基于支持向量机的枯草杆菌启动子预测方法

启动子预测是研究基因转录调控的重要环节,但现有算法的预测正确率偏低．在深入分析启动子生物特征的基础上,提出了一种基于支持向量机的枯草杆菌启动子预测算法,在启动子序列的组成特征、信号特征和结构特征中选取9种典型特征作为预测的依据,对于信号特征,除了利用保守模式的一致序列,还考虑了间隔距离的分布信息．首先通过特征描述模型分别计算每种特征在启动子序列和非启动子序列中的得分,将特征得分组合成9维特征向量,再利用支持向量机在特征向量集上进行训练和判别．对实际数据集进行的刀切法测试验证了算法的有效性．对σ启动予的预测,平均正确率达到了90．7％;对几种其它σ因子启动子的预测,平均正确率也超过了80％．算法不但有广泛的适用性,还有良好的可扩展性,能够方便的容纳新特征,使识别性能不断提高．     

基于机器学习的蛋白质编码区识别

针对DNA序列编码区的识别问题,本研究提出一个特征向量和逻辑回归的组合模型。首先对DNA序列进行数值处理转化为特征向量,并结合k字符相对频率技术提取特征向量的元素特征,之后利用二分类逻辑回归算法,对编码区和非编码区进行准确区分。选取了HMR195和BG570两个基准数据集进行五折交叉验证,结果表明,平均AUC(Area Under Curve)值分别为0.981 3和0.987 4,明显优于传统的贝叶斯判别法和VOSSDFT等方法。此外,本文提出的特征向量的维度很低,提高了运算效率。因此,本文组合模型能够较为高效准确地识别蛋白质编码区。     

重组粘粒pIXUR3502对甘蓝黑腐黄单胞菌胞外多糖生物合成的负调控

通过三亲交配,XCCNAU-1基因文库中的重组粘粒可以从Ecoli转移到XCCNAU－R3中,绝大多数重组粘粒的转入对甘蓝黑腐菌胞外多糖（Eps）生物合成无明显影响,但导致菌株生长较慢。重组粘粒pIXUR3502（约50kb）对Eps生物合成有负调控,使产量降低35.1％,发酵液粘度降低40．6％,其中,载体pIJ3200本身使产量降低6．7％,发酵液粘度降低9．4％,约28kb的外源DNA片段使产量降低28．4％,发酵液粘度降低31．2％。     

厚朴酚对果蝇寿命和繁殖力的影响

从中药厚朴中提取的厚朴酚（magnolol）具有很强的抗氧化性,对其进行黑腹果蝇抗衰老和繁殖力试验。结果表明,分别采用0．02％、0．03％和0．05％浓度的厚朴酚对果蝇寿命均有不同程度明显的延长作用,平均延寿率从8．7％到18．5％;对果蝇繁殖力均有不同程度的提高,果蝇子代蛹数显著增加,平均增殖率从70．0％到268．2％,成虫果蝇数量也显著增加,平均增殖率从145．3％到541．5％。表明厚朴酚具有延缓衰老和促进果蝇的繁殖能力,提高生育力和生命活力的作用。     

红火蚁诱捕技术

研究了6种引诱剂、2种诱捕器以及不同风向对红火蚁的野外诱捕效果．结果表明：用于试验的引诱剂中有4种对红火蚁有一定的引诱作用．其中,引诱剂TB1（鱼粉50g、蛋白胨40g、10％蔗糖水10ml、大豆油20m1）的效果最好,平均每个诱捕器诱捕红火蚁77．6头;引诱剂TB2（火腿肠）的效果次之,平均每个诱捕器诱捕红火蚁58．7头;TB4（10％蔗糖水10ml、甘蔗粉100g、大豆油20ml）和TB6（玉米粉100g、大豆油20ml）分别能诱捕到红火蚁7．7和29头;TB3（10％蔗糖水10ml、玉米粉100g、大豆油20ml）和TB5（蜂蜜）未诱捕到红火蚁．离心管诱捕器的诱集效果显著好于纸碟诱捕器,两种诱捕器分别诱捕红火蚁75．2和35．0头．各种饵剂在下风区的诱集效果明显好于上风区．     

