杉木、台湾杉、香杉逐步判别分析

通过对杉木、台湾杉、香杉２２个种源的叶长、叶宽、叶厚、维管束的宽与厚、栅栏组织厚、机械组织厚、表皮厚和气孔数等９个叶性状进行逐步判别分析,选取栅栏组织厚（Ｘ＿６）、叶长（Ｘ＿１）和叶厚（Ｘ＿３）三个重要因子,建立优化判别方程：Ｆ＿１（台湾杉）＝－２３５．８７１４＋１７．３１０４Ｘ＿６＋２６．３５８７Ｘ＿１＋５．９０４６Ｘ＿３Ｆ＿２（杉木）＝－５６４．９２５９＋７８．４２５４Ｘ＿６＋９３．１９２３Ｘ＿１＋０．６２９５Ｘ＿３Ｆ＿３（香杉）＝－３４９．４２０５＋６４．１９２６Ｘ＿６＋６２．６４７９Ｘ＿１＋０．８９６９Ｘ＿３定量地区分这三个树种,旨在对逐步判别分析法在树种分类上的应用进行探讨。     

滇南及滇东南胶孔菌复合群的分类地理研究

报道了我国滇南及滇东南热带、亚热带胶孔菌复合群众路线属６种,其中瘤丝牛肝菌Ｆｉｌｏｂｏｌｅｔｕｓ ｖｅｒｒｕｃｕｌｏｓｕｓ Ｐ．Ｇ．Ｌｉｕ和滇丝牛肝菌Ｆ．ｙｕｎｎａｎｅｎｓｉｓ Ｐ．Ｇ．Ｌｉｕ是新种,紫兰小菇Ｍｙｃｅｎａ ｖｉｏｌａｃｅｌｌａ（Ｓｐｅｑ．）Ｓｉｎｇ。是我国新纪录种;新种附有拉丁文描术和插图,新纪录和附有形态解剖图。本文所引证标本均存放于中国科学院昆明植物研究所隐花植物标本馆（ＨＫＡ     

Machado-Joseph Disease in Pedigrees of Azorean descent is Linked to Chromosome 14

A locus for Machado-Joseph disease (MJD) has recently been mapped to a 30-cM region of chromosome 14q in five pedigrees of Japanese descent. MJD is a clinically pleomorphic neurodegenerative disease that was originally described in subjects of Azorean descent. In light of the nonallelic heterogeneity in other inherited spinocere-bellar ataxias, we were interested to determine if the MJD phenotype in Japanese and Azorean pedigrees arose from mutations at the same locus. We provide evidence that MJD in five pedigrees of Azorean descent is also linked to chromosome 14q in an 18-cM region between the markers D14S67 and AACT (multipoint lod score +7.00 near D14S81). We also report molecular evidence for homozy-gosity at the MJD locus in an MJD-affected subject with severe, early-onset symptoms. These observations confirm the initial report of linkage of MJD to chromosome 14; suggest that MJD in Japanese and Azorean subjects may represent allelic or identical mutations at the same locus; and provide one possible explanation (MJD gene dosage) for the observed phenotypic heterogeneity in this disease.     

The pKa of the protonated Schiff bases of gecko cone and octopus visual pigments.

A visual pigment is composed of retinal bound to its apoprotein by a protonated Schiff base linkage. Light isomerizes the chromophore and eventually causes the deprotonation of this Schiff base linkage at the meta II stage of the bleaching cycle. The meta II intermediate of the visual pigment is the active form of the pigment that binds to and activates the G protein transducin, starting the visual cascade. The deprotonation of the Schiff base is mandatory for the formation of meta II intermediate. We studied the proton binding affinity, pKa, of the Schiff base of both octopus rhodopsin and the gecko cone pigment P521 by spectral titration. Several fluorinated retinal analogs have strong electron withdrawing character around the Schiff base region and lower the Schiff base pKa in model compounds. We regenerated octopus and gecko visual pigments with these fluorinated and other retinal analogs. Experiments on these artificial pigments showed that the spectral changes seen upon raising the pH indeed reflected the pKa of the Schiff base and not the denaturation of the pigment or the deprotonation of some other group in the pigment. The Schiff base pKa is 10.4 for octopus rhodopsin and 9.9 for the gecko cone pigment. We also showed that although the removal of Cl- ions causes considerable blue-shift in the gecko cone pigment P521, it affects the Schiff base pKa very little, indicating that the lambda max of visual pigment and its Schiff base pKa are not tightly coupled.     

