Recombination in an isochromosome preferentially occurs between cis isochromatids

An isochromosome has identical arms attached to the same centromere. At the pachytene stage of meiosis, it has four isochromatids and recombination can occur either between cis isochromatids (attached to the same half-centromere) or trans isochromatids (attached to different half-centromeres). Normally such recombination cannot be detected because all four chromatids are homogenetic (arose from misdivision of a centromere to which genetically identical sister chromatids were attached). We isolated an isochromosome of wheat that is heterogenetic for the distal 64% of the long arm. The heterogenetic isochromosome was recovered from the progeny of a cross between Triticum aestivum cv. Chinese Spring containing an isochromosome for the long arm of chromosome 5B (i5BL) and a disomic substitution line of Triticum turgidum ssp. dicoccoides chromosome 5B in Chinese Spring wheat. New recombinants were produced when the two arms of i5BLrec paired at metaphase I of meiosis. Only trans isochromatid exchanges led to some homozygous loci in i5BLrec, whereas exchanges between cis isochromatids resulted in heterozygosity at all loci similar to the parental type. There was an average frequency of 0.87 chiasmata per pollen mother cell for the heterogenetic i5BL, which will result in 0.44 cis and 0.44 trans isochromatid exchanges, assuming that both are occurring at the same frequency. The average crossover frequency based on recombination between trans isochromatid exchange detected by restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis in 98 plants was 0.29. This observed value is significantly lower (P<0.01) than the value of 0.44 as expected from chiasmata counts. Our study provides the first experimental evidence that crossovers preferentially occur between cis isochromatids rather than trans isochromatids.     

大鼠颌下腺促性腺激素释放激素及其mRNA的免疫组织化学与原位杂交研究

用免疫组织化学及原位杂交法,研究了促性腺激素释放激素及其ｍＲＮＡ在大鼠颌下腺的分布。结果显示,大鼠颌下腺的浆液性腺泡的上皮细胞,各级导管的上皮细胞及副交感神经节细胞均呈促性腺激素释放激素免疫反应阳性,阳性反应物质分布在胞质,胞核呈阴性反应。颌下腺的浆液性腺泡上皮细胞,各级导管上皮细胞同样被检测到很强的促性腺激素释放激素ｍＲＮＡ杂交信号。以上结果提示,大鼠颌下腺能自身合成促性腺激素释放激素,促性腺激素释放激素对消化功能可能有重要调节作用。     

鸮形目8种鸟类线粒体DNA多态性研究

采用14种限制性内切酶,对鸮形目8种鸟类(Tyto alba、T.capensis、Otus bakkamoena、O.scops、Asio otus、A.flammeus、Strix aluco、Glaucidium cuculoides)线粒体DNA进行限制性片段长度多态分析, 结果表明:不同种间存在基因组长度多态性,短耳鸮为23.35 kb,长耳鸮为19.78 kb,斑头鸺鹠为18.62 kb,红角鸮为17.65 kb.鸮形目种间具有较高的遗传变异,其中仓鸮和草鸮的平均遗传距离为1.0%,长耳鸮和短耳鸮平均为10.8%,红角鸮和领角鸮平均为13.1%,灰林鸮和斑头鸺鹠为12.3%,其中红角鸮与斑头鸺鹠的平均遗传距离最大为17.5%.鸮形目鸟类线粒体DNA的进化速率为每百万年变化2.0%～2.2%,提示鸮形目两个科间在距今2 800～3 000万年前分歧开来,同时,鸱鸮科各种间的分歧时间在距今2 000～2 500万年前,即处于中新世中期.     

Differentiation of Cryptosporidium parvum Isolates by a Simplified Randomly Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique

Genomic DNA was isolated from Cryptosporidium parvum oocysts by a specific immunomagnetic separation-in vitro excystation procedure and subjected to randomly amplified polymorphic DNA analysis using sequence-independent primers. An estuary C. parvum isolate was easily differentiated from several bovine isolates, while five bovine isolates of the same origin were indistinguishable from each other.     

