红掌品种亲缘关系SRAP分析

利用相关序列扩增多态性（SRAP）分子标记,从100对引物组合中筛选出 26对多态性高、条带清晰的SRAP引物,对33个红掌品种进行遗传多样性和亲缘关系分析。结果如下：（1）26对引物共扩增出366条条带,其中有314条多态性条带,多态性比率为85.79%。引物组合产生的条带数在9～23之间,平均每对引物组合扩增出14.1条和12.1条多态性条带。（2）根据SRAP扩增结果,利用UPGMA法进行聚类分析,33份材料的遗传相似系数在0.55～0.94之间,在遗传相似系数0.786处可将33个红掌品种分为5个类群。结果表明,供试品种遗传多样性丰富,本研究为品种鉴定和杂交育种提供了参考信息。     

利用SRAP标记分析海南旱稻地方品种的遗传多样性及其分子身份证的构建

利用SRAP标记对来自海南省的28份旱稻种质进行了亲缘关系分析。从255对引物组合中筛选出46对扩增条带清晰、多态性高的引物组合,并选用其中的18对引物组合对28份材料进行SRAP扩增,共扩增出180个条带,其中多态性条带160条,多态性比率为87.75%,平均每对引物组合产生10个条带和8.9个多态性条带。并且,运用UPMGA方法进行的聚类分析结果表明,供试旱稻种质的遗传相似系数范围为0.687 0-0.921 2,在遗传相似系数0.687 0处分为两大类群,第I类群全部为海南山栏稻种质,第Ⅱ类群为海南地方旱稻坡压和本研究组自育旱稻品种。对海南旱稻地方品种的划分表明,山栏稻种质间亲缘关系较近,海南地方旱稻坡压可能与籼型水稻种质具有一定的遗传相似性。此外,还构建了28份海南省旱稻种质的SRAP标记分子身份证,可为山栏稻种质的遗传亲缘关系,种质鉴定及新品种选育等方面提供依据。     

应用SRAP标记分析黄瓜的遗传差异

利用49对SRAP引物对4种不同类型28份黄瓜种质资源进行了遗传差异分析.结果表明,有35对引物扩增出多态性,在28份资源间共产生724条扩增带,平均每对引物组合产生20.69条;共检测出337个多态性位点,多态性比率为46.5%,每对引物平均为96.3个.利用NTSYS软件分析遗传相似系数,UPGMA方法聚类分析表明,28份资源可聚为两大类.试验结果表明SRAP标记位点多,重复性好,可以揭示不同类型黄瓜种质之间的遗传基础.     

中国主要黑芝麻品种的遗传多样性分析

利用SRAP和SSR各23对引物对20个中国主要黑芝麻品种进行了遗传多样性分析。结果显示,23对SRAP引物共扩增出DNA带672条,其中多态性带152条,比率为22.62%,平均每对引物扩增总带数和多态性条带分别为29.22条和6.61条。23对SSR多态性引物共扩增出DNA带92条,每对引物扩增出3~6条,平均4.00条;每对引物扩增出多态性带1~5条,平均3.09条,多态性带比率平均为77.17%。20个黑芝麻品种间的遗传相似系数为0.8547~0.9804,遗传距离为0.0159~0.0921,遗传多样性匮乏,遗传基础狭窄。聚类结果表明,来自主产区江西的11个品种明显聚在一起,且江西黑芝麻品种的遗传相似系数高于其他省份品种,遗传距离低于其他省份品种,与其他省份品种的差异均达到极显著水平。加强资源引进和利用是拓宽中国黑芝麻品种遗传基础的迫切要求。     

