Critical roles of non-coding RNAs in lifecycle and biology of Marek’s disease herpesvirus

Science China Life Sciences - Over the past two decades, numerous non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) have been identified in different biological systems including virology, especially in large DNA viruses...     

单抗在人铁蛋白免疫亲和纯化中的应用

抗人铁蛋白单抗６Ｄ６和Ａ－ｈＦ－Ｃ与肝型铁蛋白和心型铁蛋白的反应性有所不同。６Ｄ６对两种铁蛋白的反应性相似;而Ａ－ｈＦ－Ｃ单抗与肝型铁蛋白的反应性较强。我们将６Ｄ６和Ａ－ｈＦ－Ｃ分别制成了亲和凝胶,用来纯化人肝脏和心脏粗抽提物中的铁蛋白。此法具有操作简便,产率和产品纯度高等优点。     

Insect-resistant transgenic cabbage plants and their progenies

An insecticidal crystal protein gene of Bacillus thuringiensis was transferred into cabbage genome with the method of Agrobacterium infection. Cotyledons with petioles as explants were cocultivated with Agrobacterial suspension. Calli generated at the basis of petiole were subjected to selection on the MS medium containing 15-30 mg/L kanamycin (Km). About 5% explants produced calli growing continuously on the selective medium. Green shoots appeared on these calli when they were transplanted onto medium with Km and 6-BA for plant differentiation. The shoots were separated and cultivated on medium with kanamycin. About 80% shoots were rooted. Non-transformed control calli could not give normal shoots and roots and brownized and died gradually. Larvae of Pieris rapae showed poisonous symptoms: growth inhibition and mortality when fed with the leaf of the transgenic plants. About 80% of regenerated plants showed positive hybridization bands when their DNA were probed with crystal protein sequence of Bacillu     

中国短痣蚜科新属新种记述（同翅目：蚜总科）

本文记述了短痣蚜科１新属——环短痣蚜属ＫｒｉｋｏａｎｏｅｃｉａＺｈａｎｇｅｔＱｉａｏ,ｇｅｎ．ｎ．及１新种——环短痣蚜ＫｒｉｋｏａｎｏｅｃｉａｃｉｒｃｕｌａＱｉａｏｅｔＺｈａｎｇ,ｓｐ．ｎ．,并探讨了该属的分类地位。模式标本存于中国科学院动物研究所昆虫标本馆内。环短痣蚜ＫｒｉｋｏａｎｏｅｃｉａＺｈａｎｇｅｔＱｉａｏ,新属模式种：环短痣蚜ＫｒｉｋｏａｎｏｅｃｉａｃｉｒｃｕｌａＱｉａｏｅｔＺｈａｎｇ,ｓｐ．ｎ．根据环短痣蚜新属腹部有缘瘤,有翅蚜前翅中脉分岔一次等特征,该新属应归于短痣蚜亚科内,与伪短痣蚜属ＡｉｃｅｏｎａＴａｋａｈａｓｈｉ,１９２１明显不同,而与短痣蚜属ＡｎｏｅｃｉａＫｏｃｈ,１７７５有较近的亲缘关系,不同则在于：新属次生感觉圈环形（后者卵圆形或椭圆形）;原生感觉圈有睫（无睫）;体背毛少（体背毛多）;体背无大型褐色斑纹（有）;前翅翅痣狭长,近长平行四边形（近三角形或椭圆形）。就次生感觉圈的形状,原生感觉圈有无睫,跗节Ｉ毛数的进化方向（Ｓｈａｐｏｓｈｎｉｋｏｖ,１９８１）,认为新属较短痣蚜属更为进化。分布：甘肃岷县（西寨２３００ｍ）。正模：有翅孤雌蚜Ｎｏ．８７３３－２－１－１,甘肃岷县（西寨２３００     

绞股蓝属的染色体研究

报道了葫芦科绞股蓝属（Ｇｙｎｏｓｔｅｍｍａ Ｂ１．）８种共２０个居群的染色体数目,分别为２ｎ＝２２,３３,４４,６６,８８多倍体现象极为普遍。两个亚属;绞股蓝亚属（Ｓｕｂｇｅｎ．Ｇｙｎｏｓｔｅｍｍａ）和喙果藤亚属（Ｓｕｂｇｅｎ．Ｔｒｉｏｓｔｅｌｌｕｍ）的染色体基数均为Ｘ＝１１,并结合该属植物形态特征、繁殖方式和地理分布,对普遍出现的多倍体现象进行了讨论。     

