豆科植物在中国草原生态系统中的地位及其生理生态研究

豆科(Leguminosae)植物在改良土壤肥力、保持水土、提供多种经济产品方面功能显著,但我国干旱、半干旱草原区草场的退化使豆科植物资源受到严重破坏,有的面临灭绝的危险。本文明确了豆科植物在草原生态系统中的重要性,并综述了其光合、固氮等重要生理过程的研究进展,总结出自然生态系统中豆科植物的高光合机理和环境胁迫对固氮特性的影响,同时指出在豆科植物的适生机制和固氮潜能的发挥等还有很大的研究前景,在生产实践中,播种豆科灌木和豆科牧草是解决大面积人工林、草场“氮缺乏”的有效措施。     

共生固氮体系中的豆科植物基因

豆科根瘤菌发现的近百年历史以来,共生固氮作用一直受到人们的瞩目。近廿几年来对根痛瘤—豆科植物共生体的研究进展迅速,对共生体中根瘤菌本身的固氮基因(nif)和结瘤基因的编码、定位等有了较深入的了解。然而,共生体系中基因的调控是比较复杂的,环境因素和寄生植物基因对共生固氮的调控也起着重要作用。人们对豆科寄主结瘤和固氮遗传进行了一系列研究,并力图选育高固氮的豆科品种资源。本文仅就豆科植物—根瘤菌共生固氮体系中寄主植物基因及它在共生固氮体系研究中的作用和意义作简要的概述。     

几株分离自不同植物根际的固氮菌形态特征及营养特征研究

近年来,非豆科植物根际固氮问题,已越来越广泛地引起人们的注意。现已证明在一些牧草、水稻、玉米、甘蔗以及某些非豆科树木根际定殖着大量的固氮微生物,它们或在植物的根表,或者侵入根内进行固氮作用。其固氮效率几乎与豆科根瘤相仿。这一发现为非豆科植物扩大利用生物固氮资源的有益前景展示了一条可能     

非豆科固氮树种-沙棘与微生物联合共生体的纯培养研究

Ｆｒａｎｋｉａ 非豆科树木共生固氮体系是自然界中重要的固氮生物资源 ,具有与Ｒｈｉｚｏｂｉｕｍ 豆科植物相似的固氮能力 ,在自然界能量循环和生态平衡中起着重要作用 ,而且与形成共生固氮的非豆科植物其抗逆性强 ,耐干旱、盐碱 ,抗高寒、瘠薄 ,能在一般豆科植物不能生长的环境下正常生长结瘤固氮。非豆科固氮树种 沙棘是三北地区重要垦荒先锋树种1) ,其果实富含多种维生素 ,具有重要的经济开发价值。同时 ,沙棘又是具有内生菌根真菌的固氮树种[1] 。本文通过对沙棘菌根、根瘤联合共生体人工构建技术以及沙棘联合共生的增效作用的研究 ,…     

用气相色谱法测定Frankia菌的自生固氮活性

共生固氮放线菌Frankia与非豆科木本双子叶植物形成共生固氮体系,简称为非豆科共生。非豆科共生与根瘤菌和豆科植物的共生一样,具有很强的固氮能力,测定其固氮力,特别是测定Frankia菌的离体培养的自生固氮活性是选择优良菌株和研究共生体系的重要工作。但是由于Frankia菌生长缓慢,菌量稀少,在培养基中菌体分布又不均匀,给固氮活性的检测带来了许多困难,曾一度影响了研究工作的进展。很多学者开展了Frankia菌自     

新疆干旱区豆科植物结瘤的固氮特性

调查了新疆干旱区72种豆科植物的结瘤固氮活性,其中33种尚未见报道。这些植物所结根瘤在外形上多数不规则,以皮层厚和白色、棕色者居多,与非干旱区的根瘤形态显著不同。根瘤固氮活力相差较大,但比一般豆科植物根瘤活性高,最高者可达当地大豆根瘤的42倍。根瘤活性与宿主的抗逆境能力有关。此外,从11种豆科植物根瘤观察到10种具有吸氢活性。对干旱区豆科共生固氮生理生态的特性进行了讨论。     

豆科植物早期共生信号转导的研究进展

豆科植物与根瘤菌建立特异的共生关系,在寄主根部产生固氮根瘤。此过程包含了共生信号识别与传递、根瘤菌侵染、根瘤形成以及固氮功能实现等生物学事件。研究人员已经从2种豆科模式植物蒺藜苜蓿（Medicago truncatula）和百脉根（Lotus japonicus）的共生固氮体系中,筛选到许多与根瘤菌共生相关的突变体及其相对应的功能基因,建立起包含结瘤因子识别、共生信号传递和转录响应在内的早期共生信号途径。该文对豆科植物早期共生信号途径的新进展进行了综述。     

