奥利亚罗非鱼DMO和DMT蛋白二级结构和B细胞抗原表位的预测

以DMO和DMT氨基酸序列为基础,采用Garnier-Robson法、Chou-Fasman法和Karplus-Schulz法预测蛋白质的二级结构;按Kyte-Doolittle法、Emini法和Jameson-Wolf法预测DMO和DMT蛋白的B细胞抗原表位。预测结果表明：在DMO蛋白N-端第80～112,144～147,193～194,251～255,260～269区段和279～283区段,DMT蛋白N－端61～86,98～105,140～146,239～241区段和第269～273区段,可能是α-螺旋中心;DMO蛋白N-端第59～61,69～70,148～150区段和383～390区段,DMT蛋白的N-端第125～129,207～213,255～264区段和第281～284区段,可能是β-折叠中心;在DMO蛋白分子N-端40～41, 44～45,50～51,128～129,189～192,204～207,216～222,226～233,244～246,298～299区段和第323～326区段和DMT蛋白分子N-端第12～13,26～27,43～44,58～60,93～95,115～120,136～139区段和第149～151区段具有较柔软的结构,这些区段有可能进行一定幅度的摆动或折叠而形成较复杂的三级结构。DMO蛋白N-端第1～5,41～51,65～67,86～89,98～110,154～170,183～203,205～248,258～264,284～291,293～298,270～375,389～392,402～410区域和DMT蛋白N-端第1～9,17～28,77～84,114～123,131～139,157～184,196～207区域可能是B细胞表位优势区域。以蛋白质的二级结构预测作为辅助手段,用抗原指数,亲水性参数和可及性参数预测DMO和DMT蛋白的B细胞表位,为DMO和DMT蛋白单克隆抗体的制备提供了线索,为系统研究奥利亚罗非鱼DMO和DMT基因的性别调控机理研究提供参考。     

盐城滩涂沙棘叶营养成分年动态研究

以2003年4月~10月在盐城滩涂区沙棘(H ipp ophae rham noid es subsp.sinensis)林地采集的沙棘叶为材料,采用高效液相色谱法(HPLC)测定氨基酸、维生素和黄酮类物质的含量,并分别用ICP-M S和ICP-AES方法测定有毒重金属Cd、Pb和其它微量元素的含量.结果表明:(1)C a、K、M g、Zn和F e的含量分别在4.860~12.194g/kg、6.361~11.001 g/kg、2.302~3.833 g/kg、25.5~31.0 m g/kg和211~598 m g/kg干重之间;Pb和Cd的含量分别在0.83~2.13 m g/kg和0.29~0.94 m g/kg干重之间;(2)18种氨基酸总含量在13.33~18.41 g/100g干重之间,其中天冬氨酸、色氨酸和谷氨酸含量较高.(3)维生素C、维生素E、芦丁、槲皮素、异鼠李(黄)素含量分别在124.3~190.5 m g/100 g、4.16~7.97 m g/100 g、141.23~352.67 m g/100 g、6.71~32.62 m g/100 g和1.72~3.79 m g/100 g干重之间;(4)粗蛋白、粗脂肪、粗纤维和粗灰分含量分别在15.16~22.42 g/100 g、4.36~11.94g/100 g、12.34~17.38 g/100 g和4.90~9.81 g/100 g干重之间.沙棘叶含有丰富的微量元素、氨基酸、维生素和黄酮类物质等营养成分,具有较高的营养价值,可作为动物饲养和其它工业利用的原料.     

高海拔地区猕猴桃耐贮性研究初报

产于海拔700m地区的猕猴桃果实在相同的贮藏条件下比海拔100m地区的果实耐贮2～3个月,这与高海拔地区各种生态因子的综合作用有关.果皮的组织解剖表明,高海拔地区果实的果皮木栓组织一般5～7个细胞层,低海拔地区的一般4～5个细胞层.     

