江西葡萄科新分类群

攀援灌木。茎长2-5米:枝圆柱形,有细沟,无毛,小枝细,粗约1.5毫米,有极短的柔毛。叶具柄;叶片纸质,五角形,长4.8-8厘米,宽4.8-7.4厘米,顶端渐尖,基部楔状心形或近截形,边缘有波状牙齿,在中部之上处三浅裂,上面沿一级脉有极短的柔毛,下面紫红色,沿脉被稀疏白色短柔毛,在脉腋被髯毛,基出脉5条,下面稍隆起,脉网明显,叶柄长3-5.5厘米,与花序梗和轴均被极短的柔毛。圆锥花序长3.5-4厘米,花序梗长2-2.6厘米;苞片小,钻形,长约1毫米,无毛,花梗长1-2.6毫米,无毛。     

广西鱼黄草属一新种

<正> 多年生草本。茎细长,匍匐,上部常缠绕,密被长硬毛。叶椭圆形或卵状披针形,长1.8—5厘米,宽0.8—2.5厘米,全缘,顶端锐尖或近圆形,具短尖头,基部近圆形,浅心形或阔楔形,边缘密被及两面疏被长硬毛,背面脉上毛常较密,侧脉每边3—6条,两面凸起,小脉平行横出,在叶面不显,在叶背明显突起;叶柄长3—8毫米,密被长硬毛。花序的苞叶卵形,基部截形,少为浅心形或近圆形。聚伞花序腋生,具花1—3朵,仅1花能育,花序梗长约5毫米;苞片线形,极小,长2—3毫米;花蕾狭卵形,顶端长渐尖;萼片披针形,近等     

中国景天亚属的新分类群和八宝属一新组合

多年生草本,无毛。不育茎近直立,长3—5厘米,连同花茎密生叶;花茎直立或基部横卧,基部节上生有须根,长5—10厘米。叶互生,长圆形或倒卵形,长5—8毫米,宽2.5—4毫米,先端圆钝,基部具短距。花序顶生,聚伞式蝎尾状,着生多花,常8分枝,直径2—4厘米。花为不等的五基数,无梗;萼片5,三角形和宽线形,离生,不等长,长1—2.5毫米,宽0.7—1毫米,先端钝,基部具距;花瓣5,黄色,长圆状披针形,长4.5—6.5毫米,宽1—1.5毫米,先端具短尖头,基部稍合生;雄蕊10,2轮,对瓣的长2.5—3.5毫米,在基部上1毫米处着生,对萼的长3.2—4.6毫米,花药黄褐色,鳞片5,近扇形,长约0.5毫米;心皮5,卵状披针形,全长3.5—5毫米,花柱长1—1.5毫米,基部约1毫米合生,含多数胚珠。蓇葖果成熟时星状叉开,内侧具囊状隆起。种子近卵形,长约0.6毫米,被微乳头状突起。花期6—7月。产四川南川金佛山,生于海拔1200米的山坡岩石上。本种与日本景天S.japonicum Sieb.ex Miq.相近,但植株的分枝少或无;叶扁     

西藏冬青科和卫矛科新植物

(—6)厘米,先端突然长渐尖至尾尖,基部近圆形至阔楔形,两面无毛;中脉在上面下陷,下面凸起,侧脉8—10对,两面明显凸起,网脉显著。叶柄纤细,长1—1.5厘米,上面有深槽,无毛。花序未见。果序腋生,成簇,序轴长1毫米;苞片宿存,三角状卵形,膜质;果柄长1毫米。果卵球形,直径5—6毫米;花萼宿存,4裂,柱头头形或厚盘形,有核4粒,背部具沟。     

广西大瑶山植物区系资料

<正> 蔓生或近直立草本;茎具棱,密生灰白色长硬毛。叶纸质,椭圆形或卵形,长5—9厘米,宽2.5—4厘米,先端钝,基部狭楔形,边缘有疏齿,两面被灰色长硬毛;叶柄长1—1.5厘米,被长硬毛。聚伞花序具4—5朵花,连总梗长约1.5—2.5厘米,总梗及花梗均被长硬毛;花梗长0.8—1.5厘米,花萼钟状,长5—6毫米,脉不明显,萼齿5,近等大,披针形,边缘被长硬毛;花冠白色,长约5厘米,无毛,近二唇形,上唇较短,长约3.5毫米,先端钝,下唇3裂,中裂片长圆形,长约7毫米,宽约4毫长,先端钝圆,雄蕊     

