抗旱作物上岗记

一边是水资源的严重短缺，一边是干旱导致的农业减产，无疑使世界粮食危机雪上加霜。水资源正成为世界多数国家制约农业发展的重要因素，培育“不怕渴”农作物品种成为摆在世界育种学家面前的共同难题，也是节水农业中最有效的技术手段。     

Mitosis and microtubule organizational changes in rice root-tip cells

The pattern of change of the microtubule cytoskeleton of the root-tip cells of rice during mitosis was studied using immunofluorescence technic and confocal laser scanning microscopy. All the major stages of ceil division including preprophase, prophase, metaphase, anaphase and telophase were observed. The most significant finding was that in the preprophase cells microtubules radiating from the nuclear surface to the cortex were frequently seen. During development these microtubules became closely associated with the preprophase band and prophase spindie indicating that the microtubules radiating from the nuclear surface, the preprophase band and the prophazc spindle were structurally and functionally closely related to each other. Granule-like anchorage sites for the radiating microtubules at the muclear surface were often seen and the possibility that these gramle-like anchorage sites might represent the microtubule organizing centres was discussed.     

A Technique to Analyse Succession Data from Permanent Plots

IIntroductionSuccessionstudyIsaspeclalfleldInvegetationecology（Greig—Smith1983）．ItreferstocummulatlvechangeInvegetationovertime．Florl幻IcgradientsIndicativeofsuccessionaltrendsmayemergefromconventionalordinationIfextrinsic！nformatlonallowsthemtobel－dentlfledassuch．Inthespedalcaseofforestvegetation,forInstance,Informationonthesize—classesoftreespedespresentmaypermitsuccessionalgradientslobeldentlfleddirectly（Goff1968,Carleton＆Maycock1978）．Fewauthors,however,haveattempted…     

Changes of intracellular Na+ concentration in erythrocytes caused by pulsed electrical field

Changes of sodium ionic concentration of human erythrocytes applied to pulsed electrical field (PEF) were studied by using shift reagent and NMR spectroscopy. The results show that the concentration of intracellular Na⁺ increases with the increasing intensity of PEF when the erythrocytes are applied to PEF with higher intensities. The relationship between intracellular Na concentrations and the intensities of PEF does not follow linear or exponen-tial behavior. As the intensities increase, the intracellular Na⁺concentrations increase even faster by an exponential curve. However under effects of PEF at lower intensities, intracellular Na⁺ concentration decreases. Ouabain can in-hibit the decrease of intracellular Na concentration, and the inhibition increases with the increasing concentration of ouabain, suggesting that Na⁺ , K⁺ -ATPase on cell membrane can be activated by PEF at lower intensities. Direct measurement of activities of the enzyme by using Malachite green method has confirmed this observation. Cell perme-abilities to ions, activation of enzymes by electrical fields and transmission of physical signals like PEF across cell mem-branes are discussed.     

美丽的草原，我的家

“敕勒川,阴山下,天似穹庐,笼盖四野。天苍苍,野茫茫,风吹草低见牛羊”。内蒙古自治区从东到西跨度达4000千米,自然条件复杂,生物种类丰富,植物群落和植被类型繁多。呈现森林、森林草原、典型草原、荒漠草原、荒漠、湿地等多种     

神奇的营养素

研究表明,人体需要大约40种维生素和矿物质。虽然人们吃下去丰富的食物,但获得的某些至关重要的维生素和矿物质却仍然太少。究竟什么样的合理饮食才能使人们生活得更好呢?     

沉浸雨林

作为中国科学院西双版纳热带植物园的研究生,第一年要到位于北京的研究生院完成理论学习。虽然是理论学习,但已经不再是看书、听课、考试的程式化生活了,除了课程,还要大量阅读国内外的专业文献,为学位论文的选题和论证做好准备。在堆积如山的文献面前,曾经认为很有新意的选题却早有研究报道了,要凝练     

群翔于花丛中的红衫小老虎

<正>英气逼人的红衫小老虎2006年五一的前几天,我在成都文殊院第一次看到了红头长尾山雀,一群,大约二十几只。红头长尾山雀一边觅食一边"吱吱吱"鸣叫——像银喉长尾山雀以及其他长尾山雀的尖细叫声。     

病毒对抗RNAi的方式

RNAi是近几年的重大科学发现,其作用是对基因表达在转录后水平进行调控,同时RNAi还可以清除外源基因组或抑制外源基因组的复制。因此RNAi的重要功能之一就是宿主细胞抵抗病毒感染;另一方面,病毒也具有一套对抗RNAi的机制。对于这种相互作用过程的研究可从一个新的角度了解RNAi的功能和病毒感染过程。     

骨髓造血干细胞龛

造血干细胞（hematopoietic stem cell,HSC）位于骨髓的造血微环境即龛（niche）中,它们与龛内特定的细胞相互作用以调节其自我更新和定向分化。研究发现,骨髓中的成骨细胞和内皮细胞与造血干细胞关系密切,分别构成了HSC龛中的成骨龛和血管龛,其中成骨龛维持静态的HSC微环境,而血管龛调控HSC的增殖、分化和动员等行为。对骨髓HSC龛的研究为将来临床治疗血液系统相关疾病提供了新的思路。