植物侧枝发育的调控研究进展

植物侧枝的发育在植物形态建成中具有十分重要的地位,侧枝的形态直接影响植物的产量。侧枝的发育由生长点干细胞持续分裂和分化形成,包括侧生分生组织特化,侧生分生组织起始和侧生分生组织外生。侧枝的发育受到内部生长因子和外部环境信号的共同调节。文中总结了侧枝发育过程中侧生生长点干细胞起源、形成和休眠等过程的基本问题,综述了转录因子、激素、表观遗传、外界环境共同决定侧生分生组织形成和发育中的作用机制,为探讨植物侧枝的形成机理提供参考。     

细胞周期因子与植物根系发育

植物根系的发育是一个非常复杂且被精确调控的过程,受到多种信号的调控,其中对细胞分裂水平调控的研究已经成为细胞生物学研究的热点之一.文章介绍了植物细胞周期因子和植物根系发育相关的细胞周期调控机制以及根系细胞周期激素调节的研究进展.     

番茄OVATE基因调控果实梨形发育

ＰｒｏｃＮａｔｌＡｃａｄＳｃｉＵＳＡ ,2 0 0 2 ,99:1 330 2～ 1 330 6早期研究表明番茄果实的梨形性状由位于第二染色体的一个隐性基因ｏｖａｔｅ所控制 ,ｏｖａｔｅ基因位于分子标记ＴＧ645附近 ,以此标记为探针筛选番茄ＢＡＣ文库将该基因定位于一个长为 1 0 5ｋｂ的ＤＮＡ片段内 ,进一步的分子标记定位表明该基因在含有 8个ＯＲＦ的 55ｋｂＤＮＡ内。通过ＰＣＲ扩增了圆形番茄这一区域ＤＮＡ并进行测序 ,结果表明突变体的ＯＲＦ6中有三处发生了突变。ＯＲＦ6由两个外显子和 1个内含子组成 ,有一个点突变和一个 2ｂｐ的插入或缺失突变…     

棉纤维发育的分子生理机制

本文综述了棉纤维分化、发育的分子生理机制的研究现状,着重讨论了棉纤维细胞膨压的产生、细胞壁的松弛、结构分子的合成和加入、次生壁增厚的启始信号、纤维素的生物合成和细胞骨架系统控制纤维素沉积等机制。进而对本领域的研究前景提出了看法。     

棉纤维发育的分子生理机制

本文综述了棉纤维分化、发育的分子生理机制的研究现状,着重讨论了棉纤维细胞膨压的产生、细胞壁的松弛、结构分子的合成和加入、次生壁增厚的启始信号、纤维素的生物合成和细胞骨架系统控制纤维素沉积等机制。进而对本领域的研究前景提出了看法。     

蔬菜植物果实发育的激素调控

概述了果菜蔬菜果实中的激素来源以及激素对茄果类,瓜类,豆类蔬菜和草莓果实发育的调节作用。     

表观遗传生物标志物在人类疾病早期诊治中的研究进展

表观遗传修饰异常见于人类的多种疾病(如肿瘤、老年性疾病、发育源性疾病等),影响着这些疾病的发生发展。已有的研究表明,异常表观遗传改变可以作为疾病状态和疾病预测的生物标志物。表观遗传修饰改变的可逆性和可控性也为疾病早期的预防和治疗提供了新策略。本文对DNA甲基化修饰、组蛋白共价修饰、非编码RNA等三种表观遗传方式在肿瘤、老年性疾病和发育源性疾病的研究,以及三者作为表遗传生物标志物在疾病早期诊断和治疗的应用展开介绍,以期为肿瘤、老年性和发育源性相关疾病的诊断与治疗提供借鉴和 参考。     

SlCBL1基因调控番茄果实成熟发育的分子机理

以番茄(Solanum lycopersicum L.)品种‘Micro Tom’为试材,从其果实中克隆得到番茄类钙调磷酸酶B基因(Tomato Calcineurin B-Like gene,SlCBL1),构建其带有报告基因的e-GFP植物表达载体,分析番茄果实中SlCBL1基因超表达与成熟发育进程的相互关系。结果显示:(1)与对照非转基因植株以及转空载植株相比,转SlCBL1基因番茄中SlCBL1基因过量表达,而且能够使番茄果实成熟期提前3~5d,表明SlCBL1基因可促进番茄果实成熟。(2)番茄果实成熟相关基因的表达量也受到不同程度调控,其中番茄成熟过程中的色素合成基因、乙烯路径基因以及果实成熟相关转录因子都受到强烈的调控,与对照相比表达量分别上调5~10倍。研究表明,SlCBL1基因能够促进番茄果实成熟,而且通过影响色素合成基因以及果实成熟相关转录因子来调控番茄果实成熟。     

组蛋白精氨酸甲基化与斑马鱼早期发育

发育是由基因的特定时空表达模式来调控的,其表观遗传机制已越来越受到关注。组蛋白精氨酸甲基化是一种重要的翻译后修饰,由蛋白质精氨酸甲基化酶催化产生,对染色体的结构与功能具有重要调控作用。不同位点的精氨酸甲基化与其相邻位点的翻译后修饰具有复杂的对话机制,并可招募或阻碍相关效应分子的结合,进而导致转录激活或抑制。斑马鱼作为一种重要的发育生物学研究模式动物,已为蛋白质精氨酸甲基化酶在早期发育过程中的生理功能的研究提供了大量资料。该文对组蛋白精氨酸甲基化的产生、对话调控机制及其对斑马鱼早期发育调控功能的研究进行综述。     

