黄茅海河口虎跳门和崖门浮游动物群落的比较

于2006年11月～2007年8月对珠江口西部的黄茅海河口区浮游动物进行了四个航次的生态调查,分别在入海口处虎跳门和崖门各设置1个采样断面,分析了两口门的水文特征和水体理化因子特点及其两者之间的差异显著性,调查研究了浮游动物的种类组成、密度、生物量和多样性指数等分布特征。共检出浮游动物50种,桡足类占优势,24种,其次为轮虫类,为12种,枝角类和原生动物分别各为5种,多毛类、异足类、糠虾类和螺类各1种,此外,还有桡足类幼虫以及未知种类2种。分析得出,在调查周期内,虎跳门和崖门浮游动物的密度、生物量及多样性指数值的差异不显著,这可能与两口门的水体理化因子及浮游植物群落构成没有显著性差异有着直接的原因,而受两口门水动力条件不同的影响较小。由聚类分析结果可知,四个季节可分为两大组,虎跳门和崖门秋、冬两季浮游动物群落结构较为相近,春、夏两季浮游动物群落结构较为相近。     

vMIP-ⅡN端重组肽的表达纯化及活性鉴定

病毒巨噬细胞炎症蛋白-Ⅱ (viral macrophage inflammatory protein-Ⅱ,vMIP-Ⅱ)由卡波西肉瘤疱疹病毒编码,前期研究证明了vMIP-II N端21肽(NT21MP)选择性的阻断趋化因子CXCR4,从而抑制乳腺癌细胞趋化的活性。通过化学合成法获得编码vMIP-ⅡN末端的基因序列,与pGEX-KG（克隆位点的N 端有谷胱甘肽转移酶GST标签序列）连接构建原核表达载体,重组质粒在大肠杆菌E.coli BL21(DE3)中获得表达,免疫印迹显示重组蛋白GST-NT21MP主要在细菌裂解液上清中表达,可溶性部分经亲和层析、超滤、快速蛋白液相色谱（fast protein liquid chromatography,FPLC）纯化获得高纯度的GST-NT21MP蛋白。利用Transwell趋化试验测定GST-NT21MP的活性。结果显示,重组蛋白GST-NT21MP能够抑制乳腺癌细胞SK-BR-3的趋化活性,可作为治疗乳腺癌转移的潜在性靶向药物。     

棕色棉与白色棉缩合单宁单体儿茶素动态变化的比较

以棕色棉ANL-1’和白色棉‘泗棉3号’为材料,利用HPLc检测棉纤维发育过程中儿茶素的动态变化,结果表明：棉种皮中的儿茶素含量高于棉纤维中的,各种儿茶素单体（EGC、C、EC、EGCG、GCG、ECG、cG）的含量在花后30d迅速下降,其中在白色棉纤维中的下降幅度最大;棕色棉和白色棉发育期棉纤维中儿茶素存在很大差异,如棕色棉纤维中有Ec、CG,但在白色棉纤维中却没有发现。初步推断棕色棉与白色棉纤维中缩合单宁结构有较大不同,可能导致棉纤维颜色发生差异。     

Distal end of carboxyl terminus is not essential for the assembly of rat Eag1 potassium channels

The assembly of four pore-forming α-subunits into tetramers is a prerequisite for the formation of functional K(+) channels. A short carboxyl assembly domain (CAD) in the distal end of the cytoplasmic carboxyl terminus has been implicated in the assembly of Eag α-subunits, a subfamily of the ether-à-go-go K(+) channel family. The precise role of CAD in the formation of Eag tetrameric channels, however, remains unclear. Moreover, it has not been determined whether other protein regions also contribute to the assembly of Eag subunits. We addressed these questions by studying the biophysical properties of a series of different rat Eag1 (rEag1) truncation mutants. Two truncation mutants without CAD (K848X and W823X) yielded functional phenotypes similar to those for wild-type (WT) rEag1 channels. Furthermore, nonfunctional rEag1 truncation mutants lacking the distal region of the carboxyl terminus displayed substantial dominant-negative effects on the functional expression of WT as well as K848X and W823X channels. Our co-immunoprecipitation studies further revealed that truncation mutants containing no CAD indeed displayed significant association with rEag1-WT subunits. Finally, surface biotinylation and protein glycosylation analyses demonstrated that progressive truncations of the carboxyl terminus resulted in aggravating disruptions of membrane trafficking and glycosylation of rEag1 proteins. Overall, our data suggest that the distal carboxyl terminus, including CAD, is dispensable for the assembly of rEag1 K(+) channels but may instead be essential for ensuring proper protein biosynthesis. We propose that the S6 segment and the proximal carboxyl terminus may constitute the principal subunit recognition site for the assembly of rEag1 channels.     

