贮藏期柚粒化过程中果实总细胞壁物质积累和维管束超微结构的变化

汁胞粒化是柑橘类果实一类普遍的生理失调病害,主要表现为汁胞硬度增加,果实品质降低。为了明确汁胞粒化过程其他果实组织的生理代谢特征,该试验以成熟‘琯溪蜜柚’果实为材料,室温贮藏60 d,测定不同贮藏阶段果实背面维管束汁胞、侧面维管束汁胞、囊衣和果皮总细胞壁物质含量,以及两类汁胞可溶性固形物含量,同时利用透射电子显微镜观察果实背面维管束和侧面维管束细胞超微结构的动态变化。结果显示：(1)贮藏10 d时两类果实维管束的筛管和伴胞次生细胞壁开始明显加厚,韧皮部薄壁细胞线粒体和囊泡数量开始增多,而且次生细胞壁也开始明显加厚;贮藏20 d时两类维管束韧皮部薄壁细胞线粒体和囊泡数量持续增加,而且高尔基体出现(之后消失),同时囊衣和果皮总细胞壁物质含量开始显著提高;贮藏40 d时仅侧面维管束韧皮部薄壁细胞线粒体数量持续增多,侧面维管束汁胞总细胞壁物质含量开始显著升高;贮藏60 d时两类果实维管束次生细胞壁持续加厚,囊衣、果皮和侧面维管束汁胞总细胞壁物质含量均持续显著升高,然而至贮藏期结束背面维管束汁胞总细胞壁物质含量始终无显著变化。(2)贮藏期内囊衣总细胞壁物质含量始终显著高于果皮,而果皮总细胞壁物质含量始终显著高于两类汁胞;贮藏后期侧面维管束汁胞总细胞壁物质含量显著高于背面维管束汁胞。(3)在果实贮藏过程中背面维管束汁胞可溶性固形物含量始终无显著变化,而侧面维管束汁胞可溶性固形物含量从贮藏40 d至贮藏期结束持续显著降低。研究表明,贮藏期柚果实维管束、囊衣和果皮中细胞壁物质代谢的变化早于汁胞;发现果实维管束韧皮部薄壁细胞内线粒体数量增加的同时维管束次生细胞壁明显加厚,在整个贮藏期内侧面维管束汁胞可溶性固形物含量的显著降低伴随着总细胞壁物质含量的显著升高。这些结果可能有助于柑橘类果实粒化机理的全面揭示。     

新疆5种丛藓科植物的解剖学研究

运用石蜡切片和电镜扫描技术,对5种丛藓科植物的茎、叶进行了解剖学研究。结果表明:短叶对齿藓Didymodon tectorus(C.Müll.)Saito.整个茎细胞的细胞壁均加厚,叶细胞壁凹陷呈网状,角质层纹饰条状、鳞片状和颗粒状;卷叶丛本藓Anoectangium thomsonii Mitt.茎表皮及中轴细胞壁厚,叶表面的粗疣粗糙、密集,疣上还有小孔和鳞片状纹饰;山赤藓Syntrichia ruralis(Hedw.)Web.Mohr.茎皮部细胞质浓,叶片背腹两面均密被鹿角状疣,疣上有层层叠加状纹饰和乳突;无疣墙藓Tortula mucronifolia Schweagr.茎横切面呈长圆形,叶细胞壁薄,无疣,叶背面细胞表皮较粗糙,叶腹面细胞表皮较光滑,角质层纹饰稀疏且短;长叶纽藓Tortella tortuosa(Hedw.)Limpr.茎表皮细胞壁强烈凹陷,叶细胞表面密被粗疣,疣上的角质层纹饰呈不规则鳞片状。丛藓科植物茎及叶的微观特征,为该科植物属、种的鉴定提供了重要的分类依据。     

南溪楼梯草,云南荨麻科一新种

该文描述了自云南东南部发现的荨麻科楼梯草属一新种,南溪楼梯草(Elatostema nanxiense)。此新种与田林楼梯草(E. tianlinense)相似,但其叶具三出脉,边缘具浅圆齿或小钝齿,雄总苞苞片较少,8枚,排成一层,背面有1～3条纵肋,只1枚在顶端具角状突起而与后者相区别。此外,此新种与盘托楼梯草系的广布种盘托楼梯草(E. dissectum)的区别在于其茎被糙伏毛,叶呈椭圆形,具三出脉,雄头状花序的花序梗较短,雄总苞苞片较少,呈宽卵形或横长方形,背面有1～3条纵肋,雄小苞片有缘毛。     

重庆赤车属一新种和楼梯草属二新种

描述了自重庆市江津区四面山发现的荨麻科赤车属一新种和楼梯草属二新种：（1）四面山赤车,与融安赤车近缘,区别在于新种的叶的二级脉较少,2枚雌花被片有短角状突起,以及长圆形瘦果;（2）稀柱毛楼梯草,可能与托叶楼梯草近缘,区别在于新种的叶较小,雌总苞苞片,以及雄、雌小苞片均在背面具龙骨状突起,柱头由只3~4根毛组成;（3）四面山楼梯草,与长尖楼梯草近缘,区别在于新种茎的顶端被短柔毛,雄头状花序的花序梗较短,以及雄总苞苞片呈条状船形,背面具龙骨状突起。     

