广西、贵州苦苣苔科新植物(续二)

茎高17～50 cm,被毡毛,常在近顶端着叶,下部具残存的叶基。叶对生,长圆形或长椭圆形,稀卵形,长4.5～29 mm,宽2．5～10cm,顶端急尖,基部宽楔形或圆形,边缘具锯齿,上面密被白色小糙伏毛和脱落的蛛丝状毛,下面密被灰褐色毡毛,侧脉每边11～14     

越南蛛毛苣苔属(苦苣苔科)植物新记录

报道了2个苦苣苔科(Gesneriaceae)蛛毛苣苔属(Paraboea)(C.B.Clarke)Ridl.植物在越南的分布新记录,并列出了每个种的标本引证和地理分布情况.     

中国广西蛛毛苣苔属(苦苣苔科)一新种——桂林蛛毛苣苔

描述了采自中国广西的苦苣苔科新种桂林蛛毛苣苔Paraboea guilinensis L. Xu & Y. G. Wei。新种体态及叶形接近厚叶蛛毛苣苔P. crassifolia (Hemsl.) Burtt,与后者不同在于叶革质,花序梗、花梗及花萼均无毛,花冠明显二唇形,蒴果不旋扭。     

泰国蛛毛苣苔属一新种

布氏蛛毛苣苔 新种 Paraboea burttii Z. R. Xu, sp. nov. Fig. 1 P. capitatae Ridley proxima, sed foliis supra pubescentibus, bracteis valde majoribus,sepalis obovatis et majoribus differt. Herba perennis rosulata, brevi-caulis vel acaulis; caules ad 15 cm longi 7 mm in diam.     

腺花蛛毛苣苔——中国苦苣苔科蛛毛苣苔属一新记录种

报道了中国苦苣苔科蛛毛苣苔属一新记录种——腺花蛛毛苣苔(Paraboea glanduli flora Barnett)并提供了形态描述和野外生态照片,讨论了该种与近缘种类间的区别.该种为亚灌木状草本,无基生叶,聚伞花序2～4枝成对着生于茎顶叶腋,花冠密被腺毛,在该属中较为特殊.     

亮花芒毛苣苔在中国的发现及近缘种花粉形态研究

该文报道了中国苦苣苔科(Gesneriaceae)植物分布新记录种,即亮花芒毛苣苔(Aeschynanthus fulgens Wall. exR. Br.),同时描述了该新记录种的分类学特征,并提供了该新记录种的引证标本和图片。此外,还比较了该新记录种与束花芒毛苣苔(A. hookeri C. B. Clarke)的花粉形态特征,发现二者花粉形态及纹饰存在显著差异。凭证标本保存在河南农业大学植物标本馆(HEAC)中。     

三种苦苣苔对石灰土和红壤的适应性分析

为探讨苦苣苔科植物对其岩溶生境的适应性,该研究选取黄花牛耳朵(Primulina lutea)、紫花报春苣苔(Pri.purpurea)和桂林蛛毛苣苔(Paraboea guilinensis)三种苦苣苔科植物,将其栽种在石灰土及红壤两种不同类型的土壤中,观测记录其生长性状并对其叶片元素含量进行测定和比较。植株采集过程中,同时采集自然生境中三种苦苣苔科植物叶片及取样植物基部土壤,并对叶片及土壤元素的含量进行测定,作为今后苗圃试验的参照。结果表明:三种苦苣苔科植物在两种土壤上的生长状况及适应性具有差异,其在石灰土上生长良好,在红壤上生长较差;在两种不同土壤中,除N外,桂林蛛毛苣苔的叶片其他元素(P、K、Mn、Mg、Ca、Zn、Cu)差异极显著(P0.01);除P外,紫花报春苣苔的叶片其他元素(N、K、Mn、Mg、Ca、Zn、Cu)差异极显著(P0.01);除N、Cu、Ca外,黄花牛耳朵的叶片元素(P、K、Mn、Mg、Zn)差异极显著(P0.01);三种植物的叶片元素比值,除少数值没有差异外,大部分指标差异都极显著;对叶片元素与栽培土壤元素的相关性分析,发现植物叶片Mn元素与土壤中N、Ca、Mg、Zn、Mn、有机质含量等呈正相关,土壤P元素与叶片中N、P元素呈正相关,而与叶片中Zn元素呈负相关关系。在其他栽培条件一致的条件下,土壤因素及物种差别是造成黄花牛耳朵、紫花报春苣苔和桂林蛛毛苣苔适应性产生差异的主要原因。     

