四十五种叶蝉的染色体研究（同翅目：叶蝉总科）

研究观察了45种中国雄性叶蝉的减数分裂,其中44种的核型为首次报道,染色体数目变化在2n=12～26之间,性别决定均为XO型。从叶蝉总科的组型图来看,该科染色体数目变化在2n=8～28之间,峰值为2n=18(16+XO),另外几种类型2n=16,20,22也有较高的出现频率。科内染色体数目的进化不具有明显的方向性,2n=22(20+XO)是该科的原始核型,易位导致的不均等互换可能是染色体数目进化的主要机制。从精子发生来看叶蝉总科与角蝉总科的关系较为密切,两者的共同特点是：①精母细胞体积较大,显著不同于沫蝉和蝉科;②减数分裂行为及精子变态过程相似;③染色体数目较少,染色体体积较大;④减数分裂前期具有典型的花束期,没有弥散期,因而不同于蜡蝉。但是由于叶蝉总科的染色体变异范围明显大于角蝉总科,而角蝉总科的核型相对较为保守,从核型上来说角蝉总科是比叶蝉总科较为原始的类群。     

类水狼蛛的核型（蜘蛛目：狼蛛科）

对稻田优势种类类水狼蛛(Pirata piratoides)进行了染色体核型、C-带核型的观察与分析,结果:类水狼蛛染色体数目:雄性2n=26,雌性2n=28,性别决定机制为X_1X_2O型,所有染色体均为端着丝粒,性染色体为最长的1条(对)和最短的1条(对)。     

毛冠鹿染色体组型

毛冠鹿Elaphodus cephalophus是我国特有的珍稀鹿种。分布于我国东南及西南等省。有关它的核型中国科学院昆明动物研究所张锡然等人1983年作了报导,其中雄性鹿2n=48,雌性鹿2n=47,在核型中均有一条较大的亚中部着丝点染色体没有同源染色体可以配对,但表现形式在两性染色体组型中是不同的,在雌性鹿中是一条亚中部着丝点染色体,在雄性鹿中,则为两条断开的端部着丝点染色体。     

中国两种波腿蝗（蝗总科：癞蝗科）染色体C带核型研究

报道中国两种波腿蝗的染色体C带核型,结果表明：红胫波腿蝗Asiotmethis zacharjini (Bei-Bienko, 1926) 2n ♂ =18, neo-X为亚中着丝粒染色体,其他均为近端着丝粒染色体,染色体除强染的着丝粒C带,S8染色体具强染端部C带带纹,neo-Y染色体还具有一条宽的弱染的近着丝粒端居间C带,性别决定机制是neo-XY ♂型,该种染色体组成和性别决定机制在我国癞蝗中为首次报道,蓝胫波腿蝗Asiotmethis jubatus (Uvarov, 1926) 2n＝19♂,均为近端着丝粒染色体,仅具有明显强染的着丝粒C带,性别决定机制是XO ♂型;两种波腿蝗的异染色质含量存在显著性差异（α=0.05）。     

四斑巨螯蛛(Dyschiriognotha quadrimaculata)的核型分析

报道四斑巨螯蛛的染色体数目,形态特征和性染色体组成,结果表明:四斑巨螯蛛的染色体数目是:雌性2n=26;雄性2n=24,性别决定机制是X_1X_2O型,这种蜘蛛的染色体小,常规制片显示出自然带纹。     

棕色田鼠的细胞遗传学研究

本次首次报告棕色田鼠（Microtus mandarinus)的核型,核型公式为2n=50=2(M,T) 2SM 44T XX(M,SM),XY(SM,ST),发现第一对常染色体及X性染色体存在多态现象,在所研究的15只雌性个体中有7只雌性个体的细胞只有1条X性染色体,性染色体组成为XO型,核型公式为2n=49=2(M,ST) 2SM 44T＋XO,。其中X性染色体不同于雄性中的X（SM）,为M类型,本文提出的综色田鼠3种核型与Brown等人（1964）提出的Microtus oregoni的3种核型（XO,YO,XY）有异,本文还阐述了染色体多态产生的机制和探讨了XO型个体发生的机理及其繁殖。     

鼠颚毛厉螨染色体组型及其C-带、G-带的研究(蜱螨亚纲:厉螨科)

本文首次报道了厉螨科鼠颚毛厉螨 Tricholaelaps myonyssognathus 染色体组型及其C-带、G-带的研究。结果表明其为单二倍体性决定系统(n=6,2n=12),雄性体细胞具有6条染色体,雌性体细胞具有12条染色体。所有染色体均为单着丝粒,其着丝粒位置分别为中部(1和2号)、亚中部(3号)、亚端部(4号)及端点(5和6号)。C-带为着丝粒带。G-带的有35条深带。     

毛冠鹿(Elaphodus cephalophus)体细胞的染色体研究

本文首次报道我国特有的珍贵动物毛冠鹿的染色体数目及特征,其二倍染色体众数雄性为2n=48,雌性为2n=47。雌雄两性的核型中均有几条难以鉴别的染色体,如雌性的第23对染色体,24号染色体;雄性的第23号,24号、25号、26号染色体,G-带分析表明,雄性的第25号,26号染色体正相当于雌性的24号染色体的长臂和短臂。C-带,G-带观察表明,雌性的第23对,24号染色体,雄性的23号,24号,25号染色体异染色质特别丰富,推测这几条染色体可能参与性别的决定,但正确的性决定机制及性染色体的鉴别有待进一步研究。Ag—As技术揭示,核仁组织者均位于第一对和第二对染色体的次缢痕处。此外,本文还测定了该种动物姐妹染色单体的交换频率(SCE),其平均值为每细胞6.2。     

哺乳动物二倍体性别决定系统的多样性

哺乳动物的大多数物种具有XY染色体性别决定 系统。例如，猩猩(Pongo pygmaeets）的二倍体染色 体数，不论是雌性个体还是雄性个体，均为2n = 44, 一可配为22对。其中21对为常染色体；另一对是决定 性别的性染色体，在雌性为XX，在雄性为XY。这是一 般熟知的情况。     

哺乳动物二倍体性别决定系统的多样性

哺乳动物的大多数物种具有XY染色体性别决定系统。例如,猩猩(Pongo pygmaeus)的二倍体染色体数,不论是雌性个体还是雄性个体,均为2n=44,可配为22对。其中21对为常染色体;另一对是决定性别的性染色体,在雌性为XX,在雄性为XY。这是一般熟知的情况。     

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.