拟南芥乙酰乳酸合成酶基因(Atals)多位点突变以及转基因过表达植株除草剂抗性分析

乙酰乳酸合成酶(ALS)是支链氨基酸、缬氨酸、亮氨酸和异亮氨酸生物合成途径中的关键酶,也是多种除草剂的靶点。为了研究als基因不同突变位点组合后其抗除草剂抗性的变化,并整合和增强植株对不同类型除草剂的抗性,本研究对已知抗性位点进行组合并进行了拟南芥转基因分析。我们通过重叠延伸PCR技术体外突变扩增四个已知位点突变的P197S/R199A/W574S/S653F拟南芥Atals,克隆到pCAMBIA1 300-GFP载体上,从而构建了四个位点突变的m4Atals-GFP融合蛋白过表达载体。然后用农杆菌介导法转化野生型拟南芥Col-0,获得转基因株系。采用潮霉素抗性筛选鉴定阳性转基因植株,并利用荧光体式显微镜观察过表达植株以及在蛋白水平检测GFP-m4Atals融合蛋白表达情况。对纯合转基因株系进行除草剂抗性分析。分析表明转基因拟南芥具有磺酰脲和咪唑啉酮两种除草剂的整合抗性。此研究有助于系统地分析als基因不同突变位点对抑制剂的抗性,有效避免和应对自然界als单一位点突变的杂草的困扰。     

几丁质酶基因表达载体构建及转化烟草的研究

构建了一个含有多个调控序列的带有几丁质酶基因的植物表达载体,通过发根农杆菌的Ri质粒介导转化烟草的三个品种：K326,RG11,VA116,在卡那霉素抗性培养基上筛选,获得了7株再生植株,以PCR检测、DNA斑点杂交证明表达载体构建成功,几丁质酶基因导入烟草并整合到烟草基因组中。     

烟草茄尼醇含量的品种间差异及其在生长期内的变化

用超声破碎乙醇提取和HPLC分析方法,检测红花烟草品种‘K326’、‘云烟85’、‘NC89’、‘NC82’、‘红花大金元’、‘漂河1号’、‘龙江911’和黄花烟草品种‘蛤蟆头’叶中的茄尼醇含量以及‘云烟85’、‘漂河1号’在不同生长期叶中茄尼醇含量的结果表明:不同烟草品种叶中茄尼醇含量差异显著,以‘红花大金元’烟草的茄尼醇含量为最高。不同生长期的‘云烟85’和‘漂河1号’烟草叶中茄尼醇含量随着烟株苗龄的增加而逐渐上升,66d左右苗龄,即烟株现蕾时的叶中茄尼醇含量达到最大值,此后逐渐下降,并趋于平缓。因此当以新鲜烟叶为茄尼醇生产原料时,烟株现蕾期采收烟叶比较合适。     

利用二代测序技术高通量分析水稻品种间抗病性差异的分子基础

稻瘟病和白叶枯病是由稻温病菌(Magnaporthe oryzae)和白叶枯病菌(Xanthomonas oryzae pv.oryzae)引起的两种主要水稻病害,也是制约中国水稻生产的主要病害。为了从DNA水平探索造成水稻感病品种‘丽江新团黑谷’(LTH)和高抗品种‘特特普’(Tetep,TTP)间抗病性差异的分子基础,该研究对其已知的3个抗稻瘟病基因和3个抗白叶枯基因所在DNA区段分别进行PCR扩增,将等量混合的PCR产物再与基因组重测序样品按Ct值差值(ΔCt)~10的比例混合,采用二代测序技术进行一次性测序和比较分析,并对有差异的基因区域进行常规传统测序验证,以确定这2个品种中抗性基因(R基因)的数目和结构与品种抗病或感病表型的关联性。实验结果表明,二代测序能够快速并准确地寻找到2个不同水稻品种中多个特定基因的序列差异,且差异位点与常规测序结果相符。从LTH和TTP这2种抗性不同水稻品种在多个抗性基因的DNA水平差异来看,有差异的抗性基因位点在高抗品种TTP中大都与原始抗性基因序列相同,而对应的普感品种LTH的抗性基因往往多表现为氨基酸突变,这些序列差异很可能就是导致TTP与LTH抗性差异的分子基础。     

