Correction to: Biosynthesis and production of quercitols and their application in the production of pharmaceuticals: current status and prospects

Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology - The published online version contains mistake in the chemical structure of scyllo-inosose in Fig. 5 and Fig. 7. The correct configuration of 1-hydroxyl...     

Correction to: Protective Effects of 28-O-Cafeoyl Betulin (B-CA) on the Cerebral Cortex of Ischemic Rats Revealed by a NMR-Based Metabolomics Analysis

Neurochemical Research - In the original version of this article, unfortunately the Fig. 3C and 3F were published with incorrect version. The correct version of the Fig. 3C and 3F...     

Correction to: Delineation of the Role of Astroglial GABA Transporters in Seizure Control

Neurochemical Research - The original version of this article unfortunately contained a mistake. In Fig. 1 two chemical structures are incorrect, namely exo-THPO and N-methyl-exo-THPO. The...     

Correction to: c-Jun Amino-Terminal Kinase is Involved in Valproic Acid-Mediated Neuronal Differentiation of Mouse Embryonic NSCs and Neurite Outgrowth of NSC-Derived Neurons

Neurochemical Research - In the original version of this article, unfortunately, the images in Fig. 4 and 7 are mixed. The correct version of the Fig.4 and 7 is given below     

Correction to: Isoliquiritigenin Provides Protection and Attenuates Oxidative Stress-Induced Injuries via the Nrf2-ARE Signaling Pathway After Traumatic Brain Injury

Neurochemical Research - The original version of this article unfortunately contained a mistake. The Fluorescence Immunoassays text written in Materials and Methods section and Fig. 1i, j...     

Correction to: A study on the role of articular cartilage soft tissue constitutive form in models of whole knee biomechanics

Biomechanics and Modeling in Mechanobiology - Based on a reader comment, it has become clear that, in the originally published version of the article, Fig. 1 was published with incorrect...     

Plant uptake of organic nitrogen in two peatlands

Plant and Soil - In the original article, Fig. 3 was mistakenly replaced by a copy of Fig. 2. The correct version of Fig. 3 is published here.     

结合态氮对根瘤菌生长液诱导的苜蓿根毛变形的抑制

以苜蓿根瘤菌和其宿主苜蓿为材料,由结合态氮影响苜蓿根瘤菌生长液诱导宿主根毛变形的功能发现,硝态氮和铵态氮均能有效地抑制根瘤菌生长液诱导的宿主根毛变形。而其抑制作用随结合态氮浓度的增加、作用时间的延长而增强。该抑制作用发生在结合态氮浓度和作用时间分别达到1mmol/L和12h时,或当其浓度和作用时间分别为6mmol/L和48h时,根瘤菌生长液引起根毛变形的植株百分率下降到10％。硝态氮与铵态氮抑制根瘤菌生长液诱导根毛变形的作用相类似。     

The Branch Roots of Zea. I. First Order Branches, Their Number, Sizes and Division into Classes

Annals of Botany 67, 357–364, 1991 It is regretted that Fig. 2 (p. 359) of the above paper wasprinted incorrectly. The correct two-colour version of thisfigure is reproduced below.     

Correction to: The intertidal mudflats of Barr Al Hikman,Sultanate of Oman,as feeding,reproduction and nursery grounds for brachyuran crabs

Hydrobiologia - In the above mentioned publication, incorrect values for P. segnis are shown on the right hand side of Fig. 4. The correct version of Fig. 4 and its caption is...     

NaCl和Na2CO3对盐地碱蓬胁迫效应的比较

在相同的Na 浓度(如100 mmol/L)下,NaCl处理促进碱蓬植株干重增加,提高根系活力,而Na2CO3处理导致植株干重减少,根系活力降低;与NaCl胁迫相比,Na2CO3胁迫下叶片内Na 含量上升和K 含量下降幅度更大,叶肉细胞质Na 含量和叶内脯氨酸含量增加幅度更大,而V-H -ATPase(液泡膜H -ATPase)和V-H -PPase (液泡膜H -PPase)增加幅度较少;与NaCl胁迫不同,Na2CO3胁迫下SOD(超氧化物歧化酶)活性不是增加,而是降低,与此相一致,MDA(丙二醛)含量大幅度增加.上述结果表明,碱蓬对Na2CO3胁迫的抗性低于对NaCl的抗性,这可能与Na2CO3胁迫引起的Na 、K 离子严重失衡、活性氧清除能力降低有关.     

