运用AFLP技术筛选分离野败型水稻mtDNA中与雄性不育性状相关的片段

对野败型水稻不育系（珍汕97A）、保持系（珍汕97B）和F1杂种（汕优63）线粒体DNA进行了AFLP比较,从M／PA引物对选择扩增产物中找到了不育系与保持系差异条带ZA1、ZA2和ZA3。Northern分析表明,片段ZA1黄化苗期无转录产物,可能是非编码序列;而ZA2、ZA3两片段在不育系、保持系和F1杂种中的转录则有差异,其中片段ZA2在黄化苗期保持系转录,不育系和F1杂种无转录产物;片段ZA3在黄化苗期保持系和F1杂种转录,表明ZA3转录受核恢复基因Rf影响．     

红莲型水稻与细胞质雄性不育相关mtDNA片段的分离及序列测定

应用AFLP分析技术,比较了红莲型水稻雄性不育系和保持系线粒体DNA,找到一不育系特异条带TA1。以该条带DNA为探针与不育系、保持系以及F1杂种线粒体总RNA杂交,结果显示该片段黄化苗期三者均转录一个RNA分子,但转录产物分子量各不相同,说明三者该片段阅读框架不同。经测序,该片段长202bp,序列内含密码子ATG、ATT、AGA、AGG以及正向重复序列5’TGTAC3’、5’ATTATTTT3’和倒重复序列5’GGGAAACA3’。上述特点表明该片段可能是某一蛋白编码序列,并可能与红莲型水稻雄性不育性状形成有关。     

水稻孢子体细胞质雄性不育系线粒体DNA的RAPD分析

利用200个10nt随机引物对水稻孢子体细胞质雄性不育系珍汕97A、保持系珍汕97B、F1代汕优63、恢复系明恢63和另一种孢子体细胞质雄性不育系马协A、保持系马协B、F1代马协63的线粒体DNA进行PCR扩增。在36℃的退火温度下,有132个引物扩增出了清晰的、重复性较好的条带。同一组合内的不育系同保持系、恢复系之间线粒体DNA随机引物扩增产物的多态性明显高于不育系与F1代。不育系与F1代线粒体DNA的扩增产物也存在多态性。一些特异性的差异片段可能与水稻CMS相关。     

水稻红莲型细胞质雄性不育系与保持系mtRNA差异显示和差别片段的分析

将T4 RNA连接酶和AFLP技术特点相结合构建了适于mtRNA的差异显示方法 ,并比较了水稻 (OryzasativaL .)红莲型细胞质雄性不育系、保持系和杂种一代mtRNA的差异。在 4组引物对的选择扩增产物中共找到 6个差异片段 ,其中差异条带DTA为不育系仅有 ,条带DAB为不育系和保持系特有 ,而条带DBF1、DBF2 、DBF3 、DBF4 为保持系和F1杂种共有。这表明水稻红莲型不育系粤泰A与杂种一代泰优 2号mtRNA的差异大于保持系粤泰B和杂种一代泰优 2号mtRNA的差异。Northern杂交证实条带DTA在不育系、保持系和杂种一代的转录确有差异 ,表明它与红莲型细胞质雄性不育有关。条带DTA全长 2 5 9bp ,尽管未发现有同源序列和新的开放阅读框 ,但它可作为探针从cDNA文库中筛选全基因序列 ,进而寻找与细胞质雄性不育有关的开放阅读框架。     

水稻细胞质雄性不育系和保持系的线粒体COⅠ、COⅡ基因组织结构差异的分析

我们研究了水稻珍汕97不育系和保持系的线粒体DNA的PstⅠ、HindⅢ、BamHⅠ酶切电泳带型,发现了不育系和保持系的线粒体DNA分子结构的显著不同,而不育系和保持系的叶绿体DNA的HindⅢ酶切片段没有差异。以线粒体的细胞色素C氧化酶亚基Ⅰ、Ⅱ(COⅠ、COⅡ)基因为探针,与珍汕97不育系、保持系的叶绿体、线粒体DNA酶切片段进行分子杂交,证明叶绿体DNA没有COⅠ、COⅡ基因的同源顺序,发现不育系和保持系COⅠ、COⅡ基因有组织结构上的差异,但不能确证这些差异是否与细胞质雄性不育有关。     

