黄斑蕉弄蝶蛹营养成分分析

通过对黄斑蕉弄蝶蛹的部分营养分析表明,黄斑蕉弄蝶蛹具有高蛋白、低脂肪的特点,蛋白质含量丰富为76.3%、脂肪含量为15.8%;矿质元素种类多且含量丰富;总氨基酸含量较高为628.2 mg/g干重,其中必需氨基酸含量占45.1%,必需氨基酸与非必需氨基酸的比值为0.82,各种必需氨基酸含量均衡,第一限制性氨基酸为含硫氨酸(蛋氨酸和胱氨酸)含量为24.4 mg/g蛋白质,占FAO模式参考值的70.0%。黄斑蕉弄蝶蛹具有较高营养价值,它的食用开发具有巨大的潜力和广阔的市场前景。     

重庆秀山褐飞虱田间种群动态及其应用

分析23年(1984~2006)重庆市秀山县褐飞虱Nilaparvata lugens(Stal)观测圃与田间的系统调查资料,揭示出该虫年度间和年度内的田间种群发生动态规律。褐飞虱在观测圃条件下,2000年前常是大发生以上,2000年以来发生程度变轻,常是中等偏重以下,但近3年来又有回升的势头,各年均呈比大田发生偏重的趋势。年度间主害期呈推迟的趋势。年度内,稻苗移栽后即可见虫,一直到收获;前期虫量较小,中期增多,后期较大,主害期在后期。观测圃的褐飞虱发生高峰期比大田早5d左右。观测圃虫量在水稻前期与大田相当,中、后期有差异,特别是后期差异较大,是大田的2~10倍。观测圃的天敌种类主要是蜘蛛、黑肩绿肓蝽、螯蜂、隐翅虫和稻红瓢虫;天敌数量在水稻中期和后期分别比大田多30%和40%以上,对褐飞虱有一定的控制作用。还讨论褐飞虱田间种群动态研究在生产上的应用。     

In Vivo Evaluation of Blood Based and Reference Tissue Based PET Quantifications of [11C]DASB in the Canine Brain

This first-in-dog study evaluates the use of the PET-radioligand [¹¹C]DASB to image the density and availability of the serotonin transporter (SERT) in the canine brain. Imaging the serotonergic system could improve diagnosis and therapy of multiple canine behavioural disorders. Furthermore, as many similarities are reported between several human neuropsychiatric conditions and naturally occurring canine behavioural disorders, making this tracer available for use in dogs also provide researchers an interesting non-primate animal model to investigate human disorders. Five adult beagles underwent a 90 minutes dynamic PET scan and arterial whole blood was sampled throughout the scan. For each ROI, the distribution volume (V_T), obtained via the one- and two- tissue compartment model (1-TC, 2-TC) and the Logan Plot, was calculated and the goodness-of-fit was evaluated by the Akaike Information Criterion (AIC). For the preferred compartmental model BP_ND values were estimated and compared with those derived by four reference tissue models: 4-parameter RTM, SRTM2, MRTM2 and the Logan reference tissue model. The 2-TC model indicated in 61% of the ROIs a better fit compared to the 1-TC model. The Logan plot produced almost identical V_T values and can be used as an alternative. Compared with the 2-TC model, all investigated reference tissue models showed high correlations but small underestimations of the BP_ND-parameter. The highest correlation was achieved with the Logan reference tissue model (Y = 0.9266 x + 0.0257; R² = 0.9722). Therefore, this model can be put forward as a non-invasive standard model for future PET-experiments with [¹¹C]DASB in dogs.     

Structural analysis of the pilE region of Neisseria gonorrhoeae P9

We have determined the nucleotide sequence of an expressed structural pilus gene (pilE) derived from Neisseria gonorrhoeae strain P9-2. Detailed analysis of nucleotide sequences upstream from pilE revealed a silent, truncated pilin gene segment that was linked to families of DNA elements (RS1 and RS3) that have previously been identified at the major silent pilin gene locus (pilS1) and at pilE of the independently isolated N. gonorrhoeae strain MS11ms. A nucleotide sequence downstream from pilE was reminiscent of the recognition sequences of several recombinases, including Tn3 tnpR product (resolvase), suggesting a possible role for site-specific events in the recombinational modulation of pilus expression.     

