卵泡抑素相关蛋白的病理生理功能

卵泡抑素相关蛋白(follistatin related protein,FRP)是一种细胞外基质糖蛋白,该蛋白参与细胞增殖、迁移、组织重塑、胚胎发育、细胞间相互作用及多种病理生理过程.近年研究显示,该蛋白同时具有抑制细胞凋亡和抑制细胞增殖的双重功能:在心肌缺血的动物模型中,FRP被证实有保护心肌细胞、抗凋亡、促进内皮细胞增殖等功能;FRP也可由血管平滑肌细胞合成分泌,并具有反馈调节平滑肌细胞功能的作用,该蛋白还可抑制多种肿瘤细胞增殖.     

农业部召开全国农业学校植物生态学教学讨论会

我国现有地区以上中等农业学校224所,分布全国各地,担负着全国中级农业科技人才的培养和县以下在职农业技术干部的轮训任务。实践证明,中等农业学校是我国初、高级农业教育和研究机构中承上启下的组成部分,是加速农业现代化建设的重要方面军。中等农业学校教育质量的高低,与专业基础课——植物及植物生理学教学质量的好坏是密切相关的。1980年5月农业部教育局颁布《植物及植物生理教学大纲》的     

Mass spectrometric U-series dating of Huanglong Cave in Hubei Province,central China: Evidence for early presence of modern humans in eastern Asia

Most researchers believe that anatomically modern humans (AMH) first appeared in Africa 160-190 ka ago, and would not have reached eastern Asia until ∼50 ka ago. However, the credibility of these scenarios might have been compromised by a largely inaccurate and compressed chronological framework previously established for hominin fossils found in China. Recently there has been a growing body of evidence indicating the possible presence of AMH in eastern Asia ca. 100 ka ago or even earlier. Here we report high-precision mass spectrometric U-series dating of intercalated flowstone samples from Huanglong Cave, a recently discovered Late Pleistocene hominin site in northern Hubei Province, central China. Systematic excavations there have led to the in situ discovery of seven hominin teeth and dozens of stone and bone artifacts. The U-series dates on localized thin flowstone formations bracket the hominin specimens between 81 and 101 ka, currently the most narrow time span for all AMH beyond 45 ka in China, if the assignment of the hominin teeth to modern Homo sapiens holds. Alternatively this study provides further evidence for the early presence of an AMH morphology in China, through either independent evolution of local archaic populations or their assimilation with incoming AMH. Along with recent dating results for hominin samples from Homo erectus to AMH, a new extended and continuous timeline for Chinese hominin fossils is taking shape, which warrants a reconstruction of human evolution, especially the origins of modern humans in eastern Asia.     

Production of poly-β-hydroxybutyrate on molasses by recombinant Escherichia coli

Beet molasses successfully replaced glucose as sole carbon source to produce poly--hydroxybutyrate by a recombinant Escherichia coli strain (HMS174/pTZ18u-PHB). The fermentation with molasses was cheaper than with glucose. The final dry cell weight, PHB content and PHB productivity were 39.5 g/L, 80% (w/w) and 1 g/Lh, respectively, in a 5 L stirred tank fermenter after 31.5 h fed-batch fermentation with constant pH and dissolved O2 content. © Rapid Science Ltd. 1998     

甘薯(Ipomoea batatas)叶光合作用“午睡”现象初探

在探讨叶片光合产物水平与光合机构运转关系时,我们曾观测到田间甘薯叶片干重增长速率日变化进程中有明显的中午降低即“午睡”现象(图1)。为了揭示这一现象的形成机理,在人工气候室作了以下一些研究。