中国兰科石豆兰属（Bulbophyllum）二新种

对兰科（Orchidaceae）石豆兰属（Bulbophyllum）二新种,副萼石豆兰（B.malipoense Z.J.Liu,L.J.Chen＆W.H.Rao）和小副萼石豆兰（B.minor Z.J.Liu,L.J.Chen＆W.H.Rao）作了描述和绘图。该二新种属于石豆兰属副萼组（Bulbophyllumsection BisetaJ.J.Verm.ex N.Pearce,P.J.Cribb＆J.Renz）,与该组的刺萼石豆兰（B.bisetum Lindl.）相似,区别在于两新种的叶片先端二裂和唇瓣无毛。小副萼石豆兰与副萼石豆兰的区别在于假鳞茎椭圆球形;叶片卵状椭圆形,长1.2～2 cm;侧副萼片较短,长约1 mm;中副萼片几乎与两侧萼片边缘合生。     

中国斯托蛛属2新种记述（蜘蛛目：拟平腹蛛科）

记述了分布于江西和海南的拟平腹蛛科2新种：庐山斯托蛛,新种（图1～12）Storenomorpha lushanensis Yu ＆ Chen sp．nov．和海南斯托蛛,新种（图13～24）Storenomorpha hainanensis Jin＆Chen sp．nov．。     

石豆兰属(Bulbophyllum)(兰科)中两个种的新名称

本文发表石豆兰属Bulbophyllum（Orchidaceae）中两个种的新名称：Bulbophyllum maanshanense和Bulbophyllum xiajinchuangense以取代两个应废弃的晚出同名：Bulbophyllum malipoense Z.J.Liu,L.J.Chen＆W.H.Rao（2010）,non Z.J.Liu,S.C.Chen＆S.P.Lei（2008）和Bulbophyllum minus Z.J.Liu,L.J.Chen＆W.H.Rao（2010）＂minor＂,non（De Wild.）De Wild.（1921）。     

深圳香荚兰,首次发现于华南深圳的兰科新种

对兰科新种深圳香荚兰Vanilla shenzhenicaZ．J．Liu＆S．C．Chen作了描述与绘图。此新种为深圳发现的第一个兰科新种,与台湾香荚兰V。somai Hayata有亲缘关系。但是,本新种花序具4花,花较大,不完全开放;唇瓣不裂,紫红色,基部与蕊柱合生长度达3/4,刷状附属物位于唇盘的上部,甚易区别于台湾香荚兰。     

海南兰科植物新资料

报道了中国兰科Orchidaceae植物一新记录属和3个中国新记录种及5个海南新记录种。其中小囊兰属Micropera Lindl．、红花小囊兰Microperapoilanei（Guill.）Garay、疏花羊耳蒜Liparis sparsiflora Aver.和美丽云叶兰Nephelaphyllum pulchrum Bl.为中国新记录;平卧曲唇兰Panisea cavalerei Schltr．、云南曲唇兰Panisea yunnanensis S．C．Chen＆Z．H．Tsi、束花石斛Dendrobium chrysanthum Wallichex Lindl．、滇南翻唇兰Hetaeria rubens （Lindl．）Benth．ex J．D．Hook．f和毛叶芋兰Nervilia plicata（Andrews）Schltr．为海南新记录种。     

兰属腋花组若干种类的研究

对新种丽花兰Cymbidium concinnum Z. J. Liu &; S. C. Chen和新变种龙州兰C. eburneum var. longzhouense Z. J. Liu &; S. C. Chen进行了描述和绘图; 丽花兰与大雪兰C. mastersii Griff. ex Lindl.有亲缘关系, 区别点在于新种叶片先端不分裂, 花序具18-22朵花, 唇瓣中裂片上有一个V型的紫红色斑块; 龙州兰(变种)与独占春(原变种)的主要区别在于唇瓣中裂片上和侧裂片顶部有较密的紫红色斑。对象牙白C. maguanense的分类问题进行了讨论, 并为其指定了新模式; 还为腋花组sect. Eburnea国产种类提供一个检索表。     

Singchia and Gunnaria, two new genera of Orchidaceae

Singchia Z. J. Liu ＆ L. J. Chen, a new orchid genus, is established based on the new species S. malipoensis Z. J. Liu ＆ L. J. Chen found in southeast Yunnan, China. The new genus is related to Pteroceras, from which it differs by having a lip with its basal margins immovably adnate to the lower part of the pendent column foot, a thin-walled spur, and very unequally and deeply split pollinia, each with a distinct caudicle. In addition to a discussion on Ascocentrum pusillum, a species of questionable placement, another new genus, namely Gunnaria S. C. Chen ex Z. J. Liu ＆ L. J. Chen, is set up and a new combination, namely G. pusilla （Aver.） Z. J. Liu ＆ L. J. Chen, is made. The new genus Gunnaria differs from its allyAscocentrum by having a cross-shaped pollinarium, sulcate or split pollinia, each with a distinct caudicle attached to a common linear stipe much longer than either pollinia or viscidium, and strongly incurved side lobes of the lip.     

