需氧芽胞杆菌的特殊生存方式

需氧芽胞杆菌在自然界广泛存在,少数为致病菌,大多数营腐生或寄生生活。其生存方式除了细菌营养型的正常分裂繁殖以外,还有几种特殊的生存与繁殖方式:如芽胞型的休眠状态存活,菌丛的孵育点繁殖,细菌的L型生存繁殖,以及可能还有活的非可培养的生存方式等。研究了解芽胞杆菌的这些特殊的生存方式,具有重要的细菌学理论意义和医学实际应用价值。     

与老年黄斑病变有关的单核苷酸多态性

老年黄斑病变(AMD)是导致50岁以上的人失明的最常见的原因,它部分的原因是继承了易感基因。在AMD中,视网膜中的感光细胞受损,导致中央视觉逐渐消失。AMD有2种：湿型和干型。湿型AMD对患者危害最严重,因为视觉消失的速     

日本血吸虫中国大陆株28kDa GST基因在大肠杆菌中的表达

在大肠杆菌ＴＢ１中表达含日本血吸虫中国大陆株２８ｋＤａ抗原基因的重组质粒，表达产物是融合蛋白，分子量来３３ｋＤａ。采用谷胱甘肽琼脂糖亲和层析柱纯化表达产物。２，４－二硝基氯苯／谷胱甘肽分光光度测定法和琼脂糖－淀粉凝胶电泳显示重组抗原具有较高的谷胱甘肽Ｓ－转移酶活力。     

新疆北鲵染色体组型的初步观察

本文报道了新疆北鲵的染色体组型，２ｎ＝６６，核型公式为２ｎ＝１０Ｍ＋２ＳＴ＋１６Ｔ＋３８ｍ，由１４对大染色体和１９对微小染色体组成。在雌，雄个体间未发现有异型性染色体。核型分析结果表明，新疆北鲵是小鲵科中较原始的种类。     

赭纤虫RNA聚合酶Ⅰ基因片段的分析

赭纤虫被认为是一类进化过程中较为原始的纤毛虫。本研究以储纤虫基因组DNA为模板,利用锚定PCR技术,扩增出RNA聚合酶I第二大亚基基因片段,并对扩增出的基因片段进行了克隆和序列分析。结果表明：由该基因片段导出的氨基酸序列中共有10个半胱氨酸,均由通用密码子UGU、UGC编码,开放读框中不存在由UGA转译为半眈氨酸这一非通用密码的现象。     

正常妊娠大鼠的Th2型免疫反应

采用流式细胞仪,^3H-TdR掺入和酶联免疫打点(enzyme-linked immunospot,ELISPOT)方法研究妊娠免疫学指标的改变。妊娠晚期大鼠脾脏单个核细胞表面分子主要组织相容性抗原Ⅱ(MHCⅡ)明显下调,外周血单个核细胞表达CD11c明显减少,共激活分子B7-1和B7-2未见改变;脾脏和外周血单个核细胞中Th2细胞因子IL-10、IL-4表达增多,TGFD阳性细胞数也明显增加,而Th1细胞因子IFNγ的产生未受抑制。此外,脾脏和外周血中单个核细胞的抗原特异性增殖未见改变,而腹腔淋巴结细胞的增殖明显升高。脾脏单个核细胞在妊娠晚期分泌较少的抗原特异性抗体。提示妊娠期性激素具有免疫调节作用,可能与怀孕时Th1细胞介导的自身免疫性疾病得到缓解有关。     

EST-based analysis of gene expression in the porcine brain

Since pig is an important livestock species worldwide, its gene expression has been investigated intensively, but rarely in brain. In order to study gene expression profiles in the pig central nervous system, we sequenced and analyzed 43,122 highquality 5’ end expressed sequence tags (ESTs) from porcine cerebellum, cortex cerebrum, and brain stem cDNA libraries, involving several different prenatal and postnatal developmental stages. The initial ESTs were assembled into 16,101 clusters and compared to protein and nucleic acid databases in GenBank. Of these sequences, 30.6% clusters matched protein databases and represented function known sequences; 75.1% had significant hits to nucleic acid databases and partial represented known function; 73.3% matched known porcine ESTs; and 21.5% had no matches to any known sequences in GenBank. We used the categories defined by the Gene Ontology to survey gene expression in the porcine brain.     

Dexamethasone-inducible green fluorescent protein gene expression in transgenic plant cells

Genomic research has made a large number of sequences of novel genes or expressed sequence tags available. To investigate functions of these genes, a system for conditional control of gene expression would be a useful tool. Inducible transgene expression that uses green fluorescent protein gene (gfp) as a reporter gene has been investigated in transgenic cell lines of cotton (COT; Gossypium hirsutum L.), Fraser fir [FRA; Abies fraseri (Pursh) Poir], Nordmann fir (NOR; Abies nordmanniana Lk.), and rice (RIC; Oryza sativa L. cv. Radon). Transgenic cell lines were used to test the function of the chemical inducer dexamethasone. Inducible transgene expression was observed with fluorescence and confocal microscopy, and was confirmed by northern blot analyses. Dexamethasone at 5 mg/L induced gfp expression to the nearly highest level 48 h after treatment in COT, FRA, NOR, and RIC. Dexamethasone at 10 mg/L inhibited the growth of transgenic cells in FRA and NOR, but not COT and RIC. These results demonstrated that concentrations of inducer for optimum inducible gene expression system varied among transgenic cell lines. The inducible gene expression system described here was very effective and could be valuable in evaluating the function of novel gene.