Binding characterization of the iron transport receptor from the outer membrane of Escherichia coli (FepA): differentiation between FepA and FecA

The dissociation constants for the binding of ferric enterobactin with FepA and FecA are quantitated with displacement experiments. It is found that K _d for FepA is 12 times lower than the one for FecA. This indicates that FepA is an high-affinity receptor while FecA binds ferric enterobactin with a lower affinity. Monoclonal antibodies specific for binding epitopes of FepA inhibit the binding of ferric enterobactin with purified FepA. These same antibodies do not inhibit the binding of ferric enterobactin with purified FecA. This indicates that the binding epitopes in FecA and FepA are different.     

中国粗叶本属（茜草科）的植物地理研究

本文研究了中国产粗叶本属植物３０种４亚种和７变种的地理分布,划分出三个分布区类型,十二个变型和四个亚变型。根据种多度和分布特征,中国粗叶本属植物在分布上表现出与中国的热带雨林、季雨林区,南亚热带常绿阔叶林带和中亚热带常绿阔叶林带相匹配的分布规律,并受几条植物地理界线的作用。通过对地理替代类群和一些特殊分布式样的分析,显示了所谓的“田中线”和一条北起四川峨眉向南经贵州西南部至广西西部的界线对粗叶木种的分布,特别是对中国－喜马拉雅和中国－日本替代分布具有明显的作用。这导致笔者认为“田中线”作为中国－日本分布的西界而另一第线作为中国－喜马拉雅分布的东界。进一步的分析还揭示由云南南部沿缅甸、泰国向南延伸的横断山余脉既充做一条植物南－北迁移的通道又是一条中南半岛西部（印－缅）与东部（印度支那－华南）的植物地理界线。     

拉萨郊区藏族的指纹研究

本文报道了拉萨郊区５１７例（男２２６人,女２９１人）藏族健康人的指纹参数正常值、调查分析了指纹类型、指纹组合、指纹指数和指嵴纹计数。比较了藏族不同居群、不同民族和人种间的差异。结果表明,藏族有自己的指纹特点,又显著蒙古人种的一般特征。     

巴拉巴按蚊人工交配中雄蚊蚊龄与受精率的关系

自McDaniel和Horsfall(1957)介绍了伊蚊的人工交配法后,许多原来在实验室内不易自然交配,因而无法繁殖的蚊种,已可在室内大量繁殖以供实验研究之用。1966年Esah和Scanlon用人工交配法,在室内饲养巴拉巴按蚊获得成功。国内四川医学院及成都生物制品研究所亦于1976年在室内同时建立了海南白沙巴拉巴按蚊品系。由于工作的需要,我们通过人工交配对该蚊种进行了饲养繁殖。但在多次人工交配中,雌蚊受精率常不一致,有时只有30％左右,有时则可高达80％以上。这种受精率的不稳定是否与雄蚊蚊龄有相应关系?为此,我们用羽化后12天以内不同日龄的雄蚊,分别进行了人工交配,以观察雄蚊日龄与其对雌蚊授精率之间,有无必然的相应关系。     

十三种农田常见步(虫甲)的食性

步科昆虫食性比较复杂,有的种类猎食害虫,有的为害农作物。所以,在天敌昆虫资源调查和开发利用上,有必要查明农田步(虫甲)的种类和它们的食性。鉴于多种步(虫甲)喜土栖而夜出活动,其经济意义难以了解,我们于1980—1981年间,采取室内饲养试验的方法,初步查明13种农田常见步(虫甲)的食性及其猎食对象。现简要报道如下。     

