核因子-κB与炎症

NF-κB是近年来研究较多的一类重要的转录因子,它参与许多与免疫炎症有关的细胞因子、粘附分子的转录调控,在免疫反应、炎症的形成过程中起重要作用.抑制NF-κB的活性,可能有助于炎症的治疗.     

种植牧草在白浆土改良中的作用

研究了农田生态系统中引种紫花苜蓿对土壤生态环境的影响。结果表明,紫花苜蓿种植3年以后,白浆土的通气孔隙增加2.37—5.34％,渗透系数增加0.7—5.5倍,土壤有机碳增加0.349—0.600％,作物产量平均提高25％。种植苜蓿比单种作物的产投比高0.36—0.39。     

<Emphasis Type="Italic">Glycomyces halotolerans</Emphasis> sp. nov., a novel actinomycete isolated from a hypersaline habitat in Xinjiang,China

A novel actinomycete strain, designated TRM 40137^T, was isolated from a hypersaline habitat in Xinjiang Province, north-west China, and subjected to a polyphasic taxonomic study. The strain was aerobic, Gram-positive and the optimum NaCl concentration for growth was 4–5% (w/v). Phylogenetic analysis showed that strain TRM 40137^T has a 16S rRNA gene sequence similarity of 95.02% with the described species Glycomyces sambucus E71^T and can be distinguished from all previously described representatives of the genus Glycomyces. The whole-cell sugar pattern consisted of xylose and galactose. The predominant menaquinone was MK-10(H₂) and the major fatty acids were anteiso-C15:0 and anteiso-C17:0. The phospholipid pattern consists of phosphatidylglycerol, diphosphatidylglycerol, three unknown aminophospholipids and two unknown phospholipids. The G+C content of the genomic DNA was 68.8 mol%. A novel species Glycomyces halotolerans sp. nov. is proposed, with strain TRM 40137^T (=CCTCC AA 2010013^T = KCTC 19988^T) as the type strain of G. halotolerans.