Electron microscope investigation of the evolutionary stages of the trophozoite of Didymophyes gigantea (Sporozoa, Gregarinida). III. The fine structure of the epicyte with emphasis on the contractile elements (author's transl)

The fine structure of the epicyte of D. gigantea was investigated. The motility of the gregarine and the contractile elements are described. Four essential types of movements can be observed in this gregarine: (1) rolling up and pendular movements, (2) locomotion by gliding forward, (3) cytoplasmic streaming (Fig. 1), (4) peristaltic contractions (Fig. 2) which seem to be accompanied by the contraction of annular myonemes (Fig. 2). The epicyte is formed by the folding of the parasitic cell wall which is made from three membranes (Figs. 3 and 4). At the top of each fold one can see apical struts between the outer and middle membrane and apical filaments under the inner membrane (Fig. 3). In addition, the epicytic folds are covered by a cell coat which is made from tubular structures (Fig. 5). At the base of the epicytic folds can be observed the basal lamina (Fig. 3) composed of very fine fibrillar material with an average thickness of 2.5 nm (Fig. 6). These fibrils are oriented in the longitudinal axis of the gregarine. Beneath the epicytic fold in the ectoplasm are found the annular myonemes with a width of up to 0.5 micrometers (Fig. 7). They are composed of many fine fibrils with an average thickness of 5 nm. In young trophozoites, the myonemes also contain microtubuli (Fig. 8). Between the epicytic folds, the cell wall is interrupted by three different types of vesicles: the vesicles with an electrondense content (Fig. 9), the three-membranous vesicles (Fig. 10), and the hose-shaped vesicles (Fig. 11). Glycerol-extraction of the parasites was performed in order to define the contractile structures. After extraction the annular myonemes are difficult to recognize (Fig. 13). When ATP is added, the gregarine does not contract but the myonemes reappear after 3 to 4 min (Fig. 14). Differences can also be observed in the myoneme structure using electron microscopy: After extraction, the myonemes are composed of a very limp fibrillar network (Fig. 15) which becomes very dense after the action of ATP (Fig. 16). Glycerol extraction does not disturb either the apical struts and apical filaments or the fibrils of the basal lamina (Figs. 15--17). In addition, cytoplasmic fibrillar structures appear after glycerol extraction (Figs. 15 and 16). The experimental and electron microscope results indicate that the motility of the gregarine depends upon four different systems: (1) the ectoplasmic annular myonemes, (2) the apical structures in the undulating epicytic folds, (3) the cytoplasmic fibrils, and (4) the basal lamina.     

Information processing at a central synapse suggests a noise filter in the auditory pathway of the noctuid moth

1. The central projections of the A1 afferent were confirmed via intracellular recording and staining with Lucifer Yellow in the pterothoracic ganglion of the noctuid moths, Agrotis infusa and Apamea amputatrix (Fig. 1). Simultaneous recordings of the A1 afferent in the tympanal nerve (extracellularly) and in the pterothoracic ganglion (intracellularly) confirm the identity of the stained receptor as being the A1 cell. 2. The major postsynaptic arborizations of interneurone 501 in the pterothoracic ganglion were also demonstrated via intracellular recording and staining (Fig. 2). Simultaneous recordings of the A1 afferent (extracellularly) and neurone 501 (intracellularly) revealed that each A1 spike evokes a constant short latency EPSP in the interneurone (Fig. 2Bi). Neurone 501 receives only monaural input from the A1 afferent on its soma side as demonstrated by electrical stimulation of each afferent nerve (Fig. 2Bii). EPSPs evoked in neurone 501 by high frequency (100 Hz) electrical stimulation of the afferent nerve did not decrement (Fig. 2Biii). These data are consistent with a monosynaptic input to neurone 501 from the A1 afferent. 3. The response of neurone 501 to a sound stimulus presented at an intensity near the upper limit of its linear response range (30 ms, 16 kHz, 80 dB SPL) was a plateau-like depolarization, with tonic spiking activity which continued beyond the end of the tone. The instantaneous spike frequency of the response was as high as 800 Hz, and was maintained at above 600 Hz for the duration of the tone (Fig. 3). 4. The relationship between the instantaneous spike frequency in the A1 afferent and that recorded simultaneously in neurone 501 is linear over the entire range of A1 spike frequencies evoked by white noise sound stimuli (Fig. 4). Similarly, the relationship between instantaneous spike frequency in the A1 afferent and the mean depolarization evoked in neurone 501 is also linear for all A1 spike frequencies tested (Fig. 5). No summation of EPSPs occurred for A1 spike frequencies below 100 Hz.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)     

菜豆幼苗EPSP合成酶的分离纯化和它的部分性质

利用硫酸铵分级沉淀,SephedexG-50凝胶柱层析,FPLCMono-Q和磷酸纤维素离子层析法从菜豆幼苗中分离提纯了EPSP合成酶。该酶被纯化2961.6倍,比活性达到6219.4nmolmg-1蛋白min-1。该酶分子量经SDS-PAGE检测为51kD,等电点为pH5.7,酶促反应最适pH7.5,最适温度45℃。6.2μmol/L的除草剂草甘膦能抑制EPSP合成酶活性的50%。     

Correction to: Dietary Supplementation of Walnut Partially Reverses 1-Methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine Induced Neurodegeneration in a Mouse Model of Parkinson’s Disease

Neurochemical Research - The original version of this article unfortunately contains an error in Fig. 2a (4th image for walnut). This has been corrected by publishing this erratum.     

