Short-term climatic trends affect the temporal variability of macroinvertebrates in California 'Mediterranean' streams

1. Long‐term studies in ecology are essential for understanding natural variability and in interpreting responses to disturbances and human perturbations. We assessed the long‐term variability, stability and persistence of macroinvertebrate communities by analysing data from three regions in northern California with a mediterranean‐climate. During the study period, precipitation either increased or decreased, and extreme drought events occurred in each region. 2. Temporal trends in precipitation resulted in shifts from ‘dry‐year’ communities, dominated by taxa adapted to no or low flow, to ‘wet‐year’ communities dominated by taxa adapted to high flows. The abundance of chironomid larvae was an important driver of community change. Directional change in community composition occurred at all sites and was correlated with precipitation patterns, with more dramatic change occurring in smaller streams. 3. All communities exhibited high to moderate persistence (defined by the presence/absence of a species) and moderate to low stability (defined by changes in abundance) over the study period. Stability and persistence were correlated with climatic variation (precipitation and El Niño Southern Oscillation) and stream size. Stability and persistence increased as a result of drought in small streams (first‐order) but decreased in larger streams (second‐ and third‐order). Communities from the dry season were less stable than those from the wet‐season. 4. This study demonstrates the importance of long‐term studies in capturing the effects of and recovery from rare events, such as the prolonged and extreme droughts considered here.     

毛细管电泳飞摩尔水平分析糖蛋白中唾液酸

利用毛细管电泳分析唾液酸2-氨基吖啶酮(AMAC)衍生物方法, 可在飞摩尔水平分析糖蛋白中唾液酸. 重组人促红细胞生成素(rhu-EPO)、人尿胰蛋白酶抑制剂(hu-UTI)中唾液酸分析结果与文献值符合较好; 而牛α₁-酸性糖蛋白(α₁-AGP)分析结果与早期文献值相比, 存在一定差异, 并发现该糖蛋白中除含有5-N-乙酰氨基唾液酸(Neu5Ac)外, 还含数量与Neu5Ac相当的5-N-乙醇酰氨基唾液酸(Neu5Gc).     

Tyroserleutide tripeptide affects calcium homeostasis of human hepatocarcinoma BEL-7402 cells

Copyright by Science in China Press 2005 Primary hepatocarcinoma is one of the most fre-quent digestive-tract cancers, particularly in China. The incidence and death rate of primary hepatocarci-noma in China is the highest in the world, with about 1100 thousands people dying from primary hepatocar-cinoma per year[1]. Although the chemotherapeutic agents are the main therapeutic approach for hepato- carcinoma, they are relatively ineffective and result in many toxic and side effects. Accordin…     

一种鸡胚胎心率记录的新方法

鸡胚胎是一种被广泛应用于发育生物学研究的实验材料。在以鸡胚胎为动物模型的各项研究工作中,心率常被看作是一个很重要的反应胚胎生理活动指标。本文详细介绍了一种侵入性的心电记录新方法,在正常的生理条件下通过记录鸡胚胎心电的变化来监测心率。首先在蛋壳上钻孔,将电极插入蛋内,然后通过放大器放大,A／D板转换,将心电信号输入电脑进行分析处理,提取与心率相关的信息。这种记录方式对胚胎损伤较小,不影响胚胎的正常发育;具有灵敏度高,操作简单,容易掌握等特点。     

香彩雀的组织培养与快速繁殖

1 植物名称香彩雀(Angelonia salicariifolia Humb.). 2 材料类别顶芽和带节茎段. 3 培养条件以MS为基本培养基.(1)诱导芽萌发及分化的培养基为:MS+NAA 0.5 mg·L-1(单位下同)+6-BA 0.2;(2)增殖培养基为:MS+NAA0.25;(3)生根培养基为:MS.     

NO参与γ-氨基丁酸促进白三叶种子的萌发过程

白三叶种子用不同浓度γ-氨基丁酸（GABA）处理后,低浓度GABA处理的白三叶种子萌发速率和一氧化氮（NO）含量显著提高;NO清除剂cPTIO和硝酸还原酶（NR）抑制剂叠氮钢（NaN3）显著抑制GABA促进的白三叶种子萌发过程,而一氧化氮合酶（NOS）抑制剂L-NAME对GABA促进白三叶种子萌发的影响不显著。据此推测,GABA促进白三叶种子萌发过程中可能有NO参与,并且NO的产生主要依赖于硝酸还原酶途径。     

18种绣线菊分子身份证的构建和SCAR标记转化

取北方常见的18种绣线菊,用200条RAPD随机引物进行扩增,选出10条引物扩增出的清晰稳定、重复性好的图谱进行数据分析。10条引物共检测出51个位点。对凝胶电泳得到的谱带统计结果并赋值,用IDAnalysis 1.0软件进行数据分析的结果表明,仅需6条引物对应的7个位点可将18种绣线菊完全区分。在RAPD扩增过程中,找到三裂绣线菊的特异标记SL700,并将此标记转化成SCAR标记,这一特异标记在分子水平可将三裂绣线菊与其他17种绣线菊区分开来。     

两种绣线菊低温锻炼与脱锻炼处理对蛋白质表达的影响

通过2维双向电泳法,研究抗寒能力与光合能力不同的金山绣线菊与华北绣线菊,低温锻炼处理对蛋白质表达所产生的影响。结果表明,低温锻炼处理对2种绣线菊蛋白质表达的影响显著不同,在低温锻炼与脱锻炼处理中,金山绣线菊产生低温诱导特异蛋白,华北绣线菊没有低温诱导特异蛋白表达;蛋白质双向电泳图谱分析表明,华北绣线菊与金山绣线菊经过低温锻炼后发生蛋白质差异表达,经质谱鉴定其中的3种显著差异表达的蛋白质分别为2种未知新蛋白,2种未知蛋白的部分氨基酸序列分别为VSHLAGFSSNNPK、LKADKPTLLSEAK;DPNDHPNPFTVK、DGNGFFLYLLDPDSSK、NGDGMFLYLLDGLESK,另一种差异蛋白为抗坏血酸过氧化物酶;低温锻炼处理使绣线菊中与光合作用密切相关的蛋白质抗坏血酸过氧化物酶发生了显著的变化。     

中国新叶蠊属一新种和一新记录种记述(蜚蠊目：姬蠊科)

In the present paper, Neoloboptera Princis is reviewed and one new species, Neoloboptera choui Che, sp. nov., and one new record species, N. reesei Roth, are described and illustrated. All type specimens are kept in the Insect Collection of Southwest University (SWU).     

面部激素依赖性皮炎合并真菌感染的危险因素及真菌学研究

糖皮质激素（以下简称激素）依赖性皮炎是由于长期滥用或误用激素外用制剂引起的皮肤慢性炎症,以面部较为常见^[1]。临床上时而遇到激素依赖皮炎并发真菌感染的情况,为了解引发激素依赖皮炎合并真菌感染的危险因素及致病菌情况,现将本科近年诊治的236例激素依赖性皮炎及真菌学检查结果分析如下。