肝靶向配体半乳糖基白蛋白和多聚谷氨酸

化学合成两类去唾液酸糖蛋白受体(ASGPR)的人工配体——半乳糖基白蛋白(Gal_nHSA)和半乳糖基多聚-L-谷氨酸(Gal_nPLGA), 并以 ¹²⁵I标记的去唾液酸胎球蛋白(ASF)为标准配体,测定了合成配体抑制 ¹²⁵I-ASF与大鼠肝细胞膜ASGPR结合的IC₅₀值. 结果表明,Gal₁₂HSA、Gal₁₅HSA、Gal₂₆HSA、Gal₃₀HSA和Gal₃₄PLGA均能够有效地抑制 ¹²⁵I-ASF与ASGPR的结合,且前者与ASGPR的亲和力随半乳糖基化程度的增加而增加. 这些合成配体来源丰富、制备简单,适合于作为药物或基因肝靶向运送的导向配体.     

鸡减蛋综合征病毒(EDSV)基因组右末端结构的分析

从中国发病鸡中分离的鸡减蛋综合征病毒（ＥｇｇＤｒｏｐＳｙｎｄｒｏｍＶｉｒｕｓ,ＥＤＳＶ）弱毒株（ＡＡ－２）,其基因组全长约为３３ｋｂ。用限制性内切酶ＨｉｎｄⅢ水解ＥＤＳＶ全基因组,构建了以ｐＢｌｕｅｓｃｒｉｐｔⅡ（ＫＳ＋）为载体的右末端片段的克隆（约４．２ｋｂ）,对其进行了序列测定和结构分析。该片段全长４１８３个碱基对（ｂｐ）,位于基因组右末端８７．３ｍ．ｕ．－１００ｍ．ｕ．。结果显示,该片段与哺乳动物腺病毒右末端Ｅ４区结构不同,与禽Ⅰ型腺病毒代表株ＣＥＬＯ右末端片段亦无同源性。本文为深入了解ＥＤＳＶ基因组结构特点,ＥＤＳＶ与其他腺病毒基因结构与功能的进化关系和ＥＤＳＶ载体的构建奠定了分子生物学基础     

用Bac-to-Bac杆状病毒表达系统高效表达绿色荧光蛋白标记的HBVe抗原

通过基因工程操作,使乙型肝炎病毒ｅ抗原（ＨＢｅＡｇ）基因与绿色荧光蛋白基因（ＧＦＰ）融合,用新型Ｂａｃ－ｔｏ－Ｂａｃ杆状病毒表达系统在昆虫细胞中高效表达了ＨＢｅＡｇ－ＧＦＰ双功能融合蛋白。经ＥＬＩＳＡ法和荧光显微镜观察证实,表达产物既能发射易于检测的绿色荧光,又具有ＨＢＶ的ｅ抗原活性,为免疫诊断新方法的建立进行了有益的探索     

鸡减蛋综合征病毒（EDSV—76）基因组E1区结构特点分析

ＥＤＳＶ－７６病毒中国株ＡＡ－２经常规方法提取其病毒ＤＮＡ后,建立了限制性内切酶ＰｓｔＩ水解片段的全基因文库。对其中ＰｓｔＩ－Ｇ片段和ＰｓｔＩ－Ａ片段的正反链进行序列测定,获得ＥＤＳＶ Ｅ１区（０－８．８ｍ．ｕ）的核苷酸序列。经分析,ＥＤＳＶ Ｅ１区具有与其他腺病毒Ｅ１区类似的结构。以大于６０个氨基酸残基为标准,ＥＤＳＶ Ｅ１区共有７个开放读码框架（ＯＲＦ）,其中Ｒ１、Ｒ２、ＥｌｂｓＴ和Ｅ１ｂ１Ｔ     

辽宁东部山区土壤污染状况与防治对策研究

采用灰色聚类法与综合污染指数法对辽宁省东部山区3个县区土壤污染现状进行了调查和评价．结果表明,岫岩县土壤主要污染物是Mg、B、Pb和As．宽甸县土壤重金属主要污染物是B、Mg和Pb等;而凤城市境内除发现较为严重的Ph、Mg污染,凤城镇的Hg污染也达到重度污染水平。系统分析了当地土壤污染的主要污染物类型及其原因．提出了Mg、B的污染防治对策．