抗旱作物上岗记

一边是水资源的严重短缺，一边是干旱导致的农业减产，无疑使世界粮食危机雪上加霜。水资源正成为世界多数国家制约农业发展的重要因素，培育“不怕渴”农作物品种成为摆在世界育种学家面前的共同难题，也是节水农业中最有效的技术手段。     

养只仓鼠当宠物？!

仓鼠,1829年于西伯利亚附近一个城市被发现,属于啮齿类,学名Rodentia,出自拉丁文的"咬",意思是牙齿不断生长而需要不停磨牙。它们的寿命很短,平均2年左右,4个月大的仓鼠已经成年。当然不同品种的仓鼠寿命的长短也有少许不同。它们与老鼠不同,只有一条很短的尾巴,甚至没有。除了中国仓鼠的尾巴比较长,其他品种的仓鼠也只有少于一厘米的尾巴。仓鼠最有趣之处是懂得把食物藏在腮两边,在安全的地方才吐出,所以有人称仓鼠为大颊鼠。而仓鼠这个名字的由来就是来自德文hamstern,意思是贮藏。     

井冈山自然保护区30年 保护区人的精神

井冈山自然保护区是中国一颗璀璨的绿色明珠,在当今地球上同纬度多为沙漠干旱地区的事实面前,这里是一块难得的绿洲。它保存了第三纪以来发育的常绿阔叶林,至今还保留了许多诸如资源冷杉等侏罗纪古老的成分:还有许多见证1亿年前与北美洲联系的榧树、栲类、木兰类等成分。在漫长的历史长河中,井冈山不仅发育演化了丰富的生物多样性,而且产生了28种之多的新物种,诸如井冈山杜鹃、背绒杜鹃、伏毛     

湖之浩浩：印象兴凯湖

这里曾谱写过肃慎渔猎生活的历史,流传着海东青捕拿天鹅的故事,并与一个让亿万中国人熟悉的词汇"北大荒"紧密相连;这里还发现了中国丹顶鹤的第三大繁殖群以及其它珍禽。这里就是兴凯湖,位于北国边境上的一颗绿色明珠。本期自然将引领您走入这片充满光荣与梦想的传奇土地……     

A Technique to Analyse Succession Data from Permanent Plots

IIntroductionSuccessionstudyIsaspeclalfleldInvegetationecology（Greig—Smith1983）．ItreferstocummulatlvechangeInvegetationovertime．Florl幻IcgradientsIndicativeofsuccessionaltrendsmayemergefromconventionalordinationIfextrinsic！nformatlonallowsthemtobel－dentlfledassuch．Inthespedalcaseofforestvegetation,forInstance,Informationonthesize—classesoftreespedespresentmaypermitsuccessionalgradientslobeldentlfleddirectly（Goff1968,Carleton＆Maycock1978）．Fewauthors,however,haveattempted…     

Mitosis and microtubule organizational changes in rice root-tip cells

The pattern of change of the microtubule cytoskeleton of the root-tip cells of rice during mitosis was studied using immunofluorescence technic and confocal laser scanning microscopy. All the major stages of ceil division including preprophase, prophase, metaphase, anaphase and telophase were observed. The most significant finding was that in the preprophase cells microtubules radiating from the nuclear surface to the cortex were frequently seen. During development these microtubules became closely associated with the preprophase band and prophase spindie indicating that the microtubules radiating from the nuclear surface, the preprophase band and the prophazc spindle were structurally and functionally closely related to each other. Granule-like anchorage sites for the radiating microtubules at the muclear surface were often seen and the possibility that these gramle-like anchorage sites might represent the microtubule organizing centres was discussed.     

肠出血性大肠杆菌O157:H7 TCCP蛋白研究进展

TCCP(內膜素受体偶联细胞骨架蛋白,Tir couple cytoskeleton protein)是近年研究新发现的EHEC(肠出血性大肠杆菌)O157∶H7致病分子,它经大肠杆菌Ⅲ型分泌系统转导入宿主细胞内,结合并活化宿主蛋白N-WASP(神经威奥综合症蛋白),引起肌动蛋白的聚集,最终诱导特征病理改变黏附、擦拭(A/E)损伤的形成。本文就近年来对它的研究情况作一简要综述。     

8-氯腺苷诱导的组蛋白H3K79双甲基化促进NBS1和p21的基因转录激活

组蛋白H3第79位赖氨酸甲基化（H3K79me）修饰有单甲基、双甲基及三甲基3种形式,是常染色质的标志.然而,对于组蛋白H3K79三种甲基化各自在基因转录、DNA损伤修复中所起的作用尚不十分清楚.本研究以8-氯腺苷（8-Cl-Ado）为DNA双链断裂（DNA double-stranded breaks,DSB）诱导剂,采用Western 印迹,在人肺癌细胞H1299检测出了DNA修复分子NBS1、细胞周期检验点相关分子p21,并发现H3K79me1、H3K79me2和H3K79me3三种甲基化修饰的组蛋白明显增加;染色质免疫共沉淀结合实时定量PCR实验显示,只H3K79me2与DNA损伤检验点分子p21、DNA修复分子NBS1的启动子区域相结合,说明H3K79双甲基化修饰与这些基因的转录激活有关.结果提示,在8-氯腺苷引起 DSB时,是H3K79me2、而不是H3K79me1和H3K79me3参与NBS1和p21基因转录激活时的染色质重塑.8-氯腺苷诱导H3K79双甲基化增强、促进H3K79me2所在染色质区域的NBS1和p21基因转录激活可能是8-Cl-Ado抑制肿瘤细胞生长作用机制之一.     

Changes of intracellular Na+ concentration in erythrocytes caused by pulsed electrical field

Changes of sodium ionic concentration of human erythrocytes applied to pulsed electrical field (PEF) were studied by using shift reagent and NMR spectroscopy. The results show that the concentration of intracellular Na⁺ increases with the increasing intensity of PEF when the erythrocytes are applied to PEF with higher intensities. The relationship between intracellular Na concentrations and the intensities of PEF does not follow linear or exponen-tial behavior. As the intensities increase, the intracellular Na⁺concentrations increase even faster by an exponential curve. However under effects of PEF at lower intensities, intracellular Na⁺ concentration decreases. Ouabain can in-hibit the decrease of intracellular Na concentration, and the inhibition increases with the increasing concentration of ouabain, suggesting that Na⁺ , K⁺ -ATPase on cell membrane can be activated by PEF at lower intensities. Direct measurement of activities of the enzyme by using Malachite green method has confirmed this observation. Cell perme-abilities to ions, activation of enzymes by electrical fields and transmission of physical signals like PEF across cell mem-branes are discussed.