宽果苁菔适应昼夜变化ESTs的分离与分析

以流石滩地区植物广布种宽果苁菔为实验材料,应用磁珠介导的抑制消减杂交方法,分离昼夜差异基因。随机挑选了136个差异ESTs克隆并进行测序,测序结果使用Blast2go程序进行功能注释和分析。结果表明绝大部分ESTs功能与稳定细胞状态和抗性响应相关,其次与物质能量代谢和信号传导相关,宽果苁菔适应昼夜变化过程的机制非常复杂,本研究为进一步研究高山植物适应流石滩恶劣环境的机制奠定了基础。     

超抗原SEA与抗黑色素瘤ScFv融合基因的构建及表达

采用酶切连接和重叠PCR连接两种方法将抗黑色素瘤单链抗体基因和去除N端信号肽的金黄色葡萄球菌肠毒素A基因进行融合,并将融合基因克隆于pET28a表达载体上,转化大肠杆菌BL21(DE3)。用NiNTA系统对表达产物进行分离、纯化。MTT法检测融合蛋白对黑色素瘤细胞的体外抑制率。结果表明6HisScFvSEA融合蛋白可在E.coli BL21(DE3)中稳定表达,表达量占菌体蛋白的30%,主要以包涵体的形式存在。融合蛋白可通过激活效应细胞对表达相关抗原的黑色素瘤细胞发挥抑制作用。     

三倍体毛白杨叶片营养DRIS诊断

采用L1645正交设计法对造林后的三倍体毛白杨进行了施肥试验,运用DRIS诊断法对其叶片营养元素进行了研究.结果表明,以造林第3年7～10月份三倍体毛白杨叶片N、P、K元素浓度测定值为依据,成功制定了DRIS图解法及指数法的营养诊断标准,经检验取得了较高的诊断正确率.三倍体毛白杨叶片N、P、K三元素浓度最佳比值范围为N/P=19.116±1.270;N/K=3.054±0.289;K/P=6.356±0.651.DRIS诊断标准分别经各月份林木叶片养分元素浓度回代检验,林木N、P、K需肥次序与实际施肥量基本一致,其中以9月份林木各处理为例,诊断正确率达到了80%以上.3年生三倍体毛白杨林木对N、P、K需求次序为N>K>P,与DRIS诊断结果一致.运用DRIS法诊断得到的三倍体毛白杨叶片养分浓度最佳比值范围将为三倍体毛白杨的合理施肥,大面积推广提供科学依据.     

作物野生近缘种的保护与利用

作物野生近缘种将是保证下一世纪粮食充足的重要因素。近30余年来国际国内非常重视作物野生种质资源的搜集、保存、鉴定、评价和利用的研究。我国作物野生近缘种特别丰富,同时受威胁非常严重。因此,加大力度开展作物及其野生近缘种种质资源的遗传多样性、保存技术、种质创新和利用的研究是刻不容缓的。     

CO2浓度升高对不同品种水稻镉吸收和根形态的影响

为了探讨CO2浓度升高下不同水稻品种荣优398 (RY)和粤杂889(YZ)吸收重金属Cd差异性的原因,利用水培试验研究了不同浓度Cd处理下两种水稻吸收Cd的差异及根形态的变化特征.结果表明:低Cd处理(5、10、20 μmol·L-1)显著增加水稻生物量;当Cd浓度高于50 μmol·L-1时,Cd胁迫效果开始显现,水稻生物量减少.CO2浓度升高显著增加了水稻的生物量,增加了YZ茎Cd含量而降低了RY茎Cd含量.在5～200 μmol·L-1的Cd浓度下,CO2浓度升高增加了YZ活性根在总根长中的比例,降低了RY活性根的比例.CO2浓度升高下不同水稻品种根形态的变化是导致其对Cd吸收差异性的原因之一.     

