非生物胁迫相关NAC转录因子的结构及功能

NAC是植物特有的一类转录因子,参与植物多个生长发育过程,还参与植物对逆境胁迫的响应。本文对非生物胁迫相关NAC转录因子的结构特征、功能预测、表达特性、在转基因植物中的作用及调控路径进行综述。非生物胁迫相关NAC转录因子具有典型的NAc胁迫亚家族结构特征,根据这些结构特征可以预测其功能;非生物胁迫相关NAc转录因子能响应多种非生物胁迫,其转基因过表达大多能使转基因植物提高一种或几种胁迫耐受性;非生物胁迫相关NAc转录因子有着复杂的调控路径。这些NAc转录因子可用于提高转基因植物的逆境耐受性。     

热休克蛋白调控机制

热休克蛋白是生物体体应对温度、pH、渗透压等不利环境刺激时合成的一种保护蛋白。在环境应激时,调控因子可以在转录水平上调控热休克基因的表达,恢复或加速清除细胞内已经变性的蛋白质,使细胞处于稳态并产生耐受性。大量研究发现,热休克调控因子对微生物应激耐受性发挥重要作用,具有广阔的应用前景。综述了6类热休克调控因子的调控机制以及相互作用,对调控因子HrcA、σ^B和CtsR进行了重点阐述,旨在为进一步构建热休克调控网络提供有价值的参考。     

利用转录因子工程重塑代谢网络实现细胞工厂高效生产

酿酒酵母已被广泛用作生产精细化学品的典型细胞工厂。但在生产过程中,各种环境胁迫以及异常的细胞代谢严重制约了生产成本降低和收益提高。解决此类瓶颈问题的一种有效方法是利用转录因子工程,通过重塑关键基因的转录水平来提高菌株的耐受性和生产效率。从运用转录因子工程提高耐受性、产量和基于人工转录因子设计在优化代谢通量、定量分析中的应用两方面综述转录因子工程的价值,讨论转录因子工程的开发以及应用于生产大宗化学品方面的挑战和解决方案。     

高黎贡山雉类生境预测

物种分布信息对野生动物的保护和管理至关重要。基于物种访查数据和气候数据,采用基于物种生境偏好、利比希最小因子定律和谢尔福德耐受性定律构建的生态位模型,综合考虑物种出现点和环境变量,预测了高黎贡山白尾梢虹雉Lophophorus sclateri、血雉Ithaginis cruentus、白鹇Lophura nycthemera、白腹锦鸡Chrysolophus amherstiae的潜在分布区域。结果表明,模型对4种雉类的预测均达到较好效果;白尾梢虹雉、血雉、白鹇和白腹锦鸡的潜在生境总面积分别为6 432 km^2、8 464 km^2、9 573 km^2和13 691 km^2,白鹇和白腹锦鸡的潜在生境面积大于白尾梢虹雉和血雉,但后两者具有更多的高质量生境。高黎贡山北段是4种雉类潜在生境的重叠区,为高黎贡山雉类保护的优先区域,尤其是白尾梢虹雉,建议加大该区域的雉类调查和保护力度。     

多轮次胁迫驯化及多因子复合筛选丁醇高产菌

【目的】从陕西省石泉县玉米地土壤中分离获得一株产丁醇菌株并提高其丁醇耐受性和丁醇产量。【方法】采用自行设计的多因子复合筛选方法和丁醇胁迫驯化处理,在获得丁醇高产菌株的同时提高菌株的丁醇耐受性。【结果】野生菌株D64经多轮次丁醇胁迫驯化处理和多因子复合筛选,分离获得突变株T64,其丁醇耐受性明显提高,能在丁醇浓度为20 g/L的复合筛选培养基上正常生长,发酵7%玉米醪丁醇产量由13.35 g/L提高到15.18 g/L,总溶剂(丙酮、丁醇、乙醇)达到21.8 g/L。【结论】采用长时间且丁醇浓度呈梯度渐进增加的胁迫驯化方式,可使菌种在丁醇的环境中不断进化并有效地提高菌株对丁醇的耐受性。多因子复合筛选方法较其他单一因子筛选方法更为有效,能较快获得丁醇高产菌。     

