厉螨科－新属及二新种（蜱螨亚纲：革螨股）

本文记述厉螨科一新属,邓厉螨属Ｔｅｎｇｉｌａｅｌａｐｓｇｅｎ．ｎｏｖ,其主要特征;角化较强,体毛壮,背毛２９对;颚角粗钝,具纵裂;头盖尖角形;胸板六角形,各角均尖突;殖腹板毛１对;各足股、膝节上均具长毛、模式种为天牛邓厉螨,新种Ｔｅｎｇｉｌａｅｌａｐｓｃｅｒａｍｂｙｃｉｕｓｓｐ．ｎｏｖ。另一新种为副单阳厉螨ＡｎｄｒｏｌａｅｌａｐｓＰａｒａｓｉｎｇｕｌａｒｉｓｓｐ．ｎｏｖ。模式标本均采自云南省的甲虫体上。     

Temporal and spatial variations in the oxygen-18 content of leaf water in different plant species

Temporal variations in the δ¹⁸ oxygen (δ¹⁸O) content of water transpired by leaves during a simulated diurnal cycle fluctuated around the δ¹⁸O content of the source water. Reconstructed variations in the δ¹⁸O values of leaf water differed markedly from those predicted by conventional models. Even when transpiring leaves were maintained under constant conditions for at least 3 h, strict isotopic steady-state conditions of leaf water (equality of the ¹⁸O/¹⁶O ratios in the input and transpired water) were rarely attained in a variety of plant species (Citrus reticu-lata, Citrus paradisi, Gossypium hirsutum, Helianthus annuns, Musa musaceae and Nicotinia tabacum). Isotopic analysis of water transpired by leaves indicated that leaves approach the isotopic steady state in two stages. The first stage takes 10 to 35 min (with a rate of change of about 3–3%h^?1), while in the second stage further approach to the isotopic steady state is asymptotic (with a rate of change of about 0–4% h^?1), and under conditions of low transpiration leaves can last for many hours. Substantial spatial isotopic heterogeneity was maintained even when leaves were at or near isotopic steady state. An underlying pattern in this isotopic heterogeneity is often discerned with increasing ¹⁸O/¹⁶O ratios from base to tip, and from the centre to the edges of the leaves. It is also shown that tissue water along these spatial isotopic gradients, as well as the average leaf water, can have ¹⁸O/¹⁶O ratios both lower and higher than those predicted by the conventional Craig and Gordon model. We concluded, first, that at any given time during the diurnal cycle of relative humidity the attainment of an isotopic steady state in leaf water cannot be assumed a priori and, secondly, that the isotopic enrichment pattern of leaf water reflects gradual enrichment along the water-flow pathway (e.g. as in a string of pools), rather than a single-step enrichment from source water, as is normally assumed.     

西藏厚厉螨属一新种和毛绥螨属一新种(蜱螨亚纲:厚厉螨科,裂胸螨科)

本文报道革螨二新种,西藏厚厉螨Pachylaelapsxizangensissp．nov．和亚东毛绥螨Lasioseiusyadongensissp．nov,1985年采自西藏亚东。     

中国弯茎叶蝉属一新种记述(同翅目:叶蝉科:片角叶蝉亚科)

本文记述中国弯茎叶蝉属FlexocerusKnohetFang1新种,吴萸弯茎叶蝉Flexocerusevodianussp．nov.,新种外形特征与弯茎叶蝉FlexocerusflexureuskuohetFang相似。模式标本保存在贵州农学院。     

中国厕蝇属一新种（双翅目：厕蝇科）

本文记述采自山西省的厕蝇属Ｆａｎｎｉａ Ｒ．－Ｄ．,１８３０一新种。录属于瘤胫厕蝇群ｘｃａｌａｒｉｓ－ｇｒｏｕｐ,胸刺厕蝇亚群ｆｕｓｃｕｌａ－ｓｕｂｇｒｏｕｐ,命名为突尾厕蝇Ｆａｎｎｉａ ｐｒｏｃｅｓｓｉｃａｕｄａ ｓｐ．ｎｏｖ．,新种模式标本保存于山西省大同市地方病防治所。     

神经生长因子结构与功能研究进展

神经生长因子(NGF)是神经营养因子家族的典型代表, 它控制着脊椎动物周围和中枢神经系统中部分神经元的发育和存活.NGF的三维结构是以“胱氨酸结”和β折叠为基础,它以二聚体的形式结合细胞表面的受体从而发生生物学效应.参与这些反应的氨基酸残基已通过化学修饰和定点突变法加以确定,这有助于更进一步理解其结构与功能的关系.     

博莱霉素-Ce(Ⅲ)对DNA的切断机理初探

根据外切核酸酶Ⅲ酶解博莱霉素-Ce(Ⅲ)［BLMA5-Ce(Ⅲ)］作用过的双链直线型DNA时, 酶解速率明显增大, 酶解产物除5′-dAMP、5′-dGMP、5′-dCMP和5′-dTMP 4种单核苷酸外, 还有其他成分存在的实验事实, 推测出BLMA5-Ce(Ⅲ)在DNA双链的特定部位沿5′→3′的方向切断磷酸二酯键, 使DNA的双链上形成多个暴露的3′-OH末端.     

银额果蝇自然群体分化过程中的细胞遗传学

对我国大陆银额果蝇的分布及其细胞遗传学进行了广泛的调查,发现了一种值得注意的新核型。该核型结构兼有早已认可的长、短两大类基本核型的特征,即核型中的两条同源４号染色体为１长１短型。含新核型的群体分布于我国大陆东南沿海一带的上海、福州、厦门和深圳。而且,这些自然群体内还出现“１长１短型”、“长型”和“短型”重叠并存的多态现象。跟踪研究表明,新核型具有不稳定的遗传性,能世代传递,它的频率随世代增长而降低,并不是突然消失。但是,在上海、福州群体内出现的“长型”至第十五代之后却全部消失。这种新核型大概是银额果蝇自然演化过程中的中间过渡核型,是该果蝇种群分化中的细胞遗传学变异的过渡表征     

A ketoreductase gene from Streptomyces mycarofaciens 1748 DNA involved in biosynthesis of a spore pigment

An efficient plasmid transformation system forS. mycarofaciens 1748 has been established. In order to determine the function of MKR gene in S.mycarofaciens 1748, the gene disruption experiment was carried out. For this purpose the plasmid pKC1139 was used. A recombinant strain with white spore appeared, in contrast to the grey-colour spore of S.myarofaciens 1748. This suggested that homologous recombination between plasmidborne MKR gene sequence and the chromosome of S.mycarofaciens 1748 had occurred. A Southern hybridization experiment using a-³²P-labelled MKR gene as probe indicated that the desired integration event had occurred in the recombinant. The result of gene disruption showed that the alteration of this gene in the chromosome of S.mycarofaciens 1748 made sporulating colonies remain white instead of taking on the typical grey colour of sporulating wild type colonies, suggesting that MKR gene is involved in the biosynthesis of a spore pigment. The recombinant strain was incubated with fermentation medium optimised for midecamycin production. A TLC assay showed that the recombinant strain produced midecamycin in quantities comparable to that ofS. mycarofaciens 1748. A pCN8B12 was a clone from genomic library of midecamycin producing strain which contained a 28-kb DNA insert. The 28-kb DNA fragment contained act I-homologous and act III-homologous regions. he PKS (act I-homologous) and MKR (act III-homologous) genes that define spore pigment of midecamycin producing strain were Jocalized by restriction endonuclease digestion with pCN8B12, indicating that they are separated by about 10 kb DNA. The polyketide synthase gene cluster of simila; organization has not been reported yet. Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China.