脱水应答转录因子CBF1的克隆与转基因小麦的分子检测

根据已发表的小麦(T.aestivum)转录因子CBF1基因序列(GenBank Accession No.AF376136),设计引物从小麦品种‘京花1号’叶片中克隆出该基因,用拟南芥RD29B基因为启动子构建含CBF1基因的逆境诱导表达载体pBAC127F(6 967 bp),以‘99-92’、‘5-98’、‘104’和‘轮选987’等冬小麦品种(系)的幼穗和幼胚为材料,基因枪转化该表达载体。经筛选与植株再生,共获得14株转基因植株及其后代株系。这14个株系经PCR分析和点杂交检测,最终确认了5-98-40、5-98-41这2个株系为转基因株系,结果表明拟南芥RD29B启动子调控下的转录因子CBF1基因已稳定整合到转基因植株中。     

信号肽序列修饰的PAP cDNA克隆及高频率转基因烟草的获得

通过RT-PCR从美洲商陆叶片中获得PAPN端氨基酸修饰的cDNA克隆PAP-sp1。构建携带PAP-sp1的植物转化载体pBPAP,利用农杆菌介导将PAP-sp1导入烟草品种K326叶片细胞,通过抗性筛选、组织化学和PCR鉴定获得了转基因烟草植株,按形成转基因不定芽的外植体数统计,烟草K326的转化率高达8.1%。攻毒实验表明,与对照植株相比,转基因烟草株系发病推迟,感病程度较低,开花结果提早。     

除草剂抗性作物的大田试验

曾有人认为,用生物技术方法获得的除草剂抗性植物可能比遗传学上相似的除草剂感性品种产量更低.然而,比利时植物遗传系统公司的W.De Greef等人对具有glufosinate(phosphinothricin)除草剂广谱抗性的两个烟草和四个马铃薯系进行田间试验发现,它们与未转化的对照株相比,没有产量损失.尽管在烟草系中除草剂抗性基因的表达水平非常低.但当喷施除草剂剂量为通常田间剂量的四倍时也完全足以保护植物免遭其害.该除草剂抗性特征与植物品种无关,其它作物亦可应用遗传工程方法获得此特性.     

抗甲磺隆假单胞菌的分离及其乙酰乳酸合酶的大小亚基ilvIH基因的克隆和表达

乙酰乳酸合酶(也称乙酰羟酸合酶acetohydroxyacid synthase,AHAS)是植物、真菌和细菌细胞内支链氨基酸Val、Leu、Ile生物合成过程中关键酶,是乙酰乳酸合酶抑制剂类除草剂如磺酰脲类、咪唑啉酮类、嘧啶水杨酸和磺酰氨类的作用靶标.[目的]获得抗甲磺隆的乙酰乳酸合酶基因,构建其表达载体,并分析基因中的位点突变与乙酰乳酸合酶对磺酰脲类除草剂抗性产生原因.[方法]从长期使用甲磺隆的土壤中分离到l株抗甲磺隆的菌株Lm10,利用PCR技术从Lm10总DNA中克隆到乙酰乳酸合酶的大小亚基基因ilvIH,对ilvIH氨基酸序列进行比对分析.分别将ilvI和ilvH分别连接到表达载体pET29a( )多克隆位点,转化大肠杆菌(Escherichia coli)获得转化子BL21(pET-I)和BL21(pET-H),并诱导表达.[结果]菌株Lm10鉴定为假单孢菌(Pseudomonas sp.),对甲磺隆的最高耐受浓度达到14000 μmol/L,且对各种乙酰乳酸合酶抑制剂类除草剂具有交叉抗性.Lm10与甲磺隆敏感菌株KT2440的小亚基氨基酸序列完全相同,而大亚基有6个氨基酸位点发生变异.转化子在IPTG诱导下,乙酰乳酸合酶的大小亚基的蛋白成功表达,粗酶液酶活试验结果表明Lm10的ilvI基因表达的乙酰乳酸合酶大亚基对甲磺隆有很强的抗性.[结论]发现菌株Lm10的乙酰乳酸合酶大亚基对甲磺隆有很强的抗性,抗甲磺隆菌株Lm10与敏感菌株KT2440的ilvI有6个氨基酸位点差异,这些位点突变可能是乙酰乳酸合酶对甲磺隆抗性产生的原因.     

