杂花和紫花苜蓿原生质体分离培养条件的筛选

以杂花苜蓿‘甘农1号’和紫花苜蓿‘甘农4号’、‘阿尔冈金’及‘清水’4个适宜西北内陆黄土高原地区栽培的苜蓿愈伤组织为材料,研究酶解时间、酶液组合、酶液渗透压、愈伤组织继代培养时间、预处理措施及不同培养方法等对原生质体分离和培养效果的影响,并对培养条件进行优化。结果表明:(1)适宜4个苜蓿品种愈伤组织酶解的最佳预处理措施为0.55mol/L蔗糖或CPW溶液中预质壁分离1h,最佳继代时间均为12d。(2)‘甘农1号’、‘甘农4号’和‘清水’的最佳酶液组合均为2%纤维素酶+0.5%果胶酶+0.3%崩溃酶;‘阿尔冈金’的最佳酶液组合为2%纤维素酶+0.5%果胶酶+0.3%半纤维素酶+0.3%离析酶+0.3%崩溃酶;‘甘农1号’和‘阿尔冈金’的最佳酶解时间为12h,‘甘农4号’和‘清水’分别为14h和10h。(3)适宜4个品种酶解的甘露醇浓度分别为‘甘农1号’0.75mol/L,‘甘农4号’0.65mol/L,‘阿尔冈金’0.6mol/L,‘清水’0.55~0.6mol/L。(4)经液体浅层培养和固液培养方式均可获得4个苜蓿品种的再生愈伤组织,且固液培养法较液体浅层培养法更有利于苜蓿原生质体早期的培养和再生。     

‘陇东’紫花苜蓿原生质体最佳分离条件

以‘陇东’紫花苜蓿（Medicago sativa L.cv.‘Longdong’）下胚轴愈伤组织为材料,研究酶液组合、酶解时间、酶液渗透压、愈伤组织继代培养时间及预处理措施对原生质体分离效果的影响。结果表明：获得产量最高（8.8×105个·g-1）、活力最高（88.55%）的原生质体最佳酶液组合为2%纤维素酶＋0.5%果胶酶＋0.3%崩溃酶、酶解时间为10h、酶液渗透压即甘露醇浓度为0.55mol·L-1,愈伤继代培养天数为12d、预处理措施为4℃、黑暗条件下放置24h。     

苦荞叶肉细胞原生质体的分离纯化及瞬时转化

高效分离原生质体是遗传转化、细胞融合和再生培养的基础性工作。该实验以苦荞(Fagopyrum tartaricum)品种‘榆6-21’的叶肉细胞为材料,研究了酶类组合、甘露醇浓度、酶解时间以及离心速度对苦荞叶肉细胞原生质体分离纯化的影响。结果表明:酶解液组成为1.5%纤维素酶R-10+0.5%离析酶R-10+0.5mol/L甘露醇+20mmol/L MES+20mmol/L KCl+10mmol/L CaCl2+0.1%牛血清白蛋白,以第5~7片真叶为材料,用胶带纸撕去叶片下表皮后,25℃黑暗酶解4h,以900r/min离心收集,可以获得高质量的原生质体,原生质体产量可达6×106个/g,活力达到90%以上;用双荧光素酶报告基因载体检测原生质体的转化效率,以分离纯化的苦荞叶肉细胞原生质体为受体,将双荧光素酶报告基因载体与其混合后,在终浓度为20%PEG4000介导下,黑暗转化20min,可以检测到较高活性的萤火虫荧光素酶和海肾荧光素酶,证明双荧光素酶报告载体可成功转化到原生质体中。研究结果为苦荞原生质体瞬时转化及遗传操作提供了技术基础。     

虎杖原生质体分离纯化及电融合初步研究

以野生虎杖根状茎芽为外植体诱导虎杖愈伤组织,选取生长状况良好的愈伤组织作为原生质体分离材料,通过L16（44）正交试验对虎杖原生质体分离条件进行优化.结果表明：1.4%纤维素酶R-10,0.1%果胶酶,17%甘露醇的酶液,酶解时间7h,虎杖原生质体分离效果最好.在80r/min振荡分离后虎杖原生质体得率为46.2%.以800r/min的离心速度纯化,纯化的原生质体得率为43.8%,其中原生质体的成活率为75%.通过对虎杖原生质体进行融合,原生质体的融合率为20.2%.     