贵州兰科新资料

报道了贵州兰科2个种。贵州杜鹃兰Cremastra guizhouensis Q.H.Chen&S.C.Chen系一新种,与杜鹃兰C.appendiculata（D.Don）Makino相近,区别点在于本新种具长达10-14cm的圆筒状假鳞茎和在唇瓣中裂片上有1枚平滑的胼胝体。另一个种为线叶美冠兰Eulophia siamensis Rolfe ex Downie,首次报道也产于中国。     

兰属新种昌宁兰的组织培养及植株再生

1 植物名称 兰属植物昌宁兰[Cymbidium changningense（X．M．Xu）Z．J．Liu et S．C．Chen],又名白赤舌、白玉蝉兰。     

滇东南兰科无柱兰属一新种及其生物地理学意义

报道了云南东南部的兰科新种——文山无柱兰(Anitostigma wenshanense W.H．Chen,Y．M．Shui ＆ K．Y．Lang),并与本属其他种的分布特点作了比较,根据本种分布的特殊性,阐述了其独特的生物地理学意义。并附有该属在世界的地理分布图。     

Two New Species of Allium L. from Sichuan

This paper reports two new species of Allium L. from Sichuan, A. xiangchengense J. M. Xu and A.guanxianense J. M. Xu. The former is related to A. hookeri Thwaites, but differs from it by its lanceolate to linear-lanceolate leaves with evidently contracted base and filaments longer than the tepals, while the latter is related to A.chienchuanense J. M. Xu, but differs from it by its terminal scape, filaments shorter than the tepals and ovary with solitary ovule in eachlocule.     

Beta-actinin is equivalent to Cap Z protein

Chicken skeletal muscle beta-actinin, previously reported to bind the slow-exchanging (pointed) ends of actin filaments was purified to homogeneity. By two dimensional gel electrophoresis, it consists of two subunits, beta I (35 kDa) and beta II (32 kDa), and each subunit has two isoforms. The amino acid sequences of V8 protease-digested peptides of beta I were nearly identical with those of portions of the muscle barbed end-blocking protein Cap Z alpha, although several amino acids were different from those deduced from cDNA sequences (Casella, J.F., Casella, S.J., Hollands, J.A., Caldwell, J.E., and Cooper, J.A. (1989) Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 86, 5800-5804). The amino acid sequences of two peptides from beta II were completely identical with portions of Cap Z beta deduced from cDNA sequences (Caldwell, J.E., Waddle, J.A., Cooper, J.A., Hollands, J.A., Casella, S.J., and Casella, J.F. (1989) J. Biol. Chem. 264, 12648-12652). beta-Actinin capped the barbed end of an actin filament as evidenced by actin assembly of myosin S1-decorated filaments and specifically its impairment of growth in the "barbed" direction. Thus it is concluded that highly purified beta-actinin is identical with the more recently described Cap Z, an actin barbed-end capping protein of chicken skeletal muscle.     

A one-minute oxidase test to detect Vibrio strains isolated from cultures on thiosulphate-citrate-bile salts-sucrose (TCBS) medium

J. VILA, S. ABDALLA, J. GONZALEZ, C. GARCIA, J. A. BOMBI AND M.T. JIMENEZ. 1992. Vibrio cholerae is oxidase positive, a primary characteristic used to differentiate it from Enterobacteriaceae. But false negative oxidase test results have been obtained with colonies from thiosulphate-citrate-bile salts-sucrose (TCBS) agar medium. A rapid oxidase test procedure is described here. This takes 1 min, avoids false negative results and the necessity to grow the bacteria in a general-purpose medium. The bacteria may be recovered after the test and used for further investigations.     