猪Fas基因的克隆及序列分析

广西大学动物科技学院李军、李晓宁、杨坚和罗建荣四位科研工作者从pk-15细胞中提取总RNA,用RT—PCR方法扩增出猪Fas基因,将其克隆到PMD18-T载体上,再进行序列分析,结果表明：克隆的猪Fas基因序列与genBank上登录的猪Fas基因同源性为100％,与人、牛、羊的Fas基因核苷酸及推导的氨基酸序列同源性分别为73．4％、79．2％、76．4％和56．2％、67．0％、64．6％。Fas蛋白胞内区的死亡域,其氨基酸序列在猪、牛、羊与人的基因中呈现较高的同源性。[第一段]     

中国驴种线粒体DNA D-loop多态性研究

利用Clustal W软件对我国5个家驴品种26个个体的mtDNA D—loop区399bp序列进行同源序列比对,共检测到核苷酸多态位点23个,只有转换1种类型,约占所测核苷酸的5．76％。以欧洲驴D—loop作对照,我国5个家驴品种D—loop区序列的平均核苷酸变异率为1．80％,其中凉州驴的平均核苷酸变异率为0．35％．云南驴为1．25％,关中驴为2．30％,新疆驴为2．91％,佳米驴为2．20％。家驴品种内与品种间mtDNA D—loop区序列歧异度分别为0．25％-5．01％和4．51％-5．51％,说明家驴品种间D—loop区序列多态性比较丰富。在所测家驴个体中,mtD NAD—loop序列由11种单倍型组成,单倍型比例为42．31％,表明我国家驴mtDNA遗传多态性正逐步丧失,需要加强其种质资源保护。引用GenBank中亚洲野驴和欧洲家驴的序列,构建了我国5个家驴品种的NJ分子系统树,首次从分子水平证实中国家驴可能起源于非洲野驴,而与亚洲野驴无关。     

基于轮廓相似度的土壤肥力时空变异性判别

采用几何轮廓相似度模型,分别对彰武县境内柳河流域所辖乡村1985年与2009年土壤肥力等级进行判别．结果表明：研究区所辖43个乡村土壤肥力普遍处于中下等水平;与1985年相比,2009年有15个乡村土壤肥力级别降低即土壤肥力变差,9个乡村土壤肥力级别升高即土壤肥力变好,19个乡村土壤肥力级别未发生变化．该模型可在缺乏多标度数据分布信息或小样本条件下难以估计统计特征的应用问题中,通过分析多标度数据的几何特征对数据进行判别;且模型采用了凹函数求平均值,从而减小了一些突变型数据对判别的干扰．因此,采用几何轮廓相似度模型判别土壤肥力时空变异性准确且简便可行．     

酵母蛋白质相互作用与基因表达谱和亚细胞定位的相关性

研究酵母（yeast）蛋白质相互作用与基因表达谱和蛋白质亚细胞定位的关系.首先,构建了蛋白质相互作用正样本集、负样本集、随机组对负样本集和混合样本集.然后,对于4个数据集中的所有蛋白质对,通过比较它们的基于距离的基因共表达的分布以及它们中具有已知亚细胞定位的蛋白质对的共定位出现率,实现了这些高通量数据的交叉量化分析.结果揭示,与非相互作用蛋白质对相比,相互作用蛋白质对的基因表达谱具有较高的相似性;相互作用蛋白质对更倾向于具有相同的亚细胞定位.结果还揭示出这些蛋白质特征相关的总体趋势.     

