四川美姑、汉源黑颈鹤迁徙停歇地环境调查

于2005年及2006年春季在云南大山包和贵州草海给8只黑颈鹤(Grus nigricollis)放置了卫星发射器,观察结果表明,其中6只黑颈鹤至少完成了一次完整的春季或秋季迁徙。黑颈鹤在四川省汉源停歇的乡镇包括:乌斯河镇、河南、坭美、梨园、宜东、三交坪和皇木;在美姑停歇的乡镇包括:柳洪、依果觉、农作、拉木阿觉、炳途、瓦古、峨曲古龙门和尼哈。2005年6月4~8日和2006年6月8~14日实地考察了汉源和美姑两县的黑颈鹤停歇地点。黑颈鹤在两县的停歇地点都在海拔1900m以上且人为活动稀少的区域,或为草甸覆盖的高山浑圆山头,或为高山缓坡的林间空旷草地。     

Ginkgo biloba: The Ovuliferous Leaf and Its Phylogenetic Implication

This paper reports the occurrence of the ovuliferous leaves on a Maidenhair tree (Ginkgo biloba)growing in Longdong, Yiyuan County, Shandong Province. This phenomenon is discussed in connection with the history of Ginkgoales. It is believed that this discovery serves as an illustration of the hypothesis that the secondary apical position of ovules (Ginkgoales) is a modification of the marginal position (Pteridospermidae). Again, it probably leads to the assumption that, in Ginkgo, “the foliage leaves” bear some features of “thesporophylls” and they are derived from telomes.     

Tw近交系小鼠的遗传鉴定和罕见基因分析

目的通过等位基因酶的生化多态性可以发现小鼠DNA的序列多态性,为人类疾病基因鉴定和动物实验的研究提供丰富的动物基因库,为科研工作提供宝贵资源。方法应用国产生化标记检测试剂盒,采用遗传生化检测方法,对天津市卫生防病中心自主培育的近交系小鼠进行Akp-1(碱性磷酸酶-1)等二十五个生化位点标记基因检测。结果经检测发现TW(Tianjin wild)小鼠在Amy1(淀粉酶-1),Es2(酯酶-2),Es3(酯酶-3),Es10(酯酶-10),Gpd1(葡萄糖磷酸脱氢酶-1),Hbb(血红蛋白β链),Np1(核苷酸磷酸化酶-1),Pgm2(磷酸葡萄糖变位酶-2)共八个生化位点发现罕见基因。结论检测国内新品系的遗传生化基因位点,发现罕见基因型。     

大麦产量相关基因HvYrg1的克隆及植物RNA干扰载体的构建

大麦谷粒是受多个数量性状基因(QTL)控制的复杂性状,而RING E3泛素连接酶在决定大麦产量和蛋白质降解途径中起到极为重要的作用。本研究按照同源克隆的方法,依据水稻、拟南芥、玉米、小麦和酵母等E3泛素连接酶保守区域设计引物,采用RT-PCR方法从西藏大麦中克隆出产量相关基因HvYrg1全长cDNA序列,包括完整的开放阅读框架(ORF)1 275 bp,编码蛋白为424个氨基酸(GenBank No. EU333863)。同源性比较结果显示,它与GenBank上已报道的水稻GW2基因同源性最高为86%。以植物表达载体pCAMBIA2300-35s-OCS质粒为基础,构建由35s启动子调控的HvYrg1基因的RNA干扰载体pCAM-RNAi-HvYrg1。这一载体的成功构建为研究该基因在作物产量的功能鉴定打下了很好的基础。     

小麦雄性不育遗传及基因定位研究进展

雄性不育的研究对于杂种优势的利用具有重要意义。本文综述了小麦雄性不育遗传及基因定位研究进展,介绍了小麦雄性不育的基因工程,对小麦雄性不育的应用进行了讨论。 Abstract:The study of plant male sterility plays an important role on utilization of heterosis.This paper reviews the current status of the studies of the heredity and mapping of the male sterile genes in wheat and the gene engineering of wheat male sterility.The application of male sterility in wheat breeding is discussed.     

贵州草海越冬黑颈鹤觅食栖息地选择的初步研究

本文报道了利用Friedman非参数统计方法,研究越冬黑颈鹤(Grus nigricollis)在贵州草海对其觅食栖息地选择的结果。在草海的黑颈鹤越冬觅食栖息地可分为5种——莎草草甸、浅水沼泽、草地、玉米地和蔬菜地。黑颈鹤对莎草草甸的选择性最高,对玉米地的选择性最差,对其余类型栖息地的选择随地点的不同而不同。草海的人为活动很多,是影响黑颈鹤利用和选择栖息地的一个重要因素。本文也对改善黑颈鹤越冬栖息地的管理和保护提出了一些建议。     

Uncovering the Catalytic Direction of Chondroitin AC Exolyase: FROM THE REDUCING END TOWARDS THE NON-REDUCING END*

Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) are polysaccharides that play vital functional roles in numerous biological processes, and compounds belonging to this class have been implicated in a wide variety of diseases. Chondroitin AC lyase (ChnAC) (EC 4.2.2.5) catalyzes the degradation of various GAGs, including chondroitin sulfate and hyaluronic acid, to give the corresponding disaccharides containing an Δ⁴-unsaturated uronic acid at their non-reducing terminus. ChnAC has been isolated from various bacteria and utilized as an enzymatic tool for study and evaluating the sequencing of GAGs. Despite its substrate specificity and the fact that its crystal structure has been determined to a high resolution, the direction in which ChnAC catalyzes the cleavage of oligosaccharides remain unclear. Herein, we have determined the structural cues of substrate depolymerization and the cleavage direction of ChnAC using model substrates and recombinant ChnAC protein. Several structurally defined oligosaccharides were synthesized using a chemoenzymatic approach and subsequently cleaved using ChnAC. The degradation products resulting from this process were determined by mass spectrometry. The results revealed that ChnAC cleaved the β1,4-glycosidic linkages between glucuronic acid and glucosamine units when these bonds were located on the reducing end of the oligosaccharide. In contrast, the presence of a GlcNAc-α-1,4-GlcA unit at the reducing end of the oligosaccharide prevented ChnAC from cleaving the GalNAc-β1,4-GlcA moiety located in the middle or at the non-reducing end of the chain. These interesting results therefore provide direct proof that ChnAC cleaves oligosaccharide substrates from their reducing end toward their non-reducing end. This conclusion will therefore enhance our collective understanding of the mode of action of ChnAC.