Melting characteristics of highly supercoiled DNA

The effect of high supercoil densities on the melting characteristics of a supercoiled DNA has been studied. It is found that although the melting temperature increases abruptly on converting a linear DNA merely into the relaxed circular form, it falls back substantially at high supercoil densities. It is further predicted, in such cases, that the number of melted base pairs should be significantly enhanced even at the physiological temperature, which may facilitate the binding of other molecules to the highly supercoiled DNA.     

尾壳核内注射脑啡肽和bestatin对大鼠操作式条件...

Female Wistar rats were trained in a Skinner-box, 30 trials per day in a dark room to establish operant defence conditioning. Training started with a light (15 s), then combined with footshock for further 8 s. When the rats learned to press the key to avoid footshock within 15 s, conditioned response was considered established. After the rats reached a conditioning rate (CR) above 80% for 5 days, cannulae were implanted into caudate-putamen. Two to three days later, Met-enkephalin (MEK) or bestatin (an aminopeptidase inhibitor) was injected bilaterally into caudate-putamen. 30 min, 2 h, 24 h and 48 h after injection, conditioning tests were conducted, with each session consisting of 30 trials. Control experiments were done when 0.9% NaCl (NS) was injected. After injection of NS, CR maintained above 80% in all 4 test sessions. MEK (60 ng/rat) or bestatin (10 micrograms/rat) significantly lowered the CR during the 30 min and 2 h test session. In the latter case, the latency (L) was also prolonged. However both CR and L returned to the control level in the 24 h and 48 h test sessions. Naloxone (2 mg/kg, i.p.) blocked the conditioning-depression effect of bestatin. No significant alteration was seen in locomotor activity after MEK or bestatin injection. The results suggest that enkephalin in caudate-putamen may be involved in the regulation of retrieval of conditioning. Bestatin mimics the effect of MEK on conditioning reflex probably by increasing production of endogenous enkephalin.     

HPLC法定量分析植物组织中ABA,IAA和NAA

近年来有关植物激素的提取、分离方法的报道时有出现,但大都是沿用80％甲醇(MeOH)从植物组织中提取IAA和ABA,用乙酸乙酯萃取酸化的提取液后得到粗提液,粗提液再经过纤维素薄层层析、硅胶层析、     

中国农业害虫生物防治概况与进展

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