Forms and Fates of Rhizobial Bacteria Present in the Infected Host Cells of Nodules

There were two forms of rhizobial bacteria present in infected host cells of nodules. One was bacteroids which were enclosed in peribacteroid membrane originated from the infected host cells. The other was rhizobia as vegetative cells. The infected host cells were occupied by most of the bacteroids and a certain number of the vegetative cells respectively. With the nodule senescence, there were two kinds of fate of the bacteria: The bacteroids degenerated togather with the infected host cells at the same time and further disintegrated completely, so it is not possible that the disintegrated bacteroids could be returned into soil to revive: the vegetative cells did not disintegrate and die when the infected host cells senesced, eventually could be turned back into soil. The vegetative cells may play an important role, on the one hand, in cycle between legume and soil, on the other hand, maintain rhizobia in natural balance of population ecosystem.     

Plantlet Regeneration from Leaf Protoplast cultures of Japanese Butterbur

Protoplasts were isolated by enzyme digestion from leaf of Japanese butterbur (Petasites japonicus). The enzyme incubation mixture consisted of 4% (W/V)cellulase RS, 2% (W/V) hemicellulase, 1% (W/V) pectinase-dissolved Y-23 and polygalacturonase in a solution of 0. 5 mol/L mannitol at pH 5.7 . In the basic medium of 1/4 MS inorganic salts and 1/2 MS vitamins supplemented with 2 mg/L NAA, 0. 2–0. 5 mg/L BA, 0. 5 mol/L mannitol and 10 g/L sucrose, the cells divided luxuriantly. Regenerated plantlets were formed from callus after bud induction and root initiation.     

Studies on the Chemical Constituents of the Spores from Ganoderma lucidum Leyss et Fr,Karst

Two and ten compounds were isplated from the water portion and the ethereal soluble lipophilic fraction of Ganoderma lucidum respectively. On the basis of their chemical properties and co-TLC and IR spectral analysis, the two compounds from the water portion were identified as choline (Ⅰ) and betains (Ⅱ), ten compounds from thereal soluble fraction as tetra- cosanoic acid, stearic acid, palmitic acid, ergosta-7, 22-diene-3β-ol, nonadecanoic acid, benenic acid, tetracosane, hentriacontane, ergosterol and β-sitosterol. In addition, there are two compounds not be purified as contaminated by a small amount of ergosta-7, 22-diene-3β-ol.     

The Isolation and Identification of Phytoecdysones from Dacrydium pierrei Hickel

Three crystals were isolated from the bark of Dacrydium pierrei Hickel and were identified by melting point spectral data (UV, IR, MS, NMR) and GC. Hplc. Crystal Ⅰ is β-ecdysone, Crystal Ⅱ is a jugasterone C. Crystal Ⅲ consists of ponasterone A (ⅢA) and a new phytoecdysone named dacryhainansterone (ⅢB). Total yield of three crystals is 0.4%.     

Testing the nonrandomness of chromosomal breakpoints using highest observed breakages

To determine whether a chromosomal band is a fragile site rather than a spontaneous breakpoint, an essential step is to test the nonrandomness of breakage at the region. In this paper, the nonapplicability of the testing procedure introduced by Bohm et al. is discussed, and a new detection procedure is proposed. This new procedure considers the relations of one site with the others, and can be applied to tests of the nonrandomness of breakpoints under either the proportional probability model, or the equiprobability model. A data set for Chinese patients with colorectal carcinoma is analyzed as an illustration of the proposed method. Received: 27 August 1998 / Accepted: 18 December 1998     

重组腺病毒介导的白细胞介素—12（IL—12）在肝癌细胞中的表达

利用腺病毒表达系统在肝癌细胞中成功地表达了有生物活性的白细胞介素－１２（ＩＬ－１２）。ＩＬ－１２的Ｐ３５和Ｐ４０ ｃＤＮＡ分别克隆到腺病毒载体ｐＡＣＣＭＶ．ｐＬｐＡ,构建ｐＡＣ／Ｐ３５和ｐＡＣ／Ｐ４０表面质粒。与腺病毒重组质粒ｐＪＭ１７共转染２９３细胞,通过基因重组产生ＩＬ－１２Ｐ３５和Ｐ４０重组腺病毒。用重组腺病毒感染肝癌细胞株ＨｅｐＧ２和ＳＭＭＣ７７２１,经ＥＬＩＳＡ和Ｗｅｓｔｅｒｎ检测证明,     

乙酰胆碱酯酶在蚕豆保卫细胞中集中分布

动物细胞中,乙酰胆碱酯酶负责把乙酰胆碱水解为胆碱和乙酸以起到终止信号的作用。蚕豆（ＶｉｃｉａｆａｂａＬ．）保卫细胞原生质体表面具有特异的水解乙酰胆碱的酯酶,光可以激活该酶的活性。组织学定位的结果显示,酶反应产物主要分布于气孔保卫细胞内壁和腹壁的外侧及内壁和腹壁中,表明一种类似于动物突触传递的机制可能存在于气孔保卫细胞和周围细胞之间,即乙酰胆碱发挥作用后由乙酰胆碱酯酶分解以终止其作用;此外开放的气孔周围具有更高的酶活性,说明乙酰胆碱酯酶可通过水解气孔周围的乙酰胆碱而调控气孔运动