大豆的基因组研究及其进展

大豆是世界上食用油和种子蛋白的主要来源之一,是重要的经济及粮食作物,因此, 大豆的遗传研究一直受到广泛的重视.但是,由于大豆的遗传变异程度低,基因组较大且复杂以及染色体都很小、进行细胞遗传研究难度大等,大豆的遗传研究,尤其是遗传作图研究,与其它作物相比较为落后.     

大豆转基因体系的研究进展

从大豆的转基因方法和受体系统两个方面概述大豆转基因体系的最新研究进展,并讨论了大豆遗传转化的主要障碍及可能的解决途径。作者认为,以根癌农杆菌介导大豆子叶节和基因枪轰击大豆未成熟子叶是较有效的大豆遗传化系统。目前,在大豆遗传转化研究中存在着大豆组织培养体系有待于进一步完善、遗传转化率较低、重复性差、大豆受体基因型单一等问题,建立新的、高效和稳定的大豆组织培养体系,提高生产上栽培大豆品种的组织培养能力,改遗传转化现有的单一基因为多基因,可能是解决上述问题的有效途径。     

大豆遗传转化技术在转基因大豆研究中的应用

大豆是公认的难转化的作物,大豆的遗传转化还没有模式化。利用转基因技术的原理和方法,对大豆遗传体系进行优化,可以实现对大豆产量和品质的改良。综述了应用于大豆遗传转化的研究方法,浅谈转基因技术的重要性,对转基因发展方向进行了展望。现阶段大豆遗传转化的效率依旧偏低,无法形成规模化的转基因体系。因此,建立高效、快速、稳定的大豆组织培养再生体系,解决外源基因难导入的难题,使之广泛应用于大豆生产成为亟待解决的问题。     

大豆种质资源遗传多样性研究进展

我国拥有丰富的大豆种质资源,大豆种质资源遗传多样性研究也取得了较大进展。总结了近年来大豆种质资源组成、保存、研究、利用等几方面的研究进展,讨论了大豆遗传多样性的重要性和发展方向,以期为大豆优良品种培育相关研究提供参考。     

江淮下游地区大豆地方品种的初步研究——Ⅱ.数量性状的遗传变异

本文研究江淮下游地区大豆地方品种有关生育期、产量、机械化栽培共17种数量性状的遗传变异。根据这些性状的表型和遗传型方差、遗传型变异系数及遗传力,估计预期遗传进度,从而揭示从大豆地方品种自然群体进行选择的潜力和预期效果。研究证实了本区大豆地方品种数量性状的遗传资源非常丰富;系统育种仍是大豆育种主要方法之一,应加以重视;并提出用数量遗传方法整理和研究大豆地方品种是育种理论和实践上都有意义的方法。     

大豆籽粒吸水遗传规律的探讨

对栽培大豆、野生大豆及其杂交后代籽粒进行吸水遗传规律的研究。结果表明：大豆籽粒吸水属于数量性状遗传,是由多基因控制的,吸水为显性,不易吸水为隐性,并且表现细胞质遗传效应和亲本效应。     

大豆转基因的研究进展

近年来利用基因工程技术,大豆的遗传转化取得了较大的进展。该文介绍了几种主要的大豆遗传转化系统的优点和缺点。探讨了影响农杆菌介导大豆遗传转化的因素。分析了大豆遗传转化中存在的一些问题及其解决办法,评价了转基因大豆的生物安全性,展望了未来大豆遗传转化的发展前景。     

不同尺度下野大豆种群的遗传分化

为了阐明不同尺度范围内野大豆种群的遗传分化情况,应用随机扩增多态性DNA（RAPD）方法,分别对我国5个纬度8个不同地点的野大豆（Glycine soja)种群及浙江金华地区5个野大豆种群,进行了分子生态学研究。根据RAPD数据计算相似系数及遗传距离并进行聚类分析,发现无论是不同纬度野大豆种群还是金华地区野大豆小种群均存在较高的遗传变异,且不同纬度野大豆种群间的遗传变异与地理纬度有一定正相关。在对金华地区野大豆种群遗传多样怀的研究,利用Shannon指数估算了5个野大豆种群的遗传多样性,发现大部分的遗传变异存在于野大豆种群间（78．5％）,只有少部分的遗传变异存在于种群内。本就此探讨了不同尺度下野大豆种群的遗传多样性与环境因子的关系,并对其成因及维持机制进行了讨论。     

大豆遗传转化研究进展

综述了大豆遗传转化体系及其优缺点,转基因大豆的研究成果、生产状况和生物安全性评价,分析了大豆遗传转化中存在的一些问题及其解决办法,展望了未来大豆遗传转化的发展前景。     

大豆炸荚发生规律及分子遗传基础

炸荚是野生大豆繁衍后代的一种原始自然属性,同时也是栽培大豆减产的主要原因之一,因此对其发生规律和分子遗传基础的研究具有重要的理论意义和潜在的育种应用价值。文章在剖析抗炸荚大豆荚部细胞学微观组织结构特征的基础上,总结了大豆炸荚的发生规律和大豆炸荚表型性状的鉴定指标与方法,介绍了抗炸荚种质鉴定与抗炸荚品种选育概况,同时详细阐述了大豆抗炸荚性状的分子遗传基础研究进展,最后对大豆抗炸荚性的研究与应用进行了展望。     

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.     

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     

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.     

鸡传染性法氏囊病病毒研究进展

传染性法氏囊病(Infection bursal disease, IBD)是由鸡传染性法氏囊病毒(Infectious bursal disease virus, IBDV)引起的鸡和火鸡的一种高度接触性传染病,给世界各国的禽养殖业带来了巨大损失.自IBDV发现至今新的变异株不断出现,分子结构的改变导致病毒致病力的改变及宿主对疫苗应答的改变,使得传统的疫苗已不能控制其流行,因此各国学者对其基因组结构和功能进行了广泛深入的研究,并积极研制新型有效的疫苗以达到防治的目的.     

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.     

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).     

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.