworked glauconite being deposited. Conversely, a surprising result is that the major N12-N14 sea-level fall occurring around 11.5 Ma did not impact the accumulation of carbonates on the slope. This was unexpected since carbonate platform are very sensitive to sea-level changes. The model developed to explain that mass accumulation rates of carbonates diminished around 13.6 Ma (Mi3 Event) instead of 11.5 Ma (N12-N14 event), suggests that oceanic currents were controlling slope carbonate deposition on the Marion Plateau prior to the mid-Miocene, and that the mid Miocene event considerably increase their strength, hence reducing the amount of carbonate being deposited on slope sites. Moreover, by combining results from deep-sea oxygen isotopes with sea-level estimates based on coastal onlaps made during Leg 194, we constrain the amplitude of the N12-N14 sea-level fall to 90 meters. When integrating isotopic results from this study, this amplitude is lowered to 70 meters. A general conclusion of this work is that the mid Miocene climatic shift did impact carbonate systems, at least at the two locations studied. However, the nature of this response was highly dependant on the regional settings, in particular the presence of land mass (Malta) and the absence of a barrier to shelter from the effects of open ocean (Marion Plateau).
The carbon-rich WC5 star WR 114 was not detected during a 15.9 ksec XMM-Newton observation, implying an upper limit to the X-ray luminosity of Lx < 2.5 x 1030 ergs-1 and to the X-ray to bolometric luminosity ratio of Lx/Lbol < 4 x 10-9. This confirms indications from earlier less sensitive measurements that there has been no convincing X-ray detection of any single WC star. This lack of detections is reinforced by XMM-Newton and CHANDRA observations of WC stars. Thus the conclusion has to be drawn that the stars with radiatively-driven stellar winds of this particular class are insignificant X-ray sources. We attribute this to photoelectronic absorption by the stellar wind. The high opacity of the metal-rich and dense winds from WC stars puts the radius of optical depth unity at hundreds or thousands of stellar radii for much of the X-ray band. We believe that the essential absence of hot plasma so far out in the wind exacerbated by the large distances and correspondingly high ISM column densities makes the WC stars too faint to be detectable with current technology. The result also applies to many WC stars in binary systems, of which only about 20 % are identified X-ray sources, presumably due to colliding winds.
We present XMM-Newton results for the X-ray spectrum from the N-rich Wolf-Rayet (WR) star WR 1. The EPIC instrument was used to obtain a medium-resolution spectrum. The following features characterize this spectrum: (a) significant emission "bumps" appear that are coincident with the wavelengths of typical strong lines, such as Mg XI, Si XIII and S XV; (b) little emission is detected above 4 keV, in contrast to recent reports of a hard component in the stars WR 6 and WR 110 which are of similar subtype; and (c) evidence for sulfur K-edge absorption at about 2.6 keV, which could only arise from absorption of X-rays by the ambient stellar wind. The lack of hard emission in our dataset is suggestive that WR 1 may truly be a single star, thus representing the first detailed X-ray spectrum that isolates the WR wind alone (in contrast to colliding wind zones). Although the properties of the S-edge are not well-constrained by our data, it does appear to be real, and its detection indicates that at least some of the hot gas in WR 1 must reside interior to the radius of optical depth unity for the total absorptive opacity at the energy of the edge.
We discuss the connection between wind overloading and discrete absorption components in P Cygni line profiles from O stars. Overloading can create horizontal plateaus in the radial wind speed that cause the extra absorption in the line profile. The upstream propagation speed of these velocity plateaus is analyzed. The second part of the paper deals with X-ray emission from O stars. X-ray line profiles observed with Chandra and XMM are often symmetric, contrary to what is expected for lines from a homogeneous wind. We discuss the influence on line symmetry of photon escape channels in a strongly clumped wind.
We discuss X-ray line formation in dense O star winds. A random distribution of wind shocks is assumed to emit X-rays that are partially absorbed by cooler wind gas. The cool gas resides in highly compressed fragments oriented perpendicular to the radial flow direction. For fully opaque fragments, we find that the blueshifted part of X-ray line profiles remains flat-topped even after severe wind attenuation, whereas the red part shows a steep decline. These box- type, blueshifted profiles resemble recent Chandra observations of the O3 star zeta Pup. For partially transparent fragments, the emission lines become similar to those from a homogeneous wind.
