携带杀白细胞素基因金黄色葡萄球菌的研究进展

杀白细胞素(Panton-Valentine leukocidin,PVL)是金葡菌产生的重要外毒素之一,PVL在其感染所致的坏死性皮肤损害和坏死性肺炎等疾病中起重要作用,并且能在社区和医院传播。现在国内外对PVL阳性金葡菌的研究日益重视,本文就其感染的致病机制、感染状况、检测方法和防治措施等问题研究作一陈述。     

发展中的中国发酵产品市场

作者James E.Flinn系美国历Bio-Endeavors International公司总裁,从事生物制品咨询业务.作者Urs Gloor系瑞士Sino-Info公司总裁,专门收集有关中国科学、工业和经济信息.现征得两位作者和Bio/Technology(现为Nature Biotechnology)编者Susan同意,翻译此文.     

大麦染色体银带的研究

本文以六棱、四棱和二棱大麦为材料,用去壁低渗火焰干燥法制备染色体标本,标本在60℃恒温下经70—80％AgNO_3水溶液处理12—14小时,可在核仁组成区、着丝粒和端粒出现黑色银染区。细胞化学反应说明这些不同区域的银染物质具有相同的性质。银染带型与C带型和N带型迥然不同,3种大麦的银染带型也有差别。试验还证明染色体标本制备技术对银染效果影响极大,只有合适的酶解和火焰干燥处理才能促使着丝粒和端粒显示出银染正反应。     

河蚌心肌纤维的光镜与电镜结合观察

作者自1989年9月至1990年6月,通过光镜和电镜,对河蚌心肌纤维的一般结构和超微结构进行了形态学观察研究,发现河蚌的心肌纤维细长,无肌节和周期性横纹,排列不规则,肌纤维有分枝,在二条纤维的连接处有类似闰盘的结构。在肌浆内粗丝与细丝排列平行有序,其间散布着密体或密斑,线粒体发达且具有明显的嵴,在线粒体之间发现有脂褐素颗粒存在,线粒体周围分布有较多的糖元。     

电刺激大鼠尾核头部镇痛的中枢效应—[^3H]—2脱氧...

Sokoloff's 2-deoxyglucose (2-DG) autoradiographic technique was used to identify changes of glucose metabolic rate in the rat brain following unilateral stimulation of the head of the caudate nucleus. The results were as follows. The local glucose metabolic rate after noxious stimulation was increased in the somatosensory cortex, cingulate cortex, ventroposterior and parafascicular nucleus of the thalamus, septal area, habenular nucleus, head of caudate nucleus, periaqueductal gray (PAG) and dorsal raphe nucleus (P < 0.05). After stimulating the head of the caudate nucleus, the local glucose metabolic rate of nucleus raphe magnus (rm) and nucleus paragigantocellularis (pgcl) was increased significantly and that of the PAG and dorsal raphe nucleus had a tendency to increase, while stimulation of the head of caudate nucleus could partially abolish the increased glucose metabolic rate in the somatosensory cortex, cingulate cortex, ventroposterior and parafascicular nucleus of the thalamus, septal area and habenular nucleus as induced by noxious stimulation. These results suggest that caudate stimulation is able to depress the activation of some brain structures related to nociception and to activate those related to antinociception. The pgcl, rm, PAG and dorsal raphe nucleus might be the key structures participating in the caudate stimulation produced analgesia.     

用病毒探针研究紫外线诱导的DNA损伤的致死效应

紫外线(254nm)能诱导一系列DNA损伤。嘧啶二聚体是至今所知的主要损伤产物。然而,由于细胞基因组结构和复制方式的复杂性以及DNA损伤修复途径的多样性,定量地研究特定DNA损伤的生物学效应是困难的。微小病毒是一种良好的探针,因它们有特有的基因组结构和复制方式,它们已被成功地用于探测细胞的诱发性易错修复功能和突变过程。在此项研究中,自主性微小病毒     

环氧树脂厚切片的染色

供电子显微镜观察的超薄切片,一般用各种环氧树脂作包埋剂。用环氧树脂的包埋头也能切成厚1—2微米的切片,供光学显微镜观察。这种厚度的切片与几百埃计算的超薄切片相对而言,可称之厚切片或半薄切片。在超薄切片之前,用环氧树脂包埋头先切