Rad51 protein controls Rad52-mediated DNA annealing

In Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Rad52 protein plays an essential role in the repair of DNA double-stranded breaks (DSBs). Rad52 and its orthologs possess the unique capacity to anneal single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) complexed with its cognate ssDNA-binding protein, RPA. This annealing activity is used in multiple mechanisms of DSB repair: single-stranded annealing, synthesis-dependent strand annealing, and cross-over formation. Here we report that the S. cerevisiae DNA strand exchange protein, Rad51, prevents Rad52-mediated annealing of complementary ssDNA. Efficient inhibition is ATP-dependent and involves a specific interaction between Rad51 and Rad52. Free Rad51 can limit DNA annealing by Rad52, but the Rad51 nucleoprotein filament is even more effective. We also discovered that the budding yeast Rad52 paralog, Rad59 protein, partially restores Rad52-dependent DNA annealing in the presence of Rad51, suggesting that Rad52 and Rad59 function coordinately to enhance recombinational DNA repair either by directing the processed DSBs to repair by DNA strand annealing or by promoting second end capture to form a double Holliday junction. This regulation of Rad52-mediated annealing suggests a control function for Rad51 in deciding the recombination path taken for a processed DNA break; the ssDNA can be directed to either Rad51-mediated DNA strand invasion or to Rad52-mediated DNA annealing. This channeling determines the nature of the subsequent repair process and is consistent with the observed competition between these pathways in vivo.     

Matching nucleotide sequences of human antibodies with other known sequences

From an evolutionary point of view, the complementarity-determining regions of antibodies are distinct from other proteins including the framework regions of antibodies. A search for identical nucleotide sequences of eighty-four 15 consecutive bp in the complementary-determining regions of human antibody heavy chains with other known sequences yielded four matches: two sequential 15-bp matches, or one 16-bp match, with the coding region of a sea-urchin testis histone H2b-2, one 15-bp match with the promotor region of a cauliflower mosaic virus inclusion body protein, and a 15-bp match with an intron between exons 1 and 2 of human factor IX. As a control, an identical search of eighty-four 15 consecutive bp in the framework regions of human antibody heavy chains yielded no matches with other sequences except those from other antibody framework regions. Since the currently available nucleotide sequence database used in the search consisted of about 1 x 10(7) bp, finding such matches in the complementarity-determining regions might not be random.     

玉米耐低磷种质资源的筛选与鉴定

大田种植条件下,在四川两个生态地区鉴定了76份玉米自交系的耐低磷能力。通过对主要农艺、经济性状耐低磷系数的变异系数、变异范围、平均值及其性状间的相关分析,结果表明子粒产量、株高、茎粗可作为玉米耐低磷基因型筛选和评价的指标。根据上述指标,发现178、RP125、99S2052．1、99S2052—2、2396等8个自交系在两试验点都表现出较好的耐低磷特性;978—2、郑58、9508B等21个自交系在两试验点都表现出低磷敏感特性;4783411—1、LC995、01$43、0922—3、S28等17个自交系对低磷胁迫的反应不稳定。研究发现玉米对低磷胁迫的反应易受温度、光照等环境因素的影响,并提出综合运用大田初筛与盆栽复筛、多年多点筛选以及分子水平上的鉴定是获得耐低磷基因型的必要途径。     

安徽藓类植物区系

作者在对安徽省进行实地考察和采集的2000余号苔藓植物标本的基础上,经过研究鉴定,并收集整理了有关安徽藓类的资料,对照现有文献,发现安徽已知藓类植物有46科、164属、545种(包括8亚种和32变种),其中新记录95种(包括3变种1亚种);青藓科为安徽省藓类第一大科,含9属52种,占总种数的9.6,青藓属是第一大属,包括有29种,占总种数5.3;科内种数(≥19种)优势科有10个,属内种数(≥6种)的优势属有22个。在安徽省藓类区系中,以东亚成分为主并占了28.6、北温带成分占23.0、热带亚洲成分占17.8,温带亚洲成分为10.6,中国特有成分占到10.4,这5种区系成分都超过10,它们是本省最主要的区系地理成分。     

