玉米醇溶贮藏蛋白基因启动子PCR扩增及其驱动GUS基因在转基因烟…

以玉米黄化苗为材料,利用ＰＣＲ技术扩增了玉米１９ｋＤａ醇溶贮藏蛋白基因（ｚｅｉｎ）起始密码子上游启动子片段,序列分析结果表明,克隆的－１￣－６９４片段具有１９ｋＤａ Ｚｅｉｎ启动子特点,与同一家族中其它基因的对应区段同源性达９０％以上。将启动子插入ｐＰＫＧＴ的ＧＵＳ基因及ＮＯＳ终止子上游构成表达载体。经农杆菌转化烟草,得到了转化植株。转化的烟草的ＰＣＲ扩增及Ｓｏｕｔｈｅｒｎ杂交证明目的片段已整合到     

抗旱基因HDCS1的植物表达载体构建

在克隆了二棱大麦第３组ＬＥＡｃＤＮＡ,抗旱基因ＨＤＣＳ１的基因上,将其连接于ｐＢ１１２１的ＣａＭＶ３５Ｓ启动子和ＮＯＳ终止子之间,,构建了ＨＤＣＳ１的植物表达载体ｐＢＨＣ,并进行了ＰＣＲ和酶切鉴定,为进行植物抗旱基因工程研究创造了条件。     

绿色荧光蛋白基因在青蒿转基因芽中的表达

将改良的绿色荧光蛋白（ＧＦＰ）基因,插入到植物表达载体中,构建双ＣａＭＶ３５Ｓ启动子驱动下的植物表达载体ｐＢＩＧＦＰ,在Ｋａｍ浓度为２０ｍｇ／Ｌ的筛选培养基上,用含有ｐＢＩＦＰ质粒的根癌农杆菌ＬＢＡ４４０４感染青蒿叶片,获得５个抗Ｋａｎ阳性丛生芽系。Ｓｏｕｔｈｅｒｎ ｂｌｏｔｔｉｎｇ分析表明,外源ＧＦＰ基因已整合到青蒿转基因芽Ｇ－１系的基因组中。在ＯＬＹＭＰＵＳ－ＢＨ２型荧光显微镜下,观察到转基因     

Epstein—Barr病毒膜抗原在中国仓鼠卵巢（CHO）细胞中的表达

将切去３＇端穿膜序列的ＥＢ病毒膜抗原（ＭＡ）基因,插入ｐＳＶ２－ｄｈｆｒ质粒的ＳＶ４０早期启动子下游,构建了真核表达载体ｐＳＶ２－ｄｈｆｒＧＰＴＲ,使两个ＳＶ４０早期启动子分别调控ＭＡ和二氢叶酸还原酶（ｄｈｆｒ）基因。将该重组质粒转化ＣＨＯ－ｄｈｆｒ细胞。在选择培养基中筛选阳性克隆,用氨甲喋呤加压扩增,建立了表达ＥＢＶ－ＭＡ的克隆细胞系。Ｗｅｓｔｅｒｎ ｂｏｌｔ分析证明,所表达的蛋白的分子量大约为     

猪生长激素基因在杆状病毒载体系统中的表达

通过对猪生长激素（ｐＧＨ）基因的ｃＤＮＡ进行测序,得到ｐＧＨｃＤＮＡ的全序列,并与Ｓｅｅｂｕｒｇ等报道的序列进行了比较和讨论。然后利用具人工合成启动子和多角体蛋白ＸＩＶ启动子的转移载体质粒ｐＳＸＩＶＶＩ＾＋Ｘ３／４构建出含ｐＧＨ基因的重组质粒ｐＸ３／４－ｐＧＨ。将ｐＸ３／４－ｐＧＨ与致死缺失型线性化ＡｃＭＮＰＶ－ＯＣＣ＾－ＤＮＡ共转染Ｓｆ９细胞,构建出既能形成多角体又能表达ｐＧＨ基因的苜蓿丫纹夜蛾     

