Author Guidelines for Submitting Manuscripts to Zoological Research

正Published bimonthly,Zoological Research is an interdisciplinary,peer-reviewed journal publishing original articles,review articles,research reports,and notes dealing with all aspects of zoology,with special interest in papers focusing on Genome Evolution and Genetic Diversity,DNA Barcoding,Developmental Biology,Physiology,Biochemistry,Immunology,Neuroscience,Animal Ecology and Ethology,and especially Animal Models of Human Diseases.Starting with Volume 35,Zoological Research will be publishing scientific articles and reviews exclusively in English.To assist you in formatting your articles correctly for submission to ZR,please use this attached guide.     

Zoological Research is now one the top-ranked publications in China

正We are pleased to announce that Zoological Research(ZR)has reached a new level this year.On 30 December2013,the China Academic Journals Electronic Publishing House,Library of Tsinghua University and China Scientific Literature Evaluation and Measuring Research Center jointly awarded ZR the2013 The Highest International Impact Academic Journals of Chinain Science,Technology and Engineering for its achievement in internationalizing life sciences research.ZR was among 175 Science and Technology Journals selected for the award from a pool of 4622 journals(3502 Science and Technology Journals and 1120 Humanities and Social     

Instructions for the EndNote Reference Style File of Zoological Research

正EndNote is a reference management software package produced by Thomson Reuters used to manage bibliographies and references in research essays and articles.EndNote works by grouping citations intolibrarieswith the file extension*.enl and a corresponding*.data folder.Aside from the library function,the program is most widely used to manage references in research articles.There are over 2,000 journal styles in EndNote that help researchers format their in-text citations and bibliographic references.We are happy to announce that starting with Volume 35,there is now an EndNote style for Zoological Research.     

野油菜黄单胞菌中LipB-LipA是唯一的硫辛酰化途径

【目的】硫辛酸是细胞内重要的辅因子,参与多种基础代谢过程。野油菜黄单胞菌(Xcc)是十字花科植物黑腐病的病原菌,在全球范围内引起植物病害,引起重大经济损失。为此研究Xcc中硫辛酸的合成途径,为防治黑腐病提供新思路。【方法】利用大肠杆菌硫辛酸合成关键酶LipA和LipB序列,同源比对发现Xcc基因组中XC_0713 (XccLipA)和XC_0712 (XccLipB)具有较高的同源性。采用PCR方法分别扩增XccLipA和XccLipB基因,并连入表达载体pBAD24M后分别互补大肠杆菌突变株,并检测转化子生长表型。利用同源重组方法,获得替换突变株,分析其生长性状,并利用剪叶法检测替换突变株对寄主植物甘蓝的致病力。【结果】XcclipA和XcclipB能分别恢复大肠杆菌lipA和lipB突变株在基础培养上生长。XcclipA和XcclipB都是菌体生长的必需基因,不能直接被敲除。但导入pSRK-EclplA后,成功分别获得XcclipA和XcclipB敲除突变株。两种EclplA替换后的敲除突变株在基础培养上都不能生长,添加硫辛酸后能恢复生长表型。在丰富培养基上,XcclipB敲除突变株能正常生长,而XcclipA敲除突变株不能生长,添加硫辛酸后生长也能恢复。分别测定不同培养条件下生长曲线,也得到同样的结果。寄主植物侵染结果显示,与野生菌相比,XcclipA敲除突变株致病性几乎丧失,而XcclipB敲除突变株的致病性与野生菌无显著性差异。【结论】Xcc中lipA编码硫辛酸合成酶,lipB编码辛酰转移酶,两者都是必需基因。Xcc中LipB-LipA途径是唯一的硫辛酰化途径,而没有外源性的硫辛酸途径。lipA敲除后显著影响Xcc的致病性,可作为抗菌药物筛选的靶点。     

Arp2/3 and SCAR: plants move to the fore

The actin-nucleating Arp2/3 complex is essential for life in yeast and animals, but not in plants, in which mutants of Arp2/3 complex components show relatively minor developmental abnormalities. Animal cells control the activity of the Arp2/3 complex through the suppressor of cyclic AMP receptor (SCAR) complex to achieve cell motility. Amazingly, plants have also retained the SCAR cell-motility pathway, and now provide a unique model for the study of new aspects of SCAR function in the absence of cell motility.     

表达GFP/mCherry白色念珠菌的构建及其在与巨噬细胞互作中的应用

白色念珠菌(Candida albicans)被巨噬细胞吞噬的效率与被吞噬后的形态观察是研究白色念珠菌与巨噬细胞互作的重要内容。【目的】以野生型菌株SC5314为母本,构建能够表达绿色荧光蛋白(green fluorescent protein, GFP)/mCherry的白色念珠菌,应用于巨噬细胞与白色念珠菌互作的研究。【方法】通过生长与形态观察、细胞活性检测及小鼠系统性感染模型确定荧光蛋白的表达对菌株生长、形态与毒力的影响;在共培养条件下,通过流式细胞术及荧光显微镜检测巨噬细胞的吞噬率及白色念珠菌的形态变化。【结果】构建的菌株在表型上与野生型菌株一致,并可用于在共培养下测定巨噬细胞吞噬率的流式细胞术以及观察白色念珠菌的形态变化。【结论】表达荧光蛋白的菌株为研究巨噬细胞与白色念珠菌的互作提供了新方法。