The stability of mutator (MR)-induced X-chromosomal recessive visible mutations in Drosophila melanogaster

In Drosophila, MR (male recombination) second chromosomes are known to act as mutators and recombination inducers in males. The induction of visible mutations by MR is observed at only a limited number of genes, such as singed bristle (sn). raspberry eye colour (ras), yellow body colour (y) and carmine eye colour (car). Futhermore, sn mutations induced by MR are highly unstable, changing from a strong to a weak expression or reverting to the wild-type. It has been hypothesized, by analogy with IS mutations in microorganism, that MR-induced mutations also represent mutations of the insertion type.

In this investigation the stability of two MR-hl22-induced X-linked visible mutations was tested, one singed (sn^MR) and one raspberry (ras^MR). The reversion frequency of both MR-induced mutations was low in the base population as well as upon outcrossing to C(1)DX, y^w f females. The data reported here show that the MR-induced mutations become highly unstable when MR is re-introduced. The change of expression of an MR-induced mutation to a weaker phenotype or to the wild-type occurred at a frequency of 3.3 × 10⁻³ (ras) to 20.4 × 10⁻ (sn).

Recessive lethal mutations induced by MR in the X-chromosomes carrying the MR-inducedsinged or raspberry mutation were isolated and analysed. Among 11 independently MR-induced lethals in the ras^MR-carrying X-chromosome, 4 were found to be allelic to a small deficiency that included the raspberry gene, 13 lethals were induced by MR in the sn^MR-carrying X-chromosome. Of these, 3 were located near the sn locus but none was allelic to a deficiency including the singed gene.     

不同浓度新型分裂素PBU诱导的尾巨桉愈伤组织中miRNA396及CKX基因表达差异研究

尾巨桉愈伤组织的生长分化受内源激素影响,而miRNA396是一个调控植物叶片与根系生长发育的小RNA,与细胞分裂素的合成相关,CKX是负责调控细胞分裂素的氧化酶基因。为探讨miRNA396与CKX基因对尾巨桉愈伤组织生长发育的调控作用,以尾巨桉基因组为模板,进行PCR扩增及测序分析尾巨桉基因中的miRNA396序列,用不同PBU细胞分裂素浓度培养下的尾巨桉愈伤组织RNA逆转录的cDNA为模板,通过荧光定量PCR,测定不同PBU浓度处理的尾巨桉愈伤组织中miRNA396及CKX的表达差异。结果表明,相对于0.5 mg·^L(-1)PBU处理的桉树愈伤组织,1 mg·^L(-1)PBU处理的桉树愈伤组织miRNA396及CKXA、CKXB和CKXF表达量显著下调,差异达到极显著水平,CKXC、CKXD和CKXE均上调,但只有CKXC相对表达量达到极显著水平;2 mg·^L(-1)PBU处理的尾巨桉愈伤组织miRNA396A、CKXD、CKXE和CKXF表达量均下调,差异达到极显著水平,其他CKX表达量均上调,CKXA相对表达量差异...     

大围山樱属植物群落结构及物种多样性

研究大围山樱属植物群落结构特征和物种多样性,为野生樱属植物保护和利用提供科学依据.结果 表明:大围山樱属植物有钟花樱桃群落、尾叶樱桃群落、华中樱桃群落和雪落樱桃群落,生活型结构以高位芽植物为主,植物区系组成以泛热带植物成分为主.物种多样性为灌木层＞乔木层,尾叶樱桃群落＞华中樱桃群落＞钟花樱桃群落＞雪落樱桃群落.种群以中...     

水曲柳S6K基因的生物信息学及胁迫和激素下的表达分析

以所获取的水曲柳FmS6K基因（FmS6K1和FmS6K2）为对象,解析其核苷酸序列及其所编码蛋白质的基本信息,探索非生物胁迫和植物激素条件下基因的表达特征。结果表明,FmS6K1和FmS6K2基因长度分别为1 583和1 796 bp,分别编码480和483个氨基酸,二者均含有完整的开放阅读框。FmS6K1为两性蛋白,FmS6K2是亲水蛋白,二者均不含有信号肽。低温（4℃）和盐（NaCl）胁迫均影响FmS6K1和FmS6K2基因的表达,水曲柳根、茎、叶中的FmS6K1和FmS6K2基因对盐更加敏感,FmS6K2基因比FmS6K1基因对低温和盐胁迫的响应更为敏感;外源ABA、GA和IAA均能够影响FmS6K1和FmS6K2基因的表达,FmS6K1在水曲柳根、茎、叶中对外源的IAA响应更大;水曲柳根茎叶中FmS6K2基因均对外源ABA处理有显著上调应答,对外源GA的响应主要在根中,但对IAA的应答主要在茎和叶片中。上述结果表明FmS6K基因在调控植物生长发育和适应逆境胁迫方面扮演重要角色。     