神农架北坡堵河源自然保护区植物多样性研究

为建立自然保护区,保护神农架北坡堵河源地区丰富的生物多样性资源,并为神农架地区植物起源、植被演替以及生物多样性和濒危物种状况深入、准确评价提供基础数据,2002年,采用路线调查与标准地调查相结合的方法,结合历史资料,对堵河源地区的野生植物资源进行了实地野外调查研究,分析了植物区系和植物多样性及其受威胁状况。结果表明:(1)该保护区具有丰富的植物物种多样性,有维管束植物174科730属1733种(含亚种、变种),其中,国家重点保护野生植物有23种;(2)该区植物区系成分具有复杂性、多样性,拥有中国种子植物分布区类型属级水平的全部类型,但明显偏重于温带性质。且植物区系起源古老,有中国特有分布属37个,其中,古特有属27个;(3)该区具有丰富的植被类型,包括4个植被型组,8个植被型,26个群系,具有较高的保护和科研价值。同时针对保护区植物多样性受威胁状况,提出了植被恢复、加强防火设备设施建设、生态移民、保护珍稀濒危植物及社区共管是保护植物多样性的有效措施。     

Effect of dose rate on the survival of irradiated human skin fibroblasts.

The survival of cells in density-inhibited, confluent cultures maintained at 37 degrees C was examined following exposure to 137Cs gamma rays at low dose rates (0.023 or 0.153 Gy/h) or to 60Co gamma rays at a single high dose rate (0.70-0.75 Gy/min). Cells from an ataxia telangiectasia (AT) homozygote showed no dose-rate effect, whereas a three- to fivefold increase in D0 was observed for all other cell strains exposed at low dose rates. The magnitude of the dose-rate effect did not differ significantly among cells from persons with hereditary retinoblastoma, basal cell nevus syndrome, or AT-heterozygote compared with normal cell strains, and was not related to the size of the shoulder (extrapolation number) of the survival curve. Furthermore, no differences in the capacity for the repair of potentially lethal damage during confluent holding were observed among these latter cell strains.     

Monomer plasmid DNA transforms Streptococcus pneumoniae

Summary The covalently closed (CC) monomer form of plasmid pMV158 was found to transform pneumococcus (Streptococcus pneumoniae) and to do so with two-hit kinetics. The evidence came from analysis of the behavior of the transforming activity in fractions from preparative gel electrophoresis. Activity in the first major peak to elute (i) co-eluted with monomer CC as detected on analytical gels, (ii) banded as CC in dye-buoyancy gradients, (iii) sedimented with the velocity expected for monomer CC, and (iv) gave two-hit kinetics as functions of both concentration and time of exposure of the cells to DNA. A second major peak of activity behaved physicall as though mostly due to dimer CC forms and gave single-hit response curves. Because almost no dimer was detectable optically on analytical gels of starting preparations, its specific activity was high relative to that of the monomers.     

An assessment of the AFLP method for investigating population structure in the red alga Chondrus crispus Stackhouse (Gigartinales, Florideophyceae)

The appropriateness of the Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism (AFLP) technique for investigating Chondrus crispus Stackhouse populations in the Maritime Provinces of Canada was assessed. The AFLP procedure was first subjected to reproducibility testing and three shortcomings were noted: 1) failure to reproduce band intensity between replicate runs for the same individual and primer pair; 2) failure of some bands to replicate; 3) lack of reproducibility for complete replicate runs for some individuals and primer pairs. In the last-mentioned case, the lack of reproducibility resulted in characteristic electropherograms indicative of weak reactions. These weak runs can be attributed to poor restriction digest/ligation reactions and/or substandard PCR, these failures ultimately resulting from low and inconsistent DNA quality. We recommend that reproducibility testing should be completed routinely in studies using the AFLP technique. In the current work, only fragments and individuals that gave reproducible results were used in subsequent analyses. The AFLP method resulted in highly variable markers within and between the populations of C. crispus included in this investigation, which prevented successful resolution of population structure. This situation could result from a lack of suitability for AFLP markers in population genetic studies, and/or too extensive genetic variation for C. crispus populations to be discerned by the AFLP technique. These two possible explanations are discussed. This revised version was published online in August 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.