油菜花序轴、叶片组织培养中形态发生的细胞组织学研究

油菜花序轴、叶片在MS培养基上经诱导可产生愈伤组织并形成再生植株。愈伤组织形成可分3个时期:细胞启动期、分裂期和分化期。实验证明:花序轴启动部位多发生在皮层薄壁细胞、髓部薄壁细胞、韧皮薄壁细胞和木薄壁细胞。叶片主要是叶肉细胞、叶脉薄壁细胞和表皮细胞启动。细胞分裂期的特点是启动细胞反复增殖,形成连续的分生细胞层。细胞分化期的特点是一部分细胞保持分裂能力,一部分细胞分化形成薄壁细胞和输导分子。观察了愈伤组织中器官发生的部位和方式。实验证明,根的发生多为内起源,芽的发生多为外起源。     

光质对石刁柏愈伤组织培养中生长和过氧化物酶的影响

报道了在石刁柏愈伤组织培养中,采用５种不同光质处理,对愈伤组织生长及其过氧化物酶（ＰＯＤ）活性及同工酶的影响,实验表明,不同光质处理对生长有不同的效应,蓝光、红光下的培养物生长较快。不同光质对培养物质的ＰＯＤ活性亦有不同效应,ＰＯＤ同工酶谱亦有不同,蓝光、红光下的培养物,ＰＯＤ活性较高。ＰＯＤ活性变化与愈伤组织生长呈正相关。     

Flavonoid 3′-hydroxylase of Camellia nitidissima Chi. promotes the synthesis of polyphenols better than flavonoids

Molecular Biology Reports - Camellia nitidissima Chi. is an ornamental plant of the genus Camellia L. Its flowers contain a lot of flavonoids and polyphenols. Flavonoid 3′-hydroxylase...     

Radially Oriented Single‐Crystal Primary Nanosheets Enable Ultrahigh Rate and Cycling Properties of LiNi0.8Co0.1Mn0.1O2 Cathode Material for Lithium‐Ion Batteries

Ni‐rich Li[Ni_xCo_yMn_1?x?y]O₂ (x ≥ 0.8) layered oxides are the most promising cathode materials for lithium‐ion batteries due to their high reversible capacity of over 200 mAh g^?1. Unfortunately, the anisotropic properties associated with the α‐NaFeO₂ structured crystal grains result in poor rate capability and insufficient cycle life. To address these issues, a micrometer‐sized Ni‐rich LiNi_0.8Co_0.1Mn_0.1O₂ secondary cathode material consisting of radially aligned single‐crystal primary particles is proposed and synthesized. Concomitant with this unique crystallographic texture, all the exposed surfaces are active {010} facets, and 3D Li⁺ ion diffusion channels penetrate straightforwardly from surface to center, remarkably improving the Li⁺ diffusion coefficient. Moreover, coordinated charge–discharge volume change upon cycling is achieved by the consistent crystal orientation, significantly alleviating the volume‐change‐induced intergrain stress. Accordingly, this material delivers superior reversible capacity (203.4 mAh g^?1 at 3.0–4.3 V) and rate capability (152.7 mAh g^?1 at a current density of 1000 mA g^?1). Further, this structure demonstrates excellent cycling stability without any degradation after 300 cycles. The anisotropic morphology modulation provides a simple, efficient, and scalable way to boost the performance and applicability of Ni‐rich layered oxide cathode materials.     

PCR-SSCP技术的研究及应用进展

阐述了SSCP技术的建立与发展过程;概述了PCR-SSCP技术的原理、方法、优缺点及突变技术研究进展;总结了PCR-SSCP技术在多个领域中(动物育种、基因突变、基因诊断、基因图谱和连锁分析等)的应用情况;分析了PCR-SSCP技术在分子生物学研究领域中的作用。     

Generation of mice deficient for Lbx2, a gene expressed in the urogenital system, nervous system, and Pax3 dependent tissues

Lbx2 is a member of the ladybird family of homeobox genes. The first murine ortholog identified, Lbx1, is required for hypaxial musculature and dorsal spinal cord neuron development. The second murine ortholog, Lbx2, is expressed in the developing urogenital and nervous systems. To elucidate the function of Lbx2, we generated a gene-targeted allele of Lbx2 in mice. Lbx2 deficiency did not impair mouse development, and Lbx2 null mice appeared healthy and fertile. Replacement of Lbx2 by the lacZ gene provides a valuable histological marker for Lbx2-expressing cells. Given the important role of Pax3 in neural crest, we intercrossed our Lbx2 deficient mice with Splotch Pax3 mutant mice to determine if Pax3 affects Lbx2 expression. There was reduced Lbx2 expression in dorsal root ganglia and cranial nerve ganglia with Pax3 deficiency, but not in the genital tubercle. This suggested that Pax3 is required for Lbx2 expression in affected neural crest-derived tissues.     

