安全的霍乱活菌苗?

<正> 当前使用的霍乱菌苗有两大类,一是由全菌体加或不加毒素B亚单位组成的死菌苗,给苗途径可肠道外或口服;二是口服活菌苗,由霍乱弧菌基因工程减毒株或由表达霍乱抗原的异源载体菌(即伤寒Tyzla)组成。前一类费钱效果不理想,后一类有反应原性、变异性和稳定性方面的问题。 最近,我们鉴别出了菌毛定居因子(协同调节的毒素菌毛( toxin coregulated pil-usTCP),它可能是审定菌苗可否应用的一种重要的新免疫原。本文介绍TCP菌毛应用于霍乱菌苗研究中的一些初步结果。     

A Putative Calcium-Permeable Cyclic Nucleotide-Gated Channel, CNGC18, Regulates Polarized Pollen Tube Growth

A tip-focused Ca^2＋ gradient is tightly coupled to polarized pollen tube growth, and tip-localized influxes of extracellular Ca^2＋ are required for this process. However the molecular identity and regulation of the potential Ca^2＋ channels remains elusive. The present study has implicated CNGC18 （cyclic nucleotide-gated channel 18） in polarized pollen tube growth, because its overexpression induced wider and shorter pollen tubes. Moreover, CNGC18 overexpression induced depolarization of pollen tube growth was suppressed by lower extracellular calcium （[Ca^2＋]ex）. CNGC18-yellow fluorescence protein （YFP） was preferentially localized to the apparent post-Golgi vesicles and the plasma membrane （PM） in the apex of pollen tubes. The PM localization was affected by tip-localized ROP1 signaling. Expression of wild type ROP1 or an active form of ROP1 enhanced CNGC18-YFP localization to the apical region of the PM, whereas expression of RopGAP1 （a ROP1 deactivator） blocked the PM localization. These results support a role for PM-Iocalized CNGC18 in the regulation of polarized pollen tube growth through its potential function in the modulation of calcium influxes.     

德国科隆市Stammheim污水处理厂简介

介绍德国科隆市Stammheim污水处理厂各构筑物和生产运行情况。     

pSV—2neo和HPV—Ⅱ DNA共同转染NIH3T3细胞的结果

本实验将neo及HPV-11两种DNA共同转染NIH 3T3细胞,以G418抗生素作为选择剂,对诱导的转化灶进行筛选。同时还就G418对NIH 3T3细胞的毒性进行了观察。neo单独使用诱导的转化灶数为44.00/1×10~5;neo与HPV-11合用诱导的转化灶数为162.66/1×10~5。由neo转化的细胞含有neo基因,由neo和HPV-11转化的细胞内含有该两种基因。     

The effect of light and phytochrome on 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic Acid metabolism in etiolated wheat seedling leaves

While light-grown wheat leaves produced ethylene at a low rate of <0.1 nanomoles per gram per hour and contained 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid (ACC) at low levels of <2.5 nanomoles per gram, etiolated wheat leaves produced ethylene at a rate of 2 nanomoles per gram per hour and accumulated concentrations of ACC at levels of 40 nanomoles per gram. Upon illumination of 8-day-old etiolated wheat seedlings with white light, the ethylene production rate increased initially, due to the activation of ethylene-forming activity, but subsequently declined to a low level (0.1 nanomoles per gram per hour) at the end of the 6-hour illumination. This light-induced decline in ethylene production rate resulted from a decline (more than 35 nanomoles per gram) in ACC level, which was accompanied by a corresponding increase in 1-(malonylamino)cyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid content. These data indicate that illumination promoted ACC malonylation, resulting in reduced ACC level and consequently reduced ethylene production. However, light did not cause any significant increase in the extractable ACC-malonyltransferase activity. The effect of continuous white light on promotion of ACC malonylation was also observed in intermittent white light or red light. A far-red light treatment following red light partially reversed the red light effect, indicating that phytochrome participates in the promotion of ACC malonylation.     

自沼气池中分离的一株甲烷利用菌

自沼气池中分离到一株甲烷利用菌,其主要生理特性是利用甲烷或甲醇作碳源和能源,生活史中具有休眠体,形成固氮菌型的孢囊,在利用甲烷的生长中不被乙酸盐、苹果酸、琥珀酸盐抑制,应是甲基杆菌属(Methylobacter)中的一新种,定名为淡橙黄色甲烷氧化杆菌(Mcthylo-batter luteolo-croceus sp. Nov.)。     

Distribution of heparinase covalently immobilized to agarose: Experimental and theoretical studies

An immobilized enzyme reactor has been developed to remove heparin, the anticoagulant that is required in all extracorporeal devices for patients undergoing open-heart surgery or kidney dialysis. The device uses the enzyme heparinase (EC 4.2.2.7), which is covalently linked to agarose with cyanogen bromide. A critical parameter in the development of a model for the degradation of heparin catalyzed by immobilized heparinase is the radial concentration profile of the enzyme within the agarose matrix. Experimental determinations of bound enzyme con centrations have been conducted previously for several enzyme systems using radioactive or fluorescent labels. For the development of the heparinase reactor it is necessary to use catalytically but not electrophoretically pure enzyme, and thus it is not possible to use the labeling techniques. To obtain information about the bound enzyme distribution, an experimental study of the intrinsic binding kinetics of heparinase to cyanogen bromide-activated agarose was conducted. The binding reaction was studied as a function of both the concentration of heparinase and the gel-reactive group. At conditions of functional group excess, the binding kinetics were pseudo first order in heparinase concentration with a rate constant equal to 0.12 C(c[triple chemical bond]n) (h(-1)), where C(c[triple chemical bond]n) is the gel-reactive group concentration. The reactive group concentration remained constant within the 2-4-h experiments. Competitive binding between heparinase and the protein contaminants was unimportant. A model was formulated for the immobilization procedure based on the diffusion of heparinase within the porous network and the binding kinetics as determined above. The model predicted the immobilization of heparinase to be kinetically controlled and the enzyme to distribute uniformly within the agarose matrix. These experimental techniques could be applied to predict the immobilized enzyme distribution for different enzyme systems that are not electrophoretically pure.