利用脊髓灰质炎病毒5‘NCR和RNA聚合酶基因可提高外源基因表达

将含脊髓灰质炎病毒（ＰＶ）ＲＮＡ聚合酶的不同长度基因片段克隆到载体ｐＳＧ５质粒上,分别构建了４个表达ＲＮＡ聚合酶的质粒。体外转录实验证明,ｐＳＧ５－ＰＯＬ１．９９和ｐＳＧ５－ＰＯＬ２．０３质粒转染细胞的提取物促进了特异的ＲＮＡ转录,表明两质闰可表达ＲＮＡ聚合酶。将ＰＶ的５’ＮＣＲ序列插在载体ｐＧＲＥＥＮ ＬＡＮＴＥＲＮ－１的ＣＭＶ启动子下游,构建了ｐＧＲＥＥＮ ＬＡＮＴＥＲＮ－１－５’ＮＣＲ质粒;     

转译优化对EPO基因在COS7细胞中表达的影响

利用ＣＯＳ７细胞暂时表达系统,研究转译起始序列对ＥＰＯ－ｃＤＮＡ表达的影响。通过ＤＮＡ重组技术,构建了原ＥＰＯ－ｃＤＮＡ表达载体ｐＣＳＶ－ＥＰＯ（１）,其转译起始序列为５＇ＡＡＴＴＣＡＴＧＧ３＇。同时通过定点突变技术,将起始序列改变成５＇ＣＣＡＣＣＡＴＧＧ３＇,而构建了另一表达载体ＰＣＳＶ－ＥＰＯ（２）。后经序列分析证明无误后和前均通过ＤＥＡＥ－ｄｅｘｔｒａｎ法转染ＣＯＳ７细胞上清,测定结果为     

一种强启动子的分离与功能

以棉花曲叶病毒（ＣＬＣｕＶ）侵染的番茄叶片组织总ＤＮＡ为模板,通过ＰＣＲ反应扩增ＣＬＣｕＶ双向启动子片段并插入克隆载体。序列分析和同源性比较表明,克隆的启动子长４３６ｂｐ,与目前发现的４类ＣＬＣｕＶ分离物的启动子序列的同源性最高为９９．３２％。将启动子片段分别以不同方向与ｇｕｓ报告基因和ｎｏｓ终止子融合,构建了瞬时表达载体。通过基因枪法将质粒载体导入烟草（Ｎｉｃｏｔｉａｎａ ｔａｂａｃｕｍ Ｌ．）     

含人IL—2基因的真核表达质粒的构建及其在真核细胞…

本工作用ＰＣＲ由人的外周血单个核细胞ｃＤＮＡ中获取了带有信号肽的ＩＬ－２全ｃＤＮＡ克隆,并构建了不同的表达质粒：带有ＳＶ４０启动子的以质粒为载体的ｐＳＶＫ３－ＩＬ２和以逆转录病毒为载体的ｐＬＮ－ＩＬ２系列?ｐＬＮＣＩＬ２,ｐＬＮＳＩＬ２,ｐＬＩＬ２ＳＮ,它们分别带有ＣＭＶ、ＳＶ４０和ＬＴＲ启动子。用ＤＥＡＥ－Ｄｅｘｔｒａｎ法、ＳＡ－脂质体法和电穿孔等方法分别将这些ＩＬ－２表达质粒转染入ＣＯＳ－７及     