BT型细胞质雄性不育水稻及其三系的线粒体DNA研究

用RAPD技术对BT型水稻胞质雄性不育系秀A及其保持系秀B、恢复系湘晴以及杂种F1代的线粒体DNA进行了比较分析。结果表明不育系与其保持系间存在显著差异;不育系与其F1之间mtDNA也存在差异。在引物OPJ－08的扩增产物中,秀A扩增出一条分子量为800bp的多态性片段,在引物OPK－10的扩增产物中,杂种F1扩增出一条分子量为900bp的片段。把这两片段回收、克隆并制备探针,OPJ－08800的Southern杂交结果显示不育系与其F1杂交图谱存在多态性;OPK－10900的Suthern杂交结果显示不育系与其保持系同存在差异。推测这两片段与育性可能有一定的联系。     

AFLP分析中多态性扩增产物的回收、克隆及鉴定

本研究在摸索和优化了水稻AFLP分析体系的基础上,发展了多态性AFLP产物的高效克隆方法。特异AFLP扩增产物直接从变性聚丙烯酰胺凝胶上分离纯化,再经过一至二轮PCR扩增,即可高效地克隆于pGEM-Teasy vector系统中。本实验利用该方法成功地克隆了水稻温敏核不育等位突变系546 0S和5460F间的4个多态性AFLP产物,Southern bloting分析证明其中3个产物在水稻基因组中为单拷贝序列,另一个为低拷贝序列。AFLP技术强有力的多态性检出能力再结合多态性扩增产物的高效克隆方法,为寻找与目标基因紧密连锁的分子标记提供了有力工具。 Abstracts:An efficient method for cloning DNA fragment from denaturing polyacrylamide gels was developed to allow the isolation of specific bands obtained from amplified fragment length polymorphism(AFLP)products.After isolation and purification from the thin denaturing polyacrylamide gels,specific AFLP products were successfully cloned after one or two rounds of PCR reamplification.Using this method 4 polymorphic AFLP products between a pair of rice allelic lines differing for thermo-sensitive genic male sterile(TGMS)ene were cloned and it was confirmed that 3 of the AFLP products represented single copy sequences and the other 1 represented low copy sequence in rice genome.     

利用RAPD分子标记对三组三系杂交水稻及亲本的遗传分析和鉴定

利用RAPD技术,从248个随机寡聚核苷酸（10bp）中筛选出13个引物能在供试的三组三系杂交水稻及亲本间扩增出43条稳定性较好的多态性片段,其中6个引物能在供试材料间扩增出20个强的多态性标记。利用这些标记能有效地区分各组合中不育系、保持系、恢复系和F1,并能看出各组合中不育系与保持系、不育系与恢复系、F1与亲本间的遗传关系。 Abstract:A total of 248 arbitrary 10-mer oligonucleotide primers were screened using RAPD (random amplified polymorphic DNA) techniques with the genome DNA of three groups of three-line hybrid rice and their parents.Thirteen primers produced 43 polymorphism fragments.Six primers of them produced 20 obviously repeatable polymorphic markers among rice lines tested.Using this RAPD markers,the hybrid rice combinations (sterile-line,maintainer-line,restorer-line and F1)can be effectively identified,and the genetic relationship among them can be shown.     

水稻胞质雄性不育系珍汕97A及其保持系珍汕97B绒毡层发育过程中的Ca2+分布变化

利用焦锑酸钾沉淀法研究了野败不育系珍汕97A及其保持系珍汕97B绒毡层细胞的发育过程及其细胞中Ca2 的分布变化。研究发现保持系绒毡层细胞在单核花粉晚期才开始迅速解体,而不育系绒毡层细胞在花粉母细胞时期就开始出现核膜、细胞膜解体,此过程持续到二核花粉时期。珍汕97A绒毡层细胞从花粉母细胞时期开始,细胞质内有少量颗粒状的Ca2 沉淀;减数分裂时期,绒毡层细胞的内切向壁表面有大量大颗粒的Ca2 沉淀;单核花粉时期绒毡层细胞周围集聚一层Ca2 沉淀。而保持系绒毡层细胞遮花粉母细胞时期和减数分裂时期细胞内没有Ca2 沉淀;单核花粉时期绒毡层细胞内的Ca2 沉淀主要分布在解体的细胞质内。推测绒毡层细胞结构发育的异常和Ca2 的异常分布可能与花粉的败育有关。     

粘类小麦细胞质雄性不育基因的初步研究

许多细胞质雄性不育(CMS)基因涉及ATP合成酶基因或细胞色素氧化酶基因的片段,该研究选用‘中国春'小麦(Triticum aestivum)的atp1+atp9、atp6、atp8、cox2、cox3、nad9和T型小麦不育系的orf256基因片段作探针,对粘类小麦不育系、保持系、恢复系及其F1进行Northern杂交分析,以探寻粘类小麦不育系的CMS候选基因.结果发现,atp6在4种粘类不育系中的转录本大于保持系;cox3在4种不育系中的转录本小于保持系.由此推测atp6或cox3基因可能参与了粘类小麦CMS的形成.     

