DNA动力学柔性的统计力学模型

考虑碱基对之间的非紧邻相互作用、涨落的序列依赖效应和非对称涨落,提出了DNA构象的统计力学模型,给出了DNA柔性的新定义。作为模型的应用,对12种三核苷酸重复序列的动力学柔性作了预测。理论预测与其它方法得到的结论比较,有很好的一致性。对模型和结论的理论意义作了讨论。     

小克银汉霉核糖体DNAPCR扩增产物的限制性片段长度多型性

应用一对寡苷酸引物ＩＴＳ１与ＩＴＳ４对核ＤＮＡＧ＋Ｃ百分数小于３０％的小克银汉霉属的核糖体ＤＮＡ（ｒＤＮＡ）内转录间区（ＩＴＳ）进行了扩增。测试的属于１０个种和变种的２２株菌都得到了扩增产物，在同属不同种之间扩增的ＩＴＳ片段长度有巨大差别。据此可分为三组。这三组所含分类群数及其ＤＮＡ长度 ：第一组４种１变种，小于７６４碱基对；第二组２种，７６５－８２４ｂｐ；第三组２种１变种，大于８２５ｂｐ。所研究     

分子间三链DNA的应用

自Ｄｅｒｖａｎ等１９８７年首先证实三链ＤＮＡ的形成可介导对靶ＤＮＡ的特异切割以来,有关三链ＤＮＡ的研究进展和奶快。本综述了近几年分子间三链ＤＮＡ在基因表达调控、染色体作图、基因分离及定点诱变等方面的应用,并对三链ＤＮＡ应用中存在的几个问题及相应的解决方法作了简单介绍。     

中华鲟（Acipenser sinensis）mtDNA个体间的长度变异与个体内的长？…

用ＰＣＲ技术扩增中华鲟线粒体ＤＮＡ（ｍｔＤＮＡ）控制区时,发现中华鲟天然群体现人存在个体间和个体内的ｍｔＤＮＡ长度变异现象。ＤＮＡ测序表明,长度变异发生在ｍｔＤＮＡ Ｄ－ｌｏｏｐ靠近ｔＲＡＮ＾ｐｒｏ的位置,由长约８２碱基对（ｂｐ）的重复序列串联形成的。     

部分柔性的核酸双螺旋构象的模型化研究

基于核酸结构单元的基本思想,在分析给出任意碱基对片段的自由度集合和两碱基对片段的简化自由度集合的基础上,建立了DNA/m5cDNA/RNA双螺旋结构的理论模型和两碱基对部分柔性的构象计算方法.利用本方法获得的标准B-DNA双螺旋构象参数与实验基本一致.根据DNA嵌插受体的统计性实验约束,优化产生了适用于阿霉素类抗癌药的三碱基对DNA片段的理论嵌插受体模型.     

抗癌药物ADM与DNA相互作用的紫外共振拉曼光谱的研究

用紫外共振拉曼光谱研究了ＡＤＭ与小牛胸腺ＤＮＡ相互作用,分析表明：ＡＤＭ插入ＤＮＡ的ＧＣ－ＣＧ位置,ＡＤＭ与ＤＮＡ之间的主要相互作用是蒽环π电子与碱基Ｇ和Ｃ的π电子形成的π－π电子相互作用,并通过碱基Ｇ,Ｃ的ＮＨ２的氮的孤对Ｐ电子与ＡＤＭ的π－Ｐ电子相互作用以及ＡＤＭ和ＤＮＡ碱基Ｇ,Ｃ和ＰＯ２之间形成的氢键使相互作用加强;ＡＤＭ插入ＤＮＡ使其构象产生一定变化,但未破坏ＤＮＡ碱基对间的氢键。     