鼎湖山自然林豆科固氮植物资源的调查研究

本文在调查鼎湖山自然林木本豆科植物结瘤固氮的基础上,参阅了国内外有关豆科植物结瘤固氮的主要文献,研究了鼎湖山自然林木本豆科植物的固氮资源。结果得出鼎湖山自然林中常见的木本豆科植物共有41种,其中乔木15种,灌木6种,木质藤本20种;有结瘤固氮特性的26种,其中乔木11种,灌木5种,木质藤本10种;经初步调查未见根瘤的6种,其中乔木2种,灌木1种,木质藤本3种;未调查的9种,其中乔木2种,木质藤本7种。本研究结果为鼎湖山木本豆科固氮植物资源的保护、管理和开发利用提供了科学论据,在理论和应用方面均有重要意义。     

豆科植物早期共生信号转导的研究进展北大核心CSCD

豆科植物与根瘤菌建立特异的共生关系,在寄主根部产生固氮根瘤。此过程包含了共生信号识别与传递、根瘤菌侵染、根瘤形成以及固氮功能实现等生物学事件。研究人员已经从2种豆科模式植物蒺藜苜蓿(Medicago truncatula)和百脉根(Lotus japonicus)的共生固氮体系中,筛选到许多与根瘤菌共生相关的突变体及其相对应的功能基因,建立起包含结瘤因子识别、共生信号传递和转录响应在内的早期共生信号途径。该文对豆科植物早期共生信号途径的新进展进行了综述。     

福建省豆科植物根瘤菌资源的初步调查

对福建省境内(除东北部少数地区外)的29个县(市)豆科植物根瘤菌资源进行了调查,共采集到36属63种豆科植物的根瘤样品278份,在豆科栽培作物方面有一定代表性.采集到的根瘤形态多样,大小多在1-10 mm之间,以淡黄和淡红色居多.对32种51份根瘤样品用乙炔还原法进行了固氮酶活性测定,不同种和同一种植物在不同生境下的固氮酶活性均有差异,多数根瘤样品的固氮酶活性在1-24 μmol C2H4g-1 fresh nodule h-1之间,其中尖叶长柄山蚂蝗(Podocarpium podocarpum var.oxyphyllum)的固氮酶活性相对最高,达87.29 u mol C2H4 g-1 fresh nodule h-1.从采集到的根瘤中经分离纯化获得了228株根瘤菌,其中155株根瘤菌进行了原寄主回接试验,有138株结瘤,回接成功率为89.0%.调查结果显示福建省有丰富的豆科固氮及其根瘤菌资源.     

Race and Racism in America and in Anthropology

Race in North America: Origin and Evolution of a Worldview . Audrey Smedley
Anthropology and Race . Eugenia Shanklin     

Degradation and conversion of somatostatin in normal and diabetic rats in vivo and in vitro

Plasma somatostatin-like immunoreactivity in the portal and jugular veins of streptozotocin diabetic rats was compared with that in normal control rats. In the diabetic group, somatostatin levels in the portal (p less than 0.05) and jugular (p less than 0.01) veins were both elevated compared with those in the control group. Moreover, the degree of elevation was greater in the jugular vein than in the portal vein. To further investigate the role of the liver in the clearance of somatostatin-28 in vivo, 2 micrograms of somatostatin-28 was administered as a bolus into the external jugular vein of intact and functionally hepatectomized rats. The mean half-time of somatostatin-28 was significantly longer in intact diabetic rats than in controls (p less than 0.05). The functional hepatectomy did not cause a significant difference in the half-time in diabetic rats but made it longer in control rats. These results suggest that the longer half-time of somatostatin-28 in diabetic rats in vivo is due to its slower hepatic clearance. The hepatic clearance of somatostatin-28 and somatostatin-14 was further studied in vitro using a recirculating liver perfusion method. The hepatic clearance of 1.2 nM of either somatostatin-28 or somatostatin-14 was significantly lower in diabetic rats than in controls (p less than 0.01). This indicates that elevated plasma somatostatin levels in diabetic rats are caused at least in part by decreased hepatic clearance of somatostatin.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)     

Variation in infectivity and aggressiveness in space and time in wild host-pathogen systems: causes and consequences

