转基因成分低水平混杂问题的现状

近20年来,转基因作物的种植面积持续增加,转基因产品的流通量和流通速度呈迅速上升趋势。在不同国家与地区间,非转基因产品内出现低含量转基因成分的问题,即转基因成分低水平混杂日趋严重。以此问题为立脚点,比较全面的阐述了7个不同国家与地区(组织)的转基因成分低水平混杂的定义,分析了共同特点;总结了各国的现行政策与允许值的规定;概述了低水平混杂问题对进出口贸易方面产生的影响,旨为我国制定低水平混杂的相关政策及检测标准提供基础资料。     

中美转基因作物种植管理制度比较

"十三五"国家科技创新规划提出的"推进新型抗虫棉、抗虫玉米、抗除草剂大豆等重大产品产业化",给转基因作物的种植管理提出了考验。由于商业化种植的转基因作物种类少,且不包括粮食作物,我国在转基因种植管理上经验不足。选取美国这一转基因作物种植大国作为比较对象,对比两国转基因作物种植前审批程序、种植者的管理义务、减少转基因作物与非转基因作物混杂的管理手段三个方面的差异,认为转基因作物的法律定性,知识产权制度和标识制度,各方主体实施隔离措施、承担损害的能力是差异生成的主要原因。我国宜结合国内的农业环境,在转基因生物安全管理布局上着眼于实质性的风险,并由农业主管部门、转基因作物研发主体、转基因作物种子经营主体合力对种植者进行指导,以避免混杂带来经济纠纷,并降低对生态环境的影响。     

国际转基因标识制度变动趋势分析及对我国的启示

转基因标识与消费者知情权和选择权密切相关,因而成为最受关注的转基因政策之一。从1997年第一个转基因标识制度诞生开始,全球已有70多个国家和地区开展了各具特色的转基因产品标识管理。2015年以来,受转基因产业发展政策、公众接受程度、农产品贸易需求、国家政治立场等多重因素的影响和作用,美国、韩国、俄罗斯、乌克兰和日本等国家相继着手调整转基因标识政策或改变实施细则,呈现出强制标识呼声高、标识范围扩大、标注方式更加明确、阴性标识更规范等特点。通过分析国际转基因标识制度及变动趋势,提出了我国转基因标识在扩大标识范围、设立标识豁免阈值和规范阴性标识等方面的管理建议。     

复合性状转基因植物的应用现状与安全评价

复合性状转基因植物能够同时表达两个或多个外源基因,可以满足种植者多元化需求和带来多重效益,成为目前转基因植物研发及应用的一个重要趋势。世界各国由于监管理念不同,对育种复合后代的遗传稳定性和基因互作的看法不同,对复合性状转基因植物的安全评价采取了不同的模式。综述了目前复合性状转基因植物的应用现状、不同国家的评价模式,并提出了我国对复合性状转基因植物安全评价的建议。     

美国与欧盟的转基因食品贸易争端及我国的发展对策

随着现代生物技术的飞速发展 ,牛肉味的西红柿、含胡罗卜素的大米等种种幻想食品都将可能通过转基因技术变为现实。其实 ,在全球经济一体化的今天 ,此类转基因食品已经悄然摆上了我们的餐桌。由此引发的转基因食品安全问题也因此成为影响人类生活方式、影响世界各国贸易往来的主要议题之一。目前 ,美国和欧盟之间的转基因食品贸易争端最为激烈 ,这种分歧是由多种因素造成的 ,如政治制度、消费者观念等等。由于美国与欧盟对转基...     

