基于CLUE-S模型验证的海岸围垦区景观驱动因子贡献率

基于1990、2000、2009年TM影像、社会统计数据、野外调查数据,采用冗余分析和主成分分析方法对长江口奉贤段围垦区海岸带景观动态变化驱动力因子的贡献度进行分析,并利用Kappa指数对CLUE-S模型所选驱动力模拟效力进行验证.结果表明:海岸带围垦区景观动态变化的人为驱动因子贡献度(57.1％)大于自然驱动因子贡献度(42.9％).CLUE-S模型模拟的正确率达82％,研究区主要景观类型(耕地、未利用地和养殖塘)的Kappa指数均大于0.75,CLUE-S模型的模拟效果较理想,所选驱动力因子很好地模拟了规则景观突变的空间分布特征.     

饲料中转基因成分对家蚕生长发育的影响

采用家蚕（Bombyx mori）H9品种作为实验动物,分别用转基因和非转基因大豆粉制作的人工饲料进行饲育。通过饲育试验,比较分析了不同处理后家蚕的龄期经过时间、全茧量、茧层量、茧层率、蛹体重、疏毛率、死亡率、每龄眠起体重等经济性状指标。同时采用PCR方法对转基因饲料饲育后家蚕组织中外源基因的表达情况进行了检测。结果显示,含转基因大豆粉的人工饲料对家蚕的生长发育并无显著影响,且不存在外源基因的污染。     

发酵抑制物对絮凝酵母戊糖发酵的影响

将絮凝剂加入酵母溶液中,使酵母絮凝成颗粒以此作为固定化酵母进行戊糖发酵。研究了常见发酵抑制物(甲酸、乙酸、糠醛和乳酸等)对絮凝酵母发酵木糖的影响。结果表明:在60.0g/L木糖发酵液中,经过24h发酵,木糖利用率达94.6%,当分别添加抑制物甲酸、乙酸、糠醛、乙醇和乳酸时,聚氧乙烯絮凝酵母分别对其的耐受浓度为0.5、0.5、1.0、30.0和8.0g/L。当抑制物添加量超过各自的耐受浓度后,对絮凝酵母发酵会产生明显的抑制作用。     

听神经元的频率调谐

频率作为声音的一个重要参数,在听敏感神经元对声音进行分析和编码过程中扮演重要角色。一般用频率调谐曲线来表示听敏感神经元的频率调谐特性,并用Qn(10,30,50)值表达频率调谐曲线的尖锐程度,Qn值越大,频率调谐曲线也越尖锐,神经元的频率调谐能力越好,对频率的分辨能力越高。从听觉外周到中枢,听敏感神经元的频率调谐逐级锐化,而这种锐化主要是由听中枢的多种抑制性神经递质的作用而产生的,其中起主要作用的是GABA能和甘氨酸能神经递质。此外,离皮层调控,双侧下丘间的联合投射以及弱噪声前掩蔽等因素也会影响听敏感神经元的频率调谐特性。     

PES1慢病毒表达载体的构建及其对乳腺癌ZR75-30细胞生长的影响

目的:利用慢病毒载体表达PES1基因,研究其对乳腺癌ZR75-30细胞生长的影响.方法:以乳腺文库为模板,PCR扩增PES1基因,克隆到pCDH载体,构建成pCDH-PES1,将其与包装载体共转293T细胞,包装成Lenti-PES1慢病毒载体并测定病毒滴度,感染乳腺癌ZR75-30细胞,Western印迹鉴定病毒载体...     

Assembly mechanism of [Fe2S2] cluster in ferredoxin from Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans

Ferredoxin is a typical iron-sulfur protein that is ubiquitous in biological redox systems. This study investigates the in vitro assembly of a [Fe2S2] cluster in the ferredoxin from Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans in the presence of three scaffold proteins: IscA, IscS, and IscU. The spectra and MALDI-TOF MS results for the reconstituted ferredoxin confirm that the iron-sulfur cluster was correctly assembled in the protein. The inactivation of cysteine desulfurase by L-allylglycine completely blocked any [Fe2S2] cluster assembly in the ferredoxin in E. coli, confirming that cysteine desulfurase is an essential component for iron-sulfur cluster assembly. The present results also provide strong evidence that [Fe2S2] cluster assembly in ferredoxin follows the AUS pathway.     