隐地蛋白(cryptogein)基因定点突变及其广谱抗病烟草转化植株的获得

用PCR法从隐地疫霉 (Phytophthoracryptogea)基因组DNA中克隆了cryptogein(Cry)基因。将Cry基因的 13位赖氨酸 (K)突变成缬氨酸 (V) ,获突变基因CryK13V ,并将其构建于CaMV35S启动子控制的植物表达载体上。通过农杆菌介导的叶盘转化法转入烟草 ,经卡那霉素抗性筛选获 33株再生植株 ,PCR检测和Southern杂交分析表明CryK13V基因已整合到烟草基因组中。接种试验结果表明 ,转基因烟草植株对黑胫病菌、赤星病菌和野火病菌等的抗性均有提高。Northern杂交分析表明 ,微弱的CryK13V基因在转化植株中的表达就足以激活PR1和OPBP1等防卫反应相关基因的表达 ,而且表达丰度与转基因植株的抗病性有着一定的正相关性。研究结果还表明 ,隐地蛋白13位上的赖氨酸在诱导细胞死亡中起着关键的作用。     

T-DNA插入水稻群体中卷叶突变体R1-A2的遗传分析

在根癌农杆菌介导的T-DNA(携带有除草剂Basta抗性基因bar和Ds因子)转化中花11水稻群体中,获得了一个叶片发生明显内卷的突变体R1-A。经过连续三代的分离鉴定,获得突变体的纯合株(R1-A2),并与中花11号进行杂交,在调查的36个F_1植株中,全部表现为卷叶,并对Basta除草剂都表现为抗性。在852个F_2单株中,卷叶为645株,正常叶207株,卷叶和正常叶的比例为3:1,其中,卷叶株均对Basta表现抗性,正常叶株均对Basta表现敏感,表明卷叶性状和Basta抗性存在着共分离关系。用扩增Ds因子的引物,对F_2中45个卷叶抗性株进行PCR鉴定,都获得预期长度的Ds因子片段,进一步表明在这些卷叶的植株中都有T-DNA的插入;而30个正常叶敏感株都不能检测到Ds的特征片段。在以卷叶突变(R1-A2)为回交亲本的F_1B_1植株中,全部植株表现卷叶;在以中花11号为回交亲本的F_1B_1植株中,卷叶和正常叶植株的分离比为1:1。上述结果表明该卷叶突变是个显性突变,受一个基因所控制,且该基因的突变与T-DNA的插入有关。     

Astragalar morphology of late Eocene anthropoids from the Fayum Depression (Egypt) and the origin of catarrhine primates

The phylogenetic relationships of the late Eocene anthropoids Catopithecus browni and Proteopithecus sylviae are currently a matter of debate, with opinion divided as to whether these taxa are stem or crown anthropoids. The phylogenetic position of Catopithecus is of particular interest, for, unlike the highly generalized genus Proteopithecus, this taxon shares apomorphic dental and postcranial features with more derived undoubted catarrhines that appear in the same region 1-2 Ma later. If these apomorphies are homologous and Catopithecus is a stem catarrhine, the unique combination of plesiomorphic and apomorphic features preserved in this anthropoid would have important implications for our understanding of the crown anthropoid morphotype and the pattern of morphological character transformations that occurred during the early phases of stem catarrhine evolution.Well-preserved astragali referrable to Proteopithecus, Catopithecus, and the undoubted early Oligocene stem catarrhine Aegyptopithecus have provided additional morphological evidence that allows us to further evaluate competing hypotheses of interrelationships among Eocene-Oligocene Afro-Arabian anthropoids. Qualitative observations and multivariate morphometric analyses reveal that the astragalar morphology of Proteopithecus is very similar to that of early Oligocene parapithecids and living and extinct small-bodied platyrrhines, and strengthens the hypothesis that the morphological pattern shared by these taxa is primitive within crown Anthropoidea. In contrast, Catopithecus departs markedly from the predicted crown anthropoid astragalar morphotype and shares a number of apomorphic features (e.g., deep cotylar fossa, laterally projecting fibular facet, trochlear asymmetry, mediolaterally wide astragalar head) with Aegyptopithecus and Miocene-Recent catarrhines. The evidence from the astragalus complements other independent data from the dentition, humerus and femur of Catopithecus that support this taxon's stem catarrhine status, and we continue to maintain that oligopithecines are stem catarrhines that constitute the sister group of a clade containing propliopithecines and Miocene-Recent catarrhines.     

