热带滨海植物红厚壳的抗逆生物学特性

为了解红厚壳(Calophyllum inophyllum)的抗逆特性,对西沙群岛自然生长的红厚壳叶片的形态解剖、生理生态、以及叶片和适生土壤的元素含量进行了研究。结果表明,红厚壳是阳生性植物,其上表皮厚,海绵组织发达且栅栏组织排列紧密,气孔排列松散且密度小(24.40 mm~(-2)),有利于叶片保水抵御干旱。叶片的叶绿素a、b含量低(分别为0.87和0.43 mg g~(-1)),表明红厚壳具适应强光环境的能力。叶片的MDA含量低(13.46 nmol g~(-1)),PRO含量高(127.89μg g~(-1)),SOD活性高(149.42 U g~(-1)),总抗氧化能力高(388.60 U g~(-1)),显示红厚壳能通过提高自身的抗氧化能力抵御膜脂过氧化伤害。红厚壳自然生长的珊瑚岛土壤较为贫瘠、营养元素含量低,但红厚壳植株体内具有较高的营养元素含量,表明红厚壳营养元素利用率高,对于贫瘠土壤具有很好的适应能力。因此,红厚壳具有较高的抗氧化胁迫能力和耐受干旱的能力,适宜生长在热带珊瑚岛等土壤贫瘠的生境,可以作为热带珊瑚岛防风固沙和植被恢复的工具种。     

结直肠癌组织RPN11与Ki67的表达及其临床病理学意义

目的观察去泛素化酶RPN11和增殖相关核标记物Ki67在结直肠癌组织中的表达,研究其与结直肠癌肿瘤细胞增殖的相关性及与结直肠癌临床病理特征的关系。方法采用免疫组织化学SABC法检测56例结直癌组织及20例癌旁正常组织中的RPN11和Ki67表达,结合临床病理学资料进行统计分析。结果免疫组织化学染色显示:RPN11及Ki67在结直肠癌组织的阳性表达率明显高于正常结直肠组织;RPN11和Ki67的表达均与肿瘤分化程度、TNM分期、转移有关,而与性别、年龄无明显相关;RPN11与Ki67的表达呈正相关。结论RPN11和Ki67可能共同参与结直肠癌肿瘤细胞的增殖调控,并促进结直肠癌的发生发展以及浸润转移。     

直刺变豆菜叶绿体全基因组及其特征

直刺变豆菜(Sanicula orthacantha)是中国广泛分布的多年生草本植物, 也是一味著名的民族药。本文通过二代高通量测序平台Illumina HiSeq PE150对直刺变豆菜叶绿体全基因组进行测序, 并通过生物信息学方法对其结构特征进行分析。结果表明: 直刺变豆菜叶绿体全基因组大小为157,163 bp, 包括大单拷贝区(large single copy, LSC)、小单拷贝区(small single copy, SSC)和2个反向重复序列(inverted repeat sequence, IRa和IRb), 长度分别为87,547 bp、17,122 bp和26,247 bp, 具有典型被子植物叶绿体基因组环状四分体结构; 共注释得到129个基因, 包括8个核糖体RNA (rRNA)基因、37个转运RNA (tRNA)基因和84个蛋白质编码基因。直刺变豆菜在叶绿体基因组结构、基因种类、排列顺序上与其他伞形科植物基本一致。直刺变豆菜叶绿体全基因组测序的成功为变豆菜属植物完整叶绿体基因组组装及其特征分析提供了新的方法。     

Improved protocol for the transformation of adult Citrus sinensis Osbeck ‘Tarocco’ blood orange tissues

The production of transgenic citrus plants from adult tissues is difficult because of low regeneration and transformation rates. To increase the transformation efficiency of adult citrus tissues, an improved protocol involving adult Citrus sinensis Osbeck ‘Tarocco’ blood orange tissues was developed. Explants were pre-incubated in a liquid medium prior to infection by Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Plant materials were also incubated on callus-induction medium supplemented with various combinations of cytokinin (Cyt) and kanamycin (Kan). An appropriate pre-incubation of the explants increased the transformation efficiency of adult tissues. During the callus-induction period, the Cyt type and Kan concentration had the largest and smallest effects on the transformation efficiency, respectively. The most effective combination of plant growth regulator and Kan for the transformation of ‘Tarocco’ blood orange tissues was 2 mg L⁻¹ 2-isopentenyl adenine and 50 mg L⁻¹ Kan. The transformation efficiency under the optimized conditions was 11.7%. A Southern blot analysis confirmed the integration of the transgene. These results indicated that the transformation efficiency of adult citrus tissues can be enhanced by optimizing the transformation conditions.

     

A Multiplexed Assay for Exon Recognition Reveals that an Unappreciated Fraction of Rare Genetic Variants Cause Large-Effect Splicing Disruptions

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