虎仗原生质体分离纯化及电融合初步研究

以野生虎杖根状茎芽为外植体诱导虎杖愈伤组织,选取生长状况良好的愈伤组织作为原生质体分离材料,通过L16(44)正交试验对虎杖原生质体分离条件进行优化.结果表明:1.4%纤维素酶R-10,0.1%果胶酶,17%甘露醇的酶液,酶解时间7h,虎杖原生质体分离效果最好.在80r/min振荡分离后虎杖原生质体得率为46.2%.以800r/min的离心速度纯化,纯化的原生质体得率为43.8%,其中原生质体的成活率为75%.通过对虎杖原生质体进行融合,原生质体的融合率为20.2%.     

葡萄原生质体分离及瞬时转化体系的建立

为了建立葡萄原生质体进行遗传转化的技术,该研究以葡萄品种‘黑香蕉’的叶片和愈伤组织为材料,分析纤维素酶和离析酶的浓度与配比、渗透压和酶解时间等主要因素对葡萄原生质体分离的影响,探讨建立稳定、高效的葡萄原生质体分离与瞬时转化体系,为鉴定目标基因的功能奠定基础。结果表明:(1)葡萄叶片原生质体的分离以3.0%纤维素酶和0.75%离析酶的酶组合,在0.6mol/L甘露醇溶液中,酶解14h为宜,每克游离产量为4.09×106个原生质体,活力为83.12%。(2)葡萄愈伤组织原生质体的分离以2.0%纤维素酶和0.5%离析酶的酶组合,在0.5mol/L甘露醇溶液中,酶解14h为宜,每克游离产量为6.05×106个原生质体,活力为84.13%。(3)利用该方法得到的葡萄原生质体为受体,采用40%PEG-4000介导转化质粒载体pEZS-NL,目标基因瞬时表达产物检测表明,GFP蛋白表达稳定、清晰。该研究建立的葡萄原生质体制备和转化体系,可以用较少量的质粒DNA获得外源基因在原生质体内的表达,为葡萄功能基因的研究提供技术支持。     

新疆杨愈伤组织原生质体的游离与纯化

目的:以愈伤组织为材料,研究新疆杨原生质体的游离、纯化。方法:以新疆杨愈伤组织为材料,采用简单试验设计和方差分析方法,对新疆杨原生质体游离的影响因素进行研究,并利用二乙酸荧光素染色法观察原生质体活力。结果:适宜新疆杨愈伤组织原生质体游离的较适宜条件是:CPW+2.0%纤维素酶R-10+1.0%离析酶R-10+1.0%果胶酶Y-23+0.6 mol/L甘露醇,酶解温度27℃,酶解时间8 h。在此条件下,原生质体产量达8.5×106个/(g.FW),活力达83.6%。原生质体纯化可采用蔗糖等密度离心法,较适蔗糖浓度为30%。结论:研究筛选出的酶解因素组合与等密度离心条件较适宜新疆杨愈伤组织原生质体的游离和纯化。     

菠菜原生质体游离与纯化的研究

以菠菜为实验材料进行原生质体分离、纯化、活力鉴定。结果表明:1.5%纤维素酶OnozukaR-10+1%果胶酶Pectolase+0.5mol/L甘露醇+CPW盐的酶液,酶解时间5h,菠菜原生质体的获得率高。纯化时,适当降低离心时间有利于原生质体纯化过程中产量及活力的保持,500r/min离心5min,效果较好。     

‘过山香’香蕉胚性悬浮细胞原生质体分离的方法研究

目的：研究不同的方法对‘过山香’胚性悬浮细胞原生质体分离的影响,筛选最适合用于‘过山香’香蕉胚性悬浮细胞原生质体分离的方案。方法：用不同浓度、不同组合的酶液对‘过山香’原生质体进行分离,并对酶液的甘露醇含量、pH值进行调节。结果：3．0％纤维素酶R-10＋0．2％果胶酶Y-23的是最佳酶组合;酶解8h、酶液中含0．41M甘露醇、酶液pH值为5．3时,获得原生质体产量最高。结论：合适的酶组合、酶解时间、酶液的渗透压和pH值对‘过山香’香蕉胚性悬浮细胞原生质体的分离有明显的促进作用。     

