水稻重复DNA顺序克隆pRRD3的研究

用ＤＮＡ复性动力学方法克隆到一个水稻（ＯｒｙｚａｓａｔｉｖａＬ．）中度重复ＤＮＡ顺序。不同限制性内切酶消化和Ｓｏｕｔｈｅｒｎ杂交分析显示,这段重复ＤＮＡ顺序以串联加散布的形式存在于水稻基因组中;序列分析表明在它内部含有一个典型的植物启动子序列ＴＧＴＡＴＡＡＡＴＡ;以ｐＲＲＤ３克隆片段作探针,对水稻３４个品种进行拷贝数测定,在野生稻与栽培稻、籼稻与粳稻之间均存在拷贝数上的明显差异;对ＡＡ基因组不同亚型水稻ＤＮＡ进行Ｓｏｕｔｈｅｒｎ杂交分析,得到基因组亚型特异的杂交带谱,说明该重复顺序是研究水稻进化和分类的一个有用探针。     

野生大豆与栽培大豆rDNA ITS1区的研究

采用ＰＣＲ 技术从野生大豆（Ｇｌｙｃｉｎｅ ｓｏｊａ）、半野生大豆（Ｇ．ｇｒａｃｉｌｌｉｓ）、多年生野生大豆（Ｇ．ｔｏｍｅｎｔｅｌｌａ、Ｇ．ｔａｂａｃｉｎａ）和栽培大豆（Ｇ．ｍ ａｘ）的两个品种ＵＮＩＯＮ、文丰７ 中扩增和克隆了ｒＤＮＡ第一转录间隔区（ＩＴＳ１）。其在Ｇ．ｍ ａｘ 基因组中的拷贝数约为２×１０３。序列分析表明Ｇ．ｓｏｊａ、Ｇ．ｇｒａｃｉｌｌｉｓ、Ｇ．ｍ ａｘ 中的Ｇ／Ｃ含量为６１．４０％ ,而Ｇ．ｔａｂａｃｉｎａ和Ｇ．ｔｏｍ ｅｎｔｅｌｌａ的Ｇ／Ｃ含量分别为５８．１１％ 和５９．０１％ ,与绿豆Ｇ／Ｃ含量（５９．８１％ ）相近。Ｇ．ｔａｂａｃｉｎａ的Ｇ／Ｃ含量是已知的植物中ＩＴＳ１ 最低的。最大同源性分析表明,大豆属植物ＩＴＳ１ 的同源程度很高,同其近缘属绿豆的同源性明显高于其它作物。同时分析了栽培、多年生和一年生野生大豆间的亲缘关系。另外还发现在已知的植物ＩＴＳ１ 序列中均含有ＧＡＣＣＣＧＣＧＡＡ 及ＧＣＧＣＣＡＡＧＧＡＡ 两个区段     

鹅源腺病毒基因组DNA物理图谱的构建

将鹅源腺病毒Ｙ８１Ｇ４株全基因组ＤＮＡ的ＨｉｎｄⅢ酶切片段分别插入质粒ｐＵＣ１８,成功构建了全基因组ＤＮＡ文库。在此基础上,将重组质粒携带的插入片段切出、回收并分别用地高辛标记后作为探针,与经限制酶ＢａｍＨⅠ、ＥｃｏＲⅠ、ＰｓｔⅠ、ＥｃｏＲⅤ消化的病毒基因组ＤＮＡ进行Ｓｏｕｔｈｅｒｎ Ｂｌｏｔｔｉｎｇ,杂交结果经比较综合后获得了该病毒基因组ＤＮＡ的ＨｉｎｄⅢ、ＢａｍＨⅠ、ＥｃｏＲⅠ、ＰｓｔⅠ、Ｅｃ     

黑麦染色体的显微分离与PCR扩增

利用改良的染色体显微分离技术,分离了黑麦（ＳｅｃａｌｅｃｅｒｅａｌｅＬ．）一个完整细胞的１８条染色体（１４Ａ＋４Ｂ）,用人工合成的寡核苷酸为引物,进行单一引物法（ｓｉｎｇｌｅｕｎｉｑｕｅｐｒｉｍｅｒＰＣＲ,ＳＵＰＰＣＲ）扩增,经Ｓｏｕｔｈｅｒｎ杂交证明,ＰＣＲ扩增产物与黑麦基因组ＤＮＡ同源。     

利用微分离黑麦IR染色体的体外扩增产物进行染色体着染研究

首先对显微分离出的黑麦（Ｓｅｃａｌｅｃｅｒｅａｌｅ．Ｌ．）１Ｒ染色体进行了两轮Ｓａｕ３Ａ连接接头介导的ＰＣＲ扩增（ＬＡＰＣＲ）经Ｓｏｕｔｈｅｒｎ杂交证实这些染色体扩增片段来源于基因组ＤＮＡ之后,再利用ＩＲ染色体的第二轮扩增产物,黑麦基因组ＤＮＡ,ｒＤＮＡ基因为探针,与其根尖细胞中期分裂相进行染色体原位杂交,发现微分离的ＩＲ当色体体我扩增产物中包含大量的非该染色体特异性重复序列,而其信息量却较黑麦总     

