预浸和发芽过程中番茄种子细胞核的倍性变化

用细胞流检仪（ｆｌｏｗｃｙｔｏｍｅｔｅｒ）检测番茄种子细胞核倍性水平时发现：当年成熟的番茄种子胚细胞核ＤＮＡ绝大多数为２Ｃ水平,胚乳细胞核则为３Ｃ水平,说明成熟番茄种子细胞一般休止停留在Ｇ１期。同时我们也发现极少量的胚和胚乳细胞核分别为４Ｃ和６Ｃ水平,说明这些细胞已经进行了ＤＮＡ内复制。供试番茄种子浸种后１２ｈ左右完成吸水过程,２ｄ后胚根可突破种皮发芽。随着种子吸水过程的完成,胚根尖部分细胞开始进入ＤＮＡ复制期（Ｓ期）,而且此类细胞的数量增加迅速,一直到种子发芽。番茄胚根尖细胞进入４Ｃ的数量的多少与种子萌发时期有明显相关,４Ｃ／２Ｃ比率越大说明越接近发芽。渗控处理可以增加番茄种子胚根细胞４Ｃ／２Ｃ比率,因而明显提高种子的发芽速率。结果还表明;渗控处理的番茄种子再度干燥后４Ｃ／２Ｃ比率不变,这说明干燥可以固定细胞周期。     

稻胚发育的三维形态研究兼论胚各部分的形态本质

运用扫描电镜及塑料半薄切片技术,从水稻（ＯｒｙｚａｓａｔｉｖａＬ．）授粉后２ｄ开始至种子成熟,追踪观察了稻胚的三维形态发育,根据结果,对胚各部分的形态本质提出一些新的见解。（１）授粉后２ｄ的胚由胚柄、胚基和胚体组成。胚基为胚柄和胚体之间的过渡区,呈喇叭状,胚基与胚柄不能等同。２ｄ的胚未出现器官分化,属原胚;但胚背腹分化明显,即存在背腹极性。（２）授粉后第３至第５天幼胚的形态变化及器官分化至关重要。盾片和胚芽鞘在授粉后３ｄ的幼胚上同时出现,两者均直接由原胚分化,并非胚芽鞘从盾片发生。胚芽鞘原基经历这３ｄ的特殊形态演变,形成空心倒锥状的胚芽鞘,展现了禾本科特有的胚芽鞘的形态形成机理。３ｄ幼胚胚根的原形成层、基本分生组织及根冠分化;４ｄ幼胚小丘状生长锥形成,胚根的原表皮分化,茎根轴形成;５ｄ幼胚胚芽、胚轴与胚根初步形成。（３）稻胚具有二型子叶,胚套是胚的外围子叶,盾片是此子叶的一个主要部分（侧生子叶）,胚芽鞘是顶生子叶。     

水稻颖花开裂SRS突变体的鉴定

利用扫描电镜观察了水稻（Ｏｒｙｚａ ｓａｔｉｖａ Ｌ．）颖花开裂突变体ＳＲＳ（ｓｐｌｉｔ ｒｉｃｅ ｓｐｉｋｅｌｅｔ）花器官形态发生过程,该突变体表现为内外稃变软变长,不抱合,外稃基部又着生一颖花,浆片呈稃片状,但是雌雄蕊着生位置和形态表现正常。利用ＳＲＳ突变体为父本,“窄叶青８号”为母本配制杂交组合,其Ｆ２代群体中正常与突变植株的分离比例为３：１,表明该突变性状是由单隐性基因控制的。作为对照,同     

赤霉素与脱落酸对番茄种子萌发中细胞周期的调控

利用细胞流检仪检测番茄（Ｌｙｃｏｐｅｒｓｉｃｏｎ ｅｓｃｕｌｅｎｔｕｍ Ｍｉｌｌ．） ＧＡ－缺陷型、ＡＢＡ－缺陷型和相应的正常品种（野生型）成熟种子胚根尖细胞倍性水平时发现：ＧＡ－缺陷型和野生型种子绝大多数细胞ＤＮＡ 水平为２Ｃ,而ＡＢＡ－缺陷型种子则含有较多的４Ｃ细胞。在标准发芽条件下,ＡＢＡ－缺陷型和野生型种子浸种１ ｄ 后胚根尖细胞ＤＮＡ 开始复制,随后胚根突破种皮而发芽。然而ＧＡ－缺陷型种子除非加入外源ＧＡ,否则既不发生细胞ＤＮＡ 复制,也不发芽。这说明内源ＧＡ 是启动番茄种子胚根尖细胞ＤＮＡ 复制的关键因素,同时也说明番茄根尖细胞ＤＮＡ 复制是种子发芽的必要条件。实验证明：ＡＢＡ 不抑制细胞ＤＮＡ 合成,但阻止Ｇ２ 细胞进入到Ｍ 期。外源ＡＢＡ处理野生型种子与渗控处理结果相似,可以大幅度提高胚根尖４Ｃ／２Ｃ细胞的比例,但抑制种子的最终发芽     