玉米、小麦、水稻原生质体制备条件优化

玉米Zea mays L.、小麦Triticum aestivum L.、水稻Oryza sativaL.是三大重要粮食作物,对其原生质体制备条件的优化具有重要意义.以玉米(综3)、小麦(中国春)、水稻(日本晴)10日龄幼苗为材料,研究了叶肉细胞原生质体分离过程中的酶浓度、酶解时间和离心力大小等因素对产量和活力的影响.结果表明:酶浓度和酶解时间对原生质体产量影响显著,随着酶解液浓度和酶解时间的提高,原生质体产量增加,但细胞碎片同时增多.水稻经真空处理后,原生质体产量大幅度提高.通过正交实验设计得出如下结果:玉米叶肉细胞原生质体分离的最佳条件为:纤维素酶1.5％,离析酶0.5％,50 r/min酶解7h,100×g离心2 min收集,原生质体产量为7×106/g FW;小麦叶肉细胞原生质体分离的最佳条件为:纤维素酶1.5％,离析酶0.5％,50 r/min酶解5h,100×g离心2 min收集,原生质体产量为6×106/g FW;水稻叶肉细胞原生质体分离的最佳条件为:纤维素酶2.0％,离析酶0.7％,50 r/min酶解7h,1 000×g离心2 min收集,得到的原生质体产量为6×106/g FW.通过二乙酸荧光素染色发现原生质体活力均在90％以上.用PEG-Ca2+介导法将含有绿色荧光蛋白的质粒转化入原生质体,转化率可达50％ ～80％.     

Systematic significance of mature embryo of bamboos

The mature embryo of seven species belonging to five genera of Indian bamboos is described. In all these the basic pattern of embryo organisation is same: the scutellar and coleoptilar bundles are not separated by an internode, the epiblast is absent, the lower portion of the scutellum and the coleorhiza are separated by a cleft and the margins of embryonic leaves overlap. The features unique to fleshy fruited bamboos are: presence of a massive scutellum, the juxtaposition of plumule and radicle and the occurrence of a bud in the axil of the coleoptile. The fleshy fruit bearing bamboos should be classified into one group, the tribeMelocanneae. Evidence is provided to recognise additional groups in the subfamilyBambusoideae.     

Taxonomic status of the species of the green algal genusNeochloris

Komárek has recently reviewed the various species assigned to the green algal genusNeochloris Starr (Chlorococcales, Chlorococcaceae) and removed those with uninucleate vegetative cells to a new genus,Ettlia. Watanabe & Floyd, unaware ofKomárek's work, also reviewed the species ofNeochloris and distributed them among three genera—Neochloris, Chlorococcopsis gen. nov., andParietochloris gen. nov.—on the basis of details of the covering of the zoospore and the arrangement of the basal bodies of the flagellar apparatus. This paper reconciles these two treatments and makes additional recommendations at the ranks of genus, family, order, and class.     

Phylogeny of cardinalfishes (Teleostei: Gobiiformes: Apogonidae) and the evolution of visceral bioluminescence

The cardinalfishes (Apogonidae) are a diverse clade of small, mostly reef-dwelling fishes, for which a variety of morphological data have not yielded a consistent phylogeny. We use DNA sequence to hypothesize phylogenetic relationships within Apogonidae and among apogonids and other acanthomorph families, to examine patterns of evolution including the distribution of a visceral bioluminescence system. In conformance with previous studies, Apogonidae is placed in a clade with Pempheridae, Kurtidae, Leiognathidae, and Gobioidei. The apogonid genus Pseudamia is recovered outside the remainder of the family, not as sister to the superficially similar genus Gymnapogon. Species sampled from the Caribbean and Western Atlantic (Phaeoptyx, Astrapogon, and some Apogon species) form a clade, as do the larger-bodied Glossamia and Cheilodipterus. Incidence of visceral bioluminescence is found scattered throughout the phylogeny, independently for each group in which it is present. Examination of the fine structure of the visceral bioluminescence system through histology shows that light organs exhibit a range of morphologies, with some composed of complex masses of tubules (Siphamia, Pempheris, Parapriacanthus) and others lacking tubules but containing chambers formed by folds of the visceral epithelium (Acropoma, Archamia, Jaydia, and Rhabdamia). Light organs in Siphamia, Acropoma, Pempheris and Parapriacanthus are distinct from but connected to the gut; those in Archamia, Jaydia, and Rhabdamia are simply portions of the intestinal tract, and are little differentiated from the surrounding tissues. The presence or absence of symbiotic luminescent bacteria does not correlate with light organ structure; the tubular light organs of Siphamia and chambered tubes of Acropoma house bacteria, those in Pempheridae and the other Apogonidae do not.     

Host plants of someRhinanthoideae (Scrophulariaceae) of eastern North America

Twenty three species in 11 genera were examined in the field to determine hosts. OnlyStriga asiatica andSeymeria cassioides have a narrow host range being restricted to grasses and pines, respectively. These are the only species which cause pronounced and sometimes serious host damage. The other species attach to a great diversity of hosts.     

