大肠杆菌编码区碱基片段的分析研究

对大肠杆菌1231个编码开始区域和1307个编码终止区域内的6碱基片段、4碱基片段和3碱基片段进行了统计,发现绝大多数4碱基和3碱基模式出现在盯对频率小于2的范围之内;在这两个区域中,出现最多的碱基片段是多聚A;编码开始区域和编码终止区域的碱基构成模式有明显区别;编码开始区域里GGA类的稀有片段恰恰是SD区域最偏好的碱基片段;以TAG或CTA构造的3碱基模式为编码开始区和编码终止区的禁用模式。     

Effects of temperature and moisture on urease activity in semi-arid tropical soils

Summary Studies of urease activity in an Indian Vertisol and Alfisol using both buffer (THAM pH 9.0) and non-buffer methods for assay of the urease activity showed that activity increased with increase in temperature from 10°C to a maximum at 60°C (Vertisol) and 70°C (Alfisol). Further increase in temperature decreased urease activity which was nearly totally inhibited at 100°C. Urease activity was not detected in soil samples collected in late summer when the soil moisture content was far below — 15 bar pressure. Urease activity increased with increase in moisture content up to field capacity and remained constant with further increase in moisture content. The relevance of these findings to the ICRISAT improved management practices for Vertisols, which involve seeding of crops into dry soil just before the onset of rains is discussed. Approved as Journal Article No. 288 by the International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics (ICRISAT).     

争胜鼠(Zelomys)的门齿釉质结构和分类位置

争胜鼠的上门齿釉质结构分为两层。内层施氏明暗带界线清楚,呈横向延伸,带宽不规则,主要为１个釉柱宽。釉柱间质很发育,围绕釉柱,其微晶方向与釉往平行,属单系。争胜鼠与始鼠科共有单系门齿微细结构,而与先松鼠科共有始啮型头骨的特征,因前者为较进特征而后者为近祖的原始特征,故争胜鼠与始鼠科有较近的系统关系。     

孕酮对蒙古绵羊输卵管上皮细胞β-防御素mRNA表达的影响

建立蒙古绵羊输卵管上皮细胞培养体系作为体外实验模型,分别添加10^-6、10^-7、10^-8、10^-9和10^-10 mol/L孕酮,运用实时荧光定量PCR方法测定孕酮对上皮细胞内β-防御素相对表达量的影响。结果显示,与对照组比较,10^-6和10^-7 mol/L孕酮组β-防御素相对表达量显著升高（P<0.05）;10^-8和10^-9 mol/L孕酮组极显著升高（P<0.01）;而10^-10 mol/L孕酮组未见显著性差异。孕酮添加组间比较显示,10^-8和10^-9 mol/L孕酮组极显著高于10^-10 mol/L组（P<0.01）,其它孕酮添加组间未见显著性差异。分析认为,一定浓度的孕酮（10^-9－10^-6 mol/L）对培养的输卵管上皮细胞β-防御素的表达有促进作用。且不同浓度的孕酮对β-防御素表达的影响程度不同。因而推断,雌性生理周期下,雌性生殖道β-防御素的表达与孕激素相关。     

Study of physiopathological phenomena in dental enamel by neutron activation analysis

An epithermal neutron activation method is used to determine the concentration of mineral elements in human dental enamel. A large number (252) of samples from ancient and modern origins are analyzed. The analytical results are mathematically processed using a statistical multivariant method. This allows to differentiate deciduous from permanent teeth and decayed from sound enamel. It is also possible to distinguish the teeth coming from two different necropoles. The origin and the localization of determined elements in the mineralized part, or in the aqueous-organic part, of enamel is suggested. Their role, as witnessed in the physiopathological phenomena of dental enamel, is discussed.     

Two optical coherence tomography systems detect topical gold nanoshells in hair follicles,sweat ducts and measure epidermis

Optical coherence tomography (OCT) is an established imaging technology for in vivo skin investigation. Topical application of gold nanoshells (GNS) provides contrast enhancement in OCT by generating a strong hyperreflective signal from hair follicles and sweat glands, which are the natural skin openings. This study explores the utility of 150 nm diameter GNS as contrast agent for OCT imaging. GNS was massaged into skin and examined in four skin areas of 11 healthy volunteers. A commercial OCT system and a prototype with 3 μm resolution (UHR‐OCT) were employed to detect potential benefits of increased resolution and variability in intensity generated by the GNS. In both OCT‐systems GNS enhanced contrast from hair follicles and sweat ducts. Highest average penetration depth of GNS was in armpit 0.64 mm ± SD 0.17, maximum penetration depth was 1.20 mm in hair follicles and 15 to 40 μm in sweat ducts. Pixel intensity generated from GNS in hair follicles was significantly higher in UHR‐OCT images (P = .002) and epidermal thickness significantly lower 0.14 vs 0.16 mm (P = .027). This study suggests that GNSs are interesting candidates for increasing sensitivity in OCT diagnosis of hair and sweat gland disorders and demonstrates that choice of OCT systems influences results.      

蚕豆幼胚珠培养及与近缘种杂交的研究

为提高蚕豆的抗病性、抗虫性和着荚性,人们试图将其与野生近缘种进行种间杂交,但因杂交幼胚早期败育,至今未获成功。解决杂交幼胚的发育问题已成杂交成功的关键。作者以自交授粉15天的幼胚珠为材料,确立了由幼胚珠离体培养经继代直接成苗的方法,获得可正常开花结实的完整植珠。以蚕豆为母本与5个近缘种进行了种间杂交,对杂交20天的杂交幼胚珠进行了离体培养,经愈伤组织再分化形成试管苗。为克服蚕豆与近缘种杂交幼胚的败育进行了探索。     

Material properties of coyote dentine under bending: gradients in flexibility and strength by position

We investigate the nonlinear properties of dentine from the upper canines of coyotes Canis latrans with bending tests. With the results we predict the behavior of whole canines under load. Coyote dentine is not homogeneous but is stronger and more ductile farther away from the pulp cavity. The modulus of rupture (MOR) first increases and then declines with distance from the pulp cavity. Our analysis of the composite nature of dentine produced by these gradients indicates that there may be an adaptive explanation with the composite having nearly the strength of the strongest dentine and a work of fracture greater than even the most ductile dentine. Coyote dentine is considerably stronger than human dentine. In coyotes, the peak MOR, a measure of bending strength, is 480 MPa, compared with a maximum of 225 MPa for human dentine. This value is about the same as the weakest coyote dentine that we found near the pulp cavity. Finally, enamel plays, at most, a small role in the bending strength of the whole tooth. Our results indicate that enamel under tension adds little to strength, but we cannot dismiss a small role for enamel in compression.