脐橙晚熟突变体"奉晚"与原品种"奉节72-1"的果实着色差异

测定了果实成熟过程中“奉晚”和“奉节72．1”两个脐橙（Citrus sinensis L．Osbeck）品种果皮中叶绿素和总类胡萝卜素的含量,并采用RT-PCR技术研究了相关酶的基因表达。结果表明：“奉晚”脐橙果皮中叶绿素含量的显著降低发生在11月份,“奉节72．1”则发生存10月中下旬到11月上旬;“奉晚”脐橙果皮中的总类胡萝卜素含量显著积累始于12月中旬,而“奉节72.1”品种则始于11月初。另外,“奉晚”脐橙果皮中叶绿素含量在10～11月显著高于原品种,总类胡萝卜素含量在12-1月显著低于原品种。从基因表达分析结果看到,“奉晚”脐橙果皮中与类胡萝卜素合成酶相关的基因较强表达的时间也整体迟于“奉节72．1”脐橙;叶绿素水解酶基因表达在10～12月中旬表达较“奉节72—1”弱,翌年1月份则较“奉节72．1”强。     

小麦——黑麦易位系的研究

为了创制在小麦生产上有经济价值和在小麦育种中有利用价值的小麦—黑麦易位系,用小麦—黑麦代换系5R/5A与6R/6A杂交,在杂种后代中选择带有某些黑麦性状的普通小麦类型植株,并按性状继代选择直至稳定为止,至F6代共选出9个品系即6-26、06-60-11、06-6-24、06-6-15、06-6-35、6-34、6-28、06-6-17、06-6-14。本文对这9个品系及其亲本进行了田间观察和遗传分析,结果表明：它们田间表现生长整齐一致、遗传稳定、育性正常,具有大穗、多小穗、多分蘖、抗病、抗旱等优良性状;选择分布在黑麦5R和6R染色体上的微卫星引物共20对,结果表明引物SCM268在6-26、06-60-11、06-6-15、06-6-35、6-34、6-28、06-6-17、06-6-14这8个品系中扩增出黑麦特异产物,初步确定这8个品系是易位系,是有经济价值和利用价值的遗传材料。     

生物信息学在A型流感病毒研究中的应用

生物信息学是随着人类基因组计划(Human genome project,HGP)的启动而发展起来的一门新兴学科。1995年,在HGP第一个五年总结报告中,给出了较为完整的定义:生物信息学是一门交叉科     

Hydrolysates of lignocellulosic materials for biohydrogen production

Lignocellulosic materials are commonly used in bio-H₂ production for the sustainable energy resource development as they are abundant, cheap, renewable and highly biodegradable. In the process of the bio-H₂ production, the pretreated lignocellulosic materials are firstly converted to monosaccharides by enzymolysis and then to H₂ by fermentation. Since the structures of lignocellulosic materials are rather complex, the hydrolysates vary with the used materials. Even using the same lignocellulosic materials, the hydrolysates also change with different pretreatment methods. It has been shown that the appropriate hydrolysate compositions can dramatically improve the biological activities and bio-H₂ production performances. Over the past decades, hydrolysis with respect to different lignocellulosic materials and pretreatments has been widely investigated. Besides, effects of the hydrolysates on the biohydrogen yields have also been examined. In this review, recent studies on hydrolysis as well as their effects on the biohydrogen production performance are summarized. [BMB Reports 2013; 46(5): 244-251]     

Epidemiologic characterization of human papillomavirus infection in rural Chaozhou, eastern Guangdong Province of China

Background

Human papilloma virus (HPV) infection was the main cause of cervical cancer. There were only a few reports and detailed data about epidemiological research of HPV infection in rural population of China.

Materials and Methods

The cervical cells of rural Chaozhou women were collected, and multiplex real time PCR was firstly performed to detect high-risk HPV (HR-HPV) infection, which could detect 13 types of HR-HPV (types 16, 18, 31, 33, 35, 39, 45, 51, 52, 56, 58, 59, and 68). Then, HPV-positive samples were typed by HPV GenoArray test.

Results

HR-HPV DNA was detected by multiplex real time-PCR in 3830 of 48559 cases (7.89%). There was a peak incidence in age of 55–60 years group, and a lower incidence in who lived in plain group compared with suburban, mountain and seashore group. 3380 cases of HPV positive sample were genotyped, 11.01% (372/3380) cases could not be classified, among the typed 3008 cases, 101 cases were identified without HR-HPV type infection, 2907 cases were infected with one HR-HPV type at least, the 6 most common HR-HPV types in descending order of infection, were type 52 (33.4%, 16 (20.95%), 58 (15.93%), 33 (9.94%), 68 (9.22%) and 18 (8.36%). The combined prevalence of HPV types 16 and 18 accounted for 28.52% of total infection. However, type 52 plus 58 presented 48.23% of total infection. 2209/2907 cases were infected with a single HPV type and 698/2907 cases were infected with multiple types, and multiple infection constituent ratio increased with age, with a peak incidence in age 55–60 years group.

Conclusions

Our findings showed low prevalence of HPV vaccine types (16 and 18) and relatively high prevalence of HPV-52 and -58, support the hypothesis that the second-generation HPV vaccines including HPV-52 and -58 may offer higher protection for women in rural Guangdong Province.     