中国异极衣科地衣二新记录种

该文综合运用形态学、解剖学和化学等方法对山东大型地衣进行分类研究,发现了两个中国新记录种,即德氏蜂窝衣(Heppia despreauxii)和多孢小极衣(Lichinella myriospora).德氏蜂窝衣隶属于蜂窝衣属(Heppia),生于光线充足且裸露的土壤上,主要识别特征为下皮层缺失、子实层IKI+蓝色;多...     

藏药多刺绿绒蒿种子萌发特性研究

多刺绿绒蒿(Meconopsis horridula)为罂粟科绿绒蒿属一年生草本植物,是一种极具观赏价值和药用价值的高山植物,目前处于濒危状态,因此研究多刺绿绒蒿种子的萌发特性对其种子育苗及人工栽培具有重要意义。为了提高多刺绿绒蒿的种子发芽率,该研究以多刺绿绒蒿的种子为材料,分析了不同消毒剂、浸种时间、温度和外源植物激素对种子萌发特性的影响。结果表明:(1)最适消毒方法为75%乙醇1 min+3%H2O25 min,最适浸种时间为24 h,最适温度和光照条件为20℃/10℃(光照12 h/黑暗12 h),用无菌水浸种后的种子发芽率为49.67%。(2) GA_3100～600 mg·L~(-1)和NAA 5～30 mg·L~(-1)可以提高种子的发芽率、发芽势和发芽指数,缩短发芽启动时间和发芽持续时间,对种子的萌发有促进作用。(3) 6-BA 5 mg·L~(-1)和10 mg·L~(-1)对种子的萌发有一定的促进作用,但不显著,6-BA浓度≥15 mg·L~(-1)则抑制种子的萌发。(4)用GA3500 mg·L~(-1)浸种后的种子发芽指标最好,发芽率、发芽势和发芽指数分别为69.67%、33.00%、4.51,种子的发芽起始时间和发芽持续时间分别为10.67 d、11.67 d。     

scabrous Modifies Epithelial Cell Adhesion and Extends the Range of Lateral Signalling during Development of the Spaced Bristle Pattern in Drosophila

The role of scabrous (sca) in the evenly spaced bristle pattern of Drosophila is explored. Loss-of-function of sca results in development of an excess of bristles. Segregation of alternately spaced bristle precursors and epidermal cells from a group of equipotential cells relies on lateral inhibition mediated by Notch and Delta (Dl). In this process, presumptive bristle precursors inhibit the neural fate of neighbouring cells, causing them to adopt the epidermal fate. We show that Dl, a membrane-bound ligand for Notch, can inhibit adjacent cells, in direct contact with the precursor, in the absence of Sca. In contrast, inhibition of cells not adjacent to the precursor requires, in addition, Sca, a secreted molecule with a fibrinogen-related domain. Over-expression of Sca in a wild-type background, leads to increased spacing between bristles, suggesting that the range of signalling has been increased. scabrous acts nonautonomously, and we present evidence that, during bristle precursor segregation, Sca is required to maintain the normal adhesive properties of epithelial cells. The possible effects of such changes on the range of signalling are discussed. We also show that the sensory organ precursors extend numerous fine cytoplasmic extensions bearing Dl molecules, and speculate on a possible role for these structures during signalling.     

不同光质对白及组培苗生长及光合特性的影响

白及的自然繁殖率极低,组培育苗是其种苗繁殖的主要方式之一.为探索提高白及组培育苗质量及缩短育苗周期的高效人工光环境,该文以紫花白及(Bletilla striata)为试验材料,研究LED光质对白及组培苗的生长和光合特性的影响.结果表明:提高红蓝光组合中的蓝光占比,有利于促进白及组培苗的生长和生物量的积累,而白及的球茎...     

中国兰科二新记录种

兰科植物资源调查是掌握地区兰科本底资料的基础,对研究兰科植物的地理分布和资源多样性具有重要意义.该文报道了分别产自中国西藏自治区墨脱县和巴宜区的石豆兰属(Bulbophyllum Thou.)中国分布新记录种——尼泊尔大苞兰(B.raskotii J.J.Verm.,Schuit.&de Vogel)和曲唇兰属[Pan...     