龟裂链霉菌RsigB基因提高大肠杆菌对环境胁迫的耐受性

龟裂链霉菌RsigB是与天蓝色链霉菌与枯草芽孢杆菌中的sigmaB基因同源的一个σ因子,其也可能为一种全局压力调控蛋白,在菌体遇到生长环境改变时起着重要的调控作用。本文以龟裂链霉菌基因组为模版,PCR扩增出RsigB基因,以pET28a为载体,构建重组质粒pET28aRsigB,并且转化至Escherichia coli BL21(DE3)中。将对照菌与重组子置于不同环境胁迫条件下培养,并用IPTG诱导蛋白表达,测其生长曲线,研究RsigB对于大肠杆菌对环境胁迫的耐受性的作用。结果表明,RsigB在大肠杆菌中的表达能够提高其对温度,高渗透压以及氧化还原压力的耐受性。RsigB的成功表达以及对于逆境的耐受性能为龟裂链霉菌中RsigB因子的功能以及机理研究提供实验基础。     

黑腹果蝇的分离变相因子

众所周知,一对基因在杂合状态中保持相对的独立性,而在配子形成时,又按原样以相同比例分离到不同的配子中去,这是生物中最基本的遗传规律———孟德尔分离定律。但实际上并不是所有基因的分离都严格遵循孟德尔分离定律,存在于黑腹果蝇中的分离变相因子（ＳｅｇｒｅｇａｔｉｏｎＤｉｓｔｏｒｔｅｒ,以下简称ＳＤ）就是一种具有减数分裂驱动（ｍｅｉｏｔｉｃｄｒｉｖｅ）性质的、违反孟德尔分离定律的特殊遗传因子,从六十年代发现至今引起了人们的广泛关注,本文从其遗传背景,结构特征及进化规律等方面分别介绍一些近期的研究结果。１…     

内毒素耐受性与TLR4信号通路

内毒素(lipopolysaccharide,LPS)耐受性普遍存在,并与其他病原微生物致病因子(LAM、STF等)存在交叉耐受性。不同种类LPS产生耐受性的可能性与机制不同。TLR4作为LPS靶细胞膜上的跨膜受体,主要介导LPS信号的跨膜转导,TLR4结构与功能的改变,以及TLR4信号通路中各个环节(MD2、MyD88、IRAK、IκB、NF—κB、炎症因子)的功能缺陷,都将导致LPS耐受性的产生。     

拟南芥耐盐、耐旱和抗寒的分子机理及其利用

非生物胁迫,尤其是盐分、干旱和寒冷是导致全球作物减产的主要原因.植物对环境胁迫的适应,依赖于与胁迫感知、信号转导、基因表达相关的分子级联网络的激活.因此,保护和维持细胞成分的结构和功能的基因工程可以增强植物对胁迫的耐受性.综述拟南芥对盐分、干旱和寒冷3种主要非生物胁迫因子耐受性的分子机理,以及相关机理和耐逆基因在改良作物耐逆性方面的应用.     

免疫耐受性与移植

免疫耐受性是试图通过特异性抑制免疫反应的途径来控制移植物排斥反应的一种重要手段。本文比较系统地复习了有关免疫耐受性的特点、发生机理及其在移植免疫申的意义。并对与免疫耐受性相关的免疫增强作用在移植免疫中的应用进行了讨论。     

以国家公园为主体的自然保护地体系立法思考

实现十九大报告提出的建立以国家公园为主体的自然保护地体系的改革目标需要法治保障。建设自然保护地体系涉及的不同生态系统和多个管理部门、多方利益主体, 是一个巨大的复杂系统, 需要进行整体性、系统性的立法研究。目前, 国家正在推进国家公园体制改革并已将《国家公园法》列入十三届全国人大常委会立法计划。更需要我们从自然保护地立法体系建设的高度, 正确处理《国家公园法》与未来可能制定的《自然保护地法》的关系, 在《国家公园法》制定过程中为今后出台《自然保护地法》预留空间, 并建立相应的衔接机制, 统筹谋划并协同推进国家公园法与自然保护地立法。     

Vietnam's national interests and the law of the sea

This article explores the relationship between Vietnam's national interests and the international law of the sea. Vietnam's national interests in the marine sphere include defense (the maintenance of a maritime buffer); international relations (enhancing its regional position through joint development and favorable resolution of boundary and fisheries disputes); and economics (stimulating development of its maritime resources). Although ratification of the 1982 Law of the Sea Convention would be somewhat disadvantageous to Vietnam's maritime defense strategy, many provisions would promote Vietnam's interests. Moreover, ratification and implementation of the Convention would signal Vietnam's support for international law and its desire to “rejoin”; the community of Southeast Asian nations. It might also encourage resolution of its boundary disputes, thus opening new areas to resource exploration and development by foreign companies.     