A snapshot of the Ixodes scapularis degradome

Parasitic encoded proteases are essential to regulating interactions between parasites and their hosts and thus they represent attractive anti-parasitic druggable and/or vaccine target. We have utilized annotations of Ixodes scapularis proteases in gene bank and version 9.3 MEROPS database to compile an index of at least 233 putatively active and 150 putatively inactive protease enzymes that are encoded by the I. scapularis genome. The 233 putatively active protease homologs hereafter referred to as the degradome (the full repertoire of proteases encoded by the I. scapularis genome) represent ~1.14% of the 20485 putative I. scapularis protein content. Consistent with observations in other animals, the content of the I. scapularis degradome is ~6.0% (14/233) aspartic, ~19% (44/233) cysteine, ~40% (93/233) metallo, ~28.3% (66/233) serine and ~6.4% (15/233) threonine proteases. When scanned against other tick sequences, ~11% (25/233) of I. scapularis putatively active proteases are conserved in other tick species with ≥ 60% amino acid identity levels. The I. scapularis genome does not apparently encode for putatively inactive aspartic proteases. Of the 150 putative inactive protease homologs none are from the aspartic protease class, ~8% (12/150) are cysteine, ~58.7% (88/150) metallo, 30% (45/150) serine and ~3.3% (5/150) are threonine proteases. The I. scapularis tick genome appears to have evolutionarily lost proteolytic activity of at least 6 protease families, C56 and C64 (cysteine), M20 and M23 (metallo), S24 and S28 (serine) as revealed by a lack of the putatively active proteases in these families. The overall protease content is comparable to other organisms. However, the paucity of the S1 chymotrypsin/trypsin-like serine protease family in the I. scapularis genome where it is ~12.7% (28/233) of the degradome as opposed to ~22-48% content in other blood feeding arthropods, Pediculus humanus humanus, Anopheles gambiae, Aedes Aegypti and Culex pipiens quinquefasciatus is notable. The data is presented as a one-stop index of proteases encoded by the I. scapularis genome.     

Circatidal activity rhythms in the soldier crab Mictyris guinotae

Mictyris guinotae is endemic to the Ryukyu Islands, Japan. During low tide, the crabs emerge onto the tidal flat to feed, and then burrow into the sand before the incoming tide. They feed in droves during daytime, but separately at night. Under constant conditions without sand sediment, crabs exhibited a bimodal daily activity pattern, with a free-running period of ~12.8 h, comprising an active phase of ~11 h alternating with a resting phase of ~1 h, and a lag of ~3 h between the activity peak and low tide. Crabs were more active during the notional night-time than during the notional daytime. In crabs placed in an arena with sand sediment, a free-running period of ~12.8 h comprised a surface-active phase of ~3 h and a subsurface resting phase of ~9 h, with a lag of 1.5 h. In contrast to the non-sand condition, more crabs were active during daytime than during night-time. Thus, M. guinotae possesses circatidal and circadian locomotor rhythms that are modified by the sediment.     

秸秆覆盖免耕土壤真菌群落结构与生态特征研究

不同耕作方法土壤真菌群落结构和生态特征分析表明,翻耕0－10cm土层土壤真菌群落含有29种真菌,其中以Chrysosporium merdarium为优势种;翻耕10－20cm土层含有17种真菌,以Sterile black A为优势种：翻耕20－30cm土层含有10种真菌,其中以Chaetomium bostrychodes为优势种,铁茬0－10cm含16种真菌,其中Sterile black A是优势种;铁茬10－20cm土层含有26种真菌,优势种为Sterile black A;铁茬20－30cm含有14种真菌,其中Chaetomium bostrychodes为优势种,免耕0－10cm土层由23种真菌构成,Trichoderma viride和T.koningii为优势种,免耕10－20cm土层由14个种类构成,Talaromyces trachyspermus为优势种,免耕20－30cm土壤由9种真菌组成,其中Talaromyces trachypermus为优势种,免耕土壤真菌群落的多样性和均匀度指数均较高,主成分分析表明,土壤耕作形成了特征性的真菌区系。     

塔里木河中游荒漠河岸林物种多样性对地下水埋深变化的响应

于塔里木河中游地区选取30个样地,并采集相应地区30眼地下水位监测井的数据。根据监测井的地下水位检测数据,将地下水位按不同埋藏深度划分为0~2 m、2~4 m、4~6 m、6~8 m、8~10 m、>10 m共6个梯度,对不同地下水埋深下的样地群落盖度、物种多样性进行分析,以探讨主要植物分布频率与地下水埋深的关系,明确塔里木河中游地区荒漠河岸林植被的合理生态水位,为塔里木河中游地区乃至全流域的生态系统恢复提供依据。结果显示:（1）塔里木河中游地区共出现植物15种,其优势种植物为胡杨。（2）随着地下水位的降低,植被的盖度逐渐减小;当地下水位介于2~4 m时,植被的盖度平均为39.14%,当地下水埋深介于6~8 m时,植被的覆盖度小于20%;当地下水位低于10 m时,植被的平均覆盖度仅为7.65%。（3）随着地下水位的降低,研究区内的各类物种多样性指数均呈先增加后降低的趋势,一般在地下水埋深2~4 m时物种的多样性最高,其次为4~6 m和0~2 m;当地下水位在6 m以下时,物种的多样性锐减,地下水位低于10 m时,物种仅存柽柳和胡杨,多样性降至很小。（4） 塔里木河中游地区植物所要求的地下水平均深度为:胡杨4.58 m、柽柳3.53 m、芦苇2.34 m、骆驼刺4.10 m、花花柴3.18 m、黑刺2.98 m,只有芦苇适宜较浅的地下水埋深（≤2.5 m）,其余的均宜在3~4 m左右。研究表明,在塔里木河中游地区,最适宜植物生长的地下水位为2~4 m,能够保证植物正常生长的合理地下水埋深区间为2~6 m。因此,要使塔里木河中游地区的植被得到恢复并确保其正常生长,区域内的地下水位应确保在6 m以上。     