促红细胞生成素基因表达载体的构建及其在CHO细胞中表达的研究

用从基因文库中所克隆的促红细胞生成素（ＥＰＯ）基因组基因,构建了３种由不同启动子调控的表达载体——ｐＯＰ１３／ＥＰＯ,ｐＲＳＶ／ＥＰＯ,ｐＣＭＶ／ＥＰＯ,在这３个表达载体的构建过程中对基因的转录起始效率、内含子的剪接、５′非翻译区和３′非翻译区对基因表达的影响等因素都加以考虑．用脂质体转染法分别将上述３个载体导入ＣＨＯ细胞,经瞬时表达,用ＥＬＩＳＡ方法检测,表达量分别为１９０ｍＩＵ／ｍｌ、１６０ｍＩＵ／ｍｌ、４４７ｍＩＵ／ｍｌ．用表达载体ｐＯＰ１３／ＥＰＯ转染ＣＨＯ－Ｋ１２细胞,在４００μｇ／ｍｌ的Ｇ４１８浓度下筛选稳定表达细胞克隆,获得了表达量约为１６０ＩＵ／１０６细胞（４８ｈ）的Ｃ１０细胞株．表达产物经Ｗｅｓｔｅｒｎｂｌｏｔ检测发现了ＥＰＯ阳性条带．用ＴＦ－１细胞对ＥＰＯ进行了生物活性检测,初步证实所表达的ＥＰＯ有生物活性．     

A Unique Protease Cleavage Site Predicted in the Spike Protein of the Novel Pneumonia Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Potentially Related to Viral Transmissibility

正Dear Editor,In December 2019, a novel human coronavirus caused an epidemic of severe pneumonia(Coronavirus Disease 2019,COVID-19) in Wuhan, Hubei, China(Wu et al. 2020; Zhu et al. 2020). So far, this virus has spread to all areas of China and even to other countries. The epidemic has caused 67,102 confirmed infections with 1526 fatal cases     

Curcuminoids as inhibitors of thioredoxin reductase: A receptor based pharmacophore study with distance mapping of the active site

Curcumin is the yellow pigment of turmeric that interacts irreversibly forming an adduct with thioredoxin reductase (TrxR), an enzyme responsible for redox control of cell and defence against oxidative stress. Docking at both the active sites of TrxR was performed to compare the potency of three naturally occurring curcuminoids, namely curcumin, demethoxy curcumin and bis-demethoxy curcumin. Results show that active sites of TrxR occur at the junction of E and F chains. Volume and area of both cavities is predicted. It has been concluded by distance mapping of the most active conformations that Se atom of catalytic residue SeCYS498, is at a distance of 3.56 from C13 of demethoxy curcumin at the E chain active site, whereas C13 carbon atom forms adduct with Se atom of SeCys 498. We report that at least one methoxy group in curcuminoids is necessary for interation with catalytic residues of thioredoxin. Pharmacophore of both active sites of the TrxR receptor for curcumin and demethoxy curcumin molecules has been drawn and proposed for design and synthesis of most probable potent antiproliferative synthetic drugs.     

Comparative morphology of the carpel in the Liliaceae: Hewardieae, Petrosavieae, and Tricyrteae

The young pistils in the melanthioid tribes, Hewardieae, Petrosavieae and Tricyrteae, are uniformly tricarpellate and syncarpous. They lack raphide idioblasts. All are multiovulate, with bitegmic ovules. The Petrosavieae are marked by the presence of septal glands and incomplete syncarpy. Tepals and stamens adhere to the ovary in the Hewardieae and the Petrosavieae but not in the Tricyrteae. Two vascular bundles occur in the stamens of the Hewartlieae and Tricyrtis latifolia. Ventral bundles in the upper part of the ovary of the Hewardieae are continuous with compound septal bundles and placental bundles in the lower part. Putative ventral bundles occur in the alternate position in the Tricyrteae and putative placental bundles in the opposite. position in the Petrosavieae. The dichtomously branched stigma in each carpel of the Tricyrteae is supplied by a bifurcated dorsal bundle.     

