地方性克汀病遗传方式的分析

本文通过1794人、176家系,340户的调查,检出地方性克汀病患者64例,应用分离分析和多基因阈值理论,证实本症属多基因遗传,其加权平均遗传率和标准误为78.51±7.53.     

1,25-双羟胆钙化醇及其受体含量检测的实验研究

 建立了一种改良的血清1,25-双羟胆钙化醇(1,25-Dihydroxycholecalciferol,DHCC)超微量放射受体检测(RRA)技术。完成了灵敏度、精密度、准确度、稳定性及特异性等技术指标。报告了我国健康青年血清DHCC正常值;检测了先天性佝偻病、青春期佝偻病病人及患肾性骨病奶牛等血清DHCC水平。 根据配体与受体相互结合的定量关系,建立了DHCCR(DHCC受体)检测技术。在游离与结合配基分离方面,除建立与比较了DCC(葡聚糖包埋的活性炭)及HAP(羟基磷灰石)方法外,还首次将IEF(等电聚焦电泳)应用于DHCCR分离技术。对佝偻病鸡小肠粘膜上皮细胞受体含量进行了检测并比较了鸡小肠、输卵管壳腺及肝组织DHCCR含量。     

五步蛇主要数量性状与排毒量的相关分析

本文首次报道了五步蛇身体主要部位的数量性状与其排毒量的关系。其中我们发现与排毒量有关的部位是头积、体粗、体重、佛指长。     

板栗干腐病的防治研究之五

研究证明,花期防治以及及时采收、低温贮藏和快速运输等保水措施是控制板栗干腐病的较为有效的措施。     

A survey of the socially parasitic ant generaEpimyrma Emery, 1915 andChalepoxenus Menozzi, 1922 in Italy (Hymenoptera,Formicidae, Myrmicinae)

Summary An up-to-date synthesis is presented of the available faunistic and biological data concerning the Italian species belonging to the socially parasitic ant generaEpimyrma Emery andChalepoxenus Menozzi.The first known populations ofE. corsica (Emery) andE. stumperi (Kutter) in Italy were discovered in the Lucretili mountains (Latium) and in Alto Adige, the former species being previously recorded only in Corsica and Dalmatia (Yugoslavia), the latter in the French and Swiss Alps.The first records ofE. ravouxi (André),E. kraussei (Emery) andC. muellerianus (Finzi) in central Italy are presented. Since no species of either genera has ever been collected in Italy in the area between the Po valley and Calabria, these new records are of great interest.Maps, showing the currently known distribution of each taxon in Italy, are provided.     

On the relative importance of specific and non-specific approaches to oral microbial adhesion.

In this paper, it is suggested that specificity and non-specificity in (oral) microbial adhesion are different expressions for the same phenomena. It is argued that the same basic, physicochemical forces are responsible for so-called 'non-specific' and 'specific' binding and that from a physico-chemical point of view the distinction between the two is an artificial one. Non-specific interactions arise from Van der Waals and electrostatic forces and hydrogen bonding, and originate from the entire cell. A specific bond consists of a combination of the same type of Van der Waals and electrostatic forces and hydrogen bonding, now originating from highly localized chemical groups, which together form a stereochemical combination. The absence or presence of specific receptor sites on microbial cell surfaces must therefore be reflected in the overall, non-specific surface properties of cells as well. This point is illustrated by showing that glucan-binding lectins on mutans streptococcal strains may determine the pH dependence of the zeta potentials of these cells. When studying microbial adhesion, a non-specific approach may be better suited to explain adhesion to inert substrata, whereas a specific approach may be preferred in case of adhesion to adsorbed protein films. Adhesion is, however, not as important in plaque formation in the human oral cavity as is retention, because low shear force periods, during which adhesion presumably occurs, are followed by high shear force periods, during which adhering cells must withstand these detachment forces. Evidence is provided that such detachment will be through cohesive failure in the pellicle mass, the properties of which are conditioned by the overall, non-specific substratum properties. Therefore, in vivo plaque formation may be more readily explained by a non-specific approach.     

Intrinsic fluorescence of the bacterial copper-containing protein amicyanin

The fluorescence properties of the single tryptophanyl residue present in amicyanin from Thiobacillus versutus are very similar to those of azurin from Pseudomonas aeruginosa and other mononuclear blue copper proteins. The emission maximum is well structured and centered at 318 nm. The quantum yield is strongly affected by the presence of copper, the removal of which is accompanied by a more than sixfold increase in fluorescence, without change in shape. The fluorescence decay of holo-amicyanin is heterogeneous with a longer component of 5.7 ns and a shorter one of 0.7 ns accounting for 90% of the total emitting molecules. Copper-free amicyanin shows instead a single exponential decay (3.3 ns) of intrinsic fluorescence. This lifetime decreases as the temperature increases as does the longer lifetime component of holoamicyanin.     

Preferred conformations and flexibility of aminoacyl side chain of penicillins

Possible conformations of penicillin G; d and l isomers of ampicillin; α-amino-α-methyl-benzyl penicillins and 3- pyridyl methyl penicillin have been studied by an energy minimization procedure using empirical potential functions. The preferred conformations of these antibiotics have been correlated with their biological activity. The conformational requirement of the antibiotic to be active against Gram-positive and Gram-negative (β-lactamase-negative) bacterial strains seems to be the same. The reduced activity of penicillin G against Gram-negative bacteria has been attributed to its lower ability to permeate the outer membrane. The flexibility of the sidechains of these antibiotics is also shown to be important for the desired biological activity.     

Acoustic modes and nonbonded interactions of the double helix

Observations of acoustic velocities in DNA fibers have been used to refine nonbonded force constants for the DNA double helix. Long-range forces are found to be needed for A conformation and are likely to dominate in B conformation as well. The acoustic dispersion curves are described and calculated. A correction due to the effects of water is calculated. The effect of nonbonded interaction on other vibrational modes is calculated.