山羊草属五个基本基因组系统发育的RAPD分析

利用ＲＡＰＤ技术,从ＯＰＥ、ＯＰＦ、ＯＰＧ、ＯＰＵ、ＯＰＸ、ＯＰＹ和ＯＰＺ共７组随机引物中筛选出２８个能产生基因组特异带的稳定引物,对山羊草属（ＡｅｇｉｌｏｐｓＬ．）的５个基本基因组及普通小麦“中国春”的ＤＮＡ进行随机扩增,根据扩增的４８８条ＤＮＡ片段绘制出系统发育图。普通小麦ＡＢＤ基因组与Ｓ基因组亲缘关系最近,Ｃ与Ｕ基因组具有比较近的亲缘关系,Ｄ基因组与其它基因组的亲缘关系比较远     

利用RFLP、SSR、AFLP和RAPD标记分析玉米自交系遗传多样性的比较研究

利用 ＲＦＬＰ、ＳＳＲ．ＡＦＬＰ和ＲＡＰＤ ４种分子标记方法研究了 １５个玉米（Ｚｅａ ｍａｙｓ Ｌ．）自交系的遗传多样性,同时对４种标记系统进行比较。在供试材料中筛选到具多态性的ＲＦＬＰ探针酶组合５６个,６６对ＳＳＲ引物,２０个ＲＡＰＤ引物和９个ＡＦＬＰ引物组合,分别检测到多态性带１６７、２０１、８７和１０８条。ＳＳＲ标记位点的平均多态性信息量（ＰＩＣ）最大（０．５４）,ＡＦＬＰ标记位点最小（０．３６）,但ＡＦＬＰ标记具有最高的多态性检测效率（Ａｉ,３２．２）。４种分子标记所得遗传相似系数相关性显著,比较相关系数表明 ＲＡＰＤ可靠性较低。依据 ４种分子标记结果将 １５个供试自交系划分为塘四平头、旅大红骨、兰卡斯特、瑞德和ＰＮ共５个类群,与系谱分析基本一致。认为ＳＳＲ和ＲＦＬＰ两种分子标记方法适合进行玉米种质遗传多样性的研究。     

杂交水稻汕优63杂种纯度的RAPD鉴定

使用纯度低或真实性差的杂交种子会给农业生产造成极大损失。然而杂交种子的纯度无法单纯从种子形态上鉴别．本文首次采用ＲＡＰＤ特异扩增谱带做为分子标记对水稻杂交种纯度进行了鉴定。汕优６３杂交水稻种子由中国水稻研究所从某制种单位随机取样获得。珍汕９７Ａ不育系和明恢６３恢复系等品种由中国水稻研究所提供。在做形态观察的同时,分别取上述三种材料叶片制备ＤＮＡ作为初始模板ＤＮＡ。对３００个ＲＡＰＤ随机引物,经过三次多态性初筛复筛,发现随机引物Ｐ１８可以稳定地扩增出一条来源于父本明恢６３的０．８ｋｂ的特异条带。用Ｐ１８引物对１００株汕优６３杂交单株进行ＲＡＰＤ扩增,其中８３个获得了０．８ｋｂ特异条带（Ｆｉｇ．１ｕｐｐｅｒ）。分子杂交证明其结果是可靠的（Ｆｉｇ．１Ｌｏｗｅｒ）。以ＲＡＰＤ扩增结果为依据,对这１００株材料进行植株形态比较,发现那１７个不能扩增出特异条带的单株均为假杂种。说明该制种单位汕优６３的假种率为１７％。大大超过农业部的有关规定。应对其原因和后果进行追究。用Ｐ１８引物对１８种分别为籼粳及其中间型的常用稻种进行ＲＡＰＤ扩增鉴定,除明恢６３的亲本──圭６３０和中间型Ｐｃｃｏｓ,Ａｕｓ３７３具有０．８ｋｂ的特异条带     

鹅膏菌属真菌RAPD分析及亲缘关系的研究

本文对采自湖南莽山的２６种鹅膏菌属（Ａｍａｎｉｔａ）真菌进行了随机扩增多态性ＤＮＡ（ＲＡＰＤ）分析,４０个随机引物中筛选出扩增效果较好的６个引物,每个引物能产生１～１０条ＤＮＡ条带,获得的ＲＡＰＤ谱带清晰并呈现多态性ＯＰＧ１５、ＯＰＨ０４两个引物扩增的ＲＡＰＤ谱带能将２６种鹅膏菌完全区分开来,通过６个引物的ＲＡＰＤ分析获得的平均相似性系数表明种与种之间的相关系数在２０－６０％之间,平均链锁聚类分析     

