兰科盆距兰属（Gastrochilus）植物的修订

本文对盆距兰属（Ｇａｓｔｒｏｃｈｉｌｕｓ）植物作了修订,共分３个组,含４６种和１变种,其中１个组（Ｓｅｃｔ．Ｃａｅｓｐｉｔｏｓｉ）和８个种（Ｇ．ｃａｒｎｓｕｓ,Ｇ．ｇａｒｈｗａｌｅｎｓｉｓ,Ｇ．ｌｉｎｅａｒｉｆｏｌｉｕｓ,Ｇ．ｇｕａｎｇｔｕｎｇｅｎｓｉｓ,Ｇ．ｓｕｂｐａｐｉｌｌｏｓｕｓ,Ｇ．ｎａｎｃｈｕａｎｅｎｓｉｓ,Ｇ．ｓａｃｃａｔｕｓａｎｄＧ．ｇｏｎｇｓｈａｎｅｎｓｉｓ）为新的,首次在本文作了描述报导。本属属的形态特征,研究历史和订正后属下的分类群检索表,种的文献引证、简短的特征记要和地理分布以及在属中被排除的分类单位索引均提供在本文。     

庐山野生观赏植物资源多样性及持续利用对策

庐山是我国著名的风景旅游和避暑胜地,也是我国中亚热带北缘植物多样性的宝库．本文在广泛调查、收集、整理的基础上,研究了庐山野生观赏植物资源多样性特征、分布、类型及其配置．本区分布有野生观赏植物５２８种,隶属于１１５科２９０属,其中乔木类１３８种,灌木类１４０种,藤木类５２种,草本类１９８种．并根据开发与保护现状对庐山野生观赏植物资源多样性的持续利用提出了切实可行的对策．     

A Novel Class of Herbicides (Specific Inhibitors of Imidazoleglycerol Phosphate Dehydratase)

A new mode of herbicidal action was established by finding specific inhibitors of imidazoleglycerol phosphate dehydratase, an enzyme of histidine (His) biosynthesis. Three triazole phosphonates inhibited the reaction of the enzyme with Ki values of 40 [plus or minus] 6.5, 10 [plus or minus] 1.6, and 8.5 [plus or minus] 1.4 nM, respectively, and were highly cytotoxic to cultured plant cells. This effect was completely reversed by the addition of His, proving that the cytotoxicity was primarily caused by the inhibition of His biosynthesis. These inhibitors showed wide-spectrum, postemergent herbicidal activity at application rates ranging from 0.05 to 2 kg/ha.     

Structural evolution of wheat chromosomes 4A, 5A,and 7B and its impact on recombination

The construction of comparative genetic maps of chromosomes 4A^m and 5A^m of Triticum monococcum and chromosomes of homoeologous groups 4, 5 and 7 of T. aestivum has provided insight into the evolution of these chromosomes. The structures of chromosomes 4A, 5A and 7B of modern-day hexaploid bread wheat can be explained by a 4AL/5AL translocation that occurred at the diploid level and is present both in T. monococcum and T. aestivum. Three further rearrangements, a 4AL/7BS translocation, a pericentric inversion and a paracentric inversion, have taken place in the tetraploid progenitor of hexaploid wheat. These structural rearrangements and the evolution of chromosomes 4A, 5A and 7B of bread wheat are discussed. The presence of the 4AL/5AL translocation in several Triticeae genomes raises two questions — which state is the more primitive, and is the translocation of mono- or poly-phylogenetic origin? The rearrangements that have occurred in chromosome 4A resulted in segments of both arms having different positions relative to the telomere, compared to 4A^m and to 4B and 4D. Comparisons of map length in these regions indicate that genetic length is a function of distance from the telomere, with the distal regions showing the highest recombination.     

Syntheses, spectra and crystal structures of ruthenium(II) complexes with polypyridyl: [Ru(bipy)2(phen)](ClO4)2 · H2O and [Ru(bipy)2(Me-phen)](ClO4)2

Two ruthenium(II) complexes with polypyridyl, Ru(bipy)₂(phen)](ClO₄)₂·H₂O (1) and [Ru(bipy)₂(Me-phen)](ClO₄)₂ (2), (phen = 1,10-phenanthroline, bipy = 2,2′-bipyridine, Me-phen = 5-methyl-1,10-phenanthroline), were synthesized and characterized by IR, MS and NMR spectra. Their structures were determined by single crystal X-ray diffraction techniques. The strong steric interaction between the polypyridyl ligands was relieved neither by the elongation of the Ru---N bonds nor increase of the N---Ru---N bite angles. The coordination sphere was distorted to relieve the ligand interaction by forming specific angles (δ) between the polypyridyl ligand planes and coordination planes (N---Ru---N), and forming larger twisted angles between the two pyridine rings for each bipy. The bond distances of Ru---N(bipy) and Ru---N(phen) were virtually identical with experimental error, as expected of π back-bonding interactions which statistically involve each of the ligands present in the coordination sphere.     