Identification of a truncated form of methionine sulfoxide reductase a expressed in mouse embryonic stem cells

Background  

Methionine Sulfoxide Reductase A (MsrA), an enzyme in the Msr gene family, is important in the cellular anti-oxidative stress defense mechanism. It acts by reducing the oxidized methionine sulfoxide in proteins back to sulfide and by reducing the cellular level of reactive oxygen species. MsrA, the only enzyme in the Msr gene family that can reduce the S-form epimers of methionine sulfoxide, has been located in different cellular compartments including mitochondria, cytosol and nuclei of various cell lines.     

Lack of CCR7 induces pulmonary hypertension involving perivascular leukocyte infiltration and inflammation

The chemokine receptor CCR7 regulates lymphocyte trafficking, and CCR7 deficiency induces infiltration of T and B cells adjacent to vessels in mouse lungs. Perivascular infiltration of T and B cells has also been found in human pulmonary arterial hypertension, and downregulation of the CCR7 receptor in circulating leukocytes of such patients has been observed. To investigate whether changes in the CCR7 system contribute to the pathogenesis of pulmonary hypertension, we utilized mice deficient of the CCR7 receptor. The cardiopulmonary and inflammatory responses of CCR7 depletion were evaluated in CCR7-deficient and wild-type mice. Measurements of cytokines upregulated in the animal model were also performed in patients with pulmonary hypertension and controls and in vascular smooth muscle cells. We found that mice lacking CCR7 had increased right ventricular systolic pressure, reduced pulmonary artery acceleration time, increased right ventricular/tibial length ratio, Rho kinase-mediated pulmonary vasoconstriction, and increased muscularization of distal arteries, indicating pulmonary hypertension. These mice also showed increased perivascular infiltration of leukocytes, consisting mainly of T and B cells, and increased mRNA levels of the inflammatory cytokines interleukin-12 and CX3CL1 within pulmonary tissue. Increased serum levels of interleukin-12 and CX3CL1 were also observed in patients with pulmonary hypertension, particularly in those with pulmonary hypertension associated with connective tissue disorder. In smooth muscle cells, interleukin-12 induced secretion of the angiogenic cytokine interleukin-8. We conclude that these results suggest a role for CCR7 in the development of pulmonary arterial hypertension, at least in some subgroups, possibly via pulmonary infiltration of lymphocytes and secretion of interleukin-12 and CX3CL1.     

In vitro study of DNA interaction with melamine and its related compounds

In vitro studies on the interactions between native herring sperm DNA (HS-DNA) and melamine as well as its related compounds (MARCs), that is, ammeline, ammelide, and cyanuric acid, have been investigated by spectrophotometric, spectrofluorometric, melting temperature, and viscosimetric techniques. It was found that any of the MARCs might interact with HS-DNA by a groove mode of binding via hydrogen bonds. The interaction constants between any of the MARCs and HS-DNA were at 10?-10? L mol?1, determined by both spectrophotometric and spectrofluorometric methods. The thermodynamic studies suggested that the interaction processes were exothermic favored (ΔH?相似文献   

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生命系统包含了具有不同功能的纳米机器和高度有序的大分子结构。所有的双链线性DNA病毒使用由ATP驱动的纳米分子马达将其基因包装在蛋白质外壳内。噬菌体phi29 DNA包装马达的核心组成部分连接器已被成功嵌入到脂双层中,极为稳定且可用于离子和DNA转运的精确测量。它在包装DNA时具有单向通行的阀门机制,同时其关闭和打开可由人工控制。这对于详细研究分子马达的操作机制及未来医药应用中DNA的包装、测序、采样和投递都具有重要意义。