Selection with two alleles and complete dominance

For a plant selection model with frequency-independent viabilities, fertilities and selfing rates, it is shown that apart from global fixation, for certain parameter combinations a protected polymorphism and facultative fixation (either allele may become fixed according to initial frequencies) may both occur. Facultative fixation requires different selling rates for the dominant and recessive type. Protection of the polymorphism requires resource allocation for male and female function. In this connection the problem of purely genetically caused population extinction is discussed.
For general frequency dependence and regular segregation, the chances for establishment of a completely recessive gene are compared to those of a completely dominant gene. It is proven that the process of establishment of the recessive gene, despite a fitness advantage, may be considerably endangered by drift effects if random mating prevails. The recessive gene may reach the same effectivity in establishment as a dominant gene, only if the recessive homozygote mates exclusively with its own type during the period of establishment.     

Composition and diversity of bird communities in Swedish farmland–forest mosaic landscapes

CapsuleThe amount of forest (at local and landscape scales) and occurrence of residual habitats at the local scale are shown to be the major factors influencing bird community composition in farmland–forest landscapes in central Sweden.

Aims To investigate the importance of local habitat and landscape structure for breeding birds in farmland–forest landscapes in central Sweden.

Methods Breeding birds were censused at 292 points. A detailed habitat mapping was made within 300 m of the points. Within a 300–600 m radius only two major habitats (forests and arable fields) were identified.

Results Cluster analyses of bird communities identified three site types that also differed in habitat composition: (i) partially forested sites in forested landscapes; (ii) heterogeneous sites with residual habitats in mosaic landscapes; and (iii) field-dominated farmland sites in open landscapes. A total of 19 of 25 farmland bird species (restricted to farmland or using both farmland and forest) had the highest abundance in farmland sites with mosaics of forest and farmland, while only six farmland species had the highest abundance in field-dominated sites. The bird community changed from being dominated by farmland species to being dominated by forest species (common in forest landscapes without farmland) at small proportions (10–20%) of forest at the local scale. A major difference in habitat composition between heterogeneous and field-dominated sites was the occurrence of different residual habitats (e.g. shrubby areas and seminatural grasslands). These habitats seemed to influence bird community composition more than land-use, despite covering <10% of the area. Seminatural grasslands were important for bird community composition and species-richness, but grazing seemed to be less important. Among different land-use types, cereal crops were the least preferred fields. Set-asides with tall vegetation and short rotation coppices were positively associated with species-richness of farmland birds.

Conclusion In general, the composition of the landscape was important for bird community composition, although amount and distribution of forests, occurrence of residual habitats and land-use of fields at the local scale had the strongest influence on bird community composition. The possible implications of these patterns for managing farmland–forest landscapes are discussed.     

Chemical constituents from the fruits of Rhus typhina L. and their chemotaxonomic significance

This work describes the isolation and characterization of twenty-nine compounds from the fruits of Rhus typhina L., including eleven flavonoids (1–11), eleven phenols (12–22), two pentacyclic triterpenes (23–24), two organic acids (25–26), one lumichrome (27), one courmarin (28) and one pyrimidine (29) on the basis of their spectroscopic data. Compounds apigenin (1), daidzein (4), orobol (5), 3′, 5, 5′, 7-tetrahydroxyflavanone (6), naringenin (7), butein (8), (-)-catechin (9), quercetin-3-O-α-L-(3″-O-galloyl)-rhamnoside (11), 2-hydroxybenzoic acid (13), 4-hydroxybenzaldehyde (14), vanillin (15), methyl 3,4-dihydroxybenzoate (16), 3,5-dihydroxybenzamide (18), tyrosol (19), caffeic acid (20), 3-(2,4,6-trihydroxyphenyl)-1-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-propan-1-one (21), phlorizin (22), friedelin (23), oleanolic acid (24), 4,4-dimethyl-heptanedioic acid (25), anthranilic acid (26), lumichrome (27), scoparone (28) and uracil (29) have not been recorded before in this plant. This is the first report on the occurrence of compounds 4–7, 9, 11, 13–14, 16, 18–21, 25–29 from the genus Rhus. Moreover, the chemotaxonomic significance of these isolated compounds was also summarized.