烟草黄矮双生病毒中双向启动子的活性及其调节控制

将烟草黄矮双生病毒（ＴｏｂＹＤＶ）中双向启动子的区域,以不同长度的片段和方向插入启动子分析载体ｐＧ１,与ＧＵＳ报道基因和ＮＯＳ终止子融合。同时,将各个ＴｏｂＹＤＶ读码框区域插入表达载体ｐＡＲＴ７中,置于ＣａＭＶ３５Ｓ启动子和ＯＣＳ终止子之间。用电穿孔法将各种启动子构建物个别地或者与读码框构建物成对地导入烟草和玉米原生质体,以考察ＴｏｂＹＤＶ启动子控制下ＧＵＳ基因瞬间表达的活性,以及ＴｏｂＹＤＶ的读     

食物蛋白酶解物中的生物活性肽

本文讨论了食物蛋白质酶解物中的生物活性肽及其药理作用     

叶黄素的抗癌作用及其研究现状

叶黄素是自然界广泛存在的类胡萝卜素,可以提高人体的免疫能力,也是一种抗氧化剂,对老年视黄斑退行性变化有很好的预防作用,但更重要的是研究表明,叶黄素对一些类型的癌症具有预防效果。本综述了近年来有关叶黄素预防癌症作用的流行病学调查、分析,以及与癌症关系的实验研究及作用机制等方面的研究进展。     

基于最小矩形法的柑桔横径实时检测方法研究

农产品的大小是农产品分级的重要特征之一．本文以柑桔为研究对象,对利用计算机图像处理技术检测柑桔横径的方法进行了探索．研究了柑桔图像的平滑和边缘提取方法,比较了利用Sobel算子和跟踪虫（tracking bug)法所得到的柑桔边缘,发现跟踪虫法寻找边界的速度比用Sobel算子快,且不需要进行细化处理．为了适应实际生产中柑桔方向的随机性和外形的不规则性的要求,使柑桔尺寸检测的方法有更好的适应性,设计了一种利用柑桔的最小外接矩形（MER）求最大横径的方法,并在柑桔的外形尺寸检测中进行了验证,实际最大横径Dr与预测最大横径的相关性为0．9982,利用此方法估测果径的最大误差在1．30mm以内,最大相对误差为2.64％,平均相对误差为1.35％,GB／T12947-91鲜柑桔分级标准中均以5mm为分等标准差,故MER法的精度能满足实际生产中柑桔分级精度的要求．本研究结果不仅为进一步研究开发基于图像处理技术的柑桔品质检测系统打下了基础,而且可用于对其他农产品进行检测．     

不同取代度N,O-羧甲基壳聚糖的抗氧化性能

低聚壳聚糖经醚化得到三种取代度不同的N,O-羧甲基壳聚糖（NOA、NOB和NOC）,本文对其结构进行表征,考察了其对超氧阴离子自由基O2、DPPH自由基和过氧化氢（H2O2）的清除活性和还原能力。结果表明NOA、NOB和NOC对O2和DPPH的清除活性随-OH位置取代度的降低而升高;对H2O2的清除率随-NH2位置取代度的降低而升高;还原能力大小随其总取代度的升高而增强。     

中国亮蟋亚科一新属新种(直翅目,蛄蟋科)

记述亮蟋亚科1新属新种,即戈蟋属Gorochovius gen.nov.和三脉戈蟋Gorochovius trinervus sp.nov..模式标本保存于武汉工业学院.     

重组依赖辅酶B12的甘油脱水酶基因表达系统构建

采用PCR方法从肺炎克雷伯氏杆菌基因组中分别扩增得到了编码依赖辅酶B12的甘油脱水酶α、β、γ三个亚基的基因gldA、gldB、gld将gldBC基因克隆至pSIM—T载体上,经测序正确后亚克隆至pGEX-4T-1载体中。将gldA进行T-A克隆后测定核苷酸序列正确,亚克隆至连有gldBC基因的pGEX-4T-1载体中。从而成功的构建了gldABC基因的同向串联原核融合表达载体pGEX—gldABC。     

Defining the cost of the Egyptian lymphatic filariasis elimination programme

BACKGROUND: Ultrasonography (USG) is known to be a suitable tool for diagnosis in lymphatic filariasis as the adult filarial nematode Wuchereria bancrofti in scrotal lymphatic vessels of infected men can be detected by the characteristic pattern of movement, the Filaria Dance Sign. In onchocerciasis, moving adult worms have not yet been demonstrated by USG. In addition the verification of drug effects on living adult Onchocerca volvulus filariae in trials is hampered by the lack of tools for longitudinal observation of alterations induced by potentially macrofilaricidal drugs in vivo. The present study was carried out to determine the frequency of detection of moving adult filariae of O. volvulus by USG. METHODS: In an endemic region for onchocerciasis in Ghana, 61 patients infected with onchocerciasis were recruited by palpation and onchocercomas examined by USG using an ultrasound system equipped with a 7.5 - 10 MHz linear transducer. Onchocercomas were recorded on videotape and evaluated with regard to location, number and size, as well as to movements of adult filariae. RESULTS: In the 61 patients 303 onchocercomas were found by palpation and 401 onchocercomas were detected by USG. In 18 out of 61 patients (29.5%), altogether 22 nodules with moving adult O. volvulus filariae were detected and are presented in animated ultrasound images as mp-4 videos. CONCLUSION: Ultrasonographical examinations of onchocercomas where living adult filariae can be displayed may serve as a new tool for the longitudinal observation in vivo of patients with onchocerciasis undergoing treatment and as an adjunct to histological evaluation.     

Evidence for an early evolutionary emergence of γ-type carbonic anhydrases as components of mitochondrial respiratory complex I

Background  

The complexity of mitochondrial complex I (CI; NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase) has increased considerably relative to the homologous complex in bacteria. Comparative analyses of CI composition in animals, fungi and land plants/green algae suggest that novel components of mitochondrial CI include a set of 18 proteins common to all eukaryotes and a variable number of lineage-specific subunits. In plants and green algae, several purportedly plant-specific proteins homologous to γ-type carbonic anhydrases (γCA) have been identified as components of CI. However, relatively little is known about CI composition in the unicellular protists, the characterizations of which are essential to our understanding of CI evolution.