非营利的利润：当药物研发遇上利他主义，结果令人乍舌

一开始，他们都说她是傻瓜。当药剂师Victoria Hale告诉朋友和同事们，她想成立一家非营利的制药公司，他们都说她是在断送自己的事业，不会成功的。“九成的人或强硬或温和地劝说，”曾在美国食物药品管理局和基因技术公司工作过的Hale回忆道，“但我觉得想试试。”     

关于数据竖井与万能的方案

参加CHI第三年度的制药和IT联合大会的代表成功地见证了覆盖药物发现流程的信息学策略。     

计算机中的药物开发

衡量药物开发的预测模型优劣的一个标志是处理无数种“如果”的能力。通常情况下要分析的是真实的数据。但是最近，原原始数据十分匮乏，但这也激发了创新的出现。     

《生物工程讲座》(Ⅲ) ——基因工程的理论及应用(二)重组DNA技术和基因工程

DNA双螺旋模型的提出意味着分子生物学的诞生,重组DNA技术的建立标志着遗传工程和生物工程的问世。可以说重组DNA技术对整个生物学研究的影响比起DNA双螺旋来说有过之而无不及。目前世界上从事生物学或医学研究的大多数实验室都在使用这项技术解决不同的生物学问题。许多人衡量一个生物学实验室是否先进总喜欢把是否运用重组DNA技术和基因工程作为一个重要标志。一、重组DNA技术和基因工程概况重组DNA技术和基因工程涉及的内容很广,不仅包括外源DNA和载体的重组,还应     

青霉素G酰化酶α亚基Ser177的突变对酶活性的影响

用盒式突变和定点突变对大肠杆菌青霉素G酰化酶α亚基177位ser进行了突变研究,结果发现所挑选的突变体均无酶的活力,这一结果可能可以用来解释Ser 177附近肽段和一些青霉素结合蛋白青霉素结合区在一级结构上保持同源性的原因。     

大肠杆菌青霉素G酰化酶基因及其邻近区域的核苷酸全序列

Some of microorganisms have been known to possess penicillin G acylase activity. The E. coli derived penicillin G acylase (PGA) can catalyze the conversion of penicillin G into phenylacetic acid and 6-amino-penicillanic acid, the latter is used as the starting compound for the industrial formation of semi-synthetic penicillins. Apart from its industrial importance, the enzyme PGA displays a number of interesting properties. Catalytically active enzyme is localized in the periplasmic space of E. coli cells and composed of two dissimilar subunits. The two subunits are apparently produced from a precursor protein, via a processing pathway hitherto unique in its features for a prokaryotic enzyme. The studies on processing of the precursor and on the relationship between structure and function of the mature enzyme are important theoretically. Previously we cloned a 3.5 kb DNA fragment from a strain (E. coli AS 1.76), which displays PGA activity. In this paper, we report a nucleotide sequence of the 3.5 kb DNA fragment containing PGA gene. After insertion of the DNA fragment into EcoR I and Hind III sites in pWR 13, pPGA 20 had been obtained. We subcloned the Hind III and Bg1 II treated fragment of 1.6 kb in length from pPGA 20 into Hind III and BamH I sites of pWR 13 to get a pPGA 1.6, and Bg1 II and EcoR I treated fragment of 1.9 kb in length into BamH I and EcoR I sites of pWR 13 to get a pPGA 1.9. The linearized pPGA 1.9 which were digested with appropriate restriction enzymes were progressively shortened from both ends respectively by digestion with Bal 31 nuclease, followed by cleavage of shortened target DNA off vector DNA molecules with appropriate restriction enzymes. The series of the DNA fragments shortened from EcoR I end were then cloned into plasmid pWR 13 which had previously digested with Hind III and Sma I enzymes (Fig. 1). The DNA fragment cloned in pWR 13 were directly sequenced on the resulted plasmids by using primer I and primer II. Thus we have obtained the complete nucleotide sequence of the 3.5 kb DNA fragment. The 3.5 kb fragment contains an intact PGA gene which is 2.6 kb.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)     

转录因子的巯基亚硝基化修饰及其生理学意义

巯基亚硝基化(S-nitrosylation)修饰是一种一氧化氮(nitric oxide, NO)介导的氧化还原依赖的、可逆性蛋白质翻译后修饰。生理条件下,S-nitrosylation通过调控蛋白质的稳定性、蛋白质活性、亚细胞定位及蛋白质-蛋白质相互作用,在维持细胞稳态中发挥重要作用。而在多种病理条件下,蛋白质S-nitrosylation及其产物表现出异常的升高或降低。转录因子又称反式作用因子,通过识别并结合调控元件而影响基因转录。本文简要综述转录因子的S-nitrosylation修饰的研究进展及其生理学意义。     

人胰岛素A、B链基因的合成、克隆及其在大肠杆菌中的表达

根据人胰岛素A、B链的多肽顺序,设计并用一种简便快速的多肽基因合成了A、B链基因。合成的A 链和B 链基因分别克隆到pWR590质粒上,构建了表达型质粒pWR590-HIA和pWR 590-HIB,它们能够表达由β-半乳糖苷酶N-端约590个氨基酸残基与A 链或B 链组成的融合蛋白(两者之间由Met 连接)。A 链或B 链融合蛋白经BrCN 降解,磺化及分离纯化等步骤,得到了磺化A、B 链。磺化A、B链体外重组得到人胰岛素。     

柬埔寨的生物多样性（一）湄公河之泣

柬埔寨是东南亚生物自然资源最为完整和最多样化的国家之一。拥有数量和种类惊人的栖息地和特有物种,包括灵长类、亚洲象、熊、水獭、鳄鱼、穿山甲、大型淡水鱼和龟鳖等。     

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布袋兰[Calypsobul bosa（L．）Oakes],隶属于兰科,兰亚科,树兰族,布袋兰属,该属仅1～2种。为地生兰,常生于云杉林或其他针叶林下,在四川、甘肃,其生长地海拔可达3200m。为多年生草本植物,地下具假鳞茎,偶见珊瑚状根状茎。