农杆菌介导的刺芹侧耳遗传转化体系的建立

以刺芹侧耳菌丝球为受体,潮霉素（Hyg）为筛选标记,应用农杆菌介导法对刺芹侧耳菌丝进行了遗传转化研究。潮霉素敏感性测试结果表明,刺芹侧耳Hyg耐受浓度为50mg/L。农杆菌介导的刺芹侧耳菌丝最佳遗传转化体系为：菌液浓度OD₆₀₀=0.6-0.7,侵染时间30-35min,共培养时间2d,侵染液和共培养培养基中乙酰丁香酮（AS）浓度为1mg/mL;经潮霉素抗性筛选、PCR鉴定和GUS活性的组织化学分析,表明外源基因GUS已转入到刺芹侧耳菌丝中,并获得表达。本实验成功地建立了稳定的农杆菌介导的刺芹侧耳遗传转化体系。     

农杆菌介导的碱性成纤维细胞生长因子（bFGF）转化金针菇的研究

构建了金针菇表达载体p139035S-bFGF,并将重组质粒转入到根癌农杆菌EHA105中。以白金针菇Flammulina velutipes菌丝球为受体材料,用根癌农杆菌介导转入碱性成纤维细胞生长因子（bFGF）。金针菇菌株对潮霉素（Hyg）抗性测验结果表明,在PDA固体培养基上的潮霉素筛选浓度为9μg/mL,在液体培养基中为6μg/mL。探索头孢霉素（Cefotaxime）对菌丝的毒性实验、农杆菌的菌液浓度、侵染时间、乙酰丁香酮（AS）的添加及其浓度的控制、共培养的时间等因素对转化效率的影响。结果表明,Cef对金针菇菌丝几乎无抑制作用,最佳抑菌浓度为400μg/mL;农杆菌的菌液浓度OD600为0.5,侵染时间在30min左右,在AS为200μmol/L的共培养基上共培养72h,转化率最高。PCR与Southern杂交结果证明bFGF基因已整合到金针菇的基因组中。在无选择压力的PDA固体培养基上继代培养5次后仍检测到bFGF基因的存在,表明bFGF基因在转基因金针菇中稳定遗传。     

影响农杆菌介导的大豆子叶节遗传转化的因素

利用携带pCAMBIA1301质粒（含hpt和gus基因）的超毒根癌农杆菌菌株EHA105对大豆子叶节外植体进行遗传转化,研究了影响农杆菌介导的大豆子叶节遗传转化的因素。研究结果表明．农杆菌侵染液和共培养培养基中添加200μmok/L乙酰丁香酮和50mg／L抗坏血酸可以有效促进农杆菌对大豆子叶节的转化。农杆菌与子叶节共培养后羧苄青霉素（250mr／L）和头孢霉素（100mg／L）结合使用能有效抑制农杆菌过度繁殖并提高转化芽诱导频率;在转化细胞的分化和转化芽伸长过程中,改进的筛选策略可以明显改善对转化芽的筛选效果,从而提高转化频率。应用优化后的转化体系．获得了3个国内大豆主栽品种的转基因植株,PCR阳性植株频率为3．8％～7．6％。转化植株叶片总DNA的PCR和Southern blot实验表明,T-DNA上的外源基因已经整合到大豆基因组中。     

农杆菌介导白藜芦醇合酶基因转化蔓茎堇菜的研究

目的:通过农杆菌介导法将白藜芦醇合酶基因转化蔓茎堇菜,并对转化条件进行优化.方法:以蔓茎堇菜叶柄为受体材料,采用叶盘法进行遗传转化,实验过程中对影响转化的一些主要因素进行筛选研究.结果:最佳的侵染条件为OD6000.3的菌液侵染10min,头孢霉素的适宜浓度为250mg/L.转化后的蔓茎堇菜外植体经3.0mg/L潮霉素筛选,最终得到9株抗性再生苗,转化频率为0.98%.结论:该研究为建立一个农杆菌介导白藜芦醇合酶基因转化蔓茎堇菜的遗传体系提供了基础.     

