棉铃虫核型多角体病毒p40基因序列分析

克隆了棉铃虫(Helicoverpaarmigera)单粒包埋型核型多角体病毒(HaSNPV)基因组HindⅢ-H、J片段,其长度分别为10kb和6.7kb.通过对克隆片段末端测序,得到HaSNPVp40基因全序列.p40基因编码区全长966bp,预计可编码36.kD的多肽.HaSNPVp40基因核苷酸序列与HzSNPVp40基因有98%的相同性.这两种基因与BmNPVp40(GenBank-L33180)和AcMNPVgp41(GenBank-L22858)的氨基酸序列相似性43%左右,但四种蛋白对应于HzSNPVp40、HaSNPVp40的28～277氨基酸区域,同源性高达62%,并且存在一个保守的亲水性结构域.进一步将在基因组中相邻的HindⅢ-H、J两片段用BamHⅠ、EcoRⅠ、HindⅢ、PstⅠ四种限制性内切酶进行了分析.     

棉铃虫核型多角体病毒基因组结构及p10基因

用BamHI、EcoRV、HindⅢ、KpnⅠ、PstⅠ和XbaⅠ六种限制性内切酶消化HaSNPV C1株基因组DNA,电泳后形成的大于400bp的片段数分别为11、31、13、6、7和25条。预计整个基因组长度为137.7kb左右。构建了HaJSNPV基因组6种限制性内切酶的物理图谱,并在图谱上定位了5个同源重复区hr1、hr2、hr3、hr4和hr5以及多角体蛋白(ph）基因、极早基因（ie1)、p10、几丁质酶（chitinase）基因、DNA聚合酶基因（DNApol）、解旋酶（helicase）基因、超氧化物歧化酶基因(sod）、碱性外切核酸酶基因（alk-exo）、蜕皮甾体尿苷二磷酸葡萄糖转移酶基因（egt）。HaSNPV的基因组结构与其他已知的病毒表现了很明显的差异。p10基因位于BamHI-Ⅰ片段（1.89kb)上,其转录方向与多角体蛋白基因（polh）相反。p10上游为p26基因,下游为p74基因,p26和p10基因转录方向一致,p74基因转录方向与前两者相反。p10基因编码区全长261bp,可编码分子量为9.3kD ,由87个氨基酸残基组成的多肽。编码区上游是一个富含AT区,在起始密码子ATG上游－52bp处有杆状病毒晚期基因启动子典型的转录起始位点元件TAAG,而在翻译终止密码子TGA下游20bp处有转录终止信号AATAAA。     

中国棉铃虫单粒包埋核多角体病毒（HaSNPV）HindⅢ-Ⅰ片段的序列分析与基因排列研究

对中国棉铃虫单粒包埋核多角体病毒（HaSNPV)基因组中的HindⅢ-Ⅰ片段的序列进行分析,该片段全长7501nt,包括10个开放阅读框：AcMNPV ORF111的同源基因（Ac 111),晚期表达因子2（lef-2）基因,病毒核壳结构蛋白p24基因、gp16基因、多角体包膜蛋白（polyhedron envelope protein,pep)基因、AcMNPV ORF63的同源基因（Ac63),38.7kD基因,晚期表达因子1（lef-1) 基因,及两个特有基因HaSNPV orf591和HasSNPV orf435。基因组的排列比较分析发现与AcMNPV有较大区别。     

水稻线粒体DNA酶切带型研究

水稻IR36线粒体DNA经6种限制酶酶切,用脉冲电泳和长距离琼脂糖凝胶电泳分离酶切片段,获得高分辨率的清晰带型。每组酶切片段加和测得水稻IR36线粒体基因组大小分别为227kb(HindⅢ)、253kb(EcoRⅠ)、253kb(XhoⅠ)、294kb(BamHⅠ)、239kb(SalⅠ)和283kb(xbal)采用9个来自水稻和玉米线粒体基因组的基因探针与酶切条带杂交发现,水稻线粒体基因组含有包括编码基因在内的重复顺序。     

斜纹夜蛾核型多角体病毒p74基因的克隆和序列分析

用AcNPV p74基因3′端的1.4kb片段,通过Southern blotting将SpltNPV的p74基因定位于XhoI(4 .9kb)、EcoRI(4.4kb)、BamHI(3.0kb)片段上。进一步用ExoⅢ和构建亚克隆测序法, 对长2545bp的p74基因进行了序列分析,其中1974bp的编码区编码658个氨基酸,蛋白分子量约75.87kD,其编码蛋白与AcMNPV和CfMNPV p74蛋白的氨基酸序列同源性分别为64%和63%。     