六种鲤科鱼类耳石形态以及在种类和群体识别中的应用

描述了6种鲤科鱼类的耳石形态特征,并利用耳石形态的测量性状,对其种类特征进行了判别分析。其中,对张氏(卜夕又鱼)、长鳍吻鮈、圆口铜鱼、宜昌鳅（鱼它）和鲫的判别正确率为100％,异鳔鳅（鱼它）的判别正确率为90.91％,6种鱼类的平均判别正确率达到了99.1％,说明了鱼类的耳石形态特征可以用于鉴别种类。三个区域鲫群体的平均判别正确率为68.9％,显示三个区域鲫群体的耳石形态存在一定的差别。     

Identification of positive and negative regulatory regions controlling expression of the cartilage matrix protein gene.

A complex pattern of regulation of the cartilage matrix protein gene was revealed by transient expression experiments. A minimal promoter from positions -15 to +64 functioned in chondrocytes and fibroblasts. An enhancer located in the first intron exerted chondrocyte-specific stimulation on the minimal promoter activity. The same fragment, however, had a negative effect in fibroblasts. Between -334 and -15, a silencer was found which inhibited the gene expression driven from its homologous as well as heterologous promoters both in chondrocytes and fibroblasts. Additional positive and negative control regions were mapped further upstream of the promoter.     

Functional Hypermethylation of ALDH1L1 , PLCL2 , and PPP2R3A in Colon Cancer

DNA hypermethylation and mutations are key mechanisms for the downregulation of tumor suppressor genes. NotI-microarrays allowed us to detect hypermethylation and/or deletions in 180 NotI sites associated with 188 genes of human chromosome 3, in 24 paired (tumor/normal) colon samples. The most frequent aberrations (in more than 20% of tumor samples) were detected in the promoter regions of 20 genes. Expression and promoter methylation of these genes were analyzed using the data for paired colon samples from The Cancer Genome Atlas project. Three genes—ALDH1L1, PLCL2, and PPP2R3A—revealed a more than two-fold average decrease in expression and a negative correlation between mRNA level and promoter hypermethylation. The expression of these three genes was then evaluated in 30 paired colon samples by quantitative PCR. Frequent (in more than 60% of cases) and significant (5–9-fold on average) mRNA level decrease was found for each of the genes in the tumor samples. The results indicate a suppressor role of the ALDH1L1, PLCL2, and PPP2R3A genes in colon cancer, as well as functional significance of hypermethylation in the downregulation of these genes.     

Molecular evolution of the E8 promoter in tomato and some of its relative wild species

The E8 gene is related to ethylene biosynthesis in plants. To explore the effect of the expression pattern of the E8 gene on different E8 promoters, the molecular evolution of E8 promoters was investigated. A total of 16 E8 promoters were cloned from 16 accessions of seven tomato species, and were further analysed. The results from 19 E8 promoters including three previously cloned E8 promoters (X13437, DQ317599 and AF515784) showed that the size of the E8 promoters varied from 2101 bp (LA2150) to 2256 bp (LA2192); their sequences shared 69.9% homology and the average A/T content was 74.9%. Slide-window analysis divided E8 promoters into three regions — A, B and C — and the sequence identity in these regions was 72.5%, 41.2% and 70.8%, respectively. By searching the cis-elements of E8 promoters in the PLACE database, mutant nucleotides were found in some functional elements, and deletions or insertions were also found in regions responsible for ethylene biosysnthesis (−1702 to −1274) and the negative effect region (−1253 to −936). Our results indicate that the size of the functional region for ethylene biosynthesis in the E8 promoter could be shortened from 429 bp to 113 bp (−1612 to −1500). The results of molecular evolution analysis showed that the 19 E8 promoters could be classified into four clade groups, which is basically consistent with evolution of the tomato genome. Southern blot analysis results showed that the copy number of E8 promoters in tomato and some other wild species changed from 1 to 4. Taken together, our study provides important information for further elucidating the E8 gene expression pattern in tomato, analysing functional elements in the E8 promoter and reconstructing the potent E8 promoter. Electronic Supplementary Material  Supplementary material is available for this article at and is accessible for authorized users. Supplementary material pertaining to this article is available on the Journal of Biosciences Website at