Characteristics of Symmetric Surface Plasmon Polariton Mode in Glass–Metal–Glass Waveguide

The propagation characteristics of symmetric surface plasmon polariton mode in a glass–metal–glass waveguide are presented. Gallium lanthanum sulfide has been taken as the glass and silver (Ag) has been used as the metal. The analysis has been done both numerically and analytically. A two-dimensional finite-difference time-domain-based simulation model has been developed in order to analyze the propagation characteristics numerically. The obtained results using numerical and analytical methods have been compared and a very good agreement has been found.     

Productivity improvement in xanthan gum fermentation using multiple substrate optimization

A novel and more comprehensive formulation of the optimal control problem that reflects the operational requirements of a typical industrial fermentation has been proposed in this work. This formulation has been applied to a fed-batch bioreactor with three control variables, i.e., feed rates of carbon source, nitrogen source, and an oxygen source, to result in a 148.7% increase in product formation. Xanthan gum production using Xanthomonas campestris has been used as the model system for this optimization study, and the liquid-phase oxygen supply strategy has been used to supply oxygen to the fermentation. The formulated optimization problem has several constraints associated with it due to the nature of the system. A robust stochastic technique, differential evolution, has been used to solve this challenging optimization problem. The infinite dimensional optimization problem has been approximated to a finite dimensional one by control vector parametrization. The state constraints that are path constraints have been addressed by using penalty functions and by integrating them over the total duration to ensure a feasible solution. End point constraints on final working volume of the reactor and on the final residual concentrations of carbon and nitrogen sources have been included in the problem formulation. Further, the toxicity of the oxygen source, H(2)O(2), has been addressed by imposing a constraint on its maximum usable concentration. In addition, the initial volume of the bioreactor contents and feed concentrations have been handled as decision variables, which has enabled a well-grounded choice for their values from the optimization procedure; adhoc values are normally used in the industry. All results obtained by simulation have been validated experimentally with good agreements between experimental and simulated values.     

肝再生增强因子超家族研究进展

从断奶大鼠的肝脏中纯化得到了肝刺激物质（ＨＳＳ）的有效成份,即肝再生增强因子（ＡＬＲ）的蛋白质,酶解并对其多肽末端测序,据此推导出简并核苷酸序列,合成探针,对大鼠肝脏来源的ｃＤＮＡ文库进行筛选,首选获得了大鼠ＡＬＲ的ｃＤＮＡ克隆,随后又分别克隆了人和小鼠的ＡＬＲ的ｃＤＮＡ。与此同时,从酵母细胞中克隆了与线粒体氧化－－磷酸化功能密切相关的ＥＲＶ１基因,然后克隆了人的ＥＲＶ１同源基因,从功能上证实人     

Imaging erythrocytes under physiological conditions by atomic force microscopy

Since its invention in the mid 1980s atomic force microscopy has revolutionised the way in which surfaces can be imaged. Close to atomic resolution has been achieved for some materials and numerous images of molecules on surfaces have been recorded. Atomic force microscopy has also been of benefit to biology where protein molecules on surfaces have been studied and even whole cells have been investigated. Here we report a study of red blood cells which have been imaged in a physiological medium. At high resolution, the underlying cytoskeleton of the blood cell has been resolved and flaws in the cytoskeleton structure may be observed. Comparison of the normal 'doughnut' shaped cells with swollen cells has been undertaken. Differences in both the global properties of the cells and in the local features in cytoskeleton structure have been observed.     

Photomyoclonic seizures in the baboon, Papio papio.

