分支系统学简评

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染色体荧光原位杂交技术检测平衡易位的临床应用

染色体荧光原位杂交技术检测平衡易位的临床应用崔英霞商学军王咏梅（南京军区南京总医院全军医学检验中心,南京２１０００２）潘淑娟张锡然（南京师范大学生物系,南京２１００９７）ＣｌｉｎｉｃａｌＡｐｐｌｉｃａｔｉｏｎｏｆＦｌｕｏｒｅｓｃｅｎｃｅｉｎｓｉｔｕＨ...     

杨树护田林带疏透度模型及应用

杨树护田林带疏透度模型及应用张纪林,吕祥生（江苏省林业科学研究所,南京２１１１５３）（江苏省农林厅林业局,南京２１１１５３）ＰｏｒｏｓｉｔｙＭｏｄｅｌｏｆＰｏｐｌａｒＦａｒｍｌａｎｄＳｈｅｌｔｅｒｂｅｌｔａｎｄＩｔｓＡｐｐｌｉｃａｔｉｏｎ￥ＺｈａｎｇＪｉｌｉｎ（Ｆｏｒｅｓｔｒｙｓｃｉｅｎｃｅａｎｄｔｅｃｈ－ｎｏｌｏｇｙｒｅｓｅａｒｃｈＩｎｓｔｉｔｕｔｅｏｆＪｉａｎｇｓｕ）,ＬｕＸｉａｎｇｓｈｅｎｇ（ＦｏｒｅｓｔｒｙＢｕｒｅａｕ“ｏｆＪｉａｎｇｓｕＰｒｏｖｉｎｃｅ）．ＣｈｉｎｅｓｅＪｏｕｒｎａｌｏｆＥｃｏｌｏｇｙ,１９９３,１２（５）：５６－６０。Ｉｎｔｈｉｓａｒｔｉｃｌｅ,ｔｈｅａｕｔｈｏｒｓａｔｆｉｒｓｔｍａｄｅｔｈｒｅｅ－ｐｒｉｎｃｉｐｌｅｄｓｅｌｅｃｔｉｏｎ,ｐａｒｔｉａｌｃｏｒｒｅｌａｔｉｏｎ,ｂｅｓｔｍｕｌｔｉ－ｐｒｉｎ－ｃｉｐｌｅｒｅｇｒｅｓｓｉｏｎｓｅｌｅｃｔｌｏｎｉｎｓｅｑｕｅｎｃｅ,Ｓｅｃｏｎｄｌｙｏｎｔｈｅｂａｓｉｓｏｆｒｅｓｉｄｕａｌａｎａｌｙｓｉｓ,ｔｈｅａｕｔｈｏｒｓｍａｄｅｔｅｓｔｏｆｈｉｇｈｌｅｖｅｒａｇｅｃａｓｅ,ｉｎｆｌｕｅｎｃｅｃａｓｅａｎｄｏｕｔｌｉｅｒｏｎｓａｍｐｌｅ     

工业固体废弃物的急性生物毒性研究

工业固体废弃物的急性生物毒性研究谢思琴,顾宗濂,周德智（中国科学院南京土壤研究所,南京２１０００８）Ａｃｕｔｅｂｉｏｔｏｘｉｃｉｔｙｏｆｉｎｄｕｓｔｒｉａｌｓｏｌｉｄｗａｓｔｅｓ￥．ＸｉｅＳｉｑｉｎ;ＧｕＺｏｎｇｌｉａｎａｎｄＺｈｏｕＤｅｚｈｉ（Ｉｎ...     

棒毛荠属属名的考证及其属模式学名的订正

棒毛荠属属名的考证及其属模式学名的订正陆莲立（江苏省植物研究所,南京２１００１４）（中国科学院植物研究所,南京２１００１４）ＴｈｅｉｄｃｎｔｉｆｉｃａｔｉｏｎａｎｄｒｅｖｉｓｉｏｎｏｎｔｈｅｇｅｎｕｓＣｏｃｈｌｅａｒｉｏｐｓｉｓＹ．Ｈ．Ｚｈａｎｇａｎ...     

低丘红壤区农林间作系统的水分生态特征及生产力

低丘红壤区农林间作系统的水分生态特征及生产力张斌张桃林（中国科学院南京土壤研究所,２１０００８）ｙｄｒａｕｌｉｃＥｃｏｌｏｇｉｃａｌＣｈａｒａｃｔｅｒｉｓｔｉｃｓｏｆＡｌｅｙＣｒｏｐｐｉｎｇＳｙｓｔｅｍｓａｎｄＩｔｓＰｒｏｄｕｃｔｉｖｉｔｙｉｎＬｏ...     

道路的生态学影响及其生态建设

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杂草生态学和生物学研究进展

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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.