EB病毒BNLF-1基因的分子生物学研究进展

位于EB病毒基因组U₅-TR区内的BNLF-1基因,其转译产物为潜伏膜蛋白(latent membrane protein1, LMP-1),由于LMP-1可以导致细胞转化并在EB病毒致癌过程中具有重要作用,因而成为近年来EB病毒分子生物学及相关肿瘤如人鼻咽癌、伯基特淋巴瘤、何杰金氏病等疾病病因发病学研究的热点,并取得了一批有重要意义的成果,文章从BNLF-1的基因结构及表达调控, LMP蛋白的结构及生化功能, LMP-1的生物学功能和LMP-1研究进行评述.     

Expression of betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase gene and salinity tolerance in rice transgenic plants

Betaine as one of osmolytes plays an important role in osmoregulation of most high plants. Betaine aldehyde dehydrogenase C BADH) is the second enzyme involved in betaine biosynthesis. The BADH gene from a halophite, Atriplex hortensis, was transformed into rice cultivars by bombarment method. Totally 192 transgenic rice plants were obtained and most of them had higher salt tolerance than controls. Among transgenic plants transplanted in the saline pool containing 0.5% NaCl in a greenhouse, 22 survived, 13 of which set seeds, and the frequency of seed setting was very low, only 10% . But the controls could not grow under the same condition. The results of BADH ac-tivity assay and Northern blot showed that the BADH gene was integrated into chromosomes of transgenic plants and expressed.     

A serotype-specific epitope of dengue virus 1 identified by phage displayed random peptide library

Abstract From a panel of monoclonal antibodies of dengue viruses, a serotype-specific epitope of dengue virus 1 was screened from a random peptide library displayed on phage. The epitope was the determinant reactive with monoclonal antibody 15F3-1 that was specific to dengue 1. The screening was monitored by a dot blotting procedure, and after three rounds of screening a consensus motif, HRYSWK, was found. This sequence matches the sequence HKYSWK, corresponding to the amino acid residues 885–890 of polyprotein or residues 111–116 of the non-structural protein 1 of dengue virus serotype 1. The linear epitope was confirmed by testing the antigenicity of chemically synthesized 8-branched peptide.     

乙型脑炎病毒NS2A-C60A位点突变对其生物学特性影响研究*

目的:旨在探索Ⅰ型日本乙型脑炎病毒传代致弱后基因组突变NS2A-C60A对乙脑病毒生物学特性的影响。方法:首先通过对传代致弱及原始乙脑毒株基因组序列进行测序比对、结构预测分析并利用Western blotting(WB)确定了目标研究位点NS2A-C60A;然后使用反向遗传定点突变技术构建拯救了包含NS2A-C60A单点突变的病毒株;最后利用噬斑形态观察、生长曲线、双萤光素酶分析,WB以及炎性因子检测和动物实验研究了该单点突变对于乙脑病毒生物学特性的影响。结果:首次研究发现Ⅰ型乙脑病毒传代致弱会导致NS1'蛋白表达的显著下降以及可能的相关位点NS2A-C60A,并成功拯救获得了NS2A-C60A单点突变毒株rJEV-C60A,研究发现NS2A-C60A突变对乙脑病毒的生长特性及噬斑形成没有显著影响,但是能够显著降低乙脑病毒NS1'蛋白的表达,并且该位点突变能够轻微阻碍乙脑病毒对细胞炎性因子表达的抑制,动物实验结果显示NS2A-C60A点突变病毒与原毒株具有相似的神经毒力,说明该位点突变不是影响乙脑病毒毒力致弱的关键位点。结论:新发现的NS2A-C60A位点突变能够显著减少乙脑病毒NS1'蛋白的表达,但是对其增殖、诱导炎症及神经毒力等生物学特性没有显著影响。     

真蚋属的新种和新纪录(双翅目:蚋科)

作者在辽宁地区采集的蚋科标本,经整理、鉴定,发现真蚋属中有2新种及2个我国新纪录。现将新种和新纪录记述如下。所有模式标本均保存于辽宁省卫生防疫站。 1.狭谷真蚋Eusimulium synanceium新种(图1) 雌 体长约2.2毫米。触角10节,棕黑色,基2节棕黄鱼。额灰棕色,较宽(高:宽=