茉莉酸甲酯对花生幼苗生长和抗旱性的影响

经过茉莉酸甲酯处理的花生幼苗,在形态、解剖和生理上都发生变化,其中以１２５ｍｇ／Ｌ处理最显著。处理后的植株幼苗矮化,叶小而厚,叶片贮水细胞大、蒸腾减弱、内源脱落酸和脯氨酸含量增多、过氧化物酶活性加大。由于水分的丧失减少,叶片水分的贮存增加,从而提高幼苗的抗旱性。     

根施甜菜碱对干旱胁迫下小麦幼苗类囊体膜组分和功能的影响

干旱胁迫造成两小麦品系类囊体膜上的单半乳糖脂甘油二酯(MGDG)、双半乳糖脂甘油二酯(DGDG)、磷脂酰胆碱(PG)以及叶绿素含量显著下降,甜菜碱预处理能缓解这些组分的下降.干旱胁迫下,抗旱型小麦品系HF9 70 3的硫代异鼠李糖甘油二酯(SQDG)、反式十六碳-烯酸[16:1(3t)]含量显著上升,MGDG中亚麻酸(18:3)相对含量显著下降;而干旱敏感型品系SN215953则表现为SQDG、16:1(3t)含量显著下降,MGDG中脂肪酸变化不明显,这可能是两个小麦品系抗旱性差异的重要原因之一;甜菜碱处理能显著减小干旱处理与对照之间的差异,且对SN215953的作用较HF9703大.另外,干旱胁迫引起类囊体膜上Ca2 -ATPase活性、Hill反应活性及叶片净光合速率下降,外源甜菜碱能缓解其下降趋势.     

玉米非特异性脂转移蛋白的cDNA克隆和表达及表达产物的钙调素结合活性分析

用RT-PCR法克隆了成熟的玉米非特异性脂转移蛋白的cDNA,将它连接到表达质粒上并转化至大肠杆菌中表达。以钙调素凝胶覆盖法和钙调素亲和层析下拉实验对表达产物进行分析,证明它具有结合钙调素的活性,并且这种结合不依赖于Ca^2＋,与前期研究中钙调素结合蛋白-10和拟南芥非特异性脂转移蛋白1的结合特性相同。采用基因删除和缺失突变的方法研究玉米非特异性脂转移蛋白与钙调素结合的结构域,结果表明钙调素结合于47-60位氨基酸,预测的蛋白质二级结构为碱性双亲α-螺旋结构。     

Control of neurosecretion in the mothManduca sexta: Physiological regulation of the eclosion hormone cells

Metamorphosis in the moth Manduca sexta culminates with the secretion of the peptide eclosion hormone (EH), which triggers the stereotyped behavior of adult emergence (eclosion) from the pupal cuticle. In restrained but spontaneously behaving animals, the release of EH occurred shortly before the onset of subjective night (Fig. 3) and coincided with a depletion of EH from the neurohemal organs of the brain, the corpora cardiaca-corpora allata complex (CC-CA; Fig. 4). EH is produced by neurons within a bilaterally paired group of brain neurosecretory cells (Group Ia) which project to the CC-CA via the nervi corporis cardiaci- 1 + 2 (NCC-1 + 2; Fig. 1). Electrical stimulation of the NCC-1 + 2 caused a marked increase in the levels of EH secreted from isolated CC-CA (Fig. 2), while stimulation of the other nerves innervating the neurohemal organs did not. Electrical activity in the NCC-1 + 2 paralleled that of the cerebral neurosecretory cells (Fig. 1). Chronic extracellular recordings revealed a sudden increase in the tonic firing of several units within this nerve approximately 2 to 3 h before normal eclosion (Fig. 5), coincident with the release of EH bioactivity from the CC-CA (Fig. 6). The Group Ia neurons were electrically inactive on the day before eclosion (Day-1), but on the day of eclosion (Day 0) a subgroup of these cells exhibited both enhanced synaptic input and elevated rates of tonic firing during the normal time of EH release (Fig. 7). No significant differences in resting membrane potential or spike waveform characteristics were detected among the various subsets of Group Ia cells on either Day-1 or Day 0, while a significant increase in the resting input resistance was seen in the active subgroup on Day 0 (Fig. 8). This increase may be due to the regulatory effects of the steroid 20-hydroxyecdysone, which inhibits the release of EH and may act by preventing the synaptic activation of the EH neurons until the final day of adult development.     

稻瘟病菌(Magnaporthe grisea)诱导的水稻早期反应基因ER1的5' 端cDNA片段克隆及序列分析

研究高等生物基因表达与调控的一个重要方面是分离基因的编码区及其上游的调控序列（ＤｅＶｅｅｒ等１９９７）,这需要获得一个基因的ｃＤＮＡ全长及从植物基因组获取全基因。在前文（周建明等１９９９）中曾经分离了稻瘟病菌侵染诱导的水稻早期反应基因ＥＲ１的ｃＤＮＡ片段,但是运用ｍＲＮＡ差异显示技术分离的ｃＤＮＡ片段往往只有近ｍＲＮＡ３’端的一部分,难以反映基因的结构及功能特点,因此,必须进一步分离其５’端的部分才有可能比较全面地了解此基因的特点。ＲＡＣＥ（ｒａｐｉｄａｍｐｌｉｆｉｃａｔｉｏｎｏｆｃＤＮＡｅｎ…