Variation in host resistance and in the ability of pathogens to infect and grow (i.e. pathogenicity) is important as it provides the raw material for antagonistic (co)evolution and therefore underlies risks of disease spread, disease evolution and host shifts. Moreover, the distribution of this variation in space and time may inform us about the mode of coevolutionary selection (arms race vs. fluctuating selection dynamics) and the relative roles of G × G interactions, gene flow, selection and genetic drift in shaping coevolutionary processes. Although variation in host resistance has recently been reviewed, little is known about overall patterns in the frequency and scale of variation in pathogenicity, particularly in natural systems. Using 48 studies from 30 distinct host–pathogen systems, this review demonstrates that variation in pathogenicity is ubiquitous across multiple spatial and temporal scales. Quantitative analysis of a subset of extensively studied plant–pathogen systems shows that the magnitude of within‐population variation in pathogenicity is large relative to among‐population variation and that the distribution of pathogenicity partly mirrors the distribution of host resistance. At least part of the variation in pathogenicity found at a given spatial scale is adaptive, as evidenced by studies that have examined local adaptation at scales ranging from single hosts through metapopulations to entire continents and – to a lesser extent – by comparisons of pathogenicity with neutral genetic variation. Together, these results support coevolutionary selection through fluctuating selection dynamics. We end by outlining several promising directions for future research.     

Electroejaculation in chimpanzees and gorillas and artificial insemination in chimpanzees

Electroejaculation was performed in 3 chimpanzees, 1 pygmy chimpanzee, and 2 gorillas with an instrument that delivers a modified sine wave current with a frequency of 24 Hz. The current stimuli were applied by a rectal probe with longitudinal electrodes. The electrical parameters varied from 6 to 12 V and from 30 to 40 mA for response of erection and lay between 8 and 18 V and between 40 and 145 mA during semen emission. Eleven chimpanzee semen samples showed the following data (x ± SD): total volume 1.9 ± 1.3 ml, volume of the liquid fraction 0.3 ± 0.2 ml, spermatozoa per ejaculate 743 ± 376 × 10⁶, sperm motility 52.7 ± 9.6%, morphologically abnormal spermatozoa 12.2 ± 7.5%. From an adult gorilla, three semen samples were collected, in each case without spermatozoa. The electrostimulation of a 6-year-old gorilla led to an erection, but not to semen emission. Three female chimpanzees were inseminated with fresh or frozen semen, each of them within three different estrous cycles. None of these inseminations led to a pregnancy.     

Aminoacylation in Sulfolobus acidocaldarius and in methanogenic and halophilic archaebacteria

Abstract Phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetase (PRS) from the sulphur-metabolizing thermoacidophilic archaebacterium Sulfolobus acidocaldarius has been purified 150-fold using different chromatographic steps. The enzyme has a M _r of 270 000 and exhibits considerable thermostability in a temperature range up to 90°C with optimal activity at 70°C. Conservation of antigenic determinants could not be detected by antibodies against various PRS of all primary kingdoms. As a further means to detect traits of phylogenetic relationship, the cross-species reactivity between PRS and tRNAs of organisms from the three branches of archaebacteria and from all primary kingdoms reveals the group character of all 3 branches of the archaebacterial domain, the sulphur-metabolizing, methanogenic and halophilic archaebacteria.     

Advances in purine and pyrimidine metabolism in health and diseases

ABSTRACT

In June, 2015, the Purine and Pyrimidine Society organized the 16th biennial symposium on Purine and Pyrimidine metabolism at the Faculty House of Columbia University, New York City. This exciting meeting focused on these important molecules, new developments in inborn errors of metabolism; therapeutic analogs. In addition, the biochemistry of mammalian and non-mammalian systems were discussed. Due to significant advances in molecular medicine, the boundaries between clinical and basic sciences have merged into exciting translational research, of which a small portion was highlighted in the presymposium.     

MPD and DNA Bending in Crystals and in Solution

Bending of 15 to 24° is observed within crystal structures ofB-DNA duplexes, is strongly sequence-dependent, and exhibits no correlation with the concentration of MPD (2-methyl-2,4-pentanediol) in the crystallizing solution. Two types of bends are observed: facultative bends or flexible hinges at junctions between regions of G·C and A·T base-pairs, and a persistent and almost obligatory bend at the center of the sequence R-G-C-Y. Only A-tracts are characteristically straight and unbent in every crystal structure examined to date. A detailed examination of normal vector plots for individual strands of a double helix provides an explanation, in terms of the stacking properties of guanine and adenine bases. The effect of high MPD concentrations, in both solution and crystal, is to decrease local bending somewhat without removing it altogether. MPD gel retardation experiments provide no basis for choosing among the three models that seek to explain macroscopic curvature of DNA by means of microscopic bending: junction bending, bent A-tracts, or bent general- sequence DNA. Crystallographic data on the straightness of A-tracts, the bendability of non-A sequences, and the identity of inclination angles in A-tract and non-A-tractB-DNA support only the general-sequence bending model. The pre-melting transition observed in A-tract DNA probably represents a relaxation of stiff adenine stacks to a flexible conformation more typical of general-sequence DNA.