温度对海带幼孢子体生长和光合作用的影响

根据欧盟项目的总体研究计划 ,在室内和围隔实验中研究了海带幼孢子体在不同温度条件下的生长情况和光合作用曲线 ,得出幼孢子体在 15°C下生长情况最好 ,而且其长度和重量的日增加量均和温度有线性相关关系。 Pm 值在 15℃时为 5 79mol O2 / (g DW· h) ,围隔实验中为 6 4 2 (mol O2 / (g DW· h)。由于围隔实验海区的光照强于室内 ,使得围隔中海带的光合作用曲线其光饱和点高于室内实验海带的光饱和点。海带光饱和参数 (Ik)与温度有线性相关关系 (R2 =0 .736 7,p<0 .0 5 )。5℃时 ,Ik 值平均为 96μE/ (m2 · s) ,10℃时为 71μE/ (m2 · s) ,15℃时为 31μE/ (m2 · s)。呼吸速率 R值在 5℃时最低 ,为 5 4μmol O2 / (g DW·h) ,10℃、15℃和围隔中均高于 5℃时的呼吸速率 ,并且在 10℃达到最高。本次实验研究得出的生长和光合作用参数将有助于合理确定桑沟湾中海带的养殖容量。     

瓦氏马尾藻有性繁殖和幼孢子体发育的形态学观察

通过采集浙江舟山枸杞岛海域野生瓦氏马尾藻（Sargassum vachellianum）进行培养,研究瓦氏马尾藻的繁殖季节、温度、生殖托的发育、卵子的成熟和排放、假根的生长以及幼孢子体的前期发育。实验结果表明:位于浙江舟山枸杞岛的瓦氏马尾藻繁殖季节为4-6月,繁殖高峰期水温为18-21℃。雌、雄生殖托早期无明显差异,中后期差异变大,瓦氏马尾藻藻体在排放完卵子和精子后开始衰败。瓦氏马尾藻卵子属于8核1卵型,受精过程在雌性生殖托表面发生,受精后开始从雌性生殖托脱落,部分存在挂托分裂现象。在幼孢子体分裂前期,假根生长速度大于幼孢子体本身的生长速度。幼孢子体先长成一片叶子,再进行第二片叶子的发育,逐渐分化出主茎和初生分枝。     

银粉背蕨配子体及幼孢子体发育的研究

银粉背蕨是一种小型观赏蕨类植物,但目前我国对该蕨的研究还不够成熟。本文利用改良Knop's培养基和腐殖土培养银粉背蕨的孢子,观察其配子体及幼孢子体形态发育特征,并研究了其配子体发育的最适培养基pH值。研究结果显示：（1）银粉背蕨孢子黄褐色,具三裂缝,极面观三角圆形,赤道面观为近半圆形,孢子具网状纹饰;孢子萌发为书带蕨型;原叶体发育为水蕨型;颈卵器和精子器为薄囊蕨型;成熟原叶体为对称的心脏形,不具毛状体;上述特征为银粉背蕨孢子和配子体发育的稳定特征。（2）培养基pH值在7.0~9.0时随着碱性的增强,银粉背蕨孢子萌发和配子体生长发育速度逐渐增加。（3）利用腐殖土培养银粉背蕨孢子,7~8周可发育成幼叶,成苗率达90%,成苗健壮,根系发达,是扩繁银粉背蕨的适宜方式。本文为资源植物银粉背蕨人工繁殖和演化研究提供科学依据。     

假瘤蕨属植物配子体与幼孢子体发育的比较形态学研究

配子体及幼孢子体发育过程对蕨类植物的系统学研究具有重要意义,但在假瘤蕨属植物中较少报道.本研究比较了3种假瘤蕨属植物的配子体及幼孢子体发育过程:孢子均为单裂缝,萌发类型为书带蕨型.原叶体发育为槲蕨型.丝状体2～6细胞,成熟配子体心形,中肋明显加厚.配子体两性,在播种后48 ～ 55 d产生精子器,之后15 ～ 18 d产生颈卵器.播种后80 ～ 100 d,形成胚胎,后者分化出第一叶、第一根和茎端,发育为幼孢子体.配子体边缘分布有单细胞毛状体,配子体腹面分布有单列多细胞的毛状体,以中肋处最多,围绕并保护胚胎和幼孢子体.本属3个种的配子体和幼孢子体,在孢子体积、萌发时间、丝状体和成熟配子体特征以及性器产生时间等方面存在差异.土培条件下的配子体发育不同步,即配子体分批发育,原因为配子体的营养繁殖或孢子萌发不整齐.     