棉铃虫单核衣壳核多角体病毒（HaSNPV）Hind Ⅲ—L片段的序列分析

本文报道了棉铃虫单核衣壳核多角体病毒（Helicoverpa armigera single-nucleocapsid nucleopolyhedrovirus,HaSNPV）基因组的HindⅢ－L片段的全序列。该片段全长2635bp,包括5个有意义的开放阅读框：HaSNPV ORF227,晚期表达因子10基因（lef10 ),vp1054基因,Ac55(AcMNPV ORF55的同源基因）,Ac56（AcMNPV ORF56的同源基因）。与其它6种杆状病毒的氨基酸序列比较表明,HaSNPV的lef10基因与甜夜蛾核型多角体病毒（SeMNPV）的同源性最高。为64％,与冷杉毒蛾核型多角体病毒（OpMNPV）的同源性最低,为43％;HaSNPV的vp1054基因与SeMNPV的同源性最高。为65％,与OpMNPV的同源性最低,为49％。序列比较表明,HaSNPV的LEF10与VP1054蛋白与其它6种杆状病毒具有相同的保守区和亮氨酸拉链（leucine zipper）。     

油菜叶绿体基因组雄性不育特异DNA片段的定位

实验选用油菜湘矮不育系及同核保持系叶绿体DNA为材料,用4种限制性内切酶EcoRⅠ、BamHⅠ、PstⅠ和SmaⅠ完全酶解。在EcoRⅠ酶解的保持系ctDNA图式中,观察到唯一的差异片段E3.2kb。将此片段连接于载体pUC9进行克隆,经克隆杂交及电泳分析鉴定,获得重组子。以rRNA基因为探针,与EcoRⅠ酶解的保持系ctDNA杂交,其中一条阳性带显示在差异片段E3.2。进一步以E3.2片段为探针,与经过限制酶BamHⅠ、EcoRⅠ、salⅠ、BgⅢ、HindⅢ和PstⅠ酶解后的rRNA基因反杂交。根据rRNA基因图谱,这一与不育性有关的E3.2kb片段被定位于距16S rRNA基因5'端+2.0至+5.4kb的前导序列中。此结果表明,这段可能与花粉育性形成有关的片段定位于叶绿体基因组反向重复区。     

眼虫Astasia longa类核纤层蛋白基因的初步研究

利用PCR和克隆测序技术,对眼虫Astasia longa的核纤层蛋白（lamin）基因进行了研究。参考多种相对较低等多细胞动物的已知序列,设计出扩增lamin基因尾部区的引物,扩增获得两个主要片段：序列Ⅰ（650bp）和序列Ⅱ（797bp）。测序分析表明,序列Ⅱ包含序列Ⅰ,并具有lamin基因尾部特征（编码“CaaX“序列的四种密码子 终止密码子）的序列片段。     

解淀粉芽胞杆菌启动基因的克隆及其对地衣杆菌α-淀粉酶基因的调控

用大肠杆菌启动基因探针质粒pHE5克隆了解淀粉芽胞杆菌的启动基因。供体菌DNA的HindⅢ片段与pHE5重组后转化大肠杆菌,获得一批带启动基因的抗四环素转化子,其中四株的抗性达到200μg/mL,从这四株高抗性转化子中提取质粒,并对其中的一个重组质粒pAE23的插入片段进行限制性图谱分析和缺失研究,获得了一个缺失了部份片段,四环素抗性仍达到200μg/mL的衍生质粒pAED23,经酶切分析证明其上的启动基因位于0.8kb的EcoR Ⅰ—HindⅢ片段上。点杂交分析证实该片段来自解淀粉芽胞杆菌的DNA。将地衣杆菌的α-淀粉酶基因亚克隆至pAED23启动基因下游的HindⅢ位点上能增强该基因在大肠杆菌中的表达。     

棉铃虫核多角体病毒p10基因的序列及转录分析

为了利用棉铃虫核多角体病毒（HaSNPV）p10基因的启动子构建重组病毒杀虫剂及表达系统,应用末端测序法和引物步移法测定了p10基因的序列,并应用Northern杂交和引物延伸实验对该基因进行了深入的转录特性分析,HaSNPV p10基因被定位于基因组DNA的115.4kb-115.6kb处,转录方向与多角体基因相反,在其上下游分别发现了p26和p74基因。转录分析结果确定了p10基因是个极晚期基因,其转录从杆状病毒晚期转录保守序列GTAAG的第二个A开始,转录产物大小约为430nt。HaSNPV p10基因最早可检测到的转录是在病毒感染后的20h,随后其转录产物量迅速放大,到感染后72h达到非常高的水平。围康时相分析同时还检测到一个大小为1300nt的产物,推测该产物为p26和p10通读的转录产物。对HaSNPV P10蛋白序列的分析表明,该蛋白第6－44位及第51－65位氨基酸序列处含多个典型的卷曲螺旋七聚体重复结构,两片段间相隔6个氨基酸残基,在该蛋白序列的第20－34位与第51－65位存在L－X（2）－L－X（10）－L的亮氨酸重复。Helical net分析表明,HaSNPV P10的疏水氨式酸分布为两个集簇区,两者互为180度转角。     

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).