葡萄半不育花粉粒形态和细胞学观察及相关基因表达分析

以葡萄品种‘魏可’(可育)及其自交后代单株‘魏可实生-3’和‘魏可实生-12’以及品种‘钟山红’(雄性不育)为材料,对花器官特征、花粉萌发率、花粉粒形态以及小孢子发育过程的细胞学特征进行观察,并对绒毡层发育相关基因(DYT1、TDF1和MYB4)的表达进行分析,以初步鉴定葡萄半不育单株的不育特征,揭示花粉败育与基因调控的关系。结果显示:(1)‘魏可实生-3’和‘魏可实生-12’的花粉萌发率均在10%左右,属于半不育花粉;其雄蕊主要特征为花丝卷曲,花丝短于花柱,花药内花粉量少,花药中既有正常长球形花粉粒也有异常近球形花粉粒。(2)‘魏可实生-3’、‘魏可实生-12’没有明显的药室壁结构,小孢子母细胞稀少、疏松;‘魏可实生-3’双核期绒毡层未完全降解,绒毡层细胞中的营养物质滞留没有及时供应小孢子的发育,致后期部分小孢子败育;‘魏可实生-12’绒毡层细胞在单核早期就大部分降解而导致营养供应异常,使部分小孢子败育。(3)在减数分裂期,‘魏可’的绒毡层发育相关基因DYT1和TDF1的表达均最高,MYB4最低,‘钟山红’的3个基因的表达与‘魏可’相反,‘魏可实生-3’和‘魏可实生-12’的表达水平均在‘魏可’与‘钟山红’之间;单核早期以后,3个基因在‘魏可’的表达一直均较低,钟山红’的DYT1基因表达一直最高,其余2个基因均在最低水平,而‘魏可实生-3’的TDF1、MYB4基因在单核早期表达量最高,‘魏可实生-12’的TDF1在双核期表达量最高。研究表明,‘魏可实生-3’的花粉败育发生在单核晚期至双核期,‘魏可实生-12’的花粉败育发生在单核早期;部分药室绒毡层的异常降解,小孢子发育营养供应不均衡可能是导致其花粉半不育发生的原因;‘魏可实生-3’的绒毡层延迟降解与减数分裂期DYT1基因的表达量不足、单核期TDF1基因的过量表达以及MYB4基因在单核期的异常表达有关,而‘魏可实生-12’的绒毡层提前降解与减数分裂期DYT1基因的表达量不足而MYB4基因过量表达,以及双核期TDF1基因过量表达有关。     

Refolding hydrogels self-assembled from N-(2-hydroxypropyl)methacrylamide graft copolymers by antiparallel coiled-coil formation

A novel hybrid hydrogel system based on N-(2-hydroxypropyl)methacrylamide copolymers was proposed. It consisted of the hydrophilic polymer backbone and a pair of oppositely charged peptide grafts. Two distinct pentaheptad peptides (CCE and CCK) were anticipated to create a dimerization motif and serve as physical cross-linkers. Consequently, the graft copolymers CCE-P and CCK-P self-assembled into hybrid hydrogels in situ; the process was modulated by the formation of antiparallel heterodimeric coiled-coils. This approach possesses an advantage to decrease the steric hindrance of the polymer backbone on the "in-register" alignment of peptide grafts. Indeed, equimolar mixtures of the graft copolymers, CCE-P/CCK-P, have been observed to self-assemble into hydrogels in PBS solution at neutral pH at concentrations as low as 0.1 wt %. Circular dichroism spectroscopy, sedimentation equilibrium experiments, and microrheology revealed that the self-assembly process corresponded to the two-stranded alpha-helical coiled-coil formation between CCE and CCK. Moreover, the formation of hybrid hydrogels was reversible. Denaturation of the coiled-coil domains with guanidine hydrochloride (GdnHCl) solutions resulted in disassembly of the hydrogels. Removal of GdnHCl by dialysis caused coiled-coil refolding and hydrogel reassembly. Scanning electron microscopy results demonstrated that the concentration of the graft copolymers had a significant impact on the structure and morphology of self-assembled hydrogels.     

Investigation of saccadic eye movement effects on the fluid dynamic in the anterior chamber

The aqueous humor (AH) flow in the anterior chamber (AC) due to saccadic movements is investigated in this research. The continuity, Navier-Stokes and energy equations in 3D and unsteady forms are solved numerically and the saccadic motion was modeled by the dynamic mesh technique. Firstly, the numerical model was validated for the saccadic movement of a spherical cavity with analytic solutions and experimental data where excellent agreement was observed. Then, two types of periodic and realistic saccadic motions of the AC are simulated, whereby the flow field is computed for various saccade amplitudes and the results are reported for different times. The results show that the acting shear stress on the corneal endothelial cells from AH due to saccadic movements is much higher than that due to normal AH flow by buoyancy induced due to temperature gradient. This shear stress is higher on the central region of the cornea. The results also depict that eye saccade imposes a 3D complicated flow field in the AC consist of various vortex structures. Finally, the enchantment of heat transfer in the AC by AH mixing as a result of saccadic motion is investigated.