6_m2细胞转化与肌醇磷脂代谢相关性研究

肌醇磷脂代谢与V-mos癌基因转化细胞的相关性,迄今为止未见报导。本文用6m2细胞(Moloney鼠类肉瘤病毒(含V-mos)温度敏感突变株(MoMuSVts110)转化的NRK细胞)为模型,探讨了肌醇磷脂代谢与细胞转化的相关性。在33℃ (转化型温度)时,细胞内PIP(磷脂酰肌醇-4-磷酸)含量明显高于39℃(正常型温度),显示出转化型6m2细胞中存在一个提高的PI激酶活性。同时可见DG(二酰甘油)和IP_3(肌醇三磷酸)含量和蛋白激酶C(PKC)活性均明显高于正常型细胞。当细胞由39℃转至33℃10min,PIP、DG、IP_3含量和PKC活性均明显增加,并伴随有PKC活性由胞质向质膜上的转移。实验结果表明肌醇磷脂代谢参与了6m2细胞转化过程。文中对其作用机理进行了讨论。     

Ultrastructure of the micropyle and its relationship to pollen tube growth and synergid degeneration in sunflower

Summary Ultrastructural studies made on the micropyle of sunflower before and after pollination resulted in the following observations. (1) The micropyle is closed instead of a hole or canal. The inner epidermis of the integument on both sides of the micropyle is in close contact at the apex of the ovule. The boundary between the two sides consists of two layers of epidermal cuticle. (2) The micropyle contains a transmitting tissue. The micropyle is composed of an intercellular matrix produced by the epidermal cells of the integument. (3) The micropyle is asymmetrical, and is much wider on the side proximal to the funicle. On the funicle side the cells adjacent to the micropyle are similar to those of the transmitting tissue: they have large amounts of intercellular matrix and contain abundant dictyosomes, rough ER, and starch grains, and provide an appropriate environment for growth of the pollen tubes. The cells distal to the funicle are rich in rough ER and lipid bodies; they lack large intercellular spaces. (4) The micropyle is variable in the axial direction, i.e., it is much larger and more asymmetric at the level distal to the embryo sac than at a level close to the embryo sac. After pollination, one to four pollen tubes are seen in a micropyle. During their passage through the micropyle, most pollen tubes are restricted to the side proximal to the funicle. There is a greater tendency (81%) for the degenerate synergid to be located toward the funicle, i.e., at the same side as the pollen tube pathway. The data indicate a close relationship between micropyle organization, orientation of pollen tube growth, and synergid degeneration.     

Measurement of free amino acid levels in ultrafiltrates of blood plasma by high-performance liquid chromatography with automatic pre-column derivatization

Although there are many techniques available for the analysis of amino acids, deproteinization is still one of the major problems in the analysis of amino acids in physiological fluids. The method used to prepare the plasma and to remove the plasma protein has a marked effect on the final results. The most widely used method of deproteinization is precipitation with 5-sulphosalicylic acid followed by centrifugation to remove the precipitated protein. We have not had success in using this deproteinization agent for the analysis of plasma amino acids by a high-performance liquid chromatographic method with automatic pre-column o-phthaldialdehyde—3-mercaptopropionic acid and 9-fluorenylmethyl chloroformate derivatization because of the adverse effect of the sulphosalicyclic acid supernatant on the quantitation and separation. Ultrafiltration was used as an alternative method for the preparation of plasma samples in this experiment. The results were satisfactory for the analysis of plasma amino acids in 1500 samples during a period of four years. Some factors that might influence the results of the ultrafiltration were investigated.     

中华按蚊在实验室内的自然交配习性

1973年我们在上海曾对宝山县中华按蚊(Anopheles sinensis)进行了室内饲养,通过自然交配繁殖了8代。1975年又对重庆郊区的中华按蚊同样地进行了室内累代饲育。近几年来文献上报道:未经驯化的中华按蚊,在实验室内常规饲养条件下,不易发生自然交配(Oguma和Kanda,1976;潘家复和韩罗珍,1979)。这一报道与我们的经验很不一致。为了弄清引起这种不一致的原因,以便改进饲养工作,我们特别对第一代中华按蚊在实验室内自然交配的某些规律,进行了观察。现将观察结果报告如下。