《野生动物保护法》再修订: 背景、争点与建议

《野生动物保护法》的修订已纳入全国人大2020年年度立法计划。现行《野生动物保护法》虽然经过多次修改, 但仍存在野生动物保护范围较窄、监管体制不顺、执法标准不科学、法律制度不完善等问题, 不能适应新时代“健康中国”、“美丽中国”战略协同规制的新需求。全国人大常委会通过的《关于全面禁止非法野生动物交易、革除滥食野生动物陋习、切实保障人民群众生命健康的决定》, 为修订《野生动物保护法》带来了良好机遇。目前各方面对于修订《野生动物保护法》既有共识, 也有争议, 呈现出不同利益诉求与立法思维的差异性, 以及立法过程中利益选择、利益表达、利益协调的复杂性。为此, 建议《野生动物保护法》的修订在完善立法目的、合理界定保护范围、健全“黑白”名单制度和许可证制度、优化野生动物保护监管体制、完善激励机制和法律责任制度等方面认真加以研究, 为促进环境治理体系和治理能力现代化“立良法”。     

Tracking of food quantity by coyotes (Canis latrans)

Previous studies have demonstrated that Weber's Law mediates quantitative discrimination abilities across various species. Here, we tested coyotes’ (Canis latrans) ability to discriminate between various quantities of food and investigated whether this ability conforms to predictions of Weber's Law. We demonstrate herein that coyotes are capable of reliably discriminating large versus small quantities of discrete food items. As predicted by Weber's Law, coyotes’ quantitative discrimination abilities are mediated by the ratio between the large and small quantities of food and exhibit scalar variability. Furthermore, in this task coyotes were not discriminating large versus small quantities based on olfactory cues alone.     

关于Taylor幂法则的统计学讨论

自Greenwood于1920年把负二项分布引做昆虫种群空间格局模型以来,昆虫种群空间格局分析的理论和方法大致经历了两个阶段的发展:五、六十年代以前,是以少数离散型概率分布为主要模型;其后,各种聚集性指标和一些回归公式被提出,显示了比原有     

Fishing for Interpretation: The ITLOS Advisory Opinion on Flag State Responsibility for Illegal Fishing in the EEZ

On 2 April 2015, the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) rendered its first full-bench Advisory Opinion. In its reply to the request of the West African Sub-Regional Fisheries Commission the ITLOS found that Arts. 62(4), 58(3), 192 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea contain obligations for a flag state to ensure that vessels flying its flag do not engage in illegal fishing in the exclusive economic zones of coastal states. The Advisory Opinion has widely been praised for bringing clarity to the inadequate international fisheries law regime. This article undertakes to analyze the ITLOS's interpretive approach, expose interpretive deficiencies, and offer possible explanations for some of the outcomes where the ITLOS itself did not do so.     

Climate Change and the Use of the Dispute Settlement Regime of the Law of the Sea Convention

This article explores the connection between obligations to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions under the climate change regime and obligations to protect the marine environment under the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS). Within the context of the state of the science on the links between climate change and the marine environment, the article considers whether the emission of greenhouse gases as a result of human activity constitutes a violation of various obligations under the UNCLOS. Having identified a number of possible violations, the article proceeds to consider the application of the binding dispute settlement process under the UNCLOS and the possibility of a successful claim.     

Offshore Archipelagos Enclosed by Straight Baselines: An Excessive Claim?

This article examines the conclusion in the decision of the Arbitral Tribunal in the South China Sea Case that straight baselines may not be used to enclose off-shore archipelagos unless they meet the criteria set out in Articles 46 and 47 of the Law of the Sea Convention.     

Declarations and Statements with Respect to the 1982 UNCLOS: Potential Legal Disputes between the United States and China after U.S. Accession to the Convention

This article discusses the implications of U.S. accession to the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) for the future development of Sino-American relations in the areas of ocean law and politics. The declarations and understandings contained in the Senate Resolution of Advice and Consent to U.S. Accession to the UNCLOS are examined in detail in the context of previous maritime conflicts between the United States and China.     

Article 297 of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and the Scope of Mandatory Jurisdiction

This article assesses the scope and content of the automatic exceptions contained in Article 297 of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea to the compulsory procedures established in Section 2 of Part XV. The Convention's drafting history is examined with a view to determining the validity of the diametrically opposed readings of Article 297(1) endorsed by Annex VII Tribunals in the Southern Bluefin Tuna Award and the Chagos Marine Protected Area (MPA) Award. The interpretation favoured in the Chagos MPA Award—that mandatory jurisdiction is not restricted to the three cases expressly enumerated in Article 297(1)—is consistent with the textual evolution of Part XV. The article situates the approach adopted by the Chagos Tribunal within a wider normative tradition, which holds that adjudicative jurisdiction arises in default of positive textual authorzsation (unless it has been explicitly excluded). It is argued that this approach should be embraced by courts and tribunals when interpreting the Convention's provisions, as it accords with the drafters' aspirations and it serves to strengthen the international Rule of Law.