冰川退缩地15种丛藓科植物茎的比较结构学观察

应用石蜡切片和扫描电镜方法对一号冰川退缩地生长的15种丛藓科植物茎的结构及表面微形态特征进行观察,结果表明：该地区的15种丛藓科植物的茎分为具中轴和无中轴两类,其细胞壁均有不同程度的加厚。而具中轴的丛藓科植物的茎又分为表皮、皮部、中轴三部分,茎表皮细胞短,1层,细胞壁大多向外突出,表面粗糙,表面纹饰多为颗粒状;皮部所占面积最大,大部分有内、外皮部的分化,大多数种的细胞壁由外向内逐渐变薄,细胞由小到大整齐排列;中轴所占的面积也不同,其细胞壁多具角隅加厚;而没有中轴分化的种类,其各自细胞壁加厚的程度基本一致。     

重庆赤车属一新种和楼梯草属二新种（英文）

描述了自重庆市江津区四面山发现的荨麻科赤车属一新种和楼梯草属二新种:(1)四面山赤车,与融安赤车近缘,区别在于新种的叶的二级脉较少,2枚雌花被片有短角状突起,以及长圆形瘦果;(2)稀柱毛楼梯草,可能与托叶楼梯草近缘,区别在于新种的叶较小,雌总苞苞片,以及雄、雌小苞片均在背面具龙骨状突起,柱头由只3~4根毛组成;(3)四面山楼梯草,与长尖楼梯草近缘,区别在于新种茎的顶端被短柔毛,雄头状花序的花序梗较短,以及雄总苞苞片呈条状船形,背面具龙骨状突起。     

中国昆仑山地区棱子芹属植物苞片形态及其分类学意义

利用体视显微镜对中国昆仑山地区分布的棱子芹属10种植物的总苞片、伞辐、小总苞片、果棱等微形态特征进行了观察,并编排分种检索表。结果表明：该地区植物的苞片特征可分为三大类：（1）总苞、小总苞均为长披针形;（2）总苞、小总苞均为叶状分裂;（3）总苞、小总苞异形。因此,这些总苞、小总苞的形态和数量有显著差别,在一定程度上能反映出类群间的关系,可为探讨该地区棱子芹属植物种间分类学问题提供了新的证据。     

高寒冰缘区15种藓类植物茎的形态结构研究

采用石蜡切片方法和扫描电镜方法,对高寒冰缘区生长的15种藓类植物茎的结构进行解剖学观察分析,为高寒冰缘区藓类植物在极端环境下的生存机理及其生态应用提供依据。结果表明:高寒冰缘区的15种藓类植物的茎分为表皮、皮部、中轴三部分。茎表皮细胞多为一层,长短不一,细胞壁表面粗糙,表面纹饰多为鳞片状、颗粒状、浅窝点状,表皮细胞的细胞壁加厚程度不同;皮部所占面积最大,大部分有内、外皮部的分化,细胞壁由外向内逐渐变薄,细胞由小到大又到小的整齐或镶嵌排列;中轴分化但其细胞数多少不一,细胞壁多具角隅加厚。研究认为,高寒冰缘区藓类植物具有典型的耐寒、耐旱结构特征,这些结构特征能够增强藓类植物的支撑和传导水分的作用,以抵御长期寒冷、干旱、多强风等恶劣环境;其中细胞的形状、数目、细胞表面的纹饰等微形态结构特征也具有潜在的分类学意义。     

栌菊木

栌菊木(Nouelia insignis)是国产菊科植物中罕见的单种属木本残遗种,特产于我国西南部,四川、云南接壤地区的金沙江下游及支流雅砻江、安宁河等的干热河谷地带。 栌菊木为落叶灌木或小乔木,树皮细纵裂,枝有棱,幼枝密被白色厚绒毛。叶互生,椭圆形或长圆状披针形,长8—27厘米,宽4—10厘米,上面绿色,下面密被灰白色绒毛,全缘,叶柄长2—3厘米。头状花序单生于小枝顶端,无梗,直径约2.5—3厘米。总苞钟状,总苞片多层,革质,背面被绒毛。花两性,白色,边花二唇形,盘花近5等裂,花药基部有长尾。瘦果长椭圆形,     

新疆大帽藓属6种植物茎及叶的比较解剖学研究

运用石蜡切片和电镜技术,对新疆的6种大帽藓属（Encalypta Hedw.）植物的茎和叶进行解剖学观察。结果表明：高山大帽藓（E.alpina Smith.）疣多呈菱形或“柱状”密集着生在叶表面,疣上纹饰呈纵棱和小疙瘩状;裂瓣大帽藓（E.ciliata Hedw.）茎横切面为五角形, 中轴细胞角隅加厚,叶腹面的粗疣大部分集中分布在凹陷的表面细胞壁上;剑叶大帽藓（E.spathulata C.Mull.）茎横切面没出现中柱鞘,疣在基部分叉丛生,叶腹面的表皮细胞壁不凹陷;钝叶大帽藓（E.vulgaris Hedw.）没有叶尖,中肋导水细胞大,叶表面细胞壁较光滑且强烈凹陷,其壁上的乳突不明显;天山大帽藓（E.tianschanica j.c.Zhao,R.L.Hu et S.He）茎内外皮层区分明显,内皮层细胞质浓,叶背面的分叉状粗疣呈密集生长在叶腹面的星状粗疣大多集中分布在稍下陷的细胞壁上;西藏大帽藓（E.tibetana C.Mull）中肋细胞壁加厚,叶片具层层叠叠的、密集的、不规则分叉的粗疣,叶背面有些部位被带状附属物所覆盖。这6种植物叶的背、腹面均具不同程度的分叉粗疣,但粗疣的大小、着生位置、呈现的状态、疣上不同的纹饰却各不相同;中肋细胞的层数、及导水主细胞的大小、状态也大不相同,这些细微特征的观察研究可作为大帽藓属植物分类学的依据之一。     

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.