麝香石竹玻璃苗与正常苗的生理特性差异

诱导麝香石竹茎段外植体产生不定芽的分化,所得到的正常苗与玻璃苗的生理特性明显有差异。表现在玻璃苗的鲜重、干重、粗纤维和叶绿素含量与正常苗相比显著降低;玻璃苗的可溶性糖含量增加38％,而蔗糖含量下降63%,束缚水含量显著增高,自由水含量明显降低;玻璃苗的淀粉酶总活性也明显升高,碱性和中性区过氧化物酶同工酶活性显著提高而酸性区的同工酶活性有所下降。然而,玻璃苗和正常苗形成时的芽分化频率以及伸长生长量之间无明显区别。结果表明,麝香石竹试管苗的玻璃化可能是在碳水化合物代谢、氮代谢和水分存在状况等发生生理异常的情况下在芽分化启动后的生长过程中发生的,而不是在芽分化启动时已经决定的。     

氮钙对香石竹多酚氧化酶、过氧化物酶和叶斑病的影响

1　引　　言近几年安徽省香石竹鲜切花生产得到迅速发展 ,但每年6月至 10月间叶斑病均有较严重发生 ,药物也很难从根本上防止叶斑病的发生和蔓延 ,影响香石竹的生产 .由于多数香石竹生产基地长期只注重用销铵、尿素等Ｎ肥 ,而忽视施用含Ｃａ2 + 肥料和Ｃａ2 + 的生理作用 ,导致栽培基质Ｎ(ＮＯ-3 )、Ｃａ2 + 失去平衡 ,植株对病害抵抗能力降低 .本试验着重研究Ｎ(ＮＯ-3 )、Ｃａ2 + 营养浓度对与抗病性有关的多酚氧化酶、过氧化物酶活性和植株发生叶斑病程度的关系 ,为合理施肥减轻叶斑病对香石竹危害程度提供理论依据 .2　材料与方法2 1　…     

Flotation of lipid-protein particles containing triacylglycerol and phospholipid from the cytosol of carnation petals

Lipid-protein particles ranging from 20 to 250 nm in diameter have been isolated from the cytosol of carnation petals by flotation centrifugation and also by ultrafiltration. The cytosolic lipid-protein particles resemble oil bodies, lipid-protein particles found in oil-bearing seeds, in that they contain triacylglycerol, are circumscribed by phospholipid that is not organized in a bilayer, appear to be derived from membranes and can be isolated by flotation. However, the cytosolic particles are distinguishable from oil bodies in that triacylglycerol is not the dominant lipid. Indeed, they contain a spectrum of lipids in addition to phospholipids and triacylglycerol including free fatty acids, sterol and wax esters, phosphatidic acid and diacylglycerol. These same lipids are present in corresponding microsomal membranes as well, but in much smaller proportions relative to phospholipid. The lipid-protein particles from carnation petals contain a 17-kDa protein that is of similar size to oil body oleosin, but does not cross-react with anti-oleosin antibodies. The data indicate that these cytosolic particles are structurally and chemically similar to oil bodies and are consistent with the notion that their genesis may be a means of removing destabilizing lipids from membrane bilayers.     

Where all the Roads Meet? A Crossover Perspective on Host Factors Regulating SARS-CoV-2 infection

COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2 is the latest pandemic which has thrown the world into an unprecedented social and economic uncertainties along with huge loss to humanity. Identification of the host factors regulating the replication of SARS-CoV-2 in human host may help in the development of novel anti-viral therapies to combat the viral infection and spread. Recently, some research groups used genome-wide CRISPR/Cas screening to identify the host factors critical for the SARS-CoV-2 replication and infection. A comparative analysis of these significant host factors (p < 0.05) identified fifteen proteins common in these studies. Apart from ACE2 (receptor for SARS-CoV-2 attachment), other common host factors were CSNK2B, GDI2, SLC35B2, DDX51, VPS26A, ARPP-19, C1QTNF7, ALG6, LIMA1, COG3, COG8, BCOR, LRRN2 and TLR9. Additionally, viral interactome of these host factors revealed that many of them were associated with several SARS-CoV-2 proteins as well. Interestingly, some of these host factors have already been shown to be critical for the pathogenesis of other viruses suggesting their crucial role in virus-host interactions. Here, we review the functions of these host factors and their role in other diseases with special emphasis on viral diseases.     

Secondary somatic embryogenesis of carnation (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Dianthus caryophyllus</Emphasis> L.)

This is the first report describing culture conditions necessary to induce secondary embryogenesis in two carnation cultivars, Nelson and Spirit. In the first step, embryogenic calli were induced on petal explants followed by development of primary somatic embryos from the calli. In the second stage, secondary somatic embryos were obtained when precotyledonary and cotyledonary primary embryos were isolated and transferred onto a series of culture media all containing MS basal salt mixture, and supplemented with different concentrations of 2,4-D, BA, sucrose and mannitol. The highest rate of secondary embryogenesis occurred on mannitol containing media. Secondary somatic embryos were converted into plantlets when they were transferred onto growth regulator-free half-strength MS medium and successfully acclimated in the greenhouse.