Translocation and transformation of selenium in hyperaccumulator plant Cardamine enshiensis from Enshi,Hubei, China

Plant and Soil - Cardamine enshiensis (C. enshiensis) is a selenium (Se) hyperaccumulator plant found in Enshi, a typical seleniferous area in southwestern Hubei Province, central China. The aim of...     

大白猪GABRR2基因SNP筛选及结构、功能的预测和分析

为了筛选大白猪GABRR2基因的SNP和对GABRR2基因进行结构、功能的预测和分析,本研究利用30头大白猪混池为模板,通过PCR扩增GABRR2基因外显子,测序后进行SNP筛选,并对测序结果进行拼接,利用多种生物信息学软件对大白猪GABRR2基因启动子区、编码区、3'UTR区进行了一系列的分析.结果显示,大白猪GABRR2基因在c615、c660、c798和c1134共有4个同义突变;RNGTT、SRSF12和ANKRD63个基因在GABRR2基因连锁区间内,且编码的蛋白具有相互作用;起始密码子上游2 000bp区域在385～435号碱基和759～806号碱基区域有2个核心启动子区域,在核心启动子386～395、769～778有Sp1转录因子结合位点,757～766有CREB-2转录因子结合位点,775～784有NF-1转录因子结合位点,在1 593～1 752号碱基区间内有一个 CpG 岛;3'UTR 区域有 14个 miRNA 结合位点,其中 miR-365-3p、miR-497-5p、miR-5195-3p 和miR-145-5p评分高于80.研究结果表明,大白猪GABRR2基因CDS区全长1 380 bp,存在4个同义突变,保守性高;编码一个具有4个跨膜结构、1个信号肽的亲水性蛋白,与RNGTT基因功能可能有密切联系;2个核心启动子区域内含有Sp1、CREB-2和NF-1三种共4个转录因子结合位点,且启动子区有一个特征的CpG岛;3'UTR 区域存在 miR-365-3p、miR-497-5p、miR-5195-3p 和 miR-145-5p 共4个 miRNA 结合区域.     

Structure Studies of the CRISPR-Csm Complex Reveal Mechanism of Co-transcriptional Interference

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Two Distant Catalytic Sites Are Responsible for C2c2 RNase Activities

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甘蓝型油菜×蓝花子杂种F1代继代60代后的PMC的细胞学观察

本文对甘蓝型油菜×蓝花子杂种Ｆ１继代６０代后的ＰＭＣ１）的细胞学进行了观察。结果表明：继代６０代后的该杂种再生植株的细胞组成较复杂,减数分裂存在多种类型。其中,中期Ｉ的完全不配对类型占４８．０％,后期Ｉ的１８—１８的染色体组分割极具特色。     

Calreticulin as a potential diagnostic biomarker for lung cancer

Calreticulin (CRT) is an endoplasmic reticulum luminal Ca(2+)-binding chaperone protein. By immunizing mice with recombinant fragment (rCRT/39-272), six clones of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) were generated and characterized. Based on these mAbs, a microplate chemiluminescent enzyme immunoassay (CLEIA) system with a measured limit of detection of 0.09?ng/ml was developed. Using this CLEIA system, it was found that soluble CRT (sCRT) level in serum samples from 58 lung cancer patients was significantly higher than that from 40 healthy individuals (only 9 were detectable, P?相似文献   

Crystal structure of Cas1 in complex with branched DNA

Cas1 is a key component of the CRISPR adaptation complex, which captures and integrates foreign DNA into the CRISPR array,resulting in the generation of new spacers. We have determined crystal structures of Thermus thermophilus Cas1 involved in new spacer acquisition both in complex with branched DNA and in the free state. Cas1 forms an asymmetric dimer without DNA.Conversely, two asymmetrical dimers bound to two branched DNAs result in the formation of a DNA-mediated tetramer, dimer of structurally asymmetrical dimers, in which the two subunits markedly present different conformations. In the DNA binding complex, the N-terminal domain adopts different orientations with respect to the C-terminal domain in the two monomers that form the dimer. Substrate binding triggers a conformational change in the loop 164–177 segment. This loop is also involved in the 3′ fork arm and 5′ fork arm strand recognition in monomer A and B, respectively. This study provides important insights into the molecular mechanism of new spacer adaptation.     

Selenite metabolism in rat and human blood

The binding of selenite, the form of selenium used in the treatment of Keshan disease, to plasma proteins and the role of erythrocytes in this process have been studied. The experiments were carried out by incubating⁷⁵Se as selenite with plasma and whole bloodin vitro (human and rat) andin vivo (rat) and subsequent fractionation by Sephadex G-150 gel filtration. Human and rat plasma proteins were unable to incorporate selenium from selenite, as shown by the negligible amount present in proteins after incubation of plasma with selenite. The incorporation can be carried out after internalization of selenite by the erythrocytes in a fast, temperature dependent process. Hemoglobin, being the major binding protein for the newly reduced selenium in the erythrocyte, might have a role in the uptake of selenite by erythrocytes. The greater affinity of plasma proteins for the final selenium compound resulting from reduction could be the cause of the efflux. However, this is minimal in the absence of plasma, as is evident from the results obtained from blood reconstituted with saline solution instead of plasma. At least two proteins, one albumin like, probably albumin itself and the other of molecular weight close to or greater than 200,000 in the plasma, are involved in the binding and efflux processes.     

十字花科几种植物的胚培养研究

利用幼胚成功地培养出白菜型油菜、芥菜型油菜、甘蓝型油菜、埃塞俄比亚芥、诸葛菜的再生植株。通过研究表明：不同的植物在培养基中的反应不同。同一个材料,在不同时期,培养的效果也不同。白菜型油菜难形成愈伤组织,且愈伤组织也难以分化,但生根较易。其它几种芸苔属植物则易形成愈伤组织和分化。诸葛菜能够形成胚状体,胚状体极易萌发。除了白菜型油菜外,所有材料都表现出极强的再生能力。