Phylogenetic relationships within Pyrenodesmia sensu lato and the role of pigments in its taxonomic interpretation

Most lichens of the family Teloschistaceae (Ascomycota) produce yellow-orange-red anthraquinone pigments. However, the genus Pyrenodesmia encompasses species in which anthraquinones are absent and replaced by a gray pigment Sedifolia-gray. It was shown recently that these species are related to taxa with both anthraquinones and Sedifolia-gray (Caloplaca xerica group, C. haematites group, and C. cretensis) and to species with a brown pigment instead of both anthraquinones and Sedifolia-gray (C. demissa, C. obscurella, and C. reptans). Nevertheless, relationships between mentioned anthraquinone-containing and anthraquinone-lacking species remained unclear. In total, 8 DNA loci from 41 species were used here to resolve these uncertainties. We concluded that C. demissa, C. obscurella, and C. reptans are rather distant from the core of Pyrenodesmia, and we place them outside of Pyrenodesmia sensu lato. Within Pyrenodesmia sensu lato, three lineages were revealed and recognized on a generic level: the genus Pyrenodesmia sensu stricto (21 species), the genus Kuettlingeria (14 species), which is resurrected here, and the genus Sanguineodiscus (4 species), which is newly described here. The genus Pyrenodesmia includes taxa that never contain anthraquinones, but Sedifolia-gray. It matches with the former C. variabilis group. Taxa of the genera Kuettlingeria and Sanguineodiscus have anthraquinones in their apothecia and Sedifolia-gray in their thalli. The genus Kuettlingeria includes the former C. xerica group plus C. cretensis and C. diphyodes. The genus Sanguineodiscus includes the former C. haematites group and C. bicolor. The identity of Kuettlingeria (Caloplaca) diphyodes was clarified and the name Pyrenodesmia helygeoides was resurrected. Twenty-four new combinations were proposed.     

Phylogenetic and biosystematic relationships in four highly disjunct polyploid complexes in the subgenera Ceterach and Phyllitis in Asplenium (Aspleniaceae)

Phylogenetic studies using DNA sequences of two chloroplast regions, rbcL and trnL-F, demonstrate that the proposed genus Ceterach is a small clade within the large genus Asplenium, and sister to the Phyllitis clade. The Ceterach clade is characterised by irregular anastomosing veins and often densely scaled leaf blades. Its taxonomic status as a group nested within Asplenium is confirmed, and it is accepted here as a subgenus with seven species. The Ceterach clade comprises four lineages that correspond to disjunct polyploid complexes: the A. aureum clade forming a polyploid complex (4×, 6×, 8×) in Macaronesia, the A. ceterach clade forming a polyploid complex (2×, 4×, 6×) in the Mediterranean Basin, the A. paucivenosum clade (4×, 6×) in central Asia, and the A. dalhousiae clade (2×) with a disjunct distribution in the Himalaya, Yemen and Eritrea, and southwestern North America. Asplenium paucivenosum is sister to all other members of the Ceterach clade, whereas A. dalhousiae is sister to the A. aureum clade that includes tetraploid A. aureum, hexaploid A. lolegnamense, and octoploid A. parvifolium. Asplenium ceterach and its variations – including the hexaploid A. ceterach subsp. mediterraneum subsp. nov. first described below – form a monophyletic unit, sister to a clade consisting of A. aureum and A. dalhousiae. Asplenium cordatum from Africa and A. haugthonii from the isolated atlantic island of St. Helena are not members of the Ceterach clade, which suggests that leaf blades with dense indumenta have evolved at least twice within asplenioid ferns. The allotetraploid species A. hybridum has the chloroplast DNA from A. ceterach, and therefore the latter species is the maternal ancestor of the former. The other parent of this hybrid species is A. sagittatum that is nested within the sister clade of Ceterach, the Phyllitis clade comprising A. sagittatum and A. scolopendrium. The findings suggest that the current distribution of Ceterach is either the result of long-distance dispersal or represents fragmented relicts of a previously more widely distributed species.     

Genus-specific host range of Phomopsis amaranthicola (Sphaeropsidales), a bioherbicide agent for Amaranthus spp.