Profiling of Viral Proteins Expressed from the Genomic RNA of Japanese Encephalitis Virus Using a Panel of 15 Region-Specific Polyclonal Rabbit Antisera: Implications for Viral Gene Expression

Japanese encephalitis virus (JEV), a mosquito-borne flavivirus, is closely related to West Nile (WN), yellow fever (YF), and dengue (DEN) viruses. Its plus-strand genomic RNA carries a single open reading frame encoding a polyprotein that is cleaved into three structural (C, prM/M, and E) and at least seven nonstructural (NS1/NS1'', NS2A, NS2B, NS3, NS4A, NS4B, and NS5) proteins, based on previous work with WNV, YFV, and DENV. Here, we aimed to profile experimentally all the viral proteins found in JEV-infected cells. We generated a collection of 15 JEV-specific polyclonal antisera covering all parts of the viral protein-coding regions, by immunizing rabbits with 14 bacterially expressed glutathione-S-transferase fusion proteins (for all nine viral proteins except NS2B) or with a chemically synthesized oligopeptide (for NS2B). In total lysates of JEV-infected BHK-21 cells, immunoblotting with these antisera revealed: (i) three mature structural proteins (~12-kDa C, ~8-kDa M, and ~53-kDa E), a precursor of M (~24-kDa prM) and three other M-related proteins (~10-14 kDa); (ii) the predicted ~45-kDa NS1 and its frameshift product, ~58-kDa NS1'', with no evidence of the predicted ~25-kDa NS2A; (iii) the predicted but hardly detectable ~14-kDa NS2B and an unexpected but predominant ~12-kDa NS2B-related protein; (iv) the predicted ~69-kDa NS3 plus two major cleavage products (~34-kDa NS3^N-term and ~35-kDa NS3^C-term), together with at least nine minor proteins of ~16-52 kDa; (v) the predicted ~14-kDa NS4A; (vi) two NS4B-related proteins (~27-kDa NS4B and ~25-kDa NS4B''); and (vii) the predicted ~103-kDa NS5 plus at least three other NS5-related proteins (~15 kDa, ~27 kDa, and ~90 kDa). Combining these data with confocal microscopic imaging of the proteins’ intracellular localization, our study is the first to provide a solid foundation for the study of JEV gene expression, which is crucial for elucidating the regulatory mechanisms of JEV genome replication and pathobiology.     

沱江宽体沙鳅个体生殖力的研究

2010年5～9月从长江支流沱江收集性成熟宽体沙鳅个体,研究了其个体生殖力及其与多项生物学指标的关系。实验鱼共76尾,由2+、3、4龄鱼组成。其绝对生殖力(F)为414～9625粒,平均3230粒;体长相对生殖力(FL)为50～837粒/cm,平均324粒/cm;体重相对生殖力(FW)为21～789粒/g,平均227粒/g;绝对生殖力、体长相对生殖力和体重相对生殖力与成熟系数呈幂函数相关,回归方程为:F=177.99GSI0.9872,FL=20.315GSI0.9592,FW=13.957GSI0.9542;绝对生殖力和体长相对生殖力与体重呈幂函数相关,回归方程为:F=9.4876M1.9425,FL=2.2684M1.6597。     

河西走廊西部全新世气候环境变化的元素地球化学记录

通过河西走廊西部地区条湖剖面沉积物元素地球化学分析, 结合高精度AMS-14C测年, 探讨研究区~11400-1060 cal BP期间的气候环境演变过程。研究结果显示, ~11400-9400 cal BP期间, 条湖处于高水位且流域内化学风化作用较强, 气候条件相对温暖湿润; ~9400-8100 cal BP期间, 湖泊水位下降, 化学风化作用减弱, 指示了干旱的气候条件; ~8100-5800 cal BP气候相对湿润, 其中最湿润时段出现在~8100-7200 cal BP之间; ~5800-4800 cal BP期间, 气候转干。~4800 cal BP以后人类活动增强, 导致区域荒漠化加剧。     