根癌农杆菌介导法获得烟草转人骨形成蛋白—3成熟肽基因植株

利用冻融法将质粒pCAMBIA-hBMP-3m直接转入根癌农杆菌LBA4404,以烟草无菌苗叶盘为外植体,通过农杆菌介导法进行遗传转化,获得了在含25mg/L潮霉素（Hy-gromycin,Hyg）的筛选培养基上再生的抗性植株,经PCR检测呈阳性,初步鉴定并筛选整合了人骨形成蛋白－3成熟肽基因的转基因植株。     

胡杨遗传转化体系的建立及抗生素浓度的优化

探讨了不同激素浓度对胡杨叶片分化以及卡那霉素、G418、羧苄青霉素和头孢霉素4种抗生素对胡杨不同培养阶段外植体生长、分化或生根的影响,确定了由农杆菌介导的胡杨遗传转化研究中抗生素种类和转化体的筛选浓度,建立了适于胡杨叶片转化的遗传转化体系。结果表明:胡杨叶片再生的最佳培养基为MS+BA0.5mg/L+NAA0.1～0.2mg/L+白砂糖25g/L+琼脂5g/L;在叶片转化筛选阶段,卡那霉素和G418的适宜浓度分别为10mg/L和7.5mg/L,羧苄青霉素和头孢霉素的适宜浓度为200～600mg/L和200～400mg/L;在抗性芽生根培养时,卡那霉素和G418分别为15～20mg/L和10～15mg/L,羧苄青霉素和头孢霉素为200～800mg/L和200～600mg/L。     

羽衣甘蓝下胚轴农杆菌介导遗传转化体系的优化

以红鸥羽衣甘蓝下胚轴为试材,首先优化了不定芽分化体系,其次探讨了农杆菌介导遗传转化过程中农杆菌侵染浓度、侵染时间对不定芽分化率的影响及不定芽分化和生根过程中潮霉素B筛选压力,最后对抗性植株进行了潮霉素B筛选基因的PCR检测。结果表明,在MS+6-BA 5.0 mg/L+Ag NO3 9.0 mg/L培养基中不定芽分化率最高,为84.17%;农杆菌侵染浓度OD600值为0.5、侵染5 min时利于遗传转化,分化率为69.17%;不定芽分化和生根过程中潮霉素B筛选压力分别为4.0 mg/L和30.0 mg/L;潮霉素B筛选基因的PCR鉴定结果,在预期的602 bp处出现了条带,初步证明潮霉素B筛选基因已整合到羽衣甘蓝基因组中。     

黄瓜‘新津春四号’遗传转化体系的建立

对根癌农杆菌介导‘新津春四号’黄瓜(Cucumbis sativus L.)遗传转化的影响因素进行了研究。结果表明,黄瓜叶片适宜的潮霉素(Hygromycin,Hyg)筛选浓度为40 mg L-1;500 mg L-1羧苄青霉素(Carbenicillin,Carb)可有效抑菌。预培养2 d有利于转化;共培养2 d有利于提高转化频率并避免农杆菌的过度生长;添加150μmol/L乙酰丁香酮(Acetosyringone,AS),农杆菌浸染液pH5.7、浓度0.8,浸染时间8 min为最佳遗传转化条件。再生植株经gus基因的瞬时表达检测及PCR检测证明hpt基因已成功转化。     

根癌农杆菌介导里氏木霉转化体系的建立和条件优化

目的:采用根癌农杆菌介导的转化方法实现丝状真菌里氏木霉的遗传转化,并优化转化条件.方法:构建含潮霉素抗性基因(hph)的双元载体pCAM-hph后,转化根癌农杆菌LBA4404获得转化菌株.将根癌农杆菌的转化菌株和里氏木霉的分生孢子共培养后在含100μg/mL潮霉素的抗性平板上筛选里氏木霉转化子,并采用PCR扩增和序列测定对转化子中的插入片段进行了分析.结果:使用根癌农杆菌介导的转化方法转化里氏木霉,每106个分生孢子可获得25.8个转化子.最佳的转化条件为:农杆菌初始浓度为OD660约为0.8,孢子数为106个,共培养时间为48h,pH为5.0～5.5,培养温度为28℃.结论:建立了根癌农杆菌介导的里氏木霉转化方法,并获得了最佳的转化条件.     