Phomopsis amaranthicola, a newly described species discovered in Florida, is under development as a biological control agent for weeds belonging to the genus Amaranthus. Host-range testing was performed on the fungus, using the centrifugal phylogenetic scheme, with Amaranthus hybridus as the focal plant. Forty-five accessions of 21 species in the genus Amaranthus were tested for susceptibility to infection by this fungus. Fifty-six plant species outside the genus Amaranthus were also tested. The latter included crops in which the fungus might be used as a bioherbicide, members of genera that are closely related to Amaranthus, and selections of species that have been reported as hosts of other species of the genera Phomopsis or Diaporthe. Phomopsis amaranthicola did not infect any of the plants from outside the genus Amaranthus but was highly pathogenic to several species in the genus Amaranthus. All Amaranthus species tested were infected to varying degrees by P. amaranthicola; the resulting mortality levels were also variable. Thus, P. amaranthicola appears to be host-specific to the members of the genus Amaranthus. The generic level of specificity of this pathogen renders it not only a safe bioherbicide agent but also one that could be used against several weedy Amaranthus species.     

Escherichia coli leucine-responsive regulatory protein (Lrp) controls lysyl-tRNA synthetase expression

Using random Tn10 insertion mutagenesis, we isolated an Escherichia coli mutant strain affected in the regulation of lysU, the gene encoding the inducible form of lysyl-tRNA synthetase. The transposon giving rise to the altered expression of lysU was found inserted within lrp. The latter gene codes for the leucine-responsive regulatory protein (Lrp) which mediates a global response of the bacterium to leucine. An involvement of Lrp in the regulation of lysU was searched for by using a lysU-lacZ operon fusion. The following conclusions were reached: (i) inactivation of lrp causes an increased activity of the lysU promoter, whatever the growth conditions assayed, (ii) insertion of a wild-type lrp gene into a multi-copy plasmid significantly reduces lysU expression, and (iii) sensitivity of the lysU promoter to the presence of leucine in the growth medium is abolished in the lrp context.     

A chemotaxis cluster from Agrobacterium tumefaciens

We report the DNA sequence of a 9.6-kb region of the Agrobacterium tumefaciens chromosome containing a putative 8-kb chemotaxis operon. The putative operon begins with orf1, whose predicted protein product shows strong sequence identity to methyl-accepting chemotaxis proteins (MCPs), followed by orf2, cheY1, cheA, cheR, cheB, cheY2, orf9, orf10. All of the identified homologues show a high degree of sequence conservation with their counterparts in the che operons from Sinorhizobium meliloti and Rhodobacter sphaeroides, and are arranged in a similar order. Mutations in orf1 and cheA result in impaired chemotaxis, whereas deletion of orf10, appears to have no effect on chemotaxis or motility. Although the putative operon does not contain a cheW homologue, heterologous probing and PCR using consensus primers indicates that cheW maps elsewhere in the Agrobacterium genome.     

中国热带和亚热带地区乳菇属的5个新种及1个新记录种

通过形态学比较和对ITS-nrDNA序列的分析,本文描述了产自我国热带及亚热带地区乳菇属的5个新种和1个中国新记录种。新种缘囊体乳菇Lactarius cheilocystidiatus和多囊体乳菇L. polycystis由于具有真正的囊状体而与变红乳菇亚属L. subg. Plinthogalus的绝大多数种相异,它们与泰国的L. crassiusculus关系密切。新种粘果乳菇L. gloeocarpus和多见乳菇L. vulgaris是乳菇亚属L. subg. Lactarius的新成员,其典型特征为淡黄色胶粘菌盖、孢子具网状纹饰和较大的囊状体,它们与原初描述自中国的淡黄褐乳菇L. pallido-ochraceus、淡环纹乳菇L. pallidizonatus以及印度的L. thindii形成种复合群。新种湖南乳菇L. hunanensis与温带物种具有较强的亲缘关系,它的典型特征为粘不规则交织型的盖表皮中具橄榄色被壳物质以及具斑马纹纹饰的孢子,属L. blennius种复合群。南方窝柄黄乳菇L. austroscrobiculatus原初描述自印度尼西亚,具有强烈的热带性质,这是在中国首次发现该种。本研究的标本采集自安徽、海南、河南、湖南、江西和云南。这些物种是中国-日本森林植物亚区的代表性乳菇类真菌。     

A contribution to Gymnosphaera (Cyatheaceae) in mainland Asia: Two new species,reinstatement of Cyathea bonii,and their phylogenetic positions