耕作方式和秸秆还田对华北地区农田土壤水稳性团聚体分布及稳定性的影响

本研究基于10年耕作措施的定位试验,利用湿筛法研究了不同耕作措施和秸秆还田条件下农田土壤水稳性团聚体的分布规律,并利用平均重量直径（MWD）和几何平均直径（GMD）评价了不同处理水稳性团聚体的稳定性。研究结果表明,不同耕作措施处理的水稳性团聚体在0~10cm,10~20cm和20~30cm土层表现出不同的分布趋势,随着土层的加深,各处理水稳定团聚体的分布呈粒径逐渐减小、分布范围逐渐扩大趋势,0~10cm土层的水稳性团聚体多集中于2~5mm粒径范围,10~20cm土层水稳性团聚体多集中在0.5~5mm粒径范围,以0.5~1mm最多,而20~30mm,则广泛分布在0.25~5mm粒径范围。通过MWD和GMD值可以看出,免耕、耙耕和旋耕措施更能有效地保护表层（0~10cm）土壤水稳定团聚体的稳定性,常规耕作和深松处理则显著降低了20~30cm水稳性团聚体稳定性。秸秆还田显著增加了土壤有机碳（SOC）含量,且显著影响了土壤表层水稳性团聚体的稳定性。作用力分析结果表明,在0~10cm表层,秸秆作用在土壤表层显著影响了水稳定大团聚体的数量及其稳定性（P<0.001）,多元回归分析说明其与土壤有机碳含量达到了极显著水平（P<0.01）,且同时也受到来自耕作和秸秆交互效应的影响（P<0.01）;但在10~20cm土层,影响其数量分布的主要因素是不同的耕作措施及耕作和秸秆的交互效应（P<0.001）;而在20~30cm,耕作措施、秸秆和两者的交互效应共同对水稳性大团聚体数量产生重要的影响,但主要作用力来自耕作措施（P<0.001）和两者的交互效应（P<0.001）。免耕秸秆还田措施能显著提高土壤的水稳性团聚体的比例和稳定性。     

常规胃内酸化可提高14C-UBT诊断的准确性

目的观察在进行14C-尿素呼气试验(UBT)时常规进行胃内酸化是否可提高14C-UBT试验诊断的准确性。方法250例因消化不良需要进行胃镜检查的门诊患者分为传统14C-UBT组和酸化14C-UBT组。传统14C-UBT组按常规方法进行试验,酸化14C-UBT组的检测过程与传统14C-UBT基本相同,唯一的差别是以0.1 mol/L的柠檬酸水200 m l(加少量甜味剂)送服14C尿素胶囊。比较2次UBT的14CO2呼出量、诊断的敏感性、特异性及准确性。结果(1)2组幽门螺杆菌(H.pylori)阳性的患者平均14CO2呼出量酸化组高于传统组,而2组H.pylori阴性的患者平均14CO2呼出量酸化组低于传统组,且统计学上差异均有显著性(P<0.05)。(2)传统14C-UBT组诊断的准确性、特异性、敏感性分别为92%、91%、92%;而酸化14C-UBT组分别为98.5%、100%、98%。2组间的诊断准确性及特异性差异有显著性(P<0.05);敏感性差异无显著性(P>0.05)。结论在14C-尿素呼气试验时常规进行胃内酸化可提高诊断的准确性。     

Evidence for Iron-Dependent Nitrate Respiration in the Dissimilatory Iron-Reducing Bacterium Geobacter metallireducens

The dissimilatory iron-reducing bacterium Geobacter metallireducens was found to require iron at a concentration in excess of 50 μM for continuous cultivation on nitrate. Growth yield (~3-fold), cytochrome c content (~7-fold), and nitrate (~4.5-fold) and nitrite (~70-fold) reductase activities were all increased significantly when the growth medium was amended with 500 μM iron.     

榧属（红豆杉科）一新种——四川榧

本新种在种子形态上与云南榧Torreya yunnanensis Cheng et L.K. Fu 相似,不同在于体态为小乔木,高4～5 m,直径10～15 cm;叶较小,长（1.2）1.5～2 cm,宽2.2～3 mm,先端具短尖头,基部圆形或圆楔形,上面仅下部有2条不明显的纵槽,下面2条灰白色气孔带较宽,其宽度与中脉和绿色边带近相等;带假种皮种子倒卵球形或稀近圆球形,较小,直径1.6～2 cm（云南榧2～2.5 cm）,易于区别。     