Recent advances in the study of Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus replication and pathogenesis

It has now been over twenty years since a novel herpesviral genome was identified in Kaposi's sarcoma biopsies. Since then, the cumulative research effort by molecular biologists, virologists, clinicians, and epidemiologists alike has led to the extensive characterization of this tumor virus, Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus(KSHV; also known as human herpesvirus 8(HHV-8)), and its associated diseases. Here we review the current knowledge of KSHV biology and pathogenesis, with a particular emphasis on new and exciting advances in the field of epigenetics. We also discuss the development and practicality of various cell culture and animal model systems to study KSHV replication and pathogenesis.     

A Unique Protease Cleavage Site Predicted in the Spike Protein of the Novel Pneumonia Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Potentially Related to Viral Transmissibility

正Dear Editor,In December 2019, a novel human coronavirus caused an epidemic of severe pneumonia(Coronavirus Disease 2019,COVID-19) in Wuhan, Hubei, China(Wu et al. 2020; Zhu et al. 2020). So far, this virus has spread to all areas of China and even to other countries. The epidemic has caused 67,102 confirmed infections with 1526 fatal cases     

Curcuminoids as inhibitors of thioredoxin reductase: A receptor based pharmacophore study with distance mapping of the active site

Curcumin is the yellow pigment of turmeric that interacts irreversibly forming an adduct with thioredoxin reductase (TrxR), an enzyme responsible for redox control of cell and defence against oxidative stress. Docking at both the active sites of TrxR was performed to compare the potency of three naturally occurring curcuminoids, namely curcumin, demethoxy curcumin and bis-demethoxy curcumin. Results show that active sites of TrxR occur at the junction of E and F chains. Volume and area of both cavities is predicted. It has been concluded by distance mapping of the most active conformations that Se atom of catalytic residue SeCYS498, is at a distance of 3.56 from C13 of demethoxy curcumin at the E chain active site, whereas C13 carbon atom forms adduct with Se atom of SeCys 498. We report that at least one methoxy group in curcuminoids is necessary for interation with catalytic residues of thioredoxin. Pharmacophore of both active sites of the TrxR receptor for curcumin and demethoxy curcumin molecules has been drawn and proposed for design and synthesis of most probable potent antiproliferative synthetic drugs.     

The structure, reproduction and taxonomy of Vidalia and Osmundaria (Rhodophyta, Rhodomelaceae)

Comprises species occurring mostly in subtidal habitats in tropical, subtropical and warm-temperate areas of the world. An analysis of the type species, V. spiralis (Sonder) Lamouroux ex J. Agardh, a species from Australia, establishes basic characters for distinguishing species in the genus. These characters are (1) branching patterns of thalli, (2) flat blades that may be spiralled on their axis, (3) width of the blade, (4) primary or secondary derivation of sterile and fertile branchlets and (5) position of sterile and fertile branchlets on the thalli. Application of the latter two characters provides an important basic method for separation of species into three major groups. Osmundaria , a genus known only in southern Australia, was studied in relation to Vidalia , and its separation from the Vidalia assemblage is not accepted. Species of Vidalia therefore are transferred to the older genus name, Osmundaria. Two new species, Osmundaria papenfussii and Osmundaria oliveae are described from Natal. Confusion in the usage of the epithet, Vidalia fimbriala Brown ex Turner has been clarified, and Vidalia gregaria Falkenberg, described as an epiphyte on Osmundaria pro/ifera Lamouroux, is revealed to be young branches of the host, Osmundaria prolifera.     

New or rare chromosome counts in Artemisia L. (Asteraceae, Anthemideae) and related genera from Kazakhstan

Fifteen chromosome counts of six Artemisia taxa and one species of each of the genera Brachanthemum, Hippolytia, Kaschgaria, Lepidolopsis and Turaniphytum are reported from Kazakhstan. Three of them are new reports, two are not consistent with previous counts and the remainder are confirmations of very scarce (one to four) earlier records. All the populations studied have the same basic chromosome number, x = 9, with ploidy levels ranging from 2x to 6x. Some correlations between ploidy level, morphological characters and distribution are noted.