Gymnosphaera represents a minor lineage within the scaly tree-fern family Cyatheaceae. Tropical and subtropical mainland Asia is a main distribution area of Gymnosphaera. However, the species diversity of Gymnosphaera is currently incompletely known in mainland Asia due to lacking critical revision. Here we present new findings of species diversity and their relationships to mainland Asian Gymnosphaera based on field surveys, the examination of herbarium collections, and phylogenetic analyses of sequences of multiple chloroplast and nuclear regions. Two new species, G. saxicola from southwestern Yunnan and G. bachmaensis from central Vietnam, are established. Traditionally recognized G. podophylla is revealed to be a complex, from which G. bonii is reinstated as a distinct species. Our phylogenetic analyses identified four clades within Gymnosphaera in mainland Asia: G. denticulata clade, G. gigantea clade, G. podophylla clade, and G. salletii clade. The new species G. saxicola, which is special for its saxicolous habitat, was resolved as sister to G. austroyunnanensis in the G. salletii clade. The newly discovered G. bachmaensis, which is characterized specially by the spathulate frond, was positioned in the G. podophylla clade, being sister to G. bonii. The mountainous region from south-central Vietnam northwards to western Yunnan is a diverse center of Gymnosphaera and more species of this group are probably to be discovered there.     

中国百合科(广义)植物趋同特征的讨论——浆果和蒴果

分类学家在讨论分类群之间的关系时,首先要分析分类性状的特点。其中有一种性状,所谓趋同性状者(Convergent character),常扰乱我们对分类群之间真正谱系关系的阐明,这是众所周知的事。     

Comparison between a native and exotic adelgid as hosts for Laricobius rubidus (Coleoptera: Derodontidae)

Laricobius rubidus LeConte, native to eastern North America whose primary host is Pineus strobi Hartig, has been observed in association with Adelges tsugae, an exotic and lethal pest of hemlock trees in eastern North America. Pineus strobi and A. tsugae were used to evaluate host preference and suitability of this predatory beetle to determine in part its suitability as a potential biological control agent of A. tsugae. In a paired-choice oviposition test, L. rubidus preferred to oviposit in P. strobi ovisacs over those of A. tsugae. However, in the no-choice oviposition test, there was no significant difference in the mean number of eggs laid by L. rubidus females in P. strobi or A. tsugae ovisacs. There were no significant differences in larval developmental time or survivorship for L. rubidus reared on a diet of either P. strobi or A. tsugae. Laricobius rubidus completed development to the adult stage on A. tsugae indicating that it is a suitable host and therefore has the potential to contribute to biological control of A. tsugae in the eastern United States. The introduction of a congener, Laricobius nigrinus to eastern North America may result in competition with L. rubidus on A. tsugae, but the inability of L. nigrinus to complete development on P. strobi suggests that the two congeners will not compete on the primary host of L. rubidus.     

Differentiation among three species of bovine Thelazia (Nematoda: Thelaziidae) by polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism of the first internal transcribed spacer ITS-1 (rDNA).

Thelazia gulosa, Thelazia rhodesi and Thelazia skrjabini are nematodes transmitted by some species of Musca (Diptera: Muscidae) which cause ocular infestations in bovines. Differences in the rDNA of these species were determined by a PCR using different sets of relatively conserved oligonucleotide primers. PCR on the first internal transcribed spacer (ITS-1) revealed differences in size in Thelazia species (437 bp for T. gulosa, 370 bp for T. rhodesi and 506 bp for T. skrjabini) while the DNA control of Musca spp. was not amplified. The ITS-1 amplicons of the three species were sequenced and then analysed. The GC contents ranged from 26 to 36% and the level of differences in the nucleotide sequences of ITS-1 was lower between T. skrjabini and T. gulosa (39%) than the latter and T. rhodesi (49–56%). Restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) of ITS-1 amplicons was also carried out and the restriction profiles compared. Clear genetic differences among the three Thelazia examined were demonstrated by using the enzymes HpaII, CpoI and SspI. This PCR–RFLP for the delineation of T. gulosa, T. rhodesi and T. skrjabini offers prospects as a molecular epidemiological tool to study parasite transmission patterns and prevalence.     

