A novel wheat alpha-amylase gene (alpha-Amy3)

Summary A genomic clone of a wheat -amylase gene (Amy3/33) was identified, on the basis of hybridisation properties, as different from -Amy1 and -Amy2 genes which had been characterised previously. The nucleotide sequence revealed that this gene has the normal sequence motifs of an active gene and an open reading frame interrupted by two introns. The protein sequence encoded by this open reading frame is recognisably similar to that of -amylase from the -Amy1 and -Amy2 genes and there is high sequence homology in all three proteins at the putative active sites and Ca⁺⁺ binding region. In addition, the introns are at positions equivalent to the position of introns in the -Amy1 and -Amy2 genes. However, the sequence was less similar to -Amy1 and -Amy2 than these are to each other. Southern blot analysis showed that the Amy3/33 DNA is one of a small multigene family carried on a different chromosome (group 5) from either the -Amy1 or -Amy2 genes. A further difference from the -Amy1 and -Amy2 genes was the pattern of expression. Amy3/33 was expressed only in immature grains and, unlike the -Amy1 and -Amy2 genes, not at all in germinating aleurones. These data suggested therefore that this gene represents a third type of -amylase gene, not described before, which shares a common evolutionary ancestor with the -Amy1 and -Amy2 genes.     

云南若干地区土壤放线菌区系及资源考察III．西双版纳地区土壤放线菌区系及资源考察

从云南省西双版纳地区的勐腊和勐仑两个自然保护区(以下简称“样区”)及附近的次生林、荒地、旱地、水田采集100份土样,进行放线菌分离和鉴定。并对这两个样区土壤放线菌的区系分布作了比较。勐腊样区的放线菌数量较少而区系组成略为复杂,分离到12个属。仑样区分离到11个属。两个样区均分离到大量糖多孢菌。     

Factors affecting the photoproduction of ammonia from dinitrogen and water by the cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. strain ATCC 33047

Synthesis of ammonia from dinitrogen and water by suspensions of Anabaena sp. Strain ATCC 33047 treated with the glutamine synthetase inhibitor L-methionine-D,L-sulfoximine is strictly dependent on light. Under otherwise optimal conditions, the yield of ammonia production is influenced by irradiance, as well as by the density, depth, and turbulence of the cell suspension. The interaction among these factors seems to determine the actual amount of light available to each single cell or filament in the suspension for the photoproduction process. Under convenient illumination, the limiting factor in the synthesis of ammonia seems to be the cellular nitrogenase activity level, but under limiting light conditions the limiting factor could, however, be the assimilatory power required for nitrogen fixation. Photosynthetic ammonia production from atmospheric nitrogen and water can operate with an efficiency of ca. 10% of its theoretical maximum, representing a remarkable process for the conversion of light energy into chemical energy.     

采收时花序的发育程度对唐菖蒲切花的影响

采收时花序上花蕾发育程度越低,切花含糖量越低,瓶插时切花体内的糖消耗量越少,切花瓶插观赏品质越差。小花由绿蕾至盛开需吸收高于自身含糖量数倍的糖分。即使是开放期采收的切花,其自身含糖量也不能充分满足花序上花蕾继续生长发育的需要。     

培养基琼脂用量计算的商榷

植物组织培养中,大多数采用固体培养基。固体培养基是以琼脂(又称洋菜)为支持物的。目前一些资料中一般报告用培养基琼脂的百分含量来表示培养基的硬度。笔者认为,这种提法不太科学,而应该用胨力强度(又称凝胶强度)来表示琼脂培养基     

Photocontrol of Dark Circadian Rhythms in Stomata of Phaseolus vulgaris L

Stomatal diffusion resistance in primary leaves of Phaseolus vulgaris L. which had been grown in light:dark cycles followed a marked circadian rhythm when the plants were transferred to continuous darkness. Reentrainment of the rhythm required more than one inductive change in photoperiod. The phasing of the rhythm of dark stomatal opening was contolled primarily by the light-on (dawn) signal, whereas the rhythm of dark closure was related to the light-off (dusk) signal. The evidence points to a dual control of the circadian clock in which a product of photosynthesis plays a major role. No evidence for phytochrome involvement in the phasing of the rhythm was found. An influence of phytochrome on the amplitude of the stomatal rhythm was observed in which removal of phytochrome-far-red absorbing form caused rapid damping.     

心脏多普勒超声检查

多普勒超声心动图(Dopple Echocardiography)是用超声技术测定心脏及大血管内血流的一种无创性方法。近年来随着仪器的革新,多普勒超声技术迅速发展,已成为心血管病临床常规检查中不可缺少的手段。它可测定心脏和大血管中的血流流速,判断心内分流和瓣膜返流性病变,并可估测狭窄瓣膜的压力价差、心排出量、心内分流量和瓣膜返流量。它与超声显象技术相结合,使超声技术诊断心脏血管病更趋完善。