多效性基因Ghd7调控水稻剑叶面积

光合作用是植物的唯一能量来源,剑叶是水稻开花后进行光合作用的主要部位。Ghd7是一个多效性产量基因,能显著提高水稻产量。为了研究Ghd7对水稻剑叶形态的遗传效应,文章利用一个包含190个家系的BC2F2群体对水稻剑叶长度(FLL)、剑叶宽(FLW)和剑叶面积(FLA)进行QTL定位分析。在BC2F2群体,FLL、FLW和FLA性状表型值均显示为双峰分布,符合孟德尔单基因分离比,并均与每穗实粒数呈现显著正相关。在第7染色体上RM3859和C39分子标记间定位到FLL、FLW和FLA的QTL,分别解释变异的73.3%、62.3%和71.8%,均与Ghd7共分离。以珍汕97为轮回亲本,特青和明恢63分别为供体亲本,获得两个Ghd7近等基因系NIL(MH63)和NIL(TQ),FLL、FLW和FLA表型值均比珍汕97显著提高。另外,超表达Ghd7的合江19转基因植株的FLL、FLW和FLA表型值分别比合江19增加了8.9 cm、0.5 cm和17.8 cm2。这些结果表明Ghd7对调控剑叶面积起重要作用。     

Thermostability of the N-Terminal RNA-Binding Domain of the SARS-CoV Nucleocapsid Protein: Experiments and Numerical Simulations

Differential scanning calorimetry, circular dichroism spectroscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and numerical simulations were used to study the thermostability of the N-terminal RNA-binding domain (RBD) of the SARS-CoV nucleocapsid protein. The transition temperature of the RBD in a mixing buffer, composed of glycine, sodium acetate, and sodium phosphate with 100 mM sodium chloride, at pH 6.8, determined by differential scanning calorimetry and circular dichroism, is 48.74°C. Experimental results showed that the thermal-induced unfolding-folding transition of the RBD follows a two-state model with a reversibility >90%. Using a simple Gō-like model and Langevin dynamics we have shown that, in agreement with our experiments, the folding of the RBD is two-state. Theoretical estimates of thermodynamic quantities are in reasonable agreement with the experiments. Folding and thermal unfolding pathways of the RBD also were experimentally and numerically studied in detail. It was shown that the strand β₁ from the N-terminal folds last and unfolds first, while the remaining β-strands fold/unfold cooperatively.     

黑河中游荒漠草地地上和地下生物量的分配格局

草地生态系统中地上和地下生物量的分配方式对于研究生态系统碳储量和碳循环有着重要的意义。为了解黑河中游荒漠草地的地上和地下生物量分配格局, 从群落和个体两个水平对黑河中游的地上和地下生物量进行了调查。结果表明: 群落水平上地上生物量介于3.2-559.2 g·m^-2之间, 地下生物量介于3.3-188.2 g·m^-2之间, 个体水平上地上生物量介于6.1-489.0 g·株^-1之间, 地下生物量介于2.4-244.2 g·株^-1之间, 群落水平上的根冠比(R/S)为0.10-2.49, 个体水平上为0.07-1.55, 地下生物量均小于地上生物量, 群落水平上R/S值大于个体水平。群落和个体水平地上和地下生物量的拟合斜率分别为1.1001和0.9913, 与1没有显著差异, 说明地上与地下生物量呈等速生长关系。群落和个体水平土壤表层0-20 cm和0-30 cm的根系生物量分别占全部根系生物量的89.81%、96.95%和81.42%、93.62%, 表明地下生物量主要集中在0-20 cm和0-30 cm土壤表层。     

新城疫分离毒HN蛋白的抗原性初步分析及分子特性研究

运用针对NDV囊膜糖蛋白(HN)的单克隆抗体(MAbs), 对2005~2006年间自我国江苏和广西部分地区的20株NDV分离株进行排谱试验, 初步分析了不同毒株之间HN蛋白的抗原表位差异; 并应用RT-PCR技术成功扩增了其HN基因整个编码区, 经克隆、测序最终获得13株鸡源NDV与7株鹅源NDV HN基因的编码区序列, 分析测定核苷酸序列及推导的氨基酸序列, 并将 鹅源NDV与鸡源NDV相应序列进行了比较。结果单抗排谱试验表明, 20株NDV分离株之间 HN蛋白的抗原表位存在差异; 测序结果表明, 测定的HN基因的编码区长度皆为1716nt编码571个氨基酸; 分离株中18株基因Ⅶ型NDV分离株之间HN基因编码区核苷酸序列具有较高的同 源性,达94.8%~100%; 与近几年国内流行的其它基因Ⅶ型NDV之间的核苷酸序列同源性 为92.1%~99.6%。对其推导的HN蛋白一级结构中潜在的糖基化位点及HN蛋白细胞受体结合相关区域的氨基酸序列等进行了比较分析。结果显示, 单抗排谱差异显著株在部分氨基酸位点发生了突变; 同时揭示我国部分地区同期流行的鹅源NDV与鸡源NDV HN基因之间具有较近的亲缘关系。