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时光荏苒,岁月如梭,伴随着新年的轻快脚步,历史准时翻开了它崭新的篇章。值此2012年新春之际,我谨代表《植物生理学报》,向本刊的读者、作者、审稿专家、编委以及所有关心和支持本刊的朋友们表示诚挚的问候、衷心的感谢和美好的祝愿!感谢大家对本     

The effect of external Ca^2＋ and Ca^2＋—channel modulators on red—light—induced swelling of protoplasts of Phaseolus radiatus L.

Red-light-induced swelling of the protoplasts isolated from hypocotyl of etiolated mung bean(Phaseolus radiatusL.)was observed only when Ca^2 ions were present in the medium.The optimal CaCl2 concentration was 250μM,Swlling response declined when Ca^2 was supplied into the medium after red light irradiation.The Ca^2 -chelator EGTA eliminated the red-light-induced swelling and 45Ca^2 accumulation in the protoplasts.In conltrast,A23187,a Ca^2 -ionophore,could mimic the effect of red light in darkness.These results indicate that Ca^2 may play a role in light signal transduction.In addition,swelling response was prevented by TFP and CPZ(both are CaM antagonists),implying the involvement of CaM in red-light-induced and Ca^2 -dependent protoplast swelling.     

探寻干细胞的多潜能性

研究人员鉴定了在干细胞研究中调节自我更新和分化的关键因素。多潜能干细胞能分化为“在体内生长为所有细胞类型的”子细胞，或者能被刺激分化为一种专门的状态。2006年，两个研究组分别发表了热点文章，开始揭示“控制多潜能性分化决定”的调控网络。     

植物群体近冠层大气CO2浓度梯度的监测技术

植被群体近冠层上大气的CO_2浓度梯度是植物群体光合消耗大气CO_2的一个表现。若运用微气象学的空气动力学方法准确测出近冠层上相距一定高度间的CO_2浓度差,配以相同高度的风速、温度差,便可既不损伤植物,也不改变植物所处的环境条件而     

Process-oriented ecological modeling approach and scientific workflow system

A scientific workflow system is designed specifically to organize, manage and execute a series of research steps, or a workflow, in a given runtime environment. The vision for scientific workflow systems is that the scientists around the world can collaborate on designing global-scaled experiments, sharing the data sets, experimental processes, and results on an easy-to-use platform. Each scientist can create and execute their own workflows and view results in real-time, and then subsequently share and reuse workflows among other scientists. Two case studies, using the Kepler system and BioVeL, are introduced in this paper. Ecological niche modeling process, which is a specialized form of scientific workflow system included in both Kepler system and BioVeL, was used to describe and discuss the features, developmental trends, and problems of scientific workflows.