诱导紫云英根瘤菌nod基因表达的一些植物因子

利用柱层析,薄层层析和高压液相色谱从紫云英种子中分离并纯化对紫云英根瘤菌ｎｏｄ基因表达有诱导活性的成分,质谱鉴定为柚皮素。１９种类黄酮或非类黄酮化合物对此紫云英根瘤菌结瘤基因表达的诱导活性实验表明,紫云黄根瘤菌的结瘤基因可以应答多种诱导成分,除柚皮素外,还有类黄酮物质毛地黄黄酮,大豆素以及非类黄酮化合物７－羟基香豆素和葫芦巴碱。     

氮源对紫云英根瘤菌nod基因表达的作用

高浓度的硫酸铵阻碍了紫云英根瘤菌诱导紫云英根毛发生典型的根毛变形并明显抑制了紫云英结瘤能力。通过对融合子的β-半乳精苷酶活性的测定进一步表明高浓度的硫酸铵对紫云英的结瘤调节基因nodDZ、共同结瘤基因nodA及nodBC的表达有抑制作用而对结瘤调节基因nodD1的表达无抑制作用。     

丛枝菌根真菌与根瘤菌互作及类黄酮对互作效果的影响

研究了中华根瘤菌与AM真菌互作或加入适量的类黄酮(150nmol·L^-1和1．5μmol·L^-1)对紫云英的生物量、结瘤数、AM真菌的侵染率、菌丝ALP和SDH酶活性的影响．结果表明,与对照组[0、AMF、Rh]相比,Rh+AMF组紫云英的生物量、结瘤数、AM真菌侵染率和菌丝酶活都有显著差异;与对照组及Rh+AMF组相比,类黄酮处理组紫云英的生物量、结瘤数、AM真菌侵染率和菌丝酶活差异更加显著,但不同类黄酮间(apigenin和hesperitin),或同一种类黄酮不同浓度处理问(150nmol·L^-1和1．5umol·L^-1)差异不明显,说明AM真菌与根瘤菌互作对紫云英的结瘤固氮、AM真菌的侵染和菌丝的生长都有促进作用．当Rh+AMF组加入适量的类黄酮时。这种促进作用更加显著．     

氮源对紫云英根瘤菌nod基因表达的作用

高浓度的硫酸铵阻碍了紫云英根瘤菌诱导紫云英根毛发生典型的根毛变形并明显抑制了紫云英结瘤能力。通过对融合子的β－半乳糖苷酶活性的测定地一步表明高２的硫酸铵对紫云英的结瘤调节基因ｎｏｄＤ２、共同结瘤基因ｎｏｄＡ及ｎｏｄＢＣ的表达有抑制作用而对结瘤调节基因ｎｏｄＤ１的表达无抑制作用。     

根瘤菌NOD因子的感知与信号传导

根瘤菌是一类引起豆科植物结瘤固氮的土壤细菌。根瘤中的类菌体固定空气中的氮气为宿主植物提供充足的氮源。共生体系的建立始于细菌与宿主植物间复杂的信号交换过程。植物产生类黄酮诱导相应的根瘤菌合成分泌结瘤因子 ,后者进而诱导宿主植物根系形态变化以及早期根瘤素基因表达。以下将就宿主植物结瘤因子的特异识别和早期信号传导进行讨论。     

紫云英根瘤菌结瘤能力的研究

在科研和生产实践中发现,根瘤菌会自发丧失结瘤能力,经吖啶橙处理和热处理后,其结瘤性能更易丧失。本文报道紫云英根瘤菌结瘤性能自发的和经吖啶橙与热处理诱导的变异。     

紫云英根瘤菌结瘤因子的初步研究

最近的研究结果表明,豆科植物与根瘤菌的共生识别是一种双向的信号物质交换过程.首先是豆科植物的根或种子分泌类黄酮物质,诱导根瘤菌的结瘤基因(nod genes)产生结瘤因子(nod factors),分泌到胞外,为植物所接受,从而引发植物某些基因表达,细胞分化,细胞壁形成,最终导致根毛变形等一系列变化.已经测定了几种苜蓿根瘤菌(Rhizobium meliloti)和豌豆根瘤菌(R.leguminosarum bv.viciae)结瘤因子的分子结构式,它们均属于寡糖胺类物质,在没有根瘤菌存在的条件下,结瘤因子能独立地促使根毛发生变形,这是检测结瘤因子是否存在的重要手段,即根毛变形试验(Root hairdeformation assay,简称Had试验).高浓度的结瘤因子甚至能诱导植物产生空瘤,其组织结构与典型的根瘤相同.     

光照强度对紫云英与根瘤菌共生结瘤的影响

播种紫云英接种紫云英根瘤菌,是紫云英新发展区种植成败的关键,是老种植地增产的重要措施。优良的紫云英根瘤菌在正常条件下播种后5—7天就结瘤,结瘤早,对紫云英获取较高产量是非常有利的。     

质粒exoR′恢复紫云英根瘤菌胞外多糖缺陷型变种有效结瘤能力

以ＰＭＮ２作为载体质粒,应用体内克隆技术,从紫云英根瘤菌胞外多糖缺陷型变种ＮＡ－１１中,分离到ｅｘｏＲ′质粒,该杂合质粒带有Ｔｎ５及其插入位点两侧的根瘤菌ＤＮＡ片段。ｅｘｏＲ′质粒能稳定地存在于紫云英根瘤菌中,不仅可纠正紫云英根瘤菌Ｅｘｏ－变种（Ｎｄｖ－）的胞外多糖合成缺陷,也能恢复该变种使宿生植物根部结瘤的能力。     

苜蓿中华根瘤菌042B nodD基因的克隆、序列分析及其表达

苜蓿中华根瘤菌０４２Ｂ是一株能在苜蓿和大豆上结瘤的菌株。将０４２Ｂ的ｎｏｄＳＤ基因克隆到时载体ｐＢＢＲ１ＭＣＳ－５,并在豌豆根瘤菌ＬＲＲ５０４５系统中进行功能分析,发现０４２Ｂ的ＮｏｄＤ蛋白能与大豆的类黄酮化合物ｇｅｎｉｓｔｅｉｎ结合,也怀苜蓿原类黄酮化合物ｌｕｔｅｏｌｉｎ反应。     

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.     

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.     

Synthesis and antimicrobial studies of hydrazone derivatives of 4-[3-(2,4-difluorophenyl)-4-formyl-1H-pyrazol-1-yl]benzoic acid and 4-[3-(3,4-difluorophenyl)-4-formyl-1H-pyrazol-1-yl]benzoic acid

Microbial resistance to antibiotics is an unresolved global concern, which needs urgent and coordinated action. One of the guidelines of the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions (CDC) to combat antibiotic resistance is the development of new antibiotics to treat drug-resistant bacteria. In our effort to find new antibiotics, we report the synthesis and antimicrobial studies of 30 new pyrazole derivatives. These novel molecules have been synthesized by using readily available starting materials and benign reaction conditions. Some of these molecules have shown activity with MIC values as low as 0.78?µg/mL against four bacterial strains; Staphylococcus aureus, methicillin-resistant S. aureus, Bacillus subtilis, and Acinetobacter baumannii. Furthermore, active molecules are non-toxic to mammalian cell line.