甘肃4种亚热带常绿阔叶木本植物分布新记录

报道了甘肃省4种亚热带常绿阔叶木本植物分布新记录：黄丹木姜子〔Litsea elongata （Wall. ex Nees） Benth. et Hook. f.〕、总梗女贞（Ligustrum pricei Hayata）、攀缘胡颓子（Elaeagnus sarmentosa Rehder）、栓叶安息香（Styrax suberifolius Hook. & Arn.）。其中,栓叶安息香和攀缘胡颓子也是秦岭植物分布新记录。这些植物的发现进一步丰富了甘肃省亚热带常绿阔叶木本植物资源,对于研究西秦岭地区亚热带木本植物的物种多样性和植物区系具有重要意义。新记录凭证标本存放于陇南师范高等专科学校植物标本室。     

西藏墨脱悬钩子属植物小志

该文在野外调查、标本采集、标本查阅与鉴定及文献考证的基础上,对西藏墨脱县产的蔷薇科悬钩子属植物进行了系统整理。结果表明:目前发现该区共有悬钩子属植物28种4变种,其中Rubus lineatus Reinw. var. glabrior Hook. f.为中国分布新记录植物,小柱悬钩子(R. columellaris Tutcher)、红毛悬钩子(R. wallichianus Wight et Arn.)、独龙悬钩子(R. taronensis C. Y. Wu ex T. T. Yu et L. T. Lu)和疏松悬钩子(R. efferatus Craib)为西藏分布新记录植物。该文还对《中国植物志》和Flora of China中该属部分学名的不恰当使用进行了探讨。     

秦岭紫堇属植物及其地理分布修订

在室内查阅标本和查阅文献资料的基础上,结合野外实际调查,对秦岭地区紫堇属植物及其地理分布进行全面修订。结果表明:秦岭地区共有紫堇属植物28种,其中5种为秦岭特有种。地理分布格局研究表明:8种为秦岭广布种,7种为秦岭西部分布种,7种为秦岭中部分布种,1种为秦岭东部分布种,3种为秦岭中部和西部分布种,2种为中部和东部分布种。根据修订,给出了秦岭紫堇属植物分种检索表。     

甘肃白龙江流域提灯藓科植物研究

对采自甘肃白龙江流域的180余份提灯藓科植物标本进行了分类研究,共鉴定出该科植物4属22种,其中瘤柄匍灯藓、大叶毛灯藓、细枝毛灯藓、具丝毛灯藓为甘肃省新记录种。同时,依据标本编制了白龙江流域提灯藓科植物的分属、分种检索表,列出了各个种的生境和分布,并对其区系成份进行了分析。     

甘肃省杓兰属植物资源调查及2新记录种

通过对甘肃省杓兰属植物进行系统的调查和资料整理,共发现甘肃省杓兰属植物15种,占中国杓兰属植物种类的39.47%,其中9种为中国特有种。调查发现2种甘肃省杓兰属植物分布新记录种——巴郎山杓兰(Cypripedium palangshanense T.Tang et F.T.Wang)和离萼杓兰(Cypripedium plectrochilum Franch.)。通过整理重新编制了甘肃省杓兰属植物的分种检索表。     

广西长柱开口箭属(天门冬科)植物小志

该文在野外调查、标本采集、标本查阅与鉴定及文献考证的基础上,订正了广西长柱开口箭属(Tupistra Ker-Gawl.)植物,确定广西目前分布有3种,其中红柱开口箭(Tupistra cardinalis Aver.,N. TanakaSon)为中国新记录植物。同时,还详细描述了红柱开口箭的形态特征,并提供广西产长柱开口箭属植物照片和地理分布信息以及国产长柱开口箭属的分类检索表,以资鉴定。     

甘肃悬钩子属系统分类及区系地理研究

甘肃省产悬钩子属植物３４种、８变种、隶属于３组１１亚组,其中５个种为甘肃分布新记录、个新种及１个新变种。本文根据实地调查和标本鉴定,编制了系统检索表,并对甘肃悬钩子属植物区系成分及区系成进行了初步探讨。     

秦岭地区蕨类植物新记录属——荚囊蕨属

为丰富并完善陕西秦岭山区蕨类植物种类记录,通过对秦岭山区的蕨类植物资料整理和野外调查,发现秦岭山区蕨类植物分布新记录属——荚囊蕨属,其属下种是荚囊蕨。该文描述了荚囊蕨在秦岭山区的形态特征和生境特点。凭证标本保存于湖南人文科技学院植物标本室。     

江苏省维管植物分布新记录(二)

结合<江苏植物志>的修订,作者对江苏境内植物做了补充调查并发现了一些江苏省分布新记录.本文继前文[1]续报分布于连云港和徐州等地的江苏新记录的属和种,其中,新记录种共计7种2变种、新记录属1属,隶属于7科.另外,从植物资源利用、植物区系及分布范围以及外来种类的潜在危险等方面对部分种类进行了简要分析.凭证标本均保存于江苏省·中国科学院植物研究所标本馆(NAS).     

秦岭毛茛属植物(毛茛科)的分类学研究

记载了产于秦岭的毛茛属植物共11种,4变种,其中含秦岭分布新记录4种、3变种,它们是:美丽毛茛、丽江毛茛(变种)、毛果毛茛(变种)、丝叶毛茛(变种)、褐鞘毛茛、愚毛茛、匍枝毛茛;另外,收录了《秦岭植物志》遗漏的另外2种,即太白山毛茛和细长喙毛茛。经研究认为,《秦岭植物志》原记载的小毛茛Ranunculus ternatusThunb.在秦岭无分布。给出了秦岭毛茛属植物分种(变种)检索表;对每一种及种下等级的产地及分布进行了详细的论述。     

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.