科学家发现H5N1型禽流感病毒变异速度惊人（附图）

美国、日本和越南研究人员2005年十月14日报告说,在一名越南患身上的H5N1型禽流感病毒毒株中,他们发现了一些毒株对目前最有效的流感药物“达菲”已具有抗药性。科学家警告说,禽流感病毒的变异速度大大超出人们的想象,各国绝不能单纯依赖“达菲”。     

成都泰盟科技有限公司

一、实力 成都泰盟科技有限公司是一家民营的高科技企业,注册资本120万元,目前拥有总资产上千万,且无任何银行及其它金融机构负债,经营状况良好。8年以来,公司一直致力于生物信号采集与处理系统及相关领域产品的开发研究工作。     

RNA干涉的分子机制及技术研究进展

RNA干涉(RNA interference,RNAi)现象广泛存在于从真菌到植物、从无脊椎动物到哺乳动物的各种生物中,属于转录后水平的基因沉默(PTGS)。它利用双链RNA(dsRNA)特异性地降解相应序列的mRNA成为siRNA,从而特异性地阻断相应基因的表达,本重点介绍了RNA干涉的分子机制及技术应用等方面的进展,RNA干涉在后基因组时代的基因功能研究和药物开发中将具有广阔的发展前景。     

化学诱导表达系统及其在植物中的应用

化学诱导启动子可以在特定时间和部位激活或抑制目的基因的表达。目前,已经建立了多种化学诱导表达系统,用于基因功能分析、无标记植物转化、特定位点DNA切除、育性恢复和RNA沉默等方面的研究。化学诱导表达系统为基础分子生物学研究和生物技术应用提供了强有力的工具,将大大加快植物转基因技术的应用。     

植物功能基因组学研究技术及其在林木中的应用

介绍了近年来植物功能基因组学研究技术包括表达序列标签、基因表达的系列分析、DNA微阵列、反向遗传学的发展及其在植物,特别是在林木中的应用进展.     

书讯

郑光美院士主编的《中国鸟类分类与分布名录》已于2005年5月由科学出版社出版。该书是作者继《世界鸟类分类与分布名录》后,收入“华夏英才基金学术文库”的又一部巨著,是一部研究中国鸟类分类系统以及种和种下分类与分布的专著。参考鸟类分类学研究的最新进展,全书共收录中国鸟类1331种（2260种及亚种）,隶属于24目、101科、429属。书中给出每个种的中文名和英文名,以及种和亚种的拉丁学名、分布区（包括动物地理亚区和省级行政区）。为便于国际交流,书中亦列出了分布区的英文名。本书还认真核定了中国特有种鸟类,列出71种中国特有鸟名录。书中附有参考文献以及拉丁学名、英文名和中文名索引,以及中国动物地理区划图和行政区划图,以便读者检索和查阅。     

"东亚现代人史前迁徙的遗传学研究"取得新进展

东亚现代人的史前迁徙一直是人类学界颇多争议的问题之一。以前的遗传学研究揭示了东亚南方和北方人群在遗传背景上存在一定的差异,但如何解释这种遗传差异以及它同东亚现代人史前迁徙路线的关系是大家争论的焦点。     

人新基因hbrp的染色体定位及其对TPK活性的抑制作用（简报）

hbrp(Human BSP-Related Protein)是我们实验室最近在睾丸组织中克隆的一个人与BSP（bovine seminal plasma)蛋白相关的新基因。为了将有关该新基因信息与现有人类基因组转录图相整合,我们应用荧光原位杂交(fluorescent in situ hybridizationFISH)法进行了该基因的人染色体基因定位,结果成功地将hbrp基因定位在人19号染色体长臂1区3带上。hbrp基因是在对BSP蛋白功能的研究过程中发现并克隆的,其同源性分析发现,与其序列最相近     

中国人胃癌染色体17q21区域基因遗传不稳定性研究

To investigate microsatellite instability (MSI) and loss of heterozygosity (LOH) of locus D17S396, D17S579 and D17S855, and their effect on the expression of nm23H1 and BRCA1 of gastric cancer, which would provide experimental basis for clinical treatment and prognosis analysis of gastric cancer. DNA was extracted from paraffin-embedded materials. Polymerase chain reaction-single strand conformation polymorphism (PCR-SSCP) was used to analyze MSI and LOH. Expression of nm23H, and BRCA1 was detected by Envision immuno-histochemistry and Leica-Qwin computer imaging techniques. In the forty cases of gastric cancer, the frequency of MSI, LOH and nm23H1 protein were 20.00%, 17.50% and 55.00% respectively at locus D17S396, while at locus D17S579, the frequency of MSI, LOH and BRCA1 protein were 22.50%, 15.00% and 37.50% respectively; at locus D17S855, the frequency of MSI, LOH and BRCA1 of thirty-seven cases were 18.92%, 18.92%, 37.84% respectively. In tumor node metastasis (TNM) staging, at locus D17S396, D17S579 and D17S855, MSI in stages I + II appeared more frequently than that in stages III + IV, while LOH appeared the contrary tendency. In the group of metastasis of gastric cancer, MSI had a less frequency (5.00%) than that with no metastasis (35.00%, P < 0.05) at locus D17S396, but LOH appeared more frequently (30.00%) than that with no metastasis (5.00%, P < 0.05). At locus D17S579, MSI had an increasing tendency with the degree of tumor differentiation (50.00% in high differentiation cases, 20.00% in middle differentiation cases, and 0% in low differentiation cases, P < 0.05). The frequency of nm23H1 and BRCA1 protein in stages TNM I + II was higher than that in stages TNM III + IV; and that in higher differentiation cases was higher than in poor differentiation cases. The frequency of nm23H1 protein in the group of metastasis (30.00%) was less than that with no metastasis significantly (80.00%, P<0.01). The frequency of nm23H1 protein in the group positive to MSI (87.50%) was higher than that in the group negative to MSI (46.88%, P < 0.05). However, nm23H1 protein in group positive to LOH (14.29%) was lower than that in the group negative to LOH (63.64%, P < 0.05). The frequency of BRCA1 protein in the group positive to MSI (66.67%) was more than that in the group negative to MSI (29.03%, P < 0.05). The results of experiments indicate that MSI and LOH may separately control the development of sporadic colon cancer with different pathways. MSI may be an early period molecule marker for sporadic colon cancer, enhanced expression of nm23H1 protein can effectively inhibit colon cancer metastasis and improve prognosis of sporadic colon cancer patients. By comparison, LOH mostly arises in the late period of sporadic colon cancer and endows a high aggressive and poor prognostic phenotype. nm23H1 protein could effectively restrain gastric cancer metastasis and development; and BRCA1 protein could restain tumor from becoming lower differentiation.     

第五届海峡两岸细胞生物学研讨会即将在福建召开

海峡两岸细胞生物学研讨会是由中国科学院姚龛院士与台湾国家卫生研究院吴成文院长于1996年组织发起的双边学术会议,已召开了四届。目的是为了交流两岸细胞生物学研究的最新成果,进一步促进海峡两岸生物学科技教育的合作与发展。会议秉着促进两岸科学家交流与合作,学术自由的原则,参会双方均以科学家身份参加。会议每两年召开一次,由台湾、大陆轮流组织召开。