2种培养基下紫萁配子体发育及孢子体形成的研究

采用光镜技术对不同培养基下紫萁配子体发育和孢子体形成进行了研究.结果表明:(1)紫萁孢子绿色,四面体形,具三裂缝,孢子两极萌发分别产生假根和原叶体细胞,原叶体细胞形成球形体,球形体产生分生细胞发育为片状体和原叶体.(2)原叶体可为雄性、雌性或两性;雄原叶体较小,其两翼基部产生多数精子器;雌原叶体大,具有明显的中肋,在中...     

羊栖菜幼孢子体对不同N水平生长条件和阳光紫外辐射的响应

探讨了太阳紫外辐射对两种N水平生长条件下羊栖菜幼孢子体光化学特性的影响及其恢复。结果显示,在高的光辐射下羊栖菜藻体的有效光化学效率和相对电子传递速率急剧下降,在全波长太阳辐射条件下它们的下降幅度要比仅在可见光处理下的藻体更大,2种N水平条件下藻体的光化学活性下降趋势相似,但是N加富的生长条件使得藻体具有更高抵御紫外辐射的能力,这可能是与N加富生长条件下的藻体中含有较高含量的紫外吸收物质和类胡萝卜素有关。结果表明羊栖菜的幼孢子体具有比成体更强抵御紫外线的能力,这主要体现在藻体受到紫外辐射损伤后的修复上。     

茴香组织培养中体细胞胚胎发生的组织细胞学研究

将茴香幼茎或叶柄的愈伤组织转入附加６－ＢＡ和低浓度２,４－Ｄ的ＭＳ培养基以后,愈伤组织逐步由松软状转变成为颗粒状的胚性愈伤组织。胚状体起源于胚性愈伤组织中的单个细胞或胚性细胞团。在含ＮＡＡ和６－ＢＡ的培养基中,胚状体发育成熟,并再生小植株。茴香的胚状体主要以单细胞内起源方式发生。首先由胚状体单个原始细胞分裂形成２－细胞原胚,２－细胞原胚以三种方式进行分裂：１。Ｔ－形分裂;２．直线形分裂;３．田字形     

影响水稻幼穗培养体细胞胚胎发生因素的研究

用水稻幼穗为外植体进行组织培养,研究了影响其体细胞胚胎发生的有关因素,建立了高频率体细胞胚胎发生的培养程序。结果表明不同基因型之间体细胞胚胎发生率的差异达到61．2％;生长素2,4－D对诱导水稻体细胞胚起重要的调控作用,细胞分裂素BA有一定的协同促进作用。干燥处理可提高愈伤组织体细胞胚胎发生率,愈伤组织含水量在60％～80％范围的培养效果较好;外源DNA溶液浸泡发育早期的心状体细胞胚．其进一步发育时异常胚的频率显著增加．成苗率降低。     

籼稻幼穗细胞悬浮培养物的胚胎发生和植株再生

籼稻幼穗诱导的愈伤组织,培养在MS基本成分并附加1—7 mg/l 2,4-D和5％椰子汁的液体培养基中,得到胚性小细胞团。这些细胞的特征是:形状小而圆,细胞壁薄,细胞内为稠密的胞质所充满,没有或具小的液泡,具淀粉粒。把它们转移到含1 mg/l BA的琼脂培养基中,在扫描电镜下观察到球形、心形、梨形和成熟胚,两周后萌发成具根、芽的完整植株。10—14天龄的悬浮培养物具有较高的再生植株能力。     