预浸和发芽过程中番茄种子细胞核的倍性变化

用细胞流检仪检测番茄种子细胞核倍性水平时发现,当年成熟的番茄种子胚细胞核ＤＮＡ绝大多数为２Ｃ水平,胚乳细胞核则为３Ｃ水平,说明成熟番茄种子细胞一般休止停留在Ｇ１期,同时我们也发现极少量的胚和胚乳细胞核分别为４Ｃ和６Ｃ水平,说明这些细胞已经进行了ＤＮＡ内复制,供试番茄种子浸种后１２ｈ左右完成吸水过程,２ｄ后胚根可突破种皮发芽,随着种子吸水过程的完成,胚根尖部分细胞开始进入ＤＮＡ复制期（Ｓ期）,而且此     

中国人雄激素受体N端转示激活区的测序及突变检测

雄激素受体（ａｎｄｒｏｇｅｎ ｒｅｃｅｐｔｏｒ,ＡＲ）Ｎ端转录激活功能区（ＡＦ１）是ＡＲ发挥转录激活所必需的。用４对引物（Ａ３－Ａ４）ＰＣＲ扩增２０例中国正常男性ＡＲ的ＡＦ１,双链ＤＮＡ循环测序以确定正常中国人ＡＲ的ＡＦ１的核苷酸顺序。在此基础上,用ＰＣＲ－ＳＳＣＰ分析和双链ＤＮＡ循环测序法对２例雄激素抵抗征（ＡＩＳ）患者外周血白细胞和１５例前列腺癌（ＰＣ）患者癌组织中ＡＲ的ＡＦ１区进行突变检测。     

九个水稻耐盐突变体的RFLP分析

用６ 个可能与水稻耐盐性有关的ＤＮＡ 探针对来自两个品系的５ 个耐盐突变株系、３ 个耐盐突变体及１ 个弱耐盐突变体进行ＲＦＬＰ分析。结果有８ 个耐盐突变体（株系）检测到ＤＮＡ 水平的变化,６ 个探针检测到具多态性的突变株系（体）的数目分别为ＲＧ４：６ 个;ＲＧ７１１：６ 个;Ｒａｂ１６：５ 个;Ｒａｂ１０Ｅ６：２ 个;Ｒａｂ２１：１ 个;ＳａｌＴ：２ 个;表明ＲＧ４、ＲＧ７１１ 及Ｒａｂ１６三个位点有可能与耐盐性突变相关。多态性图谱中７０．８％ 为２ 个以上的酶切图谱同时显示多态性,说明多数突变是由缺失、插入或重复造成的     

用酵母双杂交系统研究胰岛素样生长因子—1突变体与其结合蛋白 …

为研究胰岛素样生长因子－１（ＩＧＦ１）及其突变体与ＩＧＦ结合蛋白－３（ＩＧＦＢＰ３）的相互作用,针对ＩＧＦ１的第３、４、１５、１６位氨基酸残基,采用定点突变的方法构建了「Ｙ１５Ｌ１６」ＩＧＦ１和「Ｑ３Ａ４Ｙ１５Ｌ１６」ＩＧＦ１。然后分别将ＩＧＦ１／ＩＧＦ１突变体和ＩＧＦＢＰ３ ｃＤＮＡ克隆至酵母表达载体ｐＧＢＴ９和ｐＡＣＴ２中,利用用酵母双杂交技术检测ＩＧＦ１／ＩＧＦ１突变体和ＩＧＦＢＰ３之间的相     

向陆地棉渐渗野生比克氏棉腺体延缓形成基因的方法研究

以隐性无腺体陆地棉作母本,比克氏棉作父本杂交,获得了三倍体杂种［（ＡＤ）１Ｇ１］,该杂种完全表达了比克氏棉的腺体延缓形成基因（Ｇｌ＾ｂｉｃ）的特征,Ｆ９胚无腺体,Ｆ１植株有腺体。位于Ｇ１染色体组上的腺体延缓形成基因Ｇｌ＾ｂｉｃ对陆地棉（ＡＤ）１上的无腺体基因（ｇｌ２ｇｌ３）表现为显性,对正常腺体基因Ｇｌ２Ｇｌ３则表现为隐性。探讨了向陆地棉渐渗野生棉腺体延缓形成基因的方法。     

通过基因组相减从悬铃木突变体中分离缺失DNA

悬铃木（Ｐｌａｔａｎｕｓ ｏｃｃｉｄｅｎｔａｌｉｓ Ｌ．）突变体是其种子经γ射线辐射培育出的一种营养生长正常而开花发育过程受阻的不育植株。经过１０多年的观察研究证明：突变体的花芽不能形成是因为突变体细胞染色体有部分缺失。应用基因组相减技术分离这些在突变体中缺失但在野生型中存在的ＤＮＡ,经过４次循环富集缺失片段后克隆了１个２．０ ｋｂ 的ＤＮＡ 片段,ＤＮＡ 杂交证明此片段只存在于野生型基因组中而不存在于突变体中。将基因组相减方法应用在复杂植物基因组中获得成功的研究还未见报道     

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.