The inborn seizure response of Papio papio to intermittent light stimulation has been reviewed as a model of human epilepsy. The electrographic and clinical features have been described and useful methodology has been outlined. A diurnal cyclicity in seizure responsiveness has been described with greatest seizure severity at 8 AM in parallel with a rise in urinary output of cortisol. Hormonal influences on the seizure response have been described for ethinyl estradiol, thyroxin, and triiodothyronine. Evidence regarding neurotransmitter involvement has been reviewed. Data regarding use of the animal for anticonvulsant testing in single and chronic doses has been discussed. Particular advantages of the model for study of age-related drug effects and the assessment of the effects of chronically administered anticonvulsant agents on learning and memory have been described.     

pH-sensitive hydrogel based on a novel photocross-linkable copolymer

A pH sensitive hydrogel has been prepared by a UV irradiation technique. Starting polymer was the PHM (poly hydroxyethylaspartamide methacrylated) obtained from polyaspartamide (PHEA) partially derivatized with methacrylic anhydride (MA). This new copolymer has been further derivatized with succinic anhydride (SA) to obtain PHM-SA that has been cross-linked by UV irradiation to form a pH sensitive hydrogel. The network, recovered after washing as a powder, has been been characterized by FT-IR spectrophotometry and particle size distribution analysis. Moreover, to have information about water affinity of the prepared sample, swelling measurements have been carried out in aqueous media mimicking biological fluids. The possibility to employ the prepared hydrogel as a pH-sensitive drug delivery system (DDS) has been investigated. In particular, ibuprofen ((S)(+)4-isobutyl-alpha-methylphenyl-acetic acid), chosen as a model drug, has been entrapped into the PHM-SA hydrogel, and in vitro release studies have showed that its release rate depends on different swelling of the network as a function of the environmental pH.     

Cloning, mapping and gene product identification of rhaT from Escherichia coli K12

Rhamnose utilization requires the function of a specific rhamnose transport system. Rhamnose transport mutants have been isolated and characterized. The structural gene, rhaT, encoding the rhamnose permease has been cloned from Escherichia coli. rhaT has been mapped in the rha locus (87.7 min) by analysis of cotransduction with glpK and other rha markers. The precise location of the gene has been determined by complementation analysis of rhamnose transport mutants transformed with recombinant plasmids containing different fragments of the cloned region. Gene order (counterclockwise) is established as glpK . . . rhaT-rhaR-rhaS-rhaB-rhaA-rhaD. The gene product has been identified by expression of rhaT in a T7 RNA polymerase/promoter system. This 23 kDa protein has been assigned to the rhaT product and has been shown to be located in the cell membrane.     

Persistence of bacterial pathogens as a physiological phenomenon

The complex ecosystem of humans and microbes has been presented as an associative symbiosis based on a mutual support of symbionts with different consequences for them. Conditions for the persistence of bacteria have been defined: their resistance to environmental factors, antagonism in biocenosis, and stability to withstand host defense mechanisms. The key role of bacterial peptidoglycan has been defined for their survival in an infected organism, and the classification for persistent mechanisms of pathogens has been given. The group of bacterial secreted protease providing microbial resistance to defense factors of the organism has been described. Host colonizing resistance has been presented as a physiological regulatory system controlling bacterial penetration into an organism. Regulatory mechanisms for bacterial persistence have been discussed.     

Study of a comparative statistical analytical model for nucleotide sequences in the genome of viruses of the Papovaviridae family

In the present study a model for comparative analysis of nucleotide sequences has been developed, in order to evaluate statistical features of nucleotide distribution in DNA strands without any genetic relationship. Every DNA strand has been considered as a finite Markov chain; a matrix, whose elements represent the number of couplings between a nucleotide and the following one in 5'-3' direction, has been used for every DNA strand, and the statistical relationship has been detected by using Kendall's test. The genomes of Polyomavirus (strain A2) and DPV have been analysed by the proposed model; a substantial likeness between the behaviour of nucleotide distribution on all four DNA strands analysed has been shown; the strongest likeness concerned the complementary strands of Polyomavirus as well as the homologous sense strands of both viruses.