pFGC5941的改造及拟南芥NAC1和SIP1双基因反义表达载体的构建和遗传转化

拟南芥中的SIP1基因编码的蛋白与拟南芥盐胁迫应答中的关键蛋白SOS2存在互作关系,而NAC1为拟南芥中介导生长素信号促进其侧根发生的蛋白。本研究中我们将SIP1基因和NAC1正义基因以及SIP1基因和NAC1反义基因分别整合到一个经改造的具有2个35S启动子的可用于双基因表达的载体pFGC5941S中,构建了两个双基因表达载体pFGC5941S SIP1 NAC1 sense和pFGC5941S SIP1 NAC1 anti。并将这两个载体通过农杆菌介导的方法转化到野生型拟南芥中,共获得15株转基因植株。对这些转基因植株进行盐胁迫实验发现,在含75mmol·L-1 NaCl的MS培养基上,相比于野生型,pFGC5941S SIP1 NAC1 sense转基因植株主根增长,侧根数量明显增多,而pFGC5941S SIP1 NAC1 anti转基因植株长势与野生型苗相似。由此我们推测可能只有当SIP1和NAC1同时过表达时,才会促进盐胁迫下拟南芥侧根的发育。     

Characterization and structural analyses of nonspecific lipid transfer protein 1 from mung bean

Plant nonspecific lipid transfer proteins (nsLTPs) are thermal stable proteins that are capable of transferring lipid molecules between bilayers in vitro. This family of proteins, abundant in plants, is proposed to be involved in defense, pollination, and germination; the in vivo biological function remains, however, elusive. Here we report the purification and sequencing of an nsLTP1 from mung bean sprouts. We have also determined the solution structure of this nsLTP1, which represents the first 3D structure of the dicotyledonous nsLTP1 family. The global fold of mung bean nsLTP1 is similar to those of the monocotyledonous nsLTP1 structures and consists of four alpha-helices stabilized by four disulfide bonds. There are, however, some notable differences in the C-terminal tails and internal hydrophobic cavities. Circular dichroism and fluorescence spectroscopy were used to compare the thermodynamics and lipid transfer properties of mung bean nsLTP1 with those of rice nsLTP1. Docking of a lipid molecule into the solution structure of mung bean nsLTP1 reveals similar binding cavities and hydrophobic interactions as in rice nsLTP1, consistent with their comparable lipid transfer properties measured experimentally.     

三倍体白杨杂种无性系指纹图谱的构建

目的:构建三倍体白杨杂种无性系指纹图谱,鉴定三倍体白杨杂种无性系。方法:分离纯化三倍体白杨杂种DNA模板,采用扩增片段长度多态性(AFLP)分子标记技术构建三倍体白杨杂种无性系指纹图谱。结果:从64对引物组合中筛选出M-CTA/E-CAG、M-CAC/E-CCA、M-ACT/E-CTC和M-CTT/E-CTG等4对多态性较高的引物组合,并应用该引物组合对21个三倍体白杨杂种无性系进行了AFLP分析,构建了21个三倍体白杨杂种无性系指纹图谱。结论:构建无性系指纹图谱是鉴别三倍体白杨杂种无性系的有效方法,能够有效鉴别21个三倍体白杨杂种无性系。本研究为品种鉴定及新品种权保护奠定了基础。     

Quorum Sensing Is a Language of Chemical Signals and Plays an Ecological Role in Algal-Bacterial Interactions

Algae are ubiquitous in the marine environment, and the ways in which they interact with bacteria are of particular interest in the field of marine ecology. The interactions between primary producers and bacteria impact the physiology of both partners, alter the chemistry of their environment, and shape microbial diversity. Although algal-bacterial interactions are well known and studied, information regarding the chemical-ecological role of this relationship remains limited, particularly with respect to quorum sensing (QS), which is a system of stimuli and response correlated to population density. In the microbial biosphere, QS is pivotal in driving community structure and regulating behavioral ecology, including biofilm formation, virulence, antibiotic resistance, swarming motility, and secondary metabolite production. Many marine habitats, such as the phycosphere, harbor diverse populations of microorganisms and various signal languages (such as QS-based autoinducers). QS-mediated interactions widely influence algal-bacterial symbiotic relationships, which in turn determine community organization, population structure, and ecosystem functioning. Understanding infochemicals-mediated ecological processes may shed light on the symbiotic interactions between algae host and associated microbes. In this review, we summarize current achievements about how QS modulates microbial behavior, affects symbiotic relationships, and regulates phytoplankton chemical-ecological processes. Additionally, we present an overview of QS-modulated co-evolutionary relationships between algae and bacterioplankton, and consider the potential applications and future perspectives of QS.