RFLP tagging of a salt tolerance gene in rice

A salt tolerant rice mutant (M-20) was obtained through selection in vitro. Its tolerance was stably inherited over eight generations and most traints between M-20 and its sensitive original 77–170 (Oryza sativa) were very similar. By deriving an F₂ population of M-20 × 77–170 and splitting every F₂ individual into two parts, with one part planted in normal conditions and another part in saline conditions, the inheritance of salt tolerance in rice was studied. Under normal conditions, there was no apparent segregation among F₂ individuals. Under saline conditions, however, the segregation of traits was obvious. According to our standards, the ratio of salt sensitive:moderately-tolerant:tolerant plants was 25:42:18, in accordance with a 1:2:1 ratio. It suggested that the improvement of salt tolerance in our materials was induced by the mutation of a major tolerant gene which showed incomplete dominance. By use of 130 RFLP probes distributed throughout the rice genome, the gene was tagged by a single copy DNA probe, RG4, which was located on chromosome 7. The genetic distance between the salt tolerant gene and RG4 was 7.0 ± 2.9 cM. Based on the split method, a method which could be currently used to evaluate the damage of salt stress in rice was proposed.     

标志技术在研究小皱蝽成虫种群特征中的应用

应用标志－释放－回收技术研究小皱蝽成虫的主要种群特征,结果如下：（１）成虫扩散的偏离度Ｋｕ＝２．４,为一阶峻开曲线;（２）分别用Ｐｅｔｅｒｓｏｎ和Ｊａｃｋｓｏｎ方法对种群蜜度进行了估计,结果表明,Ｊａｃｋｓｏｎ的方法较好;（３）雄虫平均寿命４０－４５,虫平均寿命１２０－１３０。天。     

云南西部不同生境区域革螨群落的模糊聚类分析

云南西部10个不同生境区域小兽体表革螨群落经用模糊聚类分析,归并为4种群落类型：华南区室内生境型、华南区室外农耕地生境型、西南区室内生境型及西南区室外农耕地生境型。研究表明,生境的不同或在动物地理上位置的不同导致了革螨群落的差异。     

喀喇昆仑、昆仑山地区植物元素含量的区域分异和数量分析

对喀喇昆仑、昆仑山地区87种植物21个元素含量及区域分异的研究表明,Ca、Cr、Cd、Fe、V含量比高等植物含量偏高,Ph、P的含量偏低。同种植物在不同地点元素含量有差异。盐柴荒漠植物中Na、K、Mg、P含量较高;高山草甸、冰缘植被植物Ba、Ca、Fe、V、Ti含量较高。各植被类型植物元素含量Na/K差异最大,Ca/Mg较小,Fe/Al差异最小。其变异系数分别为153.5、20.5和15.9.%     

Synthesis of human insulin gene. VIII. Construction of expression vectors for fused proinsulin production in Escherichia coli

Analysis of Tn1725 insertions in the Pif+ plasmid pRS2496 showed the maximum limits of the F pif region to be between 43.7 and 47.15 on the 100-kb map of the F plasmid. The effect of these insertions on the expression of pif polypeptides indicated that two of the pif genes, pifA and pifC, lie within a polycistronic operon.     

氦氖激光对绵羊精清中酶活性效应的研究

本文研究结果表明低剂量的氦氖激光可以提高绵羊精清中GOT和LDH酶的活性,并对其机制作了初步的探讨。     

Altered processing of integrin receptors during keratinocyte activation

We used monoclonal antibodies against specific integrin subunits to examine the role of integrin receptors in keratinocyte activation. We found that before activation, beta 1 subunits in keratinocytes showed a diffuse distribution, whereas after activation, keratinocytes organized beta 1 receptors into marginal adhesion plaques. In immunoprecipitation experiments with antibodies against beta 1 integrin subunits, we found mostly immature subunits synthesized in keratinocytes freshly harvested from skin. Moreover, integrin receptor complexes immunoprecipitated from these cells by monoclonal antibodies against alpha 2, alpha 3, or alpha 5 subunits contained only immature beta 1 subunits. With keratinocytes cultured 4-7 days, anti-beta 1 antibodies immunoprecipitated mostly mature beta 1 subunits, and integrin complexes immunoprecipitated from cultured cells by anti-alpha subunit antibodies contained mostly mature beta 1 subunits. Antibodies directed against beta 1 subunits also inhibited keratinocyte migration. Based on these results, we suggest that up-regulation of migration by activated keratinocytes depends on changes in processing of pre-beta 1 subunits to mature beta 1 subunits. We also studied the distribution of integrin subunits in skin and on keratinocytes migrating out of skin explants. Whereas beta 1, alpha 2, and alpha 3 subunits were detected in keratinocytes in skin and migrating out of explants, alpha 5 subunits were observed only in migrating cells.     

Adenine affects the structure and stability of telomeric sequences.

Adenine occurs in the strand containing repeated G clusters in the telomeric DNA of a variety of organisms, including that of humans. The role of adenine has been investigated by constructing two sets of oligonucleotides each with one, two, or four copies of the telomeric sequence dTTTAGGG together with a control sequence in which T replaces the A residue, dTTTTGGG. Comparison of the stability and spectral properties of these two sequences in the presence of Na+ or K+ affords a basis for defining the role of adenine in these structures. In Na+, the A residue stabilizes the structure formed by each oligomer significantly, presumably by a base-pairing interaction with T. In K+, by contrast, there is little difference in stability. In two- and four-copy oligomers, the A sequence has a different structure from its T analog, as detected by CD spectroscopy. In the presence of either Na+ or K+, the tetraplexes of A and T interact with intercalators.     

Medial edge epithelium fate traced by cell lineage analysis during epithelial-mesenchymal transformation in vivo.

Vital cell labeling techniques were used to trace the fate of the medial edge epithelial (MEE) cells during palatal fusion in vivo. Mouse palatal tissues were labeled in utero with DiI. The fetuses continued to develop in utero and tissues of the secondary palate were examined at several later stages of palatal ontogeny. The presence and distribution of DiI was correlated with the presence of cell phenotype-specific markers. During the initial stages of palatal fusion the DiI-labeled MEE were present in the midline position. These cells were attached to an intact laminin-containing basement membrane and contained keratin intermediate filaments. At later stages of palatogenesis the DiI-labeled MEE were not separated from the mesenchyme by an intact basement membrane and did not contain keratin. In late fetal development, DiI-labeled cells without an epithelial morphology were present in the mesenchyme. The transition of the DiI-labeled cells from an epithelial phenotype to a mesenchymal phenotype is consistent with a fate of epithelial-mesenchymal transformation rather than programmed cell death.