Jahresbericht 2002
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Inhalt 1. Allgemeiner Überblick 2. Leitung und Mitarbeiter 3. Aktivitäten im Berichtszeitraum 3.1 Forschungsvorhaben 3.2 Tagungen 3.3 Lehrveranstaltungen 3.4 Vorträge 3.5 Publikationen - Neuerscheinungen 2002 3.6 Bibliothek 3.7 Chronologie der Aktivitäten 4. Förderverein 5. Abstract: Annual Report 2002 6. Anhang 6.1 Bisherige Tagungen 6.2 Schriften des MenschenRechtsZentrums
Die heutige optische Informationsverarbeitung erfordert neue Materialien, die Licht effektiv verarbeiten, steuern und speichern können. Photorefraktive (PR) Materialien sind dafür sehr interessant. In diesen Materialien entsteht bei inhomogener Beleuchtung (z.B. mit einem Intererenzmuster) über Ladungsträgergenerierung und Einfang der Ladungsträger in Fallen ein Raumladungsfeld. Dieses wird über den elektrooptischen Effekt in eine räumliche Modulation des Brechungsindex umgesetzt. Letztendlich führt somit die inhomogene Beleuchtung eines PR-Materials zu einer räumlich variierenden Änderung des Brechungsindex. Vor ca. 10 Jahren wurde entdeckt, dass auch Polymere einen PR-Effekt aufweisen können. Die Ansprechzeit dieser Materialien wird dabei wesentlich durch die Dynamik der Ladungsträger (bestimmt durch Erzeugung, Transport, Einfang in Fallen etc.) begrenzt. Bis zu Beginn dieser Arbeit war es noch nicht gelungen, einen quantitativen Zusammenhang zwischen der Ladungsträgerdynamik und der Ansprechzeit des PR-Effekts experimentell nachzuweisen. In dieser Arbeit wird ein Weg aufgezeigt, durch photophysikalische Experimente unter verschiedenen Beleuchtungsbedingungen alle photophysikalischen Größen experimentell zu bestimmen, die den Aufbau des Raumladungsfelds in organischen photorefraktiven Materialien bestimmen. So konnte durch Experimente unter Beleuchtung mit kurzen Einzelpulsen sowohl die Beweglichkeit der freien Ladungsträger als auch die charakteristischen Parameter flacher Fallen ermittelt werden. Zur Bestimmung der Dichte tiefer Fallen wurde die Intensitätsabhängigkeit des stationären Photostroms untersucht. Durch die analytische Lösung des bestimmenden Gleichungssystems konnte gezeigt werden, dass die Sublinearität der Intensitätsabhängigkeit des Photostroms primär mit dem Verhältnis zwischen Entleerungs- und Einfangkoeffizienten tiefer Fallen korreliert. Zur unabhängigen Bestimmung des Entleerungskoeffizienten der tiefen Fallen wurden Doppelpulsexperimente mit variabler Verzögerungszeit zwischen den Pulsen verwendet. Mit den erhaltenen Parametern konnte dann das untere Limit der zum Aufbau des Raumladungsfelds notwendigen Zeit abgeschätzt werden. Diese Werte wurden mit den gemessenen photorefraktiven Ansprechzeiten verglichen. Es zeigt sich, dass weder die Photogeneration noch der Transport der Ladungsträger die Geschwindigkeit des Aufbaus des Raumladungsfeldes limitiert. Stattdessen konnte erstmals quantitativ nachgewiesen werden, dass die Dynamik des Raumladungsfelds in den hier untersuchten PR-Materialien durch das Füllen tiefer Fallen mit photogenerierten Ladungsträgern bestimmt wird. Dabei spielt das Verhältnis zwischen dem Einfang- und dem Rekombinationskoeffizienten eine wesentliche Rolle. Weiterhin wurde die Dynamik des Aufbaus des Raumladungsfelds bei unterschiedlichen Vorbeleuchtungsbedingungen quantitativ simuliert und mit den experimentellen PR-Transienten verglichen. Die gute Übereinstimmung zwischen den simulierten und gemessenen Transienten erlaubte es abschließend, die kritischen Parameter, die die Dynamik des PR-Effekts in den untersuchten Polymeren begrenzen, zu identifizieren.
CTLA-4 gene constructs were designed to express CTLA-4 exclusively in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER). Four different CTLA-4 gene constructs were transfected into HEK 293 (human embryonic kidney) and A20 (Balb/c mouse B lymphoma) cells. All constructs contained an ER retention signal and coded for CTLA-4 expression in the ER. One of the constructs, which contained the membrane part of CTLA-4, coded for an expression both on the cell surface and in the ER. Three of the expressed CTLA-4 types (including the ER-membrane-expressed form) caused a reduced surface expression of B7 in the A20 cells. Only constructs which allow dimerization of CTLA-4 showed this effect. It is assumed that intracellular CTLA-4 bound B7 and inhibited therefore the transport of B7 to the surface. The binding obviously caused also an enhanced degradation of the complexes because both proteins showed a low concentration in the transfected cell lines. CTLA-4-transfected and B7-reduced A20 cells showed a diminished costimulating activity upon T cells. This was demonstrated by a reduced proliferation of T cells from ovalbumin-immunized Balb/c mice, incubated with ovalbumin peptide-primed CTLA-4-transfected A20 cells.