三种花生幼胚蛋白质提取方法比较研究

植物组织(或细胞)的蛋白质提取效率与效果直接影响蛋白质双向凝胶电泳等实验的结果。为探索建立适用于花生幼胚蛋白质(双向凝胶电泳用)提取的最佳条件,尝试了磷酸缓冲液直接提取法、改良的荔枝胚胎蛋白提取法和Trizol(附加)提取法等3种提取方法,根据蛋白提取得率、试剂成本、双向电泳图谱的质量(蛋白质斑点的丰度、分布特点)进行初步评价。结果表明,磷酸缓冲液直接提取法简单但总体效果较差,改良的荔枝胚胎蛋白提取法综合评价最好,与双向凝胶电泳条件更兼容。     

水稻幼胚电激转化及转基因植株再生

幼胚的遗传转化对研究植物胚胎发育相关基因的表达与调控具有重要意义 ,也为植物遗传改良提供新的技术。本研究借助一种自制的特殊装置 ,采用电激法将GFP基因转入 2 - 3天水稻幼胚 ,得到瞬时表达 ,4- 6天水稻幼胚经电激后再生了植株 ,并在愈伤组织阶段及R0植株中检测到GFP荧光的转基因植株 ,从而建立了水稻幼胚的遗传转化实验系统。在电容为 5 0 0 μF、电压为 30 0V/cm ,浓度为 10 0 μg/mL的条件下 ,幼胚GFP的电激转化频率可达 35 %。在pH 5 .8的电激缓冲液中 ,最高转化频率可达 40 %。在三种不同的启动子实验中 ,以Ubi启动子的转化频率最高。     

被子植物雌雄配子及早期胚胎的分离与研究应用

被子植物的有性生殖过程复杂精巧并深藏于母体组织内进行,一直以来难以对该过程进行直接的细胞学和分子生物学研究。如今在多种植物中获得了有活力而无污染的配子细胞和早期胚胎,结合少量细胞m RNA提取技术、基因组深度测序以及离体授精系统等技术,人们已能对被子植物受精过程中的配子识别、配子融合、合子激活等重要发育事件进行深入分析。本文对有代表性的被子植物配子和早期胚胎的分离技术及其在受精作用研究中的应用、存在的问题和前景进行了总结,旨在为植物生殖发育研究提供帮助。     

水稻幼胚电激转化及转基因植株再生

幼胚的遗传转化对研究植物胚胎发育相关基因的表达与调控具有重要意义, 也为植物遗传改良提供新的技术.本研究借助一种自制的特殊装置,采用电激法将GFP基因转入2-3天水稻幼胚,得到瞬时表达, 4-6天水稻幼胚经电激后再生了植株,并在愈伤组织阶段及R0植株中检测到GFP荧光的转基因植株,从而建立了水稻幼胚的遗传转化实验系统.在电容为500 μF、电压为300 V/cm,浓度为100 μg/mL的条件下,幼胚GFP的电激转化频率可达35%. 在pH 5.8的电激缓冲液中,最高转化频率可达40%.在三种不同的启动子实验中,以Ubi启动子的转化频率最高.     

曼陀罗叶水浸液对大豆幼根生长及细胞分裂的影响

以曼陀罗叶干粉为供体,大豆种子为受体,用室内培养皿法研究了曼陀罗叶水浸液化感胁迫对大豆种子萌发、幼根生长、根毛发育和根尖细胞分裂的影响。结果表明:各试验浓度的曼陀罗叶干粉水浸提液均抑制了大豆种子的萌发以及幼根和侧根的生长,且幼根生长随胁迫浓度的增加呈现逐渐缩短变粗变褐的趋势;化感胁迫还使根尖分生区细胞的染色体畸变和微核高频率发生。根毛发生和根尖细胞的分裂对化感胁迫都表现出"低促高抑"的响应,即轻度胁迫能显著促进根毛的生长并提高根尖细胞的分裂指数,而高度胁迫对根毛的生长有极显著的抑制作用,且使根尖细胞的分裂指数显著下降。     