白色念珠菌ALS家族基因的克隆与功能分析

利用ＣＸ２ ０．５ｋｂ探针,研究在不同白色念珠菌菌株中ＣＸ２串联重复序列的分布,发现多种白色念珠菌中都含有这个重复序列。为证明ＣＸ２的表达与形态转变有关,选用了多种诱导和非诱导菌丝生长的条件培养白色念珠菌ＳＣ５３１４,然后用串联重复序列作控针进行Ｎｏｒｔｈｅｒｎ杂交分析,证明ＣＸ２ ｃＤＮＡ片段的表达与菌丝形态紧密相关。用它作为探针进行染色体定位和基因组Ｓｏｕｔｈｅｒｎ杂交分析,表明白色念珠菌中多     

大赖草及近缘物种原位杂交和Southern杂交的分析

用Ｔｈｉｎｏｐｙｒｕｍｂｅｓａｒａｂｉｃｕｍ（Ｓａｖｕｌ．＆Ｒａｙｓ）Ａ．Ｌｖｅ的基因组ＤＮＡ作探针,分别与大赖草Ｌｅｙｍｕｓｒａｃｅｍｏｓｕｓ（Ｌａｍ．）Ｔｚｖｅｌ．和脆轴偃麦草Ｔｈ．ｊｕｎｃｅｕｍ（Ｓａｖｕｌ．＆Ｒａｙｓ）Ａ．Ｌｖｅ的体细胞杂交,大赖草的１４对染色体均出现杂交信号,脆轴偃麦草只有７对染色体有杂交信号。在用重复ＤＮＡ序列ＰＨｖ６２作探针的原位杂交中,Ｔｈ．ｂｅｓａｒａｂｉｃｕｍ有４对染色体有杂交信号,大赖草有１３对染色体显示杂交信号,新麦草Ｐｓａｔｈｙｒｏｓｔａｃｈｙｓｊｕｎｃｅａ（Ｆｉｓｃｈ．）Ｎｅｖｓｋｉ和脆轴偃麦草无杂交信号。用ＰＨｖ６２作探针的Ｓｏｕｔｈｅｒｎ杂交结果与原位杂交相似。在被检测的１２个普通小麦大赖草异源染色体系中,除二体附加系中５Ｌｒ＃１和双二体附加系１Ｌｒ＃１＋５Ｌｒ＃１没有杂交信号外,其余的异染色体系与ＰＨｖ６２都有特异杂交信号。据此推测Ｔｈ．ｂｅｓａｒａｂｉｃｕｍ有可能参予了赖草属物种的形成过程。但是,大赖草的染色体组在进化过程中显然已发生过变异。     

Ds因子在烟草染色体插入位点旁邻顺序的克隆

用Ｎｅｓｔｅｄ－ＰＣＲ方法从含Ｄｓ因子的转基因烟草ＤＮＡ中克隆了Ｄｓ因子在烟草染色体插入位点的９个旁邻ＤＮＡ片段,以这些片段作探针,和野生型烟草的ＤＮＡ进行Ｓｏｕｔｈｅｒｎ杂交,以检测这些片段在烟草染色体上的低拷贝ＤＮＡ。另外,对这些ＤＮＡ片段进行核苷酸序列测定,并将它们的顺序与Ｇｅｎｂａｎｋ数据中已有的核苷酸序列相比较,其中长度为１２８核苷酸的片段１和荷兰芹的４ＣＬ－２基因的一个区段有５７．８％     

一种能表现水稻基因组DNA分化特征的重复DNA顺序

用ＤＮＡ 复性动力学方法克隆到一个水稻中度重复顺序。Ｓｏｕｔｈｅｒｎ 杂交、限制性内切酶分析及序列分析资料表明,该重复顺序在水稻基因组中具有串联重复和散布状态两种存在方式。以该ＤＮＡ 片段作探针,用Ｓｏｕｔｈｅｒｎ 杂交方法分析了多种野生稻种和栽培稻品种的基因组分化特征。某些限制性内切酶消化过的水稻ＤＮＡ,其图谱呈现出多达４０ 条以上的杂交带,包括强杂交带和弱杂交带两种类型。重复实验结果证明,强杂交带表现为ＢＢＣＣ染色体组型特异而弱带则在栽培稻各品种间显示出丰富的多态性,表明该重复顺序片段在水稻理论研究和育种实践中可能具有重要意义     

一个AA基因组特异的串联重复序列的克隆及其在中国普通野生稻和栽培稻中的分化特征

从籼稻（ＯｒｙｚａｓａｔｉｖａＬ．ｓｐｐ．ｉｎｄｉｃａ）“窄叶青”中克隆到了１个重复序列（ｐＯｓ１３９）。经分子杂交证明,ｐＯｓ１３９为一稻属内ＡＡ基因组特异的串联重复序列。序列分析表明,ｐＯｓ１３９以３５５ｂｐ为一重复单位。以ｐＯｓ１３９为探针对２９份中国普通野生稻和４３份中国栽培稻的基因组ＤＮＡ进行的分子杂交表明,籼、粳亚种之间具有明显的差异,籼稻杂交带数明显多于粳稻,普通野生稻与籼稻相似,具有较多的杂交带数。拷贝数测定结果表明,ｐＯｓ１３９在普通野生稻和籼稻中丰度均较高,在粳稻中丰度较低。结合ｐＯｓ１３９的Ｓｏｕｔｈｅｒｎ杂交结果和以前的ＲＡＰＤ结果,认为籼稻和粳稻共同起源于普通野生稻。     

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.