Apoptotic Regulation of Caspase Activity

Intracellular cysteine aspartate-specific proteases (caspases) play both signaling and effector roles in realizing the program of cell death. Caspases function as proteolytic cascades unique for each cell type and signal triggering apoptosis. All parts of the proteolytic cascades are duplicated and controlled by feedback signals. Amplification cycles between pairs of caspases (the third and the sixth, the ninth and the third, the twelfth and the sixth, and others) help multiply the initial apoptotic signal. The presence of physiological inhibitors of apoptosis that directly interact with caspases creates a multilevel regulatory network of apoptosis in cell. The caspase proteolytic cascades are also regulated by sphingolipid secondary messengers, among them ceramide, sphingosine, and their phosphates. Moreover, an association of the caspase signaling with ubiquitin-dependent proteolysis is shown in cells. In particular, the use of extracellular activators and inhibitors of caspases allows irreversible activation of apoptosis in tumor cells or the prevention of apoptosis in cortical neurons under neurodegenerative diseases.     

Analysis of twin of eyeless regulation during early embryogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster

The Drosophila Pax6 homolog twin of eyeless (toy) is so far the first zygotically expressed gene involved in eye morphogenesis in Drosophila. The study of its expression during embryogenesis is therefore informative of the initial events of eye development in Drosophila. We have analyzed how the initial expression domain of toy at cellular blastoderm is regulated. We show that the three maternal patterning systems active in the cephalic region (the anterior, terminal and dorsal-ventral systems) cooperate with zygotically activated gap genes to shape the initial expression domain of toy. Whereas Bicoid, Dorsal and Torso signaling synergistically act as activators, Hunchback, Knirps and Decapentaplegic act as repressors.     

A molecular phylogeny of Hebeloma species from Europe

In order to widen the scope of existing phylogenies of the ectomycorrhizal agaric genus Hebeloma a total of 53 new rDNA ITS sequences from that genus was generated, augmented by sequences retrieved from GenBank, and analysed using Bayesian, strict consensus and neighbour joining methods. The lignicolous Hebelomina neerlandica, Gymnopilus penetrans, and two species of Galerina served as outgroup taxa. Anamika indica, as well as representatives of the genera Hymenogaster and Naucoria, were included to test the monophyly of Hebeloma, which is confirmed by the results. Hebeloma, Naucoria, Hymenogaster and Anamika indica cluster in a strongly supported monophyletic hebelomatoid clade. All trees largely reflect the current infrageneric classification within Hebeloma, and divide the genus into mostly well-supported monophyletic groups surrounding H. crustuliniforme, H. velutipes, H. sacchariolens, H. sinapizans, and H. radicosum, with H. sarcophyllum being shown at an independent position; however this is not well supported. The section Indusiata divides with strong support into three groups, the position of the pleurocystidiate Hebeloma cistophilum suggests the possible existence of a third subsection within sect. Indusiata. Subsection Sacchariolentia is raised to the rank of section.     

New species of Peruvian Orchidaceae III

Sixteen new species are proposed in the generaAckermania, Dressleria, Epidendrum, Maxillaria, Oncidium, Rodriguezia, Sigmatostalix, andTrigonidium. All new species are illustrated.Maxillaria vittariifolia L. O. Williams is newly recorded for Peru. A key is provided forTrigonidium of Peru.Trigonidium loretoense Schltr. andT. peruvianum Schltr. are lectotypified.     

Interaction of Synthetic Analogues of Natural Chalcones and Flavones with Guanidine

The reaction of chalcones and flavones with guanidine in ethanol results in 2-(2-aminopyrimidinyl-4)-phenols.     

Demographic characteristics of an intertidal bay goby (Lepidogobius lepidus)

Synopsis In a fourteen month study (May 1976 – June 1977) I examined the following characteristics of an intertidal bay goby (Lepidogobius lepidus) in Morro Bay, California, U.S.A.: annual and seasonal patterns of abundance, age composition and growth rates, survivorship and mortality patterns, and the reproductive cycle for female gobies. Fishes were collected with the aid of quinaldine and otoliths and ovaries removed. Age and growth rates were estimated from otolith annuli using a back calculation formula and a Brody-Bertalanffy growth curve. Mortality rates were derived using the methods of Heincke (1913), Robson & Chapman (1960), mean age, and a catch curve (Ricker 1975). A gonad index was used to describe the annual reproductive cycle. Results indicated that abundance fluctuated seasonally and that these fluctuations appeared to be caused by reproductive emigrations. Bay gobies reached an age of 7+ and a standard length of 87 mm. Growth was relatively constant (6 mm yr⁻¹) until age 5, at which point it began to decline. The mean rates of survivorship, mortality, and instantaneous mortality were 0.75, 0.25, and 0.29 respectively. Mortality rates for individual age classes ranged from 0.13 to 0.51 and increased with age. This stock appears to reproduce mainly during the winter.