Rearrangements of F-actin during Stomatogenesis Visualised by Confocal Microscopy in Fixed and Permeabilised Tradescantia Leaf Epidermis

Abstract: New details of F-actin organisation in leaf epidermal and stomatal cells were revealed by rhodamine — and fluorescein — phalloidin staining of fixed epidermal peels of Tradescantia virginiana and visualisation by confocal microscopy. Non-specialised epidermal cells contain highly organised arrays of fine cortical actin filaments aligned in transverse or oblique orientations. In interphase guard mother cells (GMCs), the arrangement of cortical F-actin changes on the periclinal and anticlinal cell walls at different times during differentiation. Initially, cortical F-actin on the periclinal surfaces is oriented transversely and F-actin is evenly distributed around the anticlinal walls. Following polarisation of the adjacent subsidiary mother cells (SMCs), actin in GMCs concentrates on the lateral anticlinal walls, but not on the transverse walls. Subsequently, F-actin on the periclinal walls reorients to radial and then longitudinal. Organisation of F-actin in SMCs appears to be influenced by the adjacent GMCs and co-ordination in F-actin arrangements in cells of the stomatal complex continues through to the formation of the guard cell pair. Our studies indicate that actin bands marking the division site in prophase cells, and detected in microinjected living material, are a particularly labile subset of F-actin. Actin bands were difficult to preserve, even when aldehyde fixation was avoided, in contrast to all interphase and mitotic F-actin.     

ScRALF3, a secreted RALF‐like peptide involved in cell–cell communication between the sporophyte and the female gametophyte in a solanaceous species

Small peptides have been shown to regulate numerous aspects of plant development through cell–cell communication. These signaling events are particularly important during reproduction, regulating gamete development and embryogenesis. Rapid alkalinization factor (RALF)‐like genes, a large gene family that encodes secreted peptides, have specific or ubiquitous expression patterns. Previously, five RALF‐like genes with potential involvement during reproduction were isolated from Solanum chacoense. Here, we show that ScRALF3 is an important peptide regulator of female gametophyte development. Its expression, which is auxin‐inducible, is strictly regulated before and after fertilization. Down‐regulation of ScRALF3 expression by RNA interference leads to the production of smaller fruits that produce fewer seeds, due to improper development of the embryo sacs. Defects include loss of embryo sac nuclei polarization, as well as an increase in asynchronous division, accounting for cellular dysfunctions and premature embryo sac development arrest during megagametogenesis. ScRALF3 is expressed in the sporophytic tissue surrounding the embryo sac, the integument and the nucellus, as revealed by in situ hybridization and GUS staining. As expected for a secreted peptide, fluorescence from an ScRALF3–GFP fusion construct is detected throughout the secretory pathway. Therefore, the ScRALF3 secreted peptide may be directly involved in the regulation of multiple aspects of cell–cell communication between the female gametophyte and its surrounding sporophytic tissue during ovule development.     

Gene Re-annotation in Genome of the Extremophile Pyrobaculum Aerophilum by Using Bioinformatics Methods

Abstract

In this paper, we re-annotated the genome of Pyrobaculum aerophilum str. IM2, particularly for hypothetical ORFs. The annotation process includes three parts. Firstly and most importantly, 23 new genes, which were missed in the original annotation, are found by combining similarity search and the ab initio gene finding approaches. Among these new genes, five have significant similarities with function-known genes and the rest have significant similarities with hypothetical ORFs contained in other genomes. Secondly, the coding potentials of the 1645 hypothetical ORFs are re-predicted by using 33 Z curve variables combined with Fisher linear discrimination method. With the accuracy being 99.68%, 25 originally annotated hypothetical ORFs are recognized as non-coding by our method. Thirdly, 80 hypothetical ORFs are assigned with potential functions by using similarity search with BLAST program. Re-annotation of the genome will benefit related researches on this hyperthermophilic crenarchaeon. Also, the re-annotation procedure could be taken as a reference for other archaeal genomes. Details of the revised annotation are freely available at http://cobi.uestc.edu.cn/resource/paero/