Stratigraphy, artefact industries and hominid associations for Sterkfontein, member 5

A revised stratigraphy for the early hominid site of Sterkfontein (Gauteng Province, South Africa) reveals a complex distribution of infills in the main excavation area between 2.8 and 1.4 m.y.a, as well as deposits dating to the mid to late Pleistocene. New research now shows that the Member 4 australopithecine breccia (2.8-2.6 Ma) extends further west than was previously thought, while a late phase of Member 4 is recognized in a southern area. The artefact-bearing breccias were defined sedimentologically as Member 5, but one supposed part of these younger breccias, the StW 53 infill, lacks in situ stone tools, although it does appear to post-date 2.6 Ma when artefacts first appear in the archaeological record. The StW 53 hominid, previously referred to Homo habilis, is here argued to be Australopithecus. The first artefact-bearing breccia of Member 5 is the Oldowan Infill, estimated at 2-1.7 Ma. It occupies a restricted distribution in Member 5 east and contains an expedient, flake-based tool industry associated with a few fossils of Paranthropos robustus. An enlarged cave opening subsequently admitted one or more Early Acheulean infills associated in Member 5 west with Homo ergaster. The artefacts attest to a larger site accumulation between ca. 1.7 and 1.4 Ma, with more intensive use of quartzite over quartz and a subtle but important shift to large flakes and heavier-duty tools. The available information on palaeoenvironments is summarized, showing an overall change from tropical to sub-tropical gallery forest, forest fringe and woodland conditions in Member 4 to more open woodland and grassland habitats in the later units, but with suggestions of a wet localized topography in the Paranthropus -bearing Oldowan Infill.     

绿色荧光蛋白

来源于水母Aequorea victoria的绿色荧光蛋白(green fluorescent protein, GFP)现已成为在生物化学和细胞生物学中研究和开发应用得最广泛的蛋白质之一. 其内源荧光基团在受到紫外光或蓝光激发时（λ_max=395 nm, 小峰在479 nm）可高效发射清晰可见的绿光. GFP的高分辨率晶体结构为了解和研究蛋白质结构和光谱学功能关系提供了一个极好的机会. GFP已成为一个监测在完整细胞和组织内基因表达和蛋白质定位的理想标记. 通过突变和蛋白质工程构建的GFP嵌合蛋白在生理指示剂、生物传感器、光化学领域以及生产发光纤维等方面展示了广阔前景.     

中国翠雀花属修订(一)

该文对中国毛茛科(Ranunculaceae)翠雀花属(Delphinium)进行了修订,收载了该属232种和55变种,并写出了检索表;同时对每个种写出了形态描述,绘出了多幅墨线图,并将全部种划分为2亚属、5组、11亚组和26系,其中包括4新亚组、11新系、15新种和5新变种。此外,还给出了此属的分类学研究简史、地理分布和经济用途。     

甜荞FeFUL2基因的克隆与表达分析

为了探索甜荞FUL同源基因参与花与籽粒发育调控的分子机制,该文采用同源克隆的方法从甜荞(Fagopyrum esculentum)长花柱和长雄蕊突变体(lpls)中克隆到1个长837 bp的FeFUL2基因(GenBank登录号为MG779493.1),其包含长690 bp的完整开放阅读框,编码1个由229个氨基酸残基组成的MADS-box转录因子。通过对FeFUL2进行分子系统发生、同源蛋白比对与转录因子结构分析,结果显示FeFUL2与核心真双子叶植物AP1/FUL亚家族转录因子中的euFUL进化系聚于1个进化分支,属甜荞euFUL型MADS-box转录因子,且包含1个57个氨基酸残基长的高度保守的MADS结构域、1个69个氨基酸残基长的次级保守的K结构域,其C末端转录激活区在序列长度和氨基酸残基组成上与其他euFUL型转录因子差异较大,但仍含有2个euFUL型转录因子特有的保守基元:FUL motif和paleo AP1 motif。用qPCR检测基因表达的组织特异性显示:FeFUL2基因在甜荞lpls突变体的根、茎、叶、花被片、雄蕊、雌蕊和发育4 d的幼果中均有表达,但其在花被片中表达量极显著高于该基因在其他器官中的表达量(LSD,P0.01)。综合转录因子的结构与基因的表达模式推测,FeFUL2基因与其他euFUL型基因的功能可能存在一定差异,其在花发育过程中可能主要参与甜荞花被片的发育调控。