光照和温度对滇丁香种子萌发的影响

研究了不同光照和温度条件对滇丁香(Luculia pinciana)种子萌发的影响。结果表明,滇丁香种子是需光种子,有明显的光休眠现象;种子在光下萌发的最适温度范围为20~25℃,8~10d开始萌发,2~3周萌发完全,萌发率可达97%,温度的升高或降低均会降低种子萌发率。在15~30℃,用250mg/L GA₃处理24h能代替光照解除光休眠。     

离子束注入技术筛选灰树花多糖产生菌的研究

本文用20×1013ion/cm2～100×1013ion/cm2剂量的N+离子注入灰树花菌,设5个处理,0处理为对照,观测菌丝长势、菌丝长速、纤维素酶活、菌丝生长量、多糖含量探讨离子注入的效应与影响。结果表明,适宜剂量的离子注入促进生长、增加纤维素酶活和产物积累,灰色关联分析得到离子注入的最适剂量为40×1013ion/cm2～60×1013ion/cm2;并用纸层析和GC法对离子注入处理和对照菌的产物进行比较鉴定,结果显示多糖性质与结构一致。     

用试管-玻片培养技术研究铵对木麻黄根瘤形成的影响

用植物试管玻片培养技术研究NH_4~ 对细枝木麻黄及Frankia菌株Co01共生体系建立过程的影响。NH_4~ (100,150ppm(NH_4)_2SO_4)通过阻止菌株Cc01与其宿主细枝木麻黄根毛壁的亲和作用来影响结瘤。但NH_4~ 不能阻抑菌株Cc01中结瘤基因pel和cel的表达及纤维素酶和果胶酶活性,且菌丝一旦侵入宿主皮层细胞,并形成根瘤原基及前根瘤,则NH_4~ (250ppm(NH_4)_2SO_4)就不再阻止原基进一步发育为成熟的根瘤。但在这种情况下,NH_4~ 能抑制根瘤的固氮活性。     

Dating the arthropod tree based on large-scale transcriptome data

Molecular sequences do not only allow the reconstruction of phylogenetic relationships among species, but also provide information on the approximate divergence times. Whereas the fossil record dates the origin of most multicellular animal phyla during the Cambrian explosion less than 540 million years ago(mya), molecular clock calculations usually suggest much older dates. Here we used a large multiple sequence alignment derived from Expressed Sequence Tags and genomes comprising 129genes (37,476 amino acid positions) and 117 taxa, including 101 arthropods. We obtained consistent divergence time estimates applying relaxed Bayesian clock models with different priors and multiple calibration points. While the influence of substitution rates, missing data, and model priors were negligible, the clock model had significant effect. A log-normal autocorrelated model was selected on basis of cross-validation. We calculated that arthropods emerged ~600 mya. Onychophorans (velvet worms) and euarthropods split ~590 mya, Pancrustacea and Myriochelata ~560 mya, Myriapoda and Chelicerata ~555 mya, and 'Crustacea' and Hexapoda ~510 mya. Endopterygote insects appeared ~390 mya. These dates are considerably younger than most previous molecular clock estimates and in better agreement with the fossil record. Nevertheless, a Precambrian origin of arthropods and other metazoan phyla is still supported. Our results also demonstrate the applicability of large datasets of random nuclear sequences for approximating the timing of multicellular animal evolution.     

A global satellite observation of phytoplankton taxonomic groups over the past two decades

Marine phytoplankton fuel the oceanic biotic chain, determine the carbon sequestration levels, and are crucial for the global carbon cycle and climate change. In the present study, we show a near-two-decadal (2002–2022) spatiotemporal distribution of global phytoplankton abundance, proxy as dominant phytoplankton taxonomic groups (PTGs), with a newly developed remote sensing model. Globally, six chief PTGs, namely chlorophytes (~26%), diatoms (~24%), haptophytes (~15%), cryptophytes (~10%), cyanobacteria (~8%), and dinoflagellates (~3%), explain most of the variation (~86%) in phytoplankton assemblages. Spatially, diatoms generally dominate high latitudes, marginal seas, and coastal upwelling zones, whereas chlorophytes and haptophytes control the open oceans. Satellite observations reveal a gentle multi-annual trend of the PTGs in the major oceans, indicative of roughly “unchanged” conditions on the total biomass or compositions of the phytoplankton community. Jointly, “changed” status applies to a short-term (seasonal) timescale: (1) Fluctuations of PTGs exhibit different amplitudes among different subregions, together with a general rule-more intense vibration in the Northern Hemisphere and polar oceans than other zones; (2) diatoms and haptophytes vary more dramatically than other PTGs in a global-scale scope. These findings provide a clear picture of the global phytoplankton community composition and can improve our understanding of their state and further analysis of marine biological processes.