亚菊属一新种

亚灌木,高达60-130厘米,基部木质化。茎直立,中部以上多分枝。叶菱形或椭圆形,长1.5-3厘米,宽1-2厘米,基部楔形,边缘有3-8不规则的牙齿,背面有灰色短柔毛,叶脉突起;叶柄长3-5毫米。头状花序顶生于枝端,排成伞房状;总苞钟形,直径3毫米,长3.5毫米,苞片3-4层,黄色,全部膜质,无毛,外层短三角状披针形,中、内层卵圆形,长3毫米,花黄色;边花雌性,5-7朵,花冠细筒状,5齿裂;两性花约20-25朵,花冠高脚杯状,冠齿较长, 5裂,膜质,长2毫米;花药基部钝,花柱2裂,先端截形。     

中国贵州新植物

攀援小灌木,高0.6米;小枝灰黄色,无毛。叶纸质,无毛,长卵形,长5-9厘米,宽1.6-3厘米,先端渐尖,基部楔形;中脉在叶面略凹陷,在叶背凸起,侧脉纤细,很多,两面近扁平;叶柄长约5毫米,无毛。聚伞花序二歧式,约3朵花;花序梗长约1厘米,近无毛;花梗长约7-10毫米,被短柔毛;小苞片2对生于花梗上,三角形,长和宽1.5毫米,宿存,被短柔毛,花萼裂片卵状三角形,长约3毫米,顶端钝,外面被短柔毛,内面无毛。     

黄杉属一新种和梣属一新亚种

乔木,高达12米,胸径30厘米;树皮深灰色,下部不规则片状开裂;一年生枝淡黄色(干时红褐色),主枝无毛或有疏毛,侧枝有褐色密毛,老枝灰色,无毛,叶条形,螺旋状着生,在枝下部排成二列,长1.5—2.5厘米,宽约2毫米,先端微凹,上面深绿色,下面有两条白色气孔带。球果圆锥状卵形,基部宽,上部较窄,长4.5—8.0厘米,径4—5厘米;中部种鳞肾形或横椭圆状肾形,长2厘米,宽3.2厘米,鳞背露出部分密生褐色短毛;苞鳞露出部分向后反伸,中裂窄三角形,长2—3毫米,侧裂三角状,先端凸尖,长1—2毫米.种子三角状卵圆形,长9毫米,上面密生褐色短毛,种翅较种子长。花期5月,球果10—11月成熟。     

四川山姜属一新种

<正> 多年生草本,高55—65厘米。根茎密节,具鳞片。叶披针形或卵状披针形,长(6—)10—18厘米,宽(1.4—)2—3厘米,先端细长尾尖,基部宽楔形或近圆形,边缘具缘毛,两面均被短柔毛,尤以叶背明显:叶具短柄,长1—2毫米,有时不明显,叶鞘被短柔毛;叶舌长1—1.5毫米或不明显,2裂,外被短柔毛。总状花序顶生,花密集,长4—5厘米;总苞片黄白色,矩圆形,与花序近等长,内面光滑,外面疏被短柔毛或近无毛,先端细尾状尖,通常早落;花序轴粗约2毫米,具疏柔毛或几无毛;花梗长1—2毫米,被短柔毛。花     

四川洼瓣花属一新种

植株高7—10厘米,无毛。鳞茎狭卵形,长5毫米,宽4毫米,鳞茎皮暗褐色,外面的长1—2厘米,撕裂成纤维状,向上呈颈部,里面的膜质;根纤细。基生叶1—2枚,长4—9厘米,宽0.5—1毫米;茎生叶3,互生,狭条形,长4—7毫米,宽0.5—0.8毫米。花单生,淡黄色带红色,长10—12毫米;花被片6,离生,脉5—7条,外花被片短圆形,宽3—3.5     

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.