C-banding karyotype and relationship of the dipodids Allactaga and Jaculus (Mammalia: Rodentia) in Egypt

The C-banding karyotype of the jerboas Allactaga tetradactyla, Jaculus jaculus jaculus, and Jaculus orientalis was described and interspecific relationships were discussed. Despite the conservation of a relatively small amount of C-heterochromatin located at the centromeric region of some chromosomes in all karyotypes, a striking loss of C-heterochromatin was clearly observed in J. orientalis. C-bands were totally absent in 33 of the 48 chromosomes of J. orientalis, compared to only 7 for J.j.jaculus and 11 for A. tetradactyla. The differences in C-banding amongst karyotypes of the three species were attributed either to transformation of heterochromatin into euchromatin or vice versa, deletion of heterochromatic segments resulting from pericentric inversions, or to variation of euchromatin content and its correlation with the chromosome size and arrangement of heterochromatin. The present findings are consistent with the main hypotheses derived from morphological, chromosomal, and biochemical data that the genera Allactaga and Jaculus have independently developed from a common ancestral form and that J. jaculus and J. orientalis are both distinct congeneric species, but revealed that the C-banding karyotypes of both J.j.jaculus and J. orientalis are distantly related to each other. Therefore, it is concluded that the karyotype of J.j.jaculus may be ancestral and that of J. orientalis may have derived from it.     

Germ-line sequence of the DH segment employed in Ars-A antibodies: implications for the generation of junctional diversity

The majority of antibodies produced by A/J mice in response to p-azophenylarsonate belong to the Ars-A family. These antibodies have the conserved sequence cys-ala-arg-ser-x-tyr-tyr (in which x is variable) spanning the V-D junction of the heavy chain. The cys-ala-arg residues are accounted for in the sequence of the A/J VH gene; the tyr-tyr are believed to be specified by the A/J DH segment, although this assumption is based on the DFL16.1 sequence derived from BALB/c mice. This implies that the ser-x is generated by joining imprecision and/or N segment addition. More recent data have revealed that the codon specifying the junctional serine residue is highly conserved (TCN, where N is usually G), suggesting a germline origin. Because there is no obvious way to generate this codon from the A/J Ars-A VH gene, we examined the involvement of the A/J DH segment in the generation of this junctional residue by cloning and sequencing the A/J equivalent to DFL16.1. We have established that this DH segment is polymorphic among BALB/c and A/J at the nucleic acid sequence level, and that it does not encode the junctional serine. This implies that a mechanism other than joining imprecision or random N segment addition operates at V-D junctions of Ars-A heavy chains.     

Acidic exopolysaccharide from Bradyrhizobium (Chamaecytisus proliferus)

M. LEON-BARRIOS, A.M. GUTIERREZ-NAVARRO, R. PEREZ-GALDONA, J. DIAZ-SIVERIO. J. TRUJILLO AND J. CORZO. 1992. The exopolysaccharide from a strain of Bradyrhizobium isolated in the Canary Islands was studied. The polysaccharide was found to be acidic and composed of glucose, galactose, mannose and galacturonic acid in a relation 3: 1: 1: 1, respectively. Acetyl was the only acyl substituent detected. Polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis showed that it had a polymeric structure with a variable degree of polymerization. At low ionic strength it aggregated but in EDTA solutions it was resolved as a polydisperse sample by gel exclusion chromatography.     

A new mouse lymphoid alloantigen (Lgp100) recognized by a monoclonal rat antibody

A new genetically polymorphic cell surface antigen recognized by a monoclonal rat anti-mouse antibody is expressed on mouse lymphoid cells. Fluorescence analysis on the fluorescence-activated cell sorter (FACS) locates the antigen on thymocytes, lymph node cells, and both T and B cells in the spleen. It also appears on approximately 40% of cells in the bone marrow.Immune precipitations from surface iodinated spleen cells followed by 2-D gel electrophoresis demonstrate that the antigen is a glycoprotein of approximately 100,000 daltons. Since it is expressed in all lymphoid tissues and on both T and B cells, we designate it lymphoid glycoprotein 100 (Lgp100).Strains with Lgp100 include A/J, AKR/J, AKR/Cu, BALB/c, 129/J, CBA/N, C3H/HeJ, CBA/2J, and SJL/J. Strains with no detectable antigen include C57BL/6J, C57BL/10J, C57BR/cdJ, C57L/J, and C58/J. Intercrosses and backcrosses establish a pair of alleles, a positive and a negative one, at a single locus. Heterozygotes display about 50% as much antigen as homozygotes by quantitative membrane immunofluorescence on the FACS. Tests for Lgp100 in 35 recombinant inbred strains from three crosses (CXB, BXB, and BXH) locate this locus on chromosome 1, closely linked to theMls locus.     