黄曲霉拮抗菌Bacillus amyloliquefaciens B10-6-1产生的脂肽类抗生素的分离和鉴别

本文旨在对黄曲霉拮抗菌Bacillus amyloliquefaciens B10-6-1的脂肽类抗生素相关基因进行克隆,对其所产生的脂肽类抗生素进行组分分离,对有抑菌活性的脂肽类抗生素进行结构鉴别。以解淀粉芽孢杆菌B10-6-1基因组DNA为模板,采用PCR方法对ItuA、ItuB、ItuC、ItuD、FenA、FenB、FenD、Sfp、bmyA、bmyB、bmyC合成基因进行DNA扩增。将该菌发酵液经过离心、酸沉淀、甲醇抽提等步骤得到脂肽类抗生素的粗提物,采用高效液相色谱法分离,对收集的洗脱峰组分进行体外抑菌试验,对有抑菌活性的组分进行液质（HPLC-ESI-MS）分析。PCR扩增检测结果显示黄曲霉菌拮抗菌B10-6-1能扩增出ItuA、ItuC、ItuD、FenA、FenD、Sfp、bmyA、bmyB、bmyC合成基因,未能扩增出ItuB、FenB合成基因。高效液相色谱法收集到7种组分,体外抑菌试验证明组分5和7有抑菌活性。经液质测定,组分5和组分7分别为脂肽类抗生素C₁₄Bacillocnycin D和C₁₅Bacillocnycin D。本研究探明了黄曲霉菌拮抗菌B10-6-1所产生的天然抑菌活性成分,为该菌用于黄曲霉菌的生物防治奠定了理论基础。     

Phylogenetic relationships and the maternal donor of Roegneria (Triticeae: Poaceae) based on three nuclear DNA sequences (ITS,Acc1, and Pgk1) and one chloroplast region (trnL-F)

Roegneria is a polyploid perennial genus in the tribe Triticeae. Some species of Roegneria are morphologically similar to genus Elymus and have been classified in Elymus. To investigate the delimitation and phylogenetic relationships of Roegneria, nuclear (ITS, Acc1, and Pgk1) and chloroplast (trnL–trnF) DNA regions were sequenced for 38 allopolyploid species and 32 diploid species of Triticeae. Phylogenetic analyses of nuclear DNA revealed that all Roegneria species were included in the St and Y genome clades, and that the Y genome was closely related to the V and Xp genomes. The chloroplast DNA dataset showed that Roegneria species were grouped with Pseudoroegneria species. The Pseudoroegneria species from the Middle East (P. libanotica and P. tauri) and Central Asia (P. strigosa) were more closely related to Roegneria species. The results suggested that: (i) the species containing the St and Y genomes should be segregated from Elymus and treated as a distinct genus, Roegneria, based on the genomic constitution; (ii) P. libanotica, P. tauri, and/or P. strigosa potentially served as the maternal donor of the St genome in Roegneria; (iii) The Y genome of Roegneria originated from a diploid Y genome species, and the V and Xp genomes may have contributed to Y genome formation; (iv) among Roegneria species of previously uncertain genomic constitution, R. seriotina was tetraploid and possessed the StY genomes, E. calcicolus was hexaploid with the StYH genomic constitution and should be classified in Campeiostachys, R. glaucifolia possessed the StStY genomes, and R. tschimganica had the genomic constitution St₁St₂Y.     

Synthesis of long chain n-3 and n-6 fatty acids having a photoactive conjugated tetraene group

Fatty acids of the n-3 and n-6 families containing a photoactive conjugated tetraene group near the carboxylate were prepared from several naturally occurring fatty acids by sequential iodolactonization and treatment with excess 1,8-diazabicyclo[5.4.0]undec-7-ene. The new conjugated fatty acids include 5E,7E,9E,11Z,14Z- and 5E,7E,9E,11E,14Z-eicosapentaenoic acids derived from arachidonic acid; 5E,7E,9E,11Z,14Z,17Z- and 5E,7E,9E,11E,14Z,17Z-eicosahexaenoic acids from eicosapentaenoic acid; and 4E,6E,8E,10Z,13Z,16Z,19Z- and 4E,6E,8E,10E,13Z,16Z,19Z-docosaheptaenoic acids from docosahexaenoic acid. All of the newly synthesized fatty acids were characterized by UV, ¹H NMR and mass spectroscopy. These new products represent the first examples of directed conjugation of methylene interrupted double bond systems. The products can be synthesized in gram quantities and in high yields (>50%). Interestingly, it did not prove possible to synthesize fatty acids having a triene group near the carboxyl group even using mild conditions and different synthetic approaches. Once initiated, the isomerization always continued until a tetraene group was formed. Because of the sensitivity of the tetraene group to light, these fatty acids have the potential for being used in tracking fatty acid movements in cells employing fluorescence techniques and in UV light-induced cross linking to membrane proteins.