转基因定量检测的不确定度研究

目前,欧盟、日本对转基因产品都实行基于转基因含量(阈值)强制标识制度。世界各国都采用实时荧光PCR方法来开展食品成分的相对定量检测工作,以样品的内、外源基因的拷贝数之比来近似代表样品中的转基因质量分数。为了便于用户正确理解检验结果,在转基因定量检测结果报告中必须报结果的不确定度,分析了转基因定量的不确定度来源,参照化学分析中的有关方法,给出了转基因定量检测中外源基因和内源基因的标准曲线的不确定度测算公式,并以转基因大豆为试材,利用方法的室内验证数据进行不确定度计算,可供相关实验室参考。     

推进我国转基因技术研究与产业化法律法规修改的几点思考

从推进转基因技术产业化的角度,研究了世界各国转基因生物安全管理法规立法与实施的现状,回顾了我国转基因生物安全管理法规体系建设历程,分析了当前我国转基因生物安全管理法规体系建设中存在的主要问题,并提出了相应的政策建议。     

转基因食品的安全性探究

随着经济全球化的进程不断加速,各国间经济贸易的往来日益频繁以及新型食品的不断发展,越来越多有关食品安全的事件层出不穷,转基因食品作为新型的食品,其安全问题自然也越来越受到当前各国人民的广泛关注。文章概述了转基因食品的安全性评估,以及当前转基因食品对人们身体健康和生态环境所可能产生的影响进行了初步的分析和研究,并对有关转基因食品的安全性问题进行了深入地讨论。     

转基因作物的安全性及其对策

随着转基因作物的商业化,转基因作物的安全性问题在世界范围内倍受关注.通过对转基因作物的发展概况、优点和生物安全性进行简要综述,分析了转基因作物安全性产生的机理,并提出了相应的对策.     

阿根廷转基因作物安全管理制度概况及进展

阿根廷是最早采用转基因技术的国家之一,目前已成为全球第三大转基因作物种植国。阿根廷是全球尤其是拉美国家在生物技术产品监管和审批方面的先驱,其在转基因作物监管问题方面的丰富经验以及联合国粮食及农业组织的认可使阿根廷成为全球转基因作物监管的领导者之一。介绍了阿根廷转基因作物研发和应用、转基因作物监管体系、新型育种技术监管体系、转基因作物进出口情况以及追溯体系,讨论了转基因技术的引进对阿根廷的影响,旨在全面了解阿根廷转基因作物及新型育种技术的监管体系,为我国转基因作物安全管理提供参考。     

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.     

Entwicklungsgeschichte und Ultrastruktur von Pollenkitt und Exine bei nahe verwandten entomophilen und anemophilen Angiospermensippen derAlismataceae,Liliaceae, Juncaceae,Cyperaceae, Poaceae undAraceae

Some closely related members of the monocotyledonous familiesAlismataceae, Liliaceae, Juncaceae, Cyperaceae, Poaceae andAraceae with variable modes of pollination (insect- and wind-pollination) were studied in relation to the ultrastructure of pollenkitt and exine (amount, consistency and distribution of pollenkitt on the surface of pollen grains). The character syndromes of pollen cementing in entomophilous, anemophilous and intermediate (ambophilous or amphiphilous) monocotyledons are the same in principal as in dicotyledons. Comparing present with former results one can summarize: 1) The pollenkitt is always produced in the same manner by the anther tapetum in all angiosperm sub-classes. 2) The variable stickiness of entomophilous and anemophilous pollen always depends on the particular distribution and consistency of the pollenkitt, but not its amount on the pollen surface. 3) The mostly dry and powdery pollen of anemophilous plants always contains a variable amount of inactive pollenkitt in its exine cavities. 4) A step-by step change of the pollen cementing syndrome can be observed from entomophily towards anemophily. 5) From the omnipresence of pollenkitt in all wind-pollinated angiosperms studied one can conclude that the ancestors of anemophilous angiosperms probably have been zoophilous (i.e. entomophilous) throughout.

     

Identification and Characterization of the First Equine Parainfluenza Virus 5

正Dear Editor,Parainfluenza virus 5 (PIV5), known as canine parainfluenza virus in the veterinary field, is a negative-sense,nonsegmented, single-stranded RNA virus belonging to the Paramyxoviridae family (Chen 2018). The virus was first reported in primary monkey kidney cells in 1954 (Hsiung1972), then it has been frequently discovered in various