Salicylihalamide A inhibits the V0 sector of the V-ATPase through a mechanism distinct from bafilomycin A1

The newly identified specific V-ATPase inhibitor, salicylihalamide A, is distinct from any previously identified V-ATPase inhibitors in that it inhibits only mammalian V-ATPases, but not those from yeast or other fungi (Boyd, M. R., Farina, C., Belfiore, P., Gagliardi, S., Kim, J. W., Hayakawa, Y., Beutler, J. A., McKee, T. C., Bowman, B. J., and Bowman, E. J. (2001) J. Pharmacol. Exp. Ther. 297, 114-120). In addition, salicylihalamide A does not compete with concanamycin or bafilomycin for binding to V-ATPase, indicating that it has a different binding site from those classic V-ATPase inhibitors (Huss, M., Ingenhorst, G., Konig, S., Gassel, M., Drose, S., Zeeck, A., Altendorf, K., and Wieczorek, H. (2002) J. Biol. Chem. 277, 40544-40548). By using purified bovine brain V-pump and its dissociated V(1) and V(0) sectors, we identified the recognition and binding site for salicylihalamide to be within the V(0) domain. Salicylihalamide does not inhibit the ATP hydrolysis activity of the dissociated V(1)-ATPase but inhibits the ATPase activity of the holoenzyme by inhibiting the V(0) domain. Salicylihalamide causes a dramatic redistribution of cytosolic V(1) from soluble to membrane-associated form, a change not observed in cells treated with either bafilomycin or NH(4)Cl. By synthesizing and characterizing a series of salicylihalamide derivatives, we investigated the structural determinants of salicylihalamide inhibition in terms of potency and reversibility, and used this information to suggest a possible binding mechanism.     

Characterization and sequence analysis of a developmentally regulated putative cell wall protein gene isolated from soybean

A cDNA clone, pTU04, which hybridizes to two different sizes of mRNA on Northern blots was isolated from soybean suspension culture cell poly(A) RNA. Northern analysis reveals that meristematic tissue produces a 1050-nucleotide mRNA while quiescent mature cells produce primarily a 1220-nucleotide mRNA homologous to pTU04. The cDNA and its corresponding genomic clone have been partially characterized. The nucleotide sequence of the gene predicts a proline-rich protein, designated SbPRP1, which contains a signal peptide sequence and 43 repeats of a sequence consisting primarily of Pro-Pro-Val-Tyr-Lys (CCA-CCA-GTT-TAC-AAG). From nuclease S1 and hybrid-select translation analyses, the cDNA clone pTU04 appears to represent the mRNA for the mature tissue 1220-nucleotide RNA observed on Northern blots. Although there is no direct proof that the encoded protein is a cell wall protein, it has the properties similar to previously isolated cell wall proteins: 1) it is very basic with a high content of Pro, Tyr, and Lys; 2) it has similar hydropathic properties; and 3) its repeating unit shares sequence homology with that of more highly characterized cell wall proteins, generally termed extensin (Chen, J., and Varner, J. E. (1985) EMBO J. 4, 2145-2151; Smith, J. J., Muldoon, E. P., Willard, J. J., and Lamport, D. T. A. (1986) Phytochemistry 25, 1021-1030.     

Enhanced growth restriction of Legionella pneumophila in endotoxin-treated macrophages.

Macrophages from A/J mice are permissive for growth of Legionella pneumophila, an intracellular opportunistic pathogen that grows preferentially in macrophages. Macrophages from other mouse strains are highly resistant to growth of Legionella. In the present study, it was found that macrophages from A/J mice are readily activated by pretreatment with lipopolysaccharide (LPS), so that the cells do not permit Legionella to replicate in vitro, as occurs when untreated macrophages from A/J mice are cultured with these organisms for 48 hr. The augmentation of Legionella growth inhibition by LPS-activated macrophages from nonpermissive BDF1 mice also occurred. After in vitro infection, there was a 1000-fold increase in the number of Legionella in A/J macrophages and approximately a 10-fold increase in BDF1 macrophages, but LPS treatment of macrophages from either strain resulted in marked growth restrictions. This suppression was both dose dependent as well as dependent upon the time of addition of the LPS to the macrophages. Furthermore, the lipid A component of LPS was found to be as effective as the intact LPS in activating macrophages to inhibit the intracellular growth of Legionella. Further studies concerning the mechanisms involved are clearly warranted and in progress.