Secretion of Recombinant Pediocin PA-1 by Bifidobacterium longum, Using the Signal Sequence for Bifidobacterial α-Amylase

A recombinant DNA, encoding the chimeric protein of the signal sequence for bifidobacterial α-amylase mature pediocin PA-1, was introduced into Bifidobacterium longum MG1. Biologically active pediocin PA-1 was successfully secreted from the strain and showed bactericidal activity against Listeria monocytogenes and the same molecular mass as native pediocin PA-1.     

Susceptibility to Superinfection of Hybrids between Polyoma “Transformed” BHK and “Normal” 3T3 Cells

Polyoma transformed BHK cells do not seem to synthesize an immunity substance comparable with a bacteriophage repressor.     

吗啡和血管紧张素Ⅱ对大鼠脑突触小体Ca~(2 )摄取的拮抗效应

行为实验已多次证明,脑室注射血管紧张素Ⅱ(AⅡ)可以对抗吗啡的镇痛作用,但机制不明。吗啡阻止神经末梢钙摄取被认为是其镇痛的机理之一,因此本工作研究了AⅡ和吗啡对大鼠脑突触小体~(45)Ca摄取的作用及相互关系。结果表明,吗啡(10~(-8)—10~(-6)mol/L)对~(45)Ca摄取有明显的抑制作用,10~(-7)mol/L时抑制41％(P<0.001),该效应可被吗啡受体阻断剂纳洛酮(10~(-6)mol/L)完全翻转。与吗啡的作用相反,AⅡ(10~(-8)—110~(-6)mol/L)可促进突触小体对~(45)Ca的摄取,10~(-7)mol/L时增加75％(P<0.001),该效应可被AⅡ受体阻断剂Saralasin(10~(-6)mol/L)完全翻转。将不同剂量的AⅡ(10~(-8)—10~(-6)mol/L)和10~(-8)mol/L吗啡与突触小体共同孵育,则吗啡抑制~(45)Ca摄取的作用被完全翻转。以上结果表明,AⅡ促进脑突触小体Ca~(2 )摄取,对抗了吗啡抑制Ca~(2 )摄取的作用,可能是AⅡ抗吗啡镇痛的机制之一。     

Leaf architecture and epidermal characters in Zelkova, Ulmaceae

Zelkova , with six extant species in Eurasia - three in East Asia (Z. schneideriana, Z. serrata, Z. sinica) , one in south-western Asia (Z. carpinifolia) and two in southern Europe (Z. abelicea, Z. sicula) - was investigated with respect to leaf architecture and epidermal characters by LM and SEM. The leaf venation of Zelkova is relatively uniform, while leaf size and shape are highly variable. Characters such as teeth and epidermal cells, trichomes and stomata provide useful specific distinctions. Beginning in the Miocene, increasing aridity in Central Asia would appear to have been responsible for isolating the eastern Asiatic species from their European/western Asiatic counterparts. The European range underwent further changes in response to Quaternary climatic oscillations.