Mutant Escherichia coli penicillin acylase with enhanced stability at alkaline pH

Increased stability at alkaline pH should be a valuable attribute for the utilization of penicillin acylase in bioreactors employed to convert penicillins into 6-aminopenicillanic acid, a precursor of semisynthetic penicillins. In these systems, base is added for pH control, which results in local alkaline conditions that promote enzyme inactivation. Hydrolysis and synthesis reactions are also pH dependent. Here, we report work in which the gene coding for Escherichia coli penicillin acylase was subjected to oligonucleotide-directed random mutagenesis at regions coding for amino acids predicted to be at the surface of the enzyme. The resulting mutant library, cloned in E. coli, was screened by a filter paper assay of the colonies for the presence of penicillin acylase activity with enhanced stability at alkaline pH. Characterization of one of the selected clones revealed the presence of a mutation, Trp431-Arg, which would presumably alter the surface charge of the protein. In vitro experiments demonstrated a near twofold increase in the half-life of the mutant enzyme when stored at pH 8.5 as compared with the wild-type enzyme, with a comparable specific activity at several pH values. In general, the mutant displayed increased stability toward the basic side in the pH-stability profile. (c) 1995 John Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Copy number determination of different derivatives of the streptomycete mini-plasmid pSLG33

Copy numbers of the streptomycete plasmid vector pRS410 and five other recombinant plasmid derivatives of the original cryptic streptomycete plasmid pSLG33 were determined using calibrated laser densitometry. DNA preparations, electrophoretically separated on agarose gels, were stained with ethidium bromide, photographed and the negatives were subsequently scanned in a laser densitometer. The pSLG33 replicon is very stable, as no effect of the selective pressure was observed. It is a multicopy plasmid with up to 220 detected copies per chromosome. The use of deletion and/or insertion mutants allowed us to define two regions of the pSLG33 molecule involved in the control of plasmid replication.     

国产前原鹅观草的订正

对我国文献中记载的前原鹅观草（Ｒｏｅｇｎｅｒｉａｍａｙｅｂａｒａｎａ（Ｈｏｎｄａ）Ｏｈｗｉ）的标本和植物,与原产于日本的该种进行了比较形态学、细胞学研究,二者差异显著。作者认为我国所记载的该种种名应是山东鹅观草（Ｒｏｅｇｎｅｒｉａｓｈａｎｄｏｎｇｅｎｓｉｓ（Ｂ．Ｓａｌｏｍｏｎ）Ｊ．Ｌ．Ｙａｎｇ,Ｙ．Ｈ．ＺｈｏｕｅｔＹｅｎ）,其内稃先端钝圆,长为外稃的３／４,染色体数为２ｎ＝４ｘ＝２８,具ＳＹ染色体组,结实率达９０％以上,过去被错定为Ｒ．ｍａｙｅｂａｒａｎａ。而Ｒ．ｍａｙｅｂａｒａｎａ在日本系一天然杂种,其内稃先端尖,与外稃等长或稍短,染色体数为２ｎ＝６ｘ＝４２,具ＨＳＹ染色体组,结实率极低,仅０．２％～０．４％。     

Speciation in monogonont rotifers

Monogonont rotifers are cyclical parthenogens livingin limnic habitats with considerable seasonalvariation and often with island-like features. Theoccurrence of bisexual reproduction in these organismsmakes it feasible to define fields for generecombination, i.e. biological species. In thispaper, we analyze the structure of the diversity inmonogonont rotifers using several data sets: taxonomicand intraspecific diversity as reported inidentification keys, morphological variation reportedin ecological studies, and allozyme and matingbehavior patterns. Our analysis suggests that siblingspecies may be frequent in rotifers. Monogonontrotifers seem to meet conditions for an activespeciation, which might be particularly promoted byseasonal specialization and timing of bisexualreproduction.