负荷剂量氯吡格雷治疗急性ST段抬高心肌梗死

目的:观察标准治疗基础上联合负荷剂量氯吡格雷治疗急性ST段抬高型心肌梗死(STEMI)的疗效及安全性。方法:106例12小时以内发病的ST段抬高型心肌梗死患者随机分为2组,2组均在入院后前3天给予阿司匹林300 mg.d~(-1),此后给予阿司匹林100 mg.d~(-1),A组不给予氯吡格雷治疗,B组入院即刻给予氯吡格雷300 mg,继之75 mg.d~(-1)治疗,平均随访30天。观察溶栓血管再通率、梗死后心绞痛发作、心力衰竭事件及死亡、再发心肌梗死或脑卒中的联合终点。结果:与A组相比,B组患者溶栓血管再通率显著提高、梗死后心绞痛发作明显减少;而在心力衰竭事件及死亡、再发心肌梗死、或脑卒中的联合终点的比较上差异无显著性意义。2组均无主要和次要出血事件发生,轻微出血发生率无统计学差异。结论:急性ST段抬高的急性心肌梗死患者,不论是否接受择期的冠脉介入治疗(PCI),在标准治疗的基础上早期加用氯吡格雷300mg负荷量,继之75 mg.d~(-1)口服,可显著提高溶栓成功率、降低梗死后心绞痛发作,且安全耐受性好。     

异育银鲫口服不同剂量淀粉后血糖和血脂代谢变化

碳水化合物是鱼类饲料中易得且价廉的非蛋白能源,可以节约蛋白质分解供能,但大多数鱼类对糖的耐受量很低,表现出一种类似糖尿病的症状。反映鱼类的血糖调节能力的首要指标是糖耐量实验,Wilson早在1994年就通过灌喂方式进行糖耐量实验来研究鱼类对糖的耐受情况。鱼类对糖的利用能力因鱼的种类不同而不同。在糖耐量实验中,对于肉食性的鱼类,需要在饲料中给予较低水平的碳水化合物才会产生一个基础血糖水平,如果没有对这种含碳水化合物的饲料进行适应,它们对血糖的调节能力极为低下。杂食性鱼类对葡萄糖的耐受量要比肉食性鱼类高。     

样点法在森林鸟类调查中的运用

样点法由于具有易于实施、更易做到随机化或系统化以及适合于复杂及斑块化生境等优点,已成为目前使用最为广泛的森林鸟类调查方法。本文在介绍样点法的假设条件、类型和影响鸟类调查准确性因素的基础上,重点介绍了样点法在调查森林鸟类需要考虑的样本大小、样点布设、调查时间、每点的停留时间和调查周期等。同时也分析了样点法的不足,并提出样点法与网捕法结合是提高调查结果准确性的有效途径。     

Toll样受体4信号转导通路的干预

Toll样受体4(Toll like receptor 4,TLR4)是广泛表达于哺乳动物的跨膜受体,由于TLR4在人体的高表达与各种炎症反应相关联,抑制过高的TLR4表达可能是控制机体炎症损伤的新途径.目前的研究主要是针对TLR4的直接阻断与对TLR4的信号转导通路的抑制.由于TLR4的信号转导通路已经较为明确,从而研究对TLR4信号转导通路的抑制可能会对机体过强的炎症反应及损伤的控制产生有益作用.本文就当前针对抑制TLR4信号转导通路的研究作一综述.     

根据蛋白质互作网络预测前列腺癌相关蛋白质的细致功能

对于功能部分已知的前列腺癌相关蛋白质,提出了一种基于Gent Ontology的功能特异的子网构建方法来细化其功能注释。结果显示该方法能够以很高的精确率为前列腺癌相关蛋白质预测更为精细的功能。预测的相关蛋白质的功能对于指导实验研究前列腺癌的分子机制具有重要的价值。     

Areas of endemism and patterns of diversity for aphids of the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and the Himalayas

Aim  The study aimed to identify areas of endemism for aphids in the Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau and the Himalayas (QTPH), and to test congruence between patterns of endemism and patterns of overall species richness identified in a previous study.
Location  The QTPH.
Methods  A distribution data base of 326 endemic aphids in the QTPH was compiled. The study area was divided into a grid of 2°× 2° operative geographical units. Parsimony analysis of endemicity (PAE) was used to identify areas of endemism, and the diversity patterns of endemic species were then mapped using GIS.
Results  We identified 326 endemic species belonging to 138 genera within Adelgidae and 14 subfamilies of Aphididae. Five areas of endemism were found using PAE analysis: the eastern Himalayas, the western Himalayas, north-western Yunnan, southern Tibet and the eastern QTPH. Maps of patterns of endemism identified four major centres for endemic aphids, namely the western Himalayas, the eastern Himalayas (or Sikkim-Assam Himalayas), north-western Hengduan Mountains and the mountains of southern Gansu Province, and three minor centres, southern Tibet, south-eastern Tibet and the eastern Qinghai Province in the north-eastern QTPH.
Main conclusions  Our study identifies major centres of aphid endemism. Furthermore, there is a noticeable congruence between patterns of endemism and patterns of species richness. The patterns of endemism were most likely influenced by the recent uplift of the QTPH.