AFLP标记在研究家蚕遗传多态性方面的应用

AFLP是一种多态检出效率很高的分子标记技术,在构建遗传图谱,遗传多态性研究,重建分子系统演化树,品种鉴定,基因克隆等众多研究领域有着其它分子标记技术不可比拟的优势。本文在前人用AFLP技术对植物多态性研究的基础上,将AFLP用于家蚕的遗传多态性研究,结果发现在家蚕中同样具有丰富的AFLP标记的多态性。由此暗示AFLP技术亦适合研究家蚕等昆虫类动物的遗传多态性,构建遗传图谱,或用于其分子生态学,分子进化和分类等方面的研究。此外本文还探讨了适合于家蚕等昆虫的AFLP分析的实验条件。     

扩增片段长度多态性( AFLP) ——一种新的分子标记技术

AFLP(扩增性片段长度多态性)是一种新的DNA分子标记。与RFLP、RAPD相比,AFLP具有在一次试验中可同时观察到大量的限制性片段的优点。本文阐述了AFLP的原理和方法,综述了AFLP目前在植物遗传育种研究中的应用进展,并对AFLP技术在植物遗传育种中的应用前景提出了初步设想。     

AFLP 分子标记技术的发展

AFLP分子标记技术是一种建立在PCR技术和RFLP标记基础上的新的DNA指纹分析技术,具有多态性丰富、结果稳定可靠、重复性好、所需DNA量少,且可以在不知道基因组序列的情况下进行研究等特点,现已被广泛用于构建遗传图谱、遗传多样性研究、系统进化及分类学、遗传育种和品质鉴定以及基因定位等方面。介绍AFLP技术的原理以及AFLP技术基础上条件的改进。     

中华稻蝗AFLP反应体系的建立与优化

以中华稻蝗为研究材料,提取到高质量的总DNA.通过优化酶切连接、预扩增、选择性扩增等实验条件,确定了AFLP银染技术方法,从而建立了中华稻蝗AFLP分子标记研究体系,得到了清晰的AFLP指纹图谱,为探讨稻蝗种间遗传学关系提供了新的技术手段.     

AFLP和RAPD标记技术在栉孔扇贝遗传多样性研究中的应用比较

AFLP和RAPD标记技术是近年来发展最快的基于PCR基础上的两种DNA标记技术,本文比较了两种标记技术在我国栉孔扇贝群体遗传多样性研究中的应用。共筛选20个RAPD引物和7个AFLP引物组合,检测到AFLP标记的有效等位基因数和平均多态信息量稍低于RAPD标记,但AFLP标记在每单位分析中扩增到的野生和养殖群体的多态性条带数(23．8,24．8)分别高于RAPD标记(5．6,5．6),AFLP多态性检测效率显著高于RAPD标记。AFLP和RAPD两种标记技术所揭示的野生种群与养殖群体间的近交系数、遗传距离两项指标均表明,我国栉孔扇贝养殖群体和野生种群之间尚未出现明显的遗传分化。研究结果表明：RAPD和AFLP这两种标记技术均可用于栉孔扇贝遗传多样性的分析,其分析结果是一致的。     

AFLP技术及其在水生动物研究中的应用

AFLP技术是近年来发展起来的一种新型分子遗传标记技术,该技术在遗传多样性分析．遗传图谱构建以及遗传育种等方面均具有重要的作用。介绍了AFLP的发展背景、基本原理和特点．并对其在水生动物研究方面的应用情况进行了综述。     

栽培沉香遗传多样性的ISSR和AFLP分析比较

探讨2种分子标记技术在沉香属药用植物遗传多样性研究中的应用。用ISSR和AFLP分子标记分析了海南、云南、广东、广西等地17份沉香属植物的遗传多样性。14个ISSR引物、8对AFLP引物分别检测到119、919个位点,多态位点百分率分别为73.95%、86.94%。由于AFLP标记具有较高的多态性位点检测效率,AFLP标记分析的遗传多样性参数高于ISSR。虽然基于Nei’s遗传距离的聚类分析结果存在着一定的差异,但用Mantel检测对两种方法检测的遗传一致度进行相关性分析表明,它们之间存在着明显的相关性（r=0.7705,P=0.0003）。ISSR标记与AFLP标记均能应用于沉香属植物的遗传多样性研究。两种标记的研究结果均揭示出沉香属植物具有较高的遗传多样水平。     

AFLP分子标记技术在昆虫学研究中的应用

AFLP分子标记技术是一种建立在PCR技术和RFLP标记基础上的新的DNA指纹分析技术 ,具有多态性丰富、结果稳定可靠、重复性好、所需DNA量少、可以在不知道基因组序列的情况下进行研究等特点 ,现已广泛用于构建遗传图谱、遗传多样性研究、系统进化及分类学、遗传育种和品质鉴定以及基因定位等方面。该文介绍了AFLP标记技术的原理以及在昆虫学研究中的应用。     

AFLP技术及其在茶树种质资源研究中的应用(综述)

AFLP分子标记技术具有快速、方便、分辨率高、重复性好等优点,在茶树种质资源研究中应用潜力很大。本文简要介绍AFLP分析技术的原理、特点与进展,并综述近年来AFLP标记技术在茶树种质资源研究中的应用。     

AFLP标记技术的发展和完善

AFLP标记技术自诞生以来,由于集成高效性、高通量、无需知道序列信息等诸多优点而在分子生物学研究中得以广泛应用。近年来,研究人员对该技术进行了不断的优化和完善,并由之衍生出多种相关技术,不仅能区分纯合子和杂合子,还能够将感兴趣AFLP条带进行位点特异性标记的高效转化,从而有利于进行大规模单位点检测和基因克隆,检测技术更趋高效。重点评述近年来“常规”AFLP技术向更高通量、更加高效和信息完全AFLP技术的转化和发展,了解这些变革对高效利用AFLP技术实现研究目标具有重要的意义。     

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.