中国棉花枯萎菌生理小种的RAPD分析

利用随机扩增多态性ＤＮＡ（ＲＡＰＤ）分子标记方法对我国棉花枯萎菌３个生理小种（３、７、８号）进行遗传多样性分析,以筛选出的１０个随机引物对采自我国１１个省（自治区）的２６个代表菌株及国外３个不同生理小种对照菌株进行ＲＡＰＤ－ＰＣＲ扩增,共产生了１４０个ＲＡＰＤ分子标记,其中８７．８％具有多态性。通过聚类分析确定了供试小种间的亲缘关系,并寻找到了我国３、７、８号小种的特异条带,为确立我国棉花枯萎菌生     

应用原位杂交及RAPD技术标记抗黄矮病小麦一中间偃麦草染色体异附加系

以生物素（Ｂｉｏｔｉｎ－１６－ｄＵＴＰ）标记中间偃麦草基因组 ＤＮＡ为探针,与抗黄矮病小麦－中间偃麦草染色体异附加系Ｚ６进行原位杂交,鉴定出附加的１对中间偃麦草染色体。对异附加系 Ｚ６和 Ｌ１及它们的小麦亲本进行了 ＲＡＰＤ分析,从 １２０个随机引物中,筛选出 ２个引物可以扩增出附加染色体的特异ＤＮＡ片段,可作为鉴定寻人小麦的中间偃麦草染色质的分子标记。     

大麦6H染色体特异性标记的筛选和鉴定

从大麦、小麦和小麦－大麦６Ｈ染色体附加系ＲＡＰＤ分析筛选出对６Ｈ染色体特异的２个ＲＡＰＤ标记,转换为特异性ＰＣＲ标记,利用标记对不同植物材料进行ＰＣＲ扩增鉴定。表明凡含有大麦６Ｈ染色体的材料（Ｂｅｔｚｅｓ、Ｉｇｒｉ、ＣＳ６Ｈ附加系）均能扩增出特异带;而不含６Ｈ染色体的材料,包括小科、黑麦、长穗偃麦草、中间偃麦草、簇毛麦以及含有其他大麦染色体的小麦附加系均不主增出特异带。可见,２对ＰＣＲ引物具有大麦     

利用RFLP,SSR,AFLP和RAPD标记分析玉米自效系遗传多样性的比较研究

利用ＲＦＬＰ、ＳＳＲ、ＡＦＬＰ和ＲＡＰＤ４种分子标记方法研究了１５个玉米（Ｚｅａ ｍａｙｓ Ｌ．）自交系的遗传多样性,同时对４种标记系统进行比较。在供试材料中筛选到具多态性的ＲＦＬＰ探针酶组合５６个,６７６对ＳＳＲ引物,２０个ＲＡＰＤ引物和９个ＡＦＬＰ引物组合,分别检测到多态性带１６７、２０１、８７和１０８条。ＳＳＲ标记位点的平均多态性检测效率（Ａｉ,３２．２）。４种分子标记所得遗传相似自交系划分     

RAPD标记在紫菜遗传多样性检测和种质鉴定中的应用

用ＲＡＰＤ技术对４类紫菜（Ｐｏｒｐｈｙｒａ ｙｅｚｏｅｎｓｉｓ,Ｐ．ｈａｉｔａｎｅｎｓｉｓ,Ｐ．ｋａｔａｄｎｉ ｖａｒ．ｈｅｍｉｐｈｙｌｌａ和Ｐ．ｏｌｉｇｏｓｐｅｒｍａｔａｎｇｉａ）的１５个无性系丝状体进行了遗传多样履分析,从５０个ＯＰＥＲＯＮ引物中经过初筛,其中６个引物可以扩增出稳定的可重复的图谱。这６个引物共扩增出了６０条带,多态性比例达９７．１％。根据ＲＡＰＤ结果将这１５个无性了紫菜的ＤＮＡ     

中国棉花枯萎菌生理小种的RAPD分析

利用随机扩增多态性ＤＮＡ（ＲＡＰＤ）分子标记方法对我国棉花枯萎菌３个生理小种（３、７、８号）进行遗传多样性分析,以筛选出的１０个随机引物对采自我国１１个省（自治区）的２６个代表菌株及国外３个不同生理小种对照菌株进行ＲＡＰＤ－ＰＣＲ增,共产生了１４０个ＲＡＰＤ分子标记,其中８７．８％具有多态性。通过聚类分析确定了供试小种间的亲缘关系,并寻找到了我国３、７、８号小种的特异条带,为确立我国棉花枯萎菌生理小种在国际上的分类地位提供了可靠的分子证据。     

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.