Effects of irradiation on neuropeptide expression in rat salivary gland and spinal cord

Summary It is well-known that a large number of factors can influence the expression of neuropeptides in the nervous system. In the present study, the effects of unilateral and bilateral irradiation to the rat head and neck on the expression of neuropeptides in the innervation of the submandibular gland and in the ganglionic cells of the submandibular ganglion was examined ten days and six months after treatment. Antisera directed against enkephalin and bombesin and immunohistochemical methods were used. The effects of bilateral irradiation on the staining pattern of various neuropeptides in the cervical spinal cord were also studied. In the submandibular gland and in the submandibular ganglionic cells, there was a markedly increased neuropeptide expression ten days after bilateral treatment, as seen after staining with both antisera used, while no changes occurred after unilateral treatment. Six months after treatment, the pattern of neuropeptide expression in the submandibular gland/ganglion corresponded to that seen in controls. Irradiation did not lead to any changes in the staining pattern of neuropeptides in the spinal cord. The observations show that there is a great complexity in the susceptibility of nervous tissues to radiotherapy with respect to influences on the expression of neuropeptides.     

RFLP tagging of a new semidwarfing gene in rice

A new rice semidwarfing gene which is not allelic tosd1, temporarily designated assdg, might be of use as a new source of semidwarfism in rice breeding programs. We report here the identification of a DNA marker closely linked to this gene. The DNA marker was identified by testing 120 mapped rice RFLP makers as hybridization probes for Southern analysis of a pair of nearly isogenic lines with or withoutsdg. Linkage association of the marker with the gene was verified using a F₂ population segregating for semidwarfism. RFLP analysis showed thatsdg is closely linked to a single-copy DNA clone RZ182 on chromosome 5, with a distance of 4.3 centiMorgans between them. This marker may facilitate early selection for the semidwarfing gene in rice breeding programs     

基因工程链激酶(r—SK)纯化及其单克隆抗体制备和鉴定

采用Rotofor等电聚焦和分子筛技术纯化大肠杆菌表达的重组链激酶(r—SK),其纯度为97%。比活性1×10⁶IU／mg,回收率41％。分析所纯化的r—SK　N端氨基酸顺序证实其1—15个氨基酸顺序与SK基因的核苷酸顺序所示3联密码子一致。以纯化r—SK为抗原,通过杂交瘤技术构建了分泌抗r—SK单克隆抗体(McAb)杂交瘤细胞(4D11),该McAb属IgG1亚型．特异地作用于r-SK和C组口溶血性链球菌分泌的SK。用底物显色法测定该McAb可抑制SK对纤溶酶原的激活。Western blot法证实该McAb能识别分子量为16 250Da的r—SK的CNBr裂解片段。推测SK蛋白中第71残基至第237残基间的氨基酸顺序参与SK与纤溶酶原的结合。     

云贵鹅耳枥群落乔木种群生态位初探

木文应用Ｌｅｖｉｎ公式和王刚改进公式分别计测了贵阳喀斯特山地云贵鹅耳枥群落中乔木种群的生态位宽度和生态位重叠,并对这些种群的生态位关系及其对群落结构和动态的影响进行了分析。     

Specificity and function of monoclonal antibodies directed against Ewing sarcoma cells

A selection of 16 monoclonal antibodies has been produced against a fresh Ewing's sarcoma (ES) tumor mixed with a permanent ES cell line. The majority of antibodies identify an 80-kDa molecule, which is not detected on healthy tissues except on certain cultured monocytes. One antibody recognize the CD2 ligand MIC2 and 2 antibodies (numbers 13 and 16) define a higher-molecular-mass antigen. Antibody 16 is also expressed on mesenchymal fibroblasts of bone marrow or fetal origin. Tumorspecific antigen expression is potentially linked to the chromosome 22 abnormality decribed in Ewing's sarcoma.     

Distribution of zinc metallothionein I mRNA in rat brain using in situ hybridization

Metallothionein (MT) isoforms I and II were first identified and characterized in our laboratories in several regions of brain, in hippocampal neurons in primary culture, and in retinoblastoma and neuroblastoma cell lines. In this study, by having employed the MT-I cDNA as a probe, we sought to gain additional insight about the function of MT by discerning the regional distribution of its mRNA. Northern blot analyses of brain mRNA revealed that the administration of zinc enhanced dramatically MT-I mRNA (570 bp). The in situ hybridization study revealed that MT-I mRNA was located in several areas of brain, with the highest concentrations found in the cerebellum, hippocampus, and ventricles. The results of these studies are interpreted to suggest that zinc enhances the synthesis of MT mRNA and MT in turn may participate in zinc associated functions in neurons.Abbreviations MT-I Metallothionein I isoform - mRNA Messenger ribonucleic acid - ³⁵S dCTP ³⁵S Deoxycytidine triphosphate - ³²P dCTP ³²P Deoxycytidine triphosphate - icv Intracerebroventricularly - IP Intraperitoneally - PBS Paraformaldehyde phosphate buffered saline solution - Tris 2 amino-2-hydroxymethylpropane-1,3 diol - EDTA Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid - cDNA Complimentary deoxyribonucleic acid - bp Base pair