Aspidistra hezhouensis (Ruscaceae s.l.), a new species from Guangxi, China

Aspidistra hezhouensis Qi Gao &Yan Liu,sp.nov.贺州蜘蛛抱蛋(S2-1.Fig.1,S2-2.Fig.2:A-C)Type:China.Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region:Hezhou City,Babu District,Huangtian Zhen (township),Xincun,limestone mountains,alt.180 m,2005-04-01,Yan Liu Ll186 (holotype,IBK);Guilin City,Guilin Botanical Garden,cultivated,introduced by Yan Liu from the type locality,Qi Gao 351 (paratype,IBK).Latin diagnosis:Haec species nova A.quadripartitae similis stigmate cruciformi,sed perianthii tubo campanulato,lobis flavis,lanceolatis et recurvatis differt;etiam similis A.flaviflorae perianthii lobis flavis,sed staminibus prope medium tubi insertis,stigmatibus aequantibus in positione,stigmate cruciformi,supra ad centrum convexo,margine plerurnque 4-lobato differt.     

短时低温胁迫对广聚萤叶甲发育和生殖的影响

广聚萤叶甲Ophraella commnuna 是入侵性杂草豚草Ambrosia artemisiifolia的一种重要专一性天敌.为探明短时低温胁迫对广聚萤叶甲发育和生殖的影响,将广聚萤叶甲置于2,5,8,11和14°C人工气候箱内(RH 70%±5%,14L:10D)处理2 h,测定卵、幼虫、蛹存活率、发育历期及成...     

人工饲料pH值对桃蚜存活、繁殖及抗氧化酶活性的影响

通过测定在不同pH值饲料上桃蚜Myzus persicae（Sulzer）的存活率、繁殖率及其抗氧化酶活性的变化,评价饲料pH值对桃蚜生态和生理指标的影响,筛选扩繁桃蚜饲料最适pH值。结果显示：不同pH值人工饲料饲喂桃蚜,其存活率3d后即呈现显著差异,在试验调查时间内,饲料pH值为7.0处理的存活率、单雌产蚜量和内禀增长率均为最高;不同处理桃蚜体内的超氧化物歧化酶（SOD）、过氧化氢酶（CAT）活性与对照处理相比均存在显著性差异,在24h左右达到最大值,而后有所下降;饲料pH值为7.0和7.2两处理的酶活性变化幅度较小,在48h后接近正常水平。试验结果表明,扩繁桃蚜较适合的人工饲料pH值为7.0左右。     

西花蓟马表皮碳氢化合物成份分析

西花蓟马Frankliniella occidentalis(Pergande)是一种重要的世界性害虫。为了明确西花蓟马表皮碳氢化合物的主要成分,本文采用改进的进样技术,利用气相色谱-质谱联用仪(GC-MS)对西花蓟马成虫和若虫表皮碳氢化合物进行分析。经NIST数据库检索,并与标准图谱比较,应用色谱峰面积归一法测定各种成分及其相对含量,实验结果表明,西花蓟马成虫和若虫表皮中的主要成分为C25～C29的直链和支链饱和烷烃;成虫表皮中含有9种碳氢化合物,若虫表皮中有8种碳氢化合物;9-甲基二十五烷是其成虫特有的,其它8种碳氢化合物是成虫与若虫共有的,但其含量略有差异。