Synthesis of nanoporous silica with interior composite cells with synthetic block copolypeptide as template

IN NATURE,PROTEIN AND POLYSACCHARIDE ARE INVOLVED IN THE FORMATION OF A REMARKABLE DIVERSITY OF EXQUISITE NANOSTRUCTURED SILICATES IN BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS SUCH AS DIATOMS AND SPONGES.THE SILAFFIN[1]AND SILICATEIN[2]ISOLATED FROM MARINE DIATOMS AND SPONGES C…     

The longest ultraconserved sequences and evolution of vertebrate mitochondrial genomes

ULTRACONSERVED SEQUENCES (ULTRACONSERVED, 100% IDENTITY WITH NO INSERTIONS OR DELETIONS) AND SMALL RNA IN GENOMES OFTEN PLAY A SPECIAL ROLE IN LIFE AND EVOLU- TION OF MANY SPECIES[1-4]. WE COMPARED 753 GENOMESOF BACTERIA, ARCHAEA, AND MITOCHONDRIA (MORE T…     

Genetic diversity and geographic pattern of wild lotus （Nelumbo nucifera） in Heilongjiang Province

1MATERIALS AND METHODS1.1PLANT MATERIALS FROM AUGUST TO SEPTEMBER IN2004,WE TRAVELED EX-TENSIVELY IN HEILONGJIANG PROVINCE LOOKING FOR THE WILD LOTUS.THE WILD LOTUS WAS FOUND AT40LOCALITIES AND49ACCESSIONS OF SAMPLES WERE COLLECTED AT THESE LOCALITIES(FIG…     

Quantitative structure-activity relationship of estrogen activities of bisphenol A analogs

BISPHENOL A (4,4-ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL, BPA) IS MANUFACTURED IN HIGH QUANTITIES, WITH 90% OR MORE BEING USED AS A MONOMER FOR THE PRODUCTION OF POLYCARBONATE AND EPOXY RESINS, UNSATURATED POLYESTER-STYRENE RESINS AND FLAME RETARDANTS. THE FINAL PRODUCTS …     

Remote sensing of algal blooms using a turbidity-free function for near-infrared and red signals

HARMFUL ALGAL BLOOM ACTS UPON IMPORTANT ENVIRON-MENTAL PROBLEMS IN COASTAL WATERS.A UNIFIED AND IM-PLEMENTING METHOD FOR SURVEY AND MONITORING ALGALBLOOMS HAS BEEN DEVELOPED SINCE LAST DECADE.HOWEVER THERE IS A DATA GAP OF ABOUT TENS YEARS IN THE PERIOD W…     

Synthesis of novel organophosphorus C60 dimers

DUE TO THEIR OUTSTANDING PHYSICAL AND CHEMICALPROPERTIES,FULLERENE DIMERS HAVE PROVEN TO BE ATTRACTIVENANO-SCALE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS IN VARIOUS FIELDS SUCH ASNONLINEAR OPTICS,ORGANIC MATERIALS,BIOLOGY AND MEDI-CINE[1].AMONG THE FULLERENE DIMERS THAT HAVE BE…     

The genetic diversity of Gaozhou wild rice analyzed by SSR

LOCATED AT 21°42′34″―22°18′48″N AND 110°36′48″― 111°22′45″E IN THE TRANSITION REGION FROM SOUTH SUB- TROPICS TO NORTH SUBTROPICS, GAOZHOU WILD RICE (GWR) IS COMMON WILD RICE (ORYZA RUFIPOGON GRIFF.) AND THE WIDEST WILD RICE POPULATION IN GUA     

Organic compositions of lacustrine source rocks in Jiyang super-depression and its implication to petroleum geology

IMMATURE OIL WAS FIRST DISCOVERED IN WELL YI18 IN CHINA [1]. FROM THEN ON, MORE AND MORE IMMATURE OILS WERE DISCOVERED IN JIYANG SUPER-DEPRESSION, FOR EXAM- PLE, SOUTHERN SLOPE OF DONGYING DEPRESSION, GUNAN SAG IN ZHANHUA DEPRESSION, TAOERHE, DAWANGZHUANG…     

Stability of alpine meadow ecosystem on the Qinghai- Tibetan Plateau

THE QINGHAI-TIBETAN PLATEAU PLAYS AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN THE ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION AND REGIONAL MONSOON CLIMATE, WHICH HAS GREAT INFLUENCE ON THE REGIONAL AND GLOBAL CLIMATE. THUS, THE CHANGE OF THE QINGHAI-TIBETAN PLATEAU ECOSYSTEM IS EXPECTED TO AFFECT …     

Preparation, characterization and thermal behavior of silver behenate nanocrystals

TO PROVIDE A VISIBLE IMAGE, CONVENTIONAL WET PROC- ESSED PHOTOGRAPHIC IMAGING MATERIALS REQUIRE THE PROC- ESSING IN AQUEOUS BATH SUCH AS DEVELOPING AND FIXING[1].BY CONTRAST, THERMOGRAPHIC OR PHOTOTHERMOGRAPHIC MA- TERIALS PROVIDE USERS WITH A SIMPLE AND …     

Expression, refolding and preliminary characterization of recombinant snake venom metalloproteinases: Implica- tion for the hemorrhagic mechanism

Local hemorrhage are common consequences of viperid and crotalid envenoming. Many experiments clearly demonstrated that local hemorrhage can be attributed to snake venom metalloproteinases (SVMPs), which comprise a series of zinc-dependent proteases of varying molecular masses[1,2]. More than 100 SVMPs, including the isozymes from the same species, have been isolated and the amino acid sequences of about 20 enzymes have been determined. They all contain a zinc-binding motif of HEXXHXXGX…     

镉胁迫对转PprI基因油菜生理生化的影响

利用露天盆栽试验研究了不同浓度Cd胁迫下转PprI基因油菜和非转基因野生型油菜对Cd的吸收特性以及生理响应。结果表明：随着Cd胁迫浓度的升高,转基因和非转基因野生型油菜对Cd的吸收均显著增加,且二者地下部分的吸收都大于地上部分;在0.5 mg/kg Cd处理下,转基因和非转基因油菜对Cd的吸收差异不显著,但1和2 mg/kg处理下转基因油菜对Cd的吸收显著低于非转基因野生型油菜。两种油菜对Cd的富集系数和转运系数均随处理浓度的升高而降低;随着Cd浓度的增加,超氧化物歧化酶（SOD）活性呈现先上升后下降的趋势,且在相同处理浓度下,转基因油菜的SOD活性均高于非转基因野生型油菜;丙二醛（MDA）含量呈上升趋势,且其在转基因油菜中的含量均低于非转基因野生型油菜;叶绿素a和叶绿素b的含量随Cd浓度的升高而下降。因此PprI基因的导入,显著降低了油菜对Cd的吸收,提高了其可食部分安全性。     

Isolation of cDNAs Enconding Two Distinct Transcription Factors Binding to DRE cis-acting Element Involved in Cold- and drought-induced Expression of Arabidopsis rd29A Gene

ＩｎｔｒｏｄｕｃｔｉｏｎＳｅｖｅｒｅｅｎｖｉｒｏｎｍｅｎｔａｌｃｈａｎｇｅｓ ,ｓｕｃｈａｓｌｏｗ ｔｅｍｐｅｒａｔｕｒｅ ,ｄｒｏｕｇｈｔａｎｄｈｉｇｈ ｓａｌｔ ,ａｆｆｅｃｔｔｈｅｇｒｏｗｔｈａｎｄｄｅｖｅｌｏｐｍｅｎｔｏｆ ｐｌａｎｔｓａｎｄｔｈｅｐｒｏｄｕｃｔｉｖｉｔｙｏｆｃｒｏｐｓ .Ｐｌａｎｔｃｅｌｌｃａｎｎｏｔｏｂｔａｉｎｗａｔｅｒｗｈｅｎｓｕｂｊｅｃｔｅｄｔｏｄｒｏｕｇｈｔｏｒｈｉｇｈ ｓａｌｔｃｏｎｄｉｔｉｏｎ .Ｌｏｗ ｔｅｍｐｅｒａｔｕｒｅａｌｓｏｒｅｄｕｃｅｓｗａｔｅｒｓｔａｔｅｏｆ …     

大熊猫IL-2基因的克隆与序列分析

本实验应用反转录-聚合酶链反应（RT-PCR）技术，从ConA诱导培养的大熊猫外周血淋巴细胞总RNA中扩增得到大熊猫IL-2基因，并将其克隆到PGEM-T载体中．经菌落PER鉴定、序列测定及序列分析，结果表明，经克隆得到的IL-2基因开放阅读框由465个核苷酸组成，编码一个由155个氮基酸组成的多肽，包括编码20个氨基酸的信号肽和135个氨基酸的成熟肽，该基因（已在Genbank中登录，序列号为：DQ852339）与已知的其他哺乳动物如犬、猫、人、猪、牛、羊、马、兔、鼠等的IL-2核苷酸同源性在66.5％（鼠）～91．5％（犬）之间；IL-2编码氨基酸同源性在54．8％（鼠）-85．2％（犬）之间；进化树构建结果表明大熊猫与犬亲缘关系最近．     

大肠杆菌基因编码区碱基分布非均匀性的研究

基于大肠杆菌 １２９２ 个基因编码区．１）统计出了氨基酸丰度分布,与一般生物氨基酸丰度比较发现,构成大肠杆菌蛋白质的氨基酸中疏水氨基酸相对较多,小氨基酸相对较少,二硫键相对较少;２）发现编码区碱基分布的非均匀性与氨基酸丰度的分布和同义密码子的非均匀使用紧密相关;３）分析了编码开始区域、编码终止区域碱基分布和氨基酸丰度分布的差别,得到了一些有意义的结论．     