DNA重复序列的宏观分布趋势

以ＧＣＧ软件和数学模型为工具,用观察到的某ＤＮＡ序列的频数（Ｏ）与理论计算出的此序列频数（Ｔ）的比值（Ｏ／Ｔ）为参数（即相对频数）,将基因资料库（包括ＧｅｎＢａｎｋ和ＥＭＢＬＤａｔａＢａｓｅ）的ＤＮＡ序列进行了分析．结果显示ＤＮＡ重复序列的分布存在着如下趋势：（１）越简单的ＤＮＡ重复序列,其相对频数越高,离平衡分布越远;（２）顺向重复序列的分布的相对频数高于反向重复序列的分布;（３）较长的保守序列的相对频数较高;（４）含ＡＴ碱基对的重复序列的相对频数高于含ＧＣ碱基对的重复序列,在较长的ＤＮＡ重复序列中尤其明显：（５）上述ＤＮＡ重复序列分布的趋势存在种属特异性．     

DNA似近距离及进化时间的估算

在似近分析和Ｎｅｉ氏遗传距离的基础上,给出了ＤＮＡ似近距离计算公式,并以ＤＮＡ似近距离估算类群间的分歧时间（进化时间）,应用１０种限制内切酶对猕猴属（ｇｅｎｕｓ Ｍａｃａｃａ）内５个种ｍｔＤＮＡ的切点数据计算了这５个种的ＤＮＡ似近距离和进化时间,比较由ＤＮＡ似近距,遗传距离构建的歧化树和Ｆｏｏｄｅｎ及Ｄｅｌｓｏｎ的形态歧化树表明,除遗传距离的歧化树外,其它三种歧化树都有一个共同点,就是熊猴（Ｍ．ａ     

抗癌药物ADM与DNA相互作用的紫外共振拉曼光谱的研究

用紫外共振拉曼光谱研究了ＡＤＭ与小牛胸腺ＤＮＡ相互作用,分析表明：ＡＤＭ插入ＤＮＡ的ＧＣ－ＣＧ位置;ＡＤＭ与ＤＮＡ之间的主要相互作用是蒽环π电子与碱基Ｇ和Ｃ的π电子形成的π－π电子相互作用,并通过碱基Ｇ、Ｃ的ＮＨ＿２的氨的孤对Ｐ电子与ＡＤＭ的π电子形成的π－Ｐ电子相互作用以及ＡＤＭ和ＤＮＡ碱基Ｇ、Ｃ和ＰＯ＿２之间形成的氢键使相互作用加强;ＡＤＭ插入ＤＮＡ使其构象产生一定变化,但未破坏ＤＮＡ碱基对间的氢键。     

DNA序列信息的一种新的测度

根据信息理论给出了测度ＤＮＡ序列信息的一种新的方法,获得ＤＮＡ序列４个层次的信息量测度：Ｉｂ,Ｉｆ（１）,Ｉｆ（２）ａｎｄＩｆ（３）,这４种信息测度可分别用来测度ＤＮＡ的碱基序列、密码子序列、编码蛋白质序列和功能蛋白质序列的信息量。从Ｍ．ｅｄｕｌｉｓ的线粒体基因组中两个较短的编码蛋白质的ＤＮＡ序列和使用具有不同倍性的间并密码子组组成的模拟ＤＮＡ序列中所获得计算结果表明,这些信息测度确实能用来揭示所     

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.     

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     

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.     

鸡传染性法氏囊病病毒研究进展

传染性法氏囊病(Infection bursal disease, IBD)是由鸡传染性法氏囊病毒(Infectious bursal disease virus, IBDV)引起的鸡和火鸡的一种高度接触性传染病,给世界各国的禽养殖业带来了巨大损失.自IBDV发现至今新的变异株不断出现,分子结构的改变导致病毒致病力的改变及宿主对疫苗应答的改变,使得传统的疫苗已不能控制其流行,因此各国学者对其基因组结构和功能进行了广泛深入的研究,并积极研制新型有效的疫苗以达到防治的目的.     

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.     

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).     

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.