农杆菌介导的大豆高频遗传转化

大豆(Glycine max(L.)Merrill)遗传转化目前常用的两种方法为农杆菌介导的子叶节转化系统和基因枪介导的体细胞胚转化,但这两种转化系统都存在转化频率低、难于重复及依赖于特定的基因型等问题.为了提高农杆菌介导的大豆子叶节的转化频率,采用了一种基于bar基因作为筛选标记基因的固体-液体筛选系统,与农杆菌共培养3d的大豆子叶节在MS添加2 mg/L 6-BA和5 mg/L的glufosinate的筛选培养基培养2周后,再转到含有0.01 mg/L TDZ和2mg/L glufosinate的液体培养基中筛选,并每周更换一次培养液.得到的再生芽首先经GUS分析为阳性后再转入生根培养基得到完整转化植株,然后通过Southern杂交分析证实外源基因整合到大豆基因组,转化植物含有1～2个基因拷贝数.该转化系统具有转化频率高、转化周期短以及不依赖于大豆基因型等优点,对影响该转化系统的一些因子进行了讨论.     

Recent advances in the study of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus replication and pathogenesis

It has now been over twenty years since a novel herpesviral genome was identified in Kaposi's sarcoma biopsies. Since then, the cumulative research effort by molecular biologists, virologists, clinicians, and epidemiologists alike has led to the extensive characterization of this tumor virus, Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus(KSHV; also known as human herpesvirus 8(HHV-8)), and its associated diseases. Here we review the current knowledge of KSHV biology and pathogenesis, with a particular emphasis on new and exciting advances in the field of epigenetics. We also discuss the development and practicality of various cell culture and animal model systems to study KSHV replication and pathogenesis.     

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.     

The structure, reproduction and taxonomy of Vidalia and Osmundaria (Rhodophyta, Rhodomelaceae)

Comprises species occurring mostly in subtidal habitats in tropical, subtropical and warm-temperate areas of the world. An analysis of the type species, V. spiralis (Sonder) Lamouroux ex J. Agardh, a species from Australia, establishes basic characters for distinguishing species in the genus. These characters are (1) branching patterns of thalli, (2) flat blades that may be spiralled on their axis, (3) width of the blade, (4) primary or secondary derivation of sterile and fertile branchlets and (5) position of sterile and fertile branchlets on the thalli. Application of the latter two characters provides an important basic method for separation of species into three major groups. Osmundaria , a genus known only in southern Australia, was studied in relation to Vidalia , and its separation from the Vidalia assemblage is not accepted. Species of Vidalia therefore are transferred to the older genus name, Osmundaria. Two new species, Osmundaria papenfussii and Osmundaria oliveae are described from Natal. Confusion in the usage of the epithet, Vidalia fimbriala Brown ex Turner has been clarified, and Vidalia gregaria Falkenberg, described as an epiphyte on Osmundaria pro/ifera Lamouroux, is revealed to be young branches of the host, Osmundaria prolifera.     

New or rare chromosome counts in Artemisia L. (Asteraceae, Anthemideae) and related genera from Kazakhstan

Fifteen chromosome counts of six Artemisia taxa and one species of each of the genera Brachanthemum, Hippolytia, Kaschgaria, Lepidolopsis and Turaniphytum are reported from Kazakhstan. Three of them are new reports, two are not consistent with previous counts and the remainder are confirmations of very scarce (one to four) earlier records. All the populations studied have the same basic chromosome number, x = 9, with ploidy levels ranging from 2x to 6x. Some correlations between ploidy level, morphological characters and distribution are noted.