内源脱落酸和赤霉素对番茄发育果实和种子水分关系的影响

利用热偶湿度计研究了野生型、ＧＡ－缺陷型和ＡＢＡ－缺陷型番茄发育过程中果实种子的水分关系,发现除ＡＢＡ－缺陷型种子胶囊和果肉水势变化特殊外,３种类型果实水分状况变化基本一致;在整个发育时期内,前期种子胶囊和果肉水分流向种子,中期种子水分流向种子胶囊和果肉,后期种子和果实间的水势达到平衡。鉴于种胚脱水是一种主动过程,种胚水势一直低于整个种子、种子胶囊和果肉。内源赤霉素可明显增加果实和种子的重量,但对     

Application of Photoautotrophic Suspension Cultures in Plant Science

Whereas most plant suspension cultures are grown heterotrophically in the presence of sugars, a limited number of photoautotrophic cultures have been established which are able to grow with CO₂ as the sole carbon source. Photoautotrophic cultures are useful to address various aspects of photosynthesis, source-sink regulation, nitrogen metabolism, production of secondary metabolites, and defence responses. The homogenous populations of these cultures provide an ideal and sensitive system to obtain reproducible results. The availability of an increasing number of photoautotrophic cultures from different economically important species provides the basis also for practical applications.     

Effects of fruit set sequence and defoliation on cell number,cell size and hormone levels of tomato fruits (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) within a truss

Fruit size within a tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) truss depends on both fruit position in the truss and the time of pollination among fruits. In the natural pollination sequence a difference of 5 days in the pollination of proximal and distal flowers results in significant final size differences between proximal and distal fruits. These final size differences were eliminated when all flowers were pollinated simultaneously. At anthesis proximal ovaries have higher cell numbers than distal ovaries but the cell division activity and cell enlargement in both positions was similar in the first 10 days of fruit growth. Simultaneous pollination resulted in lower cell numbers in proximal but higher cell numbers in distal fruits compared to control fruits.Hormone levels in different sized fruits were measured using radioimmunoassays. Cytokinin concentration during the cell division period indicated a possible role in the regulation of cell division. With other hormones no obvious correlations were found. The results are discussed in relation to factors determining final fruit size in tomato.     

The interface between the cell cycle and plant growth regulators: a mini review

The aim was to review knowledge about the interface betweenplant growth regulators and molecular checkpoints of the cell cycle. Atwhat level of biochemical regulation of the cell cycle do plant growthregulators interface? Are there different levels of interfacingdependent on the plant growth regulator involved? As a preamble totackling these questions, we overview the eukaryotic cell cycle withparticular emphasis on checkpoints that regulate the transition fromG0-G1-S-phase and G2-M. Cytokinins feature strongly as activators ofcell division in plants both in vivo and in vitro.Recent research has shown that zeatin treatment led to the up-regulationof CycD3 in Arabidopsis. This is a D-type cyclin showing stronghomology with vertebrate D cyclins which themselves are up-regulated byextracellular growth factors. Benzyladenine treatment can also shortenthe duration of S-phase through recruitment of latent origins of DNAreplication. Kinetin is involved in the phosphoregulation of the G2-Mcheckpoint; the major cyclin-dependent kinase (Cdk) at this checkpointhas recently been shown to be dephosphorylated as a result of cytokinintreatment, an effect which can also be mimicked by the fission yeastCdc25 phosphatase. Hence, a picture emerges of a cytokinin-inducedcontinuum of cell cycle activation through the up-regulation of a plantD-type cyclin at the G1 checkpoint and the phosphoregulation of the Cdkat the G2/M checkpoint. During S-phase, we argue for a link betweencytokinins and the proteins associated with replication origins.Gibberellic acid (GA) treatment induces internode elongation. Indeepwater rice, this response is mediated, at least partly, by aGA-induced up-regulation of a cyclin-Cdk at the G2-M checkpoint. Recentevidence has also linked abscisic acid to a cyclin-dependent kinaseinhibitor. These, so-called CKIs are negative regulators of Cdks whichfits with ABA's general role in growth inhibition; we await news ofethylene interactions. We highlight two instances of plant growthregulator-cell cycle interfacing during development, arguing for aninvolvement in microtubule orientation as a prerequisite to leafinitiation, and suggest a link between IAA and the activation of celldivisions in the pericycle required for lateral root initiation. A newD-type cyclin, recently discovered in Arabidopsis, may have akey role in this process. Finally, a model is presented which features ageneralised cyclin-Cdk checkpoint exhibiting various interfaces with theplant growth regulators.     

植物细胞周期调控因子及其功能的研究进展

细胞周期调控因子能通过影响细胞周期对植物细胞的生长、分裂和分化产生作用,进而调节植物的生长发育。本文综述了近几年来植物细胞周期调控因子中细胞周期蛋白（cyclin,CYC）、周期蛋白依赖激酶（cyclin-dependent kinase,CDK）等的作用机理及研究进展,阐述了各调控因子在植物生长发育过程中的作用。