美洲黑杨遗传差异的SRAP和EST-SSR分析

采用SRAP和EST-SSR分子标记对美洲黑杨I-69及与其有亲缘关系的4个美洲黑杨品种进行遗传差异分析,比较两种分子标记在遗传差异性分析中的适用性,为美洲黑杨的鉴别提供准确的分子技术依据。结果表明:(1)以SRAP标记筛选出21对引物组合,共扩增出287条谱带,多态性条带209条,多态性比率72.8%,遗传相似系数为0.548 1~0.769 2。(2)以EST-SSR标记筛选出17对引物,共扩增出86条谱带,多态性条带69条,多态性比率80.2%,遗传相似系数为0.444 4~0.717 2。(3)对SRAP和EST-SSR以及两者混合数据形成的3个遗传相似矩阵进行相关性分析结果显示,SRAP和EST-SSR分别同综合数据之间呈显著相关(r=0.844 2,r=0.830 8)。(4)聚类分析发现,两种分子标记的聚类结果有一定差异,SRAP聚类结果同综合数据分析的结果一致,说明SRAP标记更适用于杨树亲缘关系较近材料的遗传差异分析。     

棉花遗传多样性SCoT和SRAP标记的研究及比较分析

利用SCoT和SRAP两种分子标记技术对30份彩色棉与白色棉种质资源,进行遗传多样性研究。用29对SRAP引物组合和26个SCoT引物分别对供试棉花的基因组DNA进行扩增。SCoT引物共扩增出163条带,多态性比率为61.96%,遗传相似系数GS值变化范围为0.5405～0.9972。SRAP引物组合共扩增条带1067条,多态性比率仅为14.1%,遗传相似系数GS值变化范围为0.5415～0.9109。两种标记系统得到了相似但并不完全相同的聚类图,2种标记方法间存在显著相关性(r=0.5518,P<0.05)。结果表明,SRAP与SCoT标记均适用于棉花种质的遗传多样性分析,且SCoT的标记指数MI高于SRAP标记,为SCoT这种新兴的标记技术在棉花育种中的应用提供了重要的依据。     

基于 ISSR 分析28份香蕉种质的基因组 DNA 多样性

利用ISSR标记技术分析了28份香蕉种质的遗传多态性。从100个ISSR引物中筛选出8个多态性引物,共扩增出55条DNA带,其中46条为多态性带,占83.6%,平均每个引物扩增的DNA带数为6.88条。依相似系数0.73的水平,将香蕉28个品种划分为6大类。其中云南BB(BB)和东莞高把大蕉(ABB)在相似系数为0.94时,二者的亲缘关系较近。Pisang Ceylan(AAB)和FHIA-18(AAAB)相似系数水平接近为1,表明二者亲缘关系最近。本研究为香蕉遗传关系的建立及品种鉴定提供理论基础。     

基于SRAP和TRAP标记的河北野生狗牙根种质遗传多样性分析

以SRAP和TRAP 2种标记技术对36份狗牙根材料的遗传多样性及亲缘关系进行了分析,其中包含34份河北省野生狗牙根种质资源。分别由238对SRAP和85对TRAP引物组合中筛选获得具有多态性的SRAP和TRAP引物组合各10对,PCR扩增总条带分别为186和161条,多态性条带156和132条,平均每对引物扩增出多态性条带各15.6和13.2条,多态性位点比率分别为83.4%和81.0%。2种标记合并进行聚类分析,所有供试的36份狗牙根材料遗传相似系数GS=0.519~0.983,平均为0.7。当GS=0.68时,可将36份供试材料分为4个类群。本研究结果表明河北野生狗牙根种质资源存在较丰富的遗传多样性,可为种质资源保护和选育优良狗牙根新品种提供科学依据。     

大豆种质资源SRAP分子标记中的引物筛选

以113个大豆栽培品种和20个野生品种为材料,从288对引物组合中筛选出12对多态性丰富、条带清晰、可重复性好的SRAP引物组合。用筛选出的12对引物组合对大豆品种进行PCR扩增,获得了带型丰富和清晰可辨的DNA的PAGE指纹图谱;共扩增出251条谱带,其中多态性条带220条,多态性谱带比率为87.6%,平均每个引物扩增出18.3条谱带。结果显示,所筛选出的12对引物组合可以有效的应用于大豆种质资源的SRAP分析。     

丝瓜种质资源亲缘关系的SRAP分析

利用SRAP标记,对来源不同的56份有棱丝瓜和8份无棱丝瓜种质的亲缘关系进行了分析。从144对SRAP引物中筛选出60对多态性强、重复性好的SRAP引物。共扩增得到1433条谱带,其中多态性谱带1280条,平均每对引物扩增得到21.33条多态性谱带,多态性位点百分率为88.74%。将丝瓜种质利用UPMGA方法进行聚类分析,结果表明,64份丝瓜种质的遗传相似系数为0.17～0.98。在遗传相似系数0.17处,供试种质被分为2大类群,第一大类群为普通丝瓜,第二大类群为有棱丝瓜,在第二大类群中又被分为以长绿型丝瓜为主和短果型丝瓜2亚群。丝瓜类群的划分与形态学性状比较一致,即首先与棱沟的有无密切相关,其次与瓜条的长短、颜色有较高的相关性。     

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.     

Enterovirus 71 3C proteolytically processes the histone H3 N-terminal tail during infection

Highlights
1. The N-terminal tail of histone H3 is specifically cleaved during EV71 infection.
2. Viral protease 3C is identified as a protease responsible for proteolytically processing the N-terminal H3 tail.
3. Our finding reveals a new epigenetic regulatory mechanism for Enterovirus 71 in virus-host interactions.     

Detection of EBV and HHV6 in the Brain Tissue of Patients with Rasmussen’s Encephalitis

Rasmussen’s encephalitis (RE) is a rare pediatric neurological disorder, and the exact etiology is not clear. Viral infection may be involved in the pathogenesis of RE, but conflicting results have reported. In this study, we evaluated the expression of both Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and human herpes virus (HHV) 6 antigens in brain sections from 30 patients with RE and 16 control individuals by immunohistochemistry. In the RE group, EBV and HHV6 antigens were detected in 56.7% (17/30) and 50% (15/30) of individuals, respectively. In contrast, no detectable EBV and HHV6 antigen expression was found in brain tissues of the control group. The co-expression of EBV and HHV6 was detected in 20.0% (6/30) of individuals. In particular, a 4-year-old boy had a typical clinical course, including a medical history of viral encephalitis, intractable epilepsy, and hemispheric atrophy. The co-expression of EBV and HHV6 was detected in neurons and astrocytes in the brain tissue, accompanied by a high frequency of CD8⁺ T cells. Our results suggest that EBV and HHV6 infection and the activation of CD8⁺ T cells are involved in the pathogenesis of RE.     

Perinatal Vertical Transmission of Chikungunya Virus in Ruili,a Town on the Border between China and Myanmar

正Dear Editor,Chikungunya virus (CHIKV), an arbovirus in the family of Togaviridae, genus Alphavirus, is transmitted by the A.aegyptii or A. albopictus mosquito, and causes disease in humans characterized by fever, rash, and arthralgia (Silva and Dermody 2017; Suhrbier 2019). It was first reported in 1953 in Tanzania, and caused only a few outbreaks and sporadic cases in Africa and Asia in last century. However, in the epidemic in 2004, CHIKV acquired mutations that conferred enhanced transmission by the A. albopictus mosquito(Schuffenecker et al. 2006). Since then, it has successively caused outbreaks in Africa, the Indian Ocean, South East Asia, the South America, and Europe (Zeller et al. 2016).     

Development of a Novel Reverse Transcription Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Method for Rapid Detection of SARS-CoV-2

In conclusion, the novel visual RT-LAMP assay is a simple, rapid, and sensitive approach for detection of SARS-CoV-2, and it is ready for application in primary care and community hospitals or health care centers, and even patients' own houses in response to the current SARS-CoV-2 epidemic because the assay does not require sophisticated equipment and skilled personnel. Furthermore, it is also ready to be used in fields for screening samples from wild animals and environments to facilitate the identification of potential intermediate hosts that mediate the cross-species transmission of SARS-CoV-2 from bats to humans.