土壤-植物系统重金属镉、锌生物有效性的数学模型评价

植物对土壤中重金属的吸收是一个非线性的过程.由于土壤和植物参数测定具有相当难度,经验模型而非理论模型常被用于评价和预测土壤—植物系统中重金属的生物有效性.在已发表的文献中,弗兰德利希模型(Freundlich typemodel)已被一些学者实际应用于预测和评价植物对土壤中重金属的吸收.重金属的生物有效性与土壤中重金属的总量、pH和有机质含量具有极为密切的关系.然而,对同时建立于上述3个参数的重金属生物有效性的数学评价模型的实际应用还未得到验证.为此,在对已发表文献的数据进行分析的基础上,采用多元回归的方法,建立了基于土壤重金属全量、pH和有机质含量为参数的重金属生物有效性评价模型.实际分析表明,虽然模型中各参数的系数因土壤类型、气候和作物种类而不同,两模型均能很好地评价和预测作物对土壤重金属镉的吸收.与弗兰德利希模型相比较,所建数学模型能更精确地评价土壤—植物系统中重金属锌的生物有效性.     

Expression，reflolding and preliminary characterization of recombinant snake venom metalloproteinases：Implication for the hemorrhagic mechanism

Two cDNAs encoding hemorrhagic snake venom metalloproteinase acutolysin A and non-hemorrhagic metalloproteinase(BR)were cloned into the expression vector pET-22b,respectively,and the corresponding two recombinant proteins,A-22b and BR-22b,were produced in inclusion bodies in E.coli BL21(DE3).The reombinant proteins were then subjected to solubilization,purification and refolding in vitro.A-22b showed hemorrhagic activity and fibronectin.Natural autolysin A had both hemorrhagic activity and proteolytic activity toward these substrates.BR-22b showed the proteolytic activities toward fibrinogen,but no hemorrhagic activity.In addition,two chimeric genes,C1 and C2,were constructed and cloned into pET-22b,and the corresponding recombinant proteins,C1-22b and C2-22b,were also expressed in inclusion bodies.C1-22b involved N-terminal 110 amino acidos of BR and C-terminal 95 amino acids of acutolysin A,while C2-22b contained N-terminal 108 amino acids of acutolysin A and C-terminal 112 amino acids of BR. The biological activities of A-22b and BR-22b,respectively.Our results suggested that N-terminal major subdomain of a snake venom metalloproteinase might play a key role in hemorrhagic activity and have an appreciable effect on the selectivity for protein substrates.     

Characterization and expression of a cDNA, AmphiSDHD , encoding the amphioxus cytochrome b small subunit in mitochondrial succinate ubiquinone oxidoreductase

Succinate ubiquinone oxidoreductase ,alsoknownascomplexII ,isthesmallestenzymecomplexfunctioninginboththetricarboxylicacidcycle(TAC)andtheaerobicrespiratorychainofeukaryoticcellmitochondriaandprokaryoticcells[1] .Itiscom posedoffournuclear encoded proteins ,SDHAorflavoprotein (70kD) ,SDHBoriron sulfurprotein(2 7kD) ,SDHCorCII 3(15kD)andSDHDorCII 4 (7— 9kD)inmosteukaryotes[2 ] .Thetwoproteins ,SDHAandSDHB ,comprisethesuccinatedehydroge nase (SDH) ,anenzymeoftheTACandaperipher…     

Characterization and expression of a cDNA, AmphiSDHD,encoding the amphioxus cytochrome b small subunit in mitochondrial succinate-ubiquinone oxidoreductase

In this study, an amphioxus cDNA, AmphiSDHD, encoding the cytochrome b small subunit in mitochondrial succinate-ubiquinone oxidoreductase, was isolated from the gut cDNA library of amphioxus Branchiostoma belcheri tsingtauense. It is 1429 bp in length, with an open reading frame of 465 bp coding for a protein of 154 amino acids. The deduced protein contains a mitochondrial targeting presequence of 65 amino acids rich in basic residues like arginine and hydroxy residues such as serine and threonine. Alignment of the amino acid sequences of AmphiSDHD and other eukaryotic SDHD proteins showed that AmphiSDHD has three transmembrane segments, and includes two histidine residues in the second transmembrane segment that are the putative binding sites for the heme b molecule. The phylogenetic tree constructed suggests that AmphiSDHD appears more closely related to vertebrate SDHD proteins than invertebrate ones. Northern blotting demonstrated that AmphiSDHD